Privacy Policy

What Budge collects

Nothing. Budge does not collect analytics, usage data, advertising identifiers, device identifiers, contacts, photos, or location. There are no ads, and no third-party trackers, analytics, or advertising SDKs. On its App Store page, App Privacy is intended to read Data Not Collected.

Where your information lives

On your device, only. The tasks you do, anything you say to Budge, and your history are stored locally on your phone. If you enable iCloud in your system settings, Apple may sync that data between your own devices through your private iCloud; that sync is provided by Apple under Apple's privacy policy, and Budge still has no server in the middle.

Budge keeps a small, capped diagnostics log on your device to help fix problems. It holds only technical event tags (like "voice could not start") plus the app version, your iOS version, and device model, with nothing you said or did, and it never leaves your phone unless you choose to send a bug report. In Settings, under Privacy, you can turn this log off entirely, which stops new entries and deletes the existing log, or delete it at any time.

Microphone and speech

If you turn on voice, speech is recognized on your device and is never sent to the maker or any server. Budge listens only while it is open and in front of you, never in the background, and you can turn voice off at any time. Tapping always works instead.

Purchases

Budge+ and any packs are sold and processed by Apple through the App Store. Apple handles payment and applies Apple's privacy policy to that transaction; Budge never sees or stores your payment details.

Your privacy rights

Privacy laws including the California Consumer Privacy Act as amended by the CPRA, the EU and UK GDPR, Florida's Digital Bill of Rights, and other US state privacy laws such as those of Virginia, Colorado, Connecticut, and Texas give people rights to access, correct, delete, and port their personal information and to opt out of its sale, sharing, or targeted advertising. Because Budge collects no personal information and never sells or shares any, these rights are satisfied by design: there is no profile to access, nothing to delete, and nothing to opt out of. To ask a question or make a request anyway, email Budgesupport@gmail.com and the maker will respond as required by law.

For context, Florida's Digital Bill of Rights applies only to very large companies (broadly, over one billion dollars in annual revenue), so it imposes no obligations on an independent developer; Budge's no-data design meets its spirit regardless.

We do not sell or share your information

Budge does not sell your personal information and does not share it for cross-context behavioral advertising, as those terms are used under California and other state laws. There is nothing to sell or share, because nothing is collected. No financial incentive is offered in exchange for data, and none is taken.

Children's privacy

Budge is not directed to children and does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone, including children under 13 as defined by COPPA. Florida law provides heightened protections, with treble damages, for violations involving minors under 18; since Budge collects nothing from any user, no such information is gathered. If you believe a child has somehow provided information, contact Budgesupport@gmail.com, although by design there is nothing to delete.

Data security

Because your information never leaves your device, it is protected by your device's own security, including your passcode and Face ID or Touch ID. Budge also offers an optional in-app lock. No system is perfectly secure, but keeping data on-device removes the central database that is the usual target of a breach.

Changes to this policy

If this Privacy Policy changes, the updated version will appear here and in the app with a new effective date. Material changes will be made clear.