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Privacy Policy

Effective July 11, 2026 Applies to the Homivault Android app Contact: krishan.kant03@gmail.com

1. Overview

Homivault is a personal home-inventory app: it helps you track appliances, warranties, service history, and invoices. This policy explains, plainly, what information the app collects, why, and where it goes. There is no advertising, no data resale, and no tracking beyond what's needed to run the features you use.

2. Data we collect

All of the following is entered by you, or generated as a direct result of using a feature you chose to use.

Category	Examples	Required?
Account identity	Name, email address, and profile photo from Google Sign-In	Required
Appliance records	Item name, brand, model, price, purchase date, warranty and service dates	Required
Photos & invoices	Appliance photos and invoice files you attach	Optional
App settings	Theme, language, currency, and a hashed PIN if you enable app lock	Optional

3. Where your data lives

Appliance records are stored in Google Firestore, isolated to your account — no other user or account can read or write your records.
Photos and invoice files are stored locally on your device, and optionally backed up to a folder in your own Google Drive that only Homivault can see.
Your PIN, if you set one, is hashed and stored only on your device — it is never transmitted anywhere.

4. Google account permissions

When you sign in with Google, Homivault requests exactly three permissions, and nothing more:

Permission	What it's used for
Email & profile	Identify your account and personalize the app
Drive — app-created files only	Back up invoices and your inventory export to a private folder. Homivault cannot see, list, or modify any other file in your Drive.

5. How we use it

Displaying your inventory, dashboard, and reminders inside the app
Sending you reminder emails for warranty, AMC, insurance, service, battery, and filter dates — only to your own account's email address
Backing up and restoring your data at your request

7. Your controls

Export your full inventory as a CSV file at any time from Settings.
Delete any item, photo, or invoice individually from within the app.
Sign out or switch accounts from Settings — this does not delete data already stored under your account.
Request full deletion of your account's data by emailing the contact address below.

8. Security

Access to your appliance records is enforced server-side: Firestore security rules ensure only your authenticated account can read or write your own data. Files you back up to Drive use the narrowest available permission scope, limited to files Homivault itself created. An optional on-device PIN or fingerprint lock adds a further layer against anyone with physical access to your phone.

9. Children's privacy

Homivault is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect data from them.

10. Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the effective date at the top of this page will be updated. Material changes will be reflected here before they take effect.

11. Ownership & terms of use

Homivault — including its source code, design, user interface, icons, branding, and the "Homivault" name and logo — is the proprietary work of its developer. All rights not expressly granted to you are reserved.

Downloading and using the app grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable license to use it for your own home-inventory tracking. You may not copy, decompile, reverse-engineer, redistribute, or create derivative works from the app or its source code, in whole or in part, without prior written permission. You may not use the Homivault name, logo, or branding to promote a competing or derivative product.

Data you enter into the app (your appliance records, photos, and invoices) remains yours. This section covers the app itself — its code and design — not your personal data, which is addressed in the sections above.

12. Contact

Questions about this policy or your data: krishan.kant03@gmail.com