Privacy & transparency

CoinQuest Privacy Policy

Draft for review · Last updated: November 2, 2026

Important: This is a draft, not a verified final policy. The CoinQuest AIA source inspected for this website includes TinyDB components and stores app values such as income, expenses, savings goals, and sound preference. The release APK, compiled permissions, third-party SDK behavior, and complete runtime data flows have not been independently verified. Confirm every statement below and align it with Google Play Data Safety disclosures before publication.

1. Introduction

This draft describes potential privacy considerations for CoinQuest, an Android personal expense tracking application developed by Leiji Mark Gaviola. Replace or confirm this language after verifying the released app and all services it uses.

2. Information users enter

Based on the inspected app project and screens, users can enter financial records such as income source and amount, expense name and amount, expense category, dates, savings goal details, and amounts added toward a goal. These entries may be sensitive personal information. The actual data collected, processed, or shared must be confirmed from the release build and applicable services.

3. Automatically collected information

Not yet verified. The app package, embedded Android libraries, distribution configuration, and any analytics, diagnostics, advertising, or platform services must be reviewed before stating whether technical or device information is collected automatically.

4. Local storage and TinyDB

The provided MIT App Inventor project uses TinyDB components. The project includes TinyDB reads and writes for app values, including income, expenses, savings information, and sound preference. This confirms use of TinyDB in the project source; it does not by itself establish the full storage lifecycle, security properties, backup behavior, or whether any data is transmitted by the final app or its dependencies.

5. Purposes of processing

Financial entries are used by app features to display totals, transaction history, reports, and savings progress. Confirm whether any information is processed for additional purposes by libraries, operating-system features, or distribution services.

6. Third-party services and data sharing

Not verified. Before publishing, identify each included SDK or service, the information it receives, its purpose, and its own privacy terms. Do not claim that CoinQuest shares no data until the compiled release and all integrations have been checked. Google Play and Android may process information under their own terms.

7. Data security

Specific security safeguards have not been verified for this draft. No claim is made here about encryption, secure deletion, or protection against unauthorized access. Review the app and storage implementation before making any security statement.

8. Retention and deletion

The app's data retention and deletion behavior must be confirmed. Verify what happens when users edit records, clear app data, uninstall the app, restore a device, or use Android backup. No account deletion or cloud deletion feature is confirmed by the materials reviewed.

9. Children's privacy

The intended age range and applicable child-directed data practices have not been verified. Confirm the app's target audience and Google Play declarations, and document appropriate handling before publishing this section as final.

10. User choices and rights

Users can contact the developer with questions or requests concerning privacy. The actual ability to access, correct, export, or delete data depends on the verified app storage and services. Contact leijigaviola@gmail.com for privacy inquiries.

11. Policy updates

This draft may change when the app or its data practices change. When finalized, update the effective date and explain material changes on this page.

Publication gate: Do not submit this page as the final Google Play Privacy Policy until the checklist in docs/privacy-verification.md is completed and all statements are checked against the released app and Data Safety form.