Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 11, 2026

Effective August 11, 2026.

1. Scope

This Privacy Policy describes how Housemates collects, uses, shares, and protects information when you use our mobile application and related services.

2. Information we collect

Information you provide:

  • Account information: email, name (up to 24 characters), and password (handled by our authentication provider). If you sign in with Apple or Google, we receive your name and email from them, and Google may also provide your account photo.
  • Profile photo: an optional picture you choose or take in the app, visible to members of your house.
  • House information: your house membership (one house at a time, up to 8 members), the house name, its invite code, and the member list visible to house members.
  • Expense and payment data: expense titles, optional descriptions, amounts, participants and their shares, and payments you record between housemates (amounts, optional notes, and who recorded them).
  • Chore data: chore titles, optional descriptions, schedules, rotation order, assignees, and completion history.
  • Grocery data: item names, optional colour labels, and who added or bought each item. Purchase history is kept for up to 12 months to power the house staples suggestions.
  • Device tokens for push: platform (iOS/Android) and Expo push token (to deliver reminders).
  • Support requests or feedback you send us.

Information we collect automatically:

  • App activity logs (e.g., when reminders are sent; limited to one per 24 hours per housemate for balances, and one per 24 hours per chore per person).
  • Device info (model, OS version) and diagnostics or crash logs if you opt in, to improve stability and performance.
  • Approximate location only if derived from your device locale/timezone (we do not collect precise GPS).

We do not collect financial account numbers, government IDs, or sensitive biometric data.

3. How we use information

We use your information to:

  • Provide and maintain the App (authentication, houses, expenses and payments, chores, grocery lists, reminders).
  • Enforce rules (e.g., one house per user, a member limit of 8, reminder throttles, and content and rate limits).
  • Send transactional push notifications (reminders about balances and chores).
  • Improve, troubleshoot, and secure the App (debugging, preventing abuse).
  • Comply with legal obligations and enforce our Terms.

Legal bases: contract necessity (to provide the App), legitimate interests (security, improvement, anti-abuse), consent (push notifications and any optional diagnostics), and legal obligation.

4. Sharing of information

We share information with:

  • Service providers that help us operate the App (e.g., cloud hosting, authentication, push messaging). This includes providers like Supabase (backend hosting/auth/database/storage) and Expo (push messaging).
  • Other users in your house (they can see your name, your profile photo if you set one, and the expenses, payments, chores, and grocery items you are part of).
  • Authorities, if required by law or to protect rights, safety, or property.
  • Business transfers (e.g., merger, acquisition), subject to this Policy.

We do not sell your personal information.

5. International transfers

We may process and store information in countries other than your own. Where required, we use appropriate safeguards (e.g., standard contractual clauses) for cross-border transfers.

6. Data retention

We retain information for as long as your account is active and as necessary to provide the App. When you delete your account, we permanently delete your sign-in, profile, and photo, along with every expense and payment you were part of, and we remove you from your house and its chores (chores assigned only to you are deleted; if the house becomes empty, it is deleted too). Grocery items you added stay on the house list under the name they were added with. Grocery purchase history is automatically deleted after 12 months. We may retain limited logs for a reasonable period for security, fraud prevention, or legal compliance.

7. Your choices & rights

  • Account deletion: You can delete your account from within the App (Profile → Account & Privacy → Delete account).
  • Profile photo: You can change or remove your photo at any time from within the App.
  • Push notifications: You can enable/disable notifications in the App or via device settings at any time.
  • Access/Rectification/Erasure: Where applicable, you may request access, correction, deletion, or portability of your data, or object/restrict certain processing.
  • Do Not Track: We currently do not respond to DNT signals.

To exercise rights, contact us at kayetanp@gmail.com.

8. Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures to protect your information (e.g., access controls, encryption in transit, row-level security, and least-privilege practices with our providers). No method of transmission or storage is 100% secure.

The App may link to third-party sites or services. Their privacy practices are governed by their own policies.

10. Changes to this Policy

We may update this Policy from time to time. If changes are material, we will notify you (e.g., in-app or by email) and update the dates above.

11. Contact

kayetanp@gmail.com