Owneo — Privacy Policy

This policy covers the Owneo app for iOS, published by Dmytro Grytsenko ("I", "me"). It explains what the app does with your information. The website at grytsenko.dev has its own separate policy, and use of the app is governed by the Owneo Terms of Use.

Summary

Owneo collects only what this policy describes. The sections below list what leaves your device, who receives it and why. There is no advertising and no sale of personal data.

Information the app handles

The app collects the following categories of data:

• Usage data — how the app's features are used
• Purchase history — the plan you choose and its price
• Identifiers — a random ID for the installation and the ID the App Store assigns to your Apple Account for Owneo
• Coarse location — the country and city Mixpanel estimates from your IP address

Everything else you enter is stored locally on your device using Apple's own frameworks. That includes:

• The things you add and their details — names, categories, purchase dates and prices, and fields such as serial numbers, VINs or a pet's breed
• Reminders, maintenance records and each thing's activity history
• The photo you take or choose for a thing
• Documents and scans you attach — receipts, warranties, insurance, registration, identity or medical papers
• Preferences such as the time reminders are delivered and the app's appearance

Permissions

Owneo asks iOS for access only for the feature named next to it:

Declining switches off only the feature that needs it. You can change your answer at any time in Settings → Owneo.

On-device processing

Smart Fill reads the text of a scanned page with Apple's Vision framework, entirely on your iPhone. Neither the page nor the text is uploaded anywhere, and the suggested details are applied only after you review and confirm them.

iCloud sync

When sync is on, your content moves between your devices through your own iCloud account, using Apple's CloudKit. That data sits in Apple's infrastructure under your Apple Account and is governed by Apple's Privacy Policy. I have no access to it and cannot read, recover or delete it on your behalf. Turning off iCloud for Owneo in Settings stops the sync.

iCloud sync is part of Owneo Pro and has its own switch in Owneo's Settings. Turning it off, signing out of iCloud or Pro ending pauses the sync and leaves everything on your device exactly as it was.

Backups you export

Exporting a backup creates a single file holding your data, including any photos and attached files. The app does not encrypt it. You choose where that file goes — Files, AirDrop, email or a cloud drive — and from then on it is handled by whichever service you save it to or send it through. Importing a backup reads the file on your device and sends nothing anywhere.

Analytics

The app uses Mixpanel to understand how it is used, so I know what to improve. This data is not sold, not used for advertising, and not combined with data from other companies or used to track you across other apps and websites.

None of what you keep in Owneo is sent — not the names or details of your things, their notes, documents, scans or photos, or what you search for. Analytics data is linked to the App Store's ID so that your devices count as one user, but that ID carries no name or email address.

Purchases

In-app purchases and subscriptions are processed entirely by Apple. I never see your payment card, billing address or Apple Account details — the app only receives a receipt confirming that a purchase is valid. Manage or cancel subscriptions in Settings → your name → Subscriptions.

What the app never does

• No advertising SDKs and no ad tracking.
• No selling or renting of personal data, ever.
• No access to contacts, photos, location or health data unless you explicitly grant it for a feature that needs it — and then only while that feature is in use.
• No hidden background collection.

Who receives data

Besides me, the following parties may process data from the app:

• Mixpanel (analytics)
• Apple iCloud (sync, under your own Apple Account)
• Apple (payment processing for in-app purchases)

Each acts under its own privacy terms and, where it processes data on my behalf, under a written data-processing agreement.

Retention and deletion

Data stored on your device lives there until you delete it in the app or remove the app. Deleting Owneo from your iPhone removes its local storage. Things you archive are kept for 30 days and then deleted from the device automatically, unless you restore them first. To remove the synced copy as well, delete the app data from iCloud in Settings → your name → iCloud → Manage Account Storage. To request deletion of anything held on my side, email me and I will action it within 30 days.

Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct, delete or port your personal data, and to object to or restrict its processing. Since the app is built to hold as little as possible, most of these you can exercise yourself directly in the app. For anything else, email [email protected]. EU and UK residents may also complain to their national data protection authority.

Children

Owneo is not directed at children under 13, and I do not knowingly collect personal data from them. If you believe a child has provided personal data, contact me and I'll delete it.

Changes

If this policy changes, the "Last updated" date above changes with it, and significant changes will be flagged in the app's release notes.

Contact

Dmytro Grytsenko
Ukraine
[email protected]

Need help with the app instead? Head to the Owneo support page.