Privacy policy

This policy explains how the GearCheck app for Android and iPhone ("GearCheck", "the app") and this website, developed by Yubal Torres ("we", "us"), handle your information.

Where your data is stored

What you create in GearCheck (your gear and serial numbers, kits, shoots, checklists, tasks, reminders and settings) is stored on your device, in the app's private storage. The app has no account, and this content is never sent to us or to anyone else.

Device backups

Your device's own backup may include GearCheck's data, so it's restored when you reinstall the app or set up a new phone. We can't access these backups, and you can turn them off in your device's settings.

• Android: if Android backup is turned on for your Google account, the backup is stored in your Google account and managed by Google under Google's privacy policy.
• iPhone: if iCloud Backup is turned on, or when you back up your iPhone to a computer, the backup is stored in your iCloud account or on that computer, and iCloud is managed by Apple under Apple's privacy policy.

Purchases

GearCheck Pro is sold through Google Play on Android and the App Store on iPhone. Google or Apple processes the payment; we never receive your card or payment details. The app asks the store whether your Google account or Apple Account has an active Pro subscription and keeps that answer on your device, so it knows your plan even when you're offline.

Purchases, renewals, cancellations and refunds are also recorded with a subscription analytics provider we use, so we can follow our sales: the plan, its price and currency, the store's transaction details and dates, the app version and the device's system version. They're linked to a random identifier the app creates, not to your name or email, and the provider doesn't receive your payment details either.

Usage statistics

To understand how GearCheck is used and how people find it (for example, through our ads or this website), the app sends anonymous usage statistics to an analytics provider we use:

• How the app is used: the screens you open and the features you use. Never what you type, such as names, serial numbers, notes or venues.
• When and for how long the app is used.
• The app version, device model, system version, language and country.
• Where the app was installed from, such as an ad or this website, when the store provides it.
• A random identifier the app creates, which changes if you delete and reinstall the app.

The app doesn't use your device's advertising identifier. These statistics aren't linked to your name, email or account, and they're not used for ads or to track you across other apps and websites. They're kept for up to 14 months.

This website

This website counts visits anonymously, without cookies: the page viewed, the site that sent you to it, and your country, browser, operating system and type of device. Nothing is stored on your device, and visits can't be linked to you.

Permissions

On Android:

• Notifications: to show the reminders you set for your shoots.
• Alarms & reminders: to deliver those reminders on time.
• Run at startup: to schedule your reminders again after the device restarts.

On iPhone:

• Notifications: to show the reminders you set for your shoots.

Reminders are scheduled and shown by your device.

Contacting us

"Contact us" in the app's settings opens your email app with a message addressed to us. It includes the app version, the system version (Android or iOS) and the device model, to help us answer, and nothing is sent until you send that email yourself. When you email us, we receive your email address and what you write, and we use them only to reply.

Sharing a shoot

When you share a shoot, the app passes its text to the app you choose through your device's share menu. What happens next is up to that app.

What we don't do

• We don't require an account.
• We don't show ads.
• We don't use advertising identifiers or track you across other apps and websites.
• We don't sell your information. We only share it with the providers described above, who process it for us.

Google Play and Apple may give developers anonymous crash and performance statistics from devices whose owners allow it in their device settings (on iPhone, "Share With App Developers" under Analytics & Improvements). These come from Google or Apple, not from the app.

Children

GearCheck isn't directed to children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect information from them.

Deleting your data

You can delete any item in the app. Clearing the app's storage (Android) or deleting the app removes all of its data from your device. To remove device backups, use your device, Google account or iCloud settings.

Usage statistics can't be linked to you, so we can't find or delete them for a specific person; they're deleted automatically after 14 months. For questions about your purchase records, contact us.

Changes to this policy

We may change this policy at any time, without prior notice. Changes apply once they're published on this page, with the date at the top updated. Check this page from time to time to stay informed.

Contact

Questions about this policy: ricardoyubal@gmail.com.