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Privacy Policy

Effective 16 October 2026Developer: Sintios[email protected]

The short version

  • We don't run servers for Backed, and we never receive your receipts, items or notes.
  • Your receipts, items and notes are stored on your device. If you turn on iCloud sync, they are also stored in your own iCloud account, which we cannot access.
  • Receipt reading (text recognition and extraction) happens on your device.
  • No account needed and no analytics tools of our own.
  • The free version shows ads from Google AdMob, never on the scan, claim or reminder screens. Ads are personalised only if you allow it. Backed Pro removes them.
  • Your receipts and items are never shared with advertisers.

This policy explains how Backed: Warranty & Receipts ("Backed", "the app") handles information. Backed is made by Sintios ("we", "us").

1. What the app stores, and where

Backed stores the information you add, such as receipt images and PDFs, recognised receipt text, product names, brands, models, serial numbers, prices, purchase dates, stores, order numbers, product photos, coverage dates, notes and claim drafts.

  • On your device: all of this is stored locally in the app's storage.
  • In your iCloud (optional): if iCloud is enabled for Backed, the data is synced through Apple's iCloud (CloudKit) private database tied to your Apple Account, so it appears on your other devices. If you use family sharing, the items you choose to share are shared through iCloud with the people you invite. This storage is provided by Apple under Apple's privacy policy. We have no access to your private iCloud data.

We do not receive a copy of any of this information.

2. On-device processing

  • Camera and Photos: used only when you scan a receipt, product or serial number, or choose an image. Images are processed on your device.
  • Text recognition and extraction: Backed uses Apple's on-device frameworks (such as Vision/VisionKit and, on supported devices, Apple's on-device Foundation Models) to read store names, dates, items, prices and order numbers. This processing happens on your device and is not sent to us.
  • Notifications: reminders are scheduled locally on your device.
  • Siri and Shortcuts: if you use them, requests are handled by Apple under Apple's privacy policy. Backed answers them from data on your device.

3. Things you send yourself

  • Claim emails: when you use the claim assistant, Backed prepares a draft in your email app. Nothing is sent unless you send it, and it goes from your email account to the recipient you choose. We don't see it.
  • PDF export and sharing: files you export or share go where you send them.
  • Links: manufacturer support pages and other links open in your browser. Those websites have their own privacy policies.

4. Purchases

Subscriptions and the lifetime purchase are processed by Apple through the App Store. We do not receive your payment details. The app checks your purchase status on your device using Apple's StoreKit. Apple may provide us with aggregated, non-identifying sales reports.

5. Advertising (free version)

The free version of Backed shows ads provided by Google AdMob (Google LLC / Google Ireland Limited). Backed Pro removes all ads. We place ads away from the moments that matter: scanning a receipt, reviewing it, writing a claim, and reminders.

What the ad SDK may collect. To show and measure ads and to prevent fraud, Google's AdMob SDK running in the app may collect: device and app identifiers (including, only if you allow tracking, Apple's Advertising Identifier, IDFA), your IP address and the approximate location derived from it, device and app information (model, OS version, language, app version), ad interactions (which ads were shown or tapped) and diagnostic data about ad performance and crashes. Google processes this under its own policies: How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services and Google Privacy Policy.

What advertisers never get. Your receipts, items, prices, serial numbers, notes and claim drafts are never sent to Google or any advertiser, and are never used to target ads.

Your choices.

  • Personalised or not: ads are personalised only if you allow tracking when iOS asks (App Tracking Transparency). If you decline, Google can't use the IDFA and you see non-personalised (contextual) ads. You can change this at any time in Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking.
  • EU, EEA, UK and Switzerland: before any ads are requested, the app shows Google's consent form (Google User Messaging Platform, certified under the IAB Transparency & Consent Framework). You can accept, reject or choose purposes, and you can reopen the form at any time from the app's Settings → Privacy & ads.
  • US state privacy laws: where applicable, the consent form also lets you opt out of the "sale" or "sharing" of personal information for targeted advertising.
  • No ads at all: buy Backed Pro.

Retention. We don't receive or store ad data ourselves. Google retains it according to its own policies; see the links above.

6. Crash reports and diagnostics

Apart from the ad SDK described above, Backed does not include third-party analytics or crash-reporting tools. If you have chosen in iOS settings to share analytics with app developers, Apple may provide us with crash reports and diagnostic data. Apple controls this sharing, and you can turn it off at any time in Settings → Privacy & Security → Analytics & Improvements.

7. What we don't do

We don't sell your receipts or items, we don't build profiles, and we don't track you across apps or websites ourselves. Any tracking for personalised ads happens only through Google AdMob and only with your permission, as described in section 5.

8. Your choices and rights

Because we don't hold your data, you control it directly:

  • Edit or delete any item or receipt in the app.
  • Delete everything: delete the app from your device. To remove synced data, also delete Backed's data in Settings → [your name] → iCloud → Manage Storage (wording varies by iOS version).
  • Turn off iCloud sync in the app's Settings or in iOS Settings.
  • Revoke permissions (camera, photos, notifications, tracking) at any time in iOS Settings.
  • Ads: change your ad choices in the app's Settings → Privacy & ads, or remove ads with Backed Pro.

If you live in the EU, UK, Türkiye or another region with data protection laws (such as the GDPR, UK GDPR or KVKK), you have rights including access, correction, deletion and objection. Since we don't store your receipts or items, we normally have nothing to provide or delete; for ad data, use the choices above or contact Google directly, but you can contact us at [email protected] with any question, and you can complain to your local data protection authority.

If you email us for support, we use your email address and message only to reply, and we keep them only as long as needed for that purpose.

9. Children

Backed is a general-audience utility and is not directed at children under 13 (or the minimum age in your country). Ads are not targeted at children, and we don't knowingly collect data from children.

10. Security

Your data is protected by your device's security (passcode, Face ID / Touch ID, data protection encryption) and, if enabled, by Apple's iCloud security. Keep your device and Apple Account secure.

11. Changes

If we change how Backed handles data, we will update this policy and the effective date, and where required we will ask for your consent in the app first.

12. Contact

Sintios · [email protected] · Backed support