SafePulse SMS Program & Opt-In Consent

Effective Date: June 7, 2026 | Last Updated: June 17, 2026

About this app: SafePulse is a personal safety check-in and emergency alert application developed by Frank Nowicki, and is the app behind this website, checkinonme.app. (The same app is distributed as PulseGuard on the Apple App Store and Amazon Appstore.) This page documents how recipients consent to receive SafePulse's SMS safety alerts.

1. Program Description & Message Content

SafePulse is a personal safety check-in app. Each user adds their own trusted emergency contacts (family and friends). SafePulse sends an SMS safety alert to those contacts only when:

the user misses a scheduled safety check-in, or
the user presses the in-app SOS button.

The message contains the user's name, an emergency notification, and a Google Maps link to the user's last known location so the contact can help. These are transactional, user-initiated safety alerts only. SafePulse does not send marketing, promotional, or recurring campaign messages, and does not use purchased or rented contact lists.

2. Message Frequency

Message frequency varies and is event-driven. A contact only receives messages during a genuine safety event — a missed check-in or an SOS. During such an event, SafePulse sends an initial alert and then repeats it approximately every 30 minutes until the user checks in, so a single event may generate several messages. Outside of these events no messages are sent, and many contacts will receive none at all in a typical month. Reply STOP at any time to stop all messages.

3. Message and Data Rates

Message and data rates may apply. Message frequency varies. Your mobile carrier's standard messaging and data charges apply to messages you receive.

4. Getting Help

For help, reply HELP to any message, or contact us at checkinonme@checkinonme.app.

Who sends these messages

Safety alerts and consent messages are sent by:

Frank Paul Nowicki, Sole Proprietor
25255 Lehner St, Roseville, MI 48066, United States
Phone: 586-872-0488
Email: checkinonme@checkinonme.app

5. Opting Out

You can opt out at any time by replying STOP to any message. After you reply STOP, you will receive no further SMS messages from SafePulse. A user may also remove you as an emergency contact at any time within the app.

6. How Consent Is Obtained (Recipient Opt-In)

Consent is given by the recipient themselves — the emergency contact — before they ever receive a safety alert. SafePulse uses an explicit, verifiable double opt-in:

A SafePulse user selects a person from their phone (or types in a number) they would like as an emergency contact. No numbers are auto-imported or purchased.
The SafePulse user sends that person a one-time invitation from their own personal phone (their own Messages / SMS app) containing a consent link: "[Name] wants to add you as their emergency safety contact on SafePulse. If you agree to receive automated SMS safety alerts with their name and location when they miss a check-in or press SOS, tap to give consent: https://checkinonme.app/approve?t=… Msg & data rates may apply. Reply STOP to opt out." SafePulse's own messaging service never sends this invitation — it is sent by the user personally, from the user's own number.
The person taps the link and lands on our consent page, which clearly asks: "Do you agree to receive SMS text messages from SafePulse?" and explains exactly what messages they will get. They tap "Yes, I agree to receive these SMS alerts" or "No, do not add me."
Only if the recipient taps Yes is their consent recorded and are they added as an active contact. From that point on — and only then — SafePulse's messaging service may text them safety alerts. Until they tap Yes they receive nothing from SafePulse's messaging service. If they tap No (or never respond), they are not added and receive nothing further.

This consent is solely for SafePulse safety-alert SMS and is kept separate from acceptance of our Privacy Policy or Terms of Service. The recipient may withdraw consent at any time by replying STOP to any message.

    No safety alert is ever sent to a phone number until that recipient has personally tapped "Yes, I agree to receive these SMS alerts" on the consent page above. The opt-in is collected from the message recipient, on a dedicated web page, in plain language that names SMS/text messaging explicitly.

7. Privacy & Terms

We do not share or sell phone numbers. Phone numbers are used solely to deliver safety alerts and are never used for marketing.

Frank Paul Nowicki, Sole Proprietor · 25255 Lehner St, Roseville, MI 48066, USA · 586-872-0488