DueAction helps you keep track of returns, refunds, free trials, warranties and renewals. This page explains what information the app handles and the choices you have. We wrote it in plain language on purpose.
The short version
- DueAction has no accounts, no ads and no advertising or analytics tools.
- The information you add is kept on your phone. We do not run servers that receive it, and we cannot see it.
- Receipts you upload, paste or share are read on your phone. Their contents are never sent to us. This includes the Inbox, text kept for search and Evidence Pack PDFs, which are made on your phone and shared only when you choose.
- The app uses the internet only to fetch small store logos (you can switch this off) and for the text-reading component described below.
- Backups are files you create and keep. We never receive them.
Information you add
You choose what to put in DueAction: item names, dates, amounts, store names, order numbers, notes, checklists, and any documents or photos you attach. This information is stored in the app's private storage on your device.
The database and your attachments are encrypted, using keys kept in Android's secure key storage where your phone supports it.
Reading receipts, photos and emails
You can add an item by uploading a receipt (a photo, screenshot, PDF or saved email), by pasting an email, or by sharing one to DueAction from another app. The app reads the text and fills in the form for you to check. You decide what is saved.
Reading happens on your phone. For photos and PDFs the app uses Google ML Kit text recognition, with its recognition model bundled inside the app. Your file and the text found in it are not sent to us or to Google. The file you upload is not kept unless you choose to attach it to an item, in which case it is stored encrypted like any other attachment.
Like many Google components, ML Kit may send limited technical information to Google, such as the app's package name and version, the component's version, performance or error data, and an identifier for the installation. This does not include your receipts or their contents. Google handles it under its own privacy policy.
The app never connects to your email account. Emails are only read when you paste or share them yourself.
Inbox, Evidence Pack, search and shortcuts
Inbox. When you share a receipt or email to DueAction, it can wait in the Inbox until you decide what to do with it. The app reads it on your phone with Google ML Kit, as described above, and keeps the file encrypted on your device until you save it as an item or remove it. Nothing in the Inbox is sent to us.
Evidence Pack. For an item you can make a PDF that gathers its details, dates, notes and attached documents. It is made on your phone and goes nowhere unless you choose to share it. It can contain personal details such as names, order numbers, amounts and your receipts, so check it before you send it to anyone.
Search. Search covers your item details and the text read from the receipts stored on your phone. That text stays encrypted on your device and is never sent to us.
Home screen shortcuts. Long-pressing the app icon offers quick actions to scan a receipt, add a return or a subscription, or open the Inbox. They only open parts of the app and share nothing.
Information we do not collect
We do not collect your name, email address, phone number, location, contacts or advertising identifiers, and we have no servers that receive your items, receipts or attachments. The app contains no advertising or analytics tools. The name you enter in Settings is stored only on your phone, to greet you.
Use of the internet
The app connects to the internet in two situations: the text-reading component's technical data (above), and store logos (below).
To show a store's logo, the app may ask Google's public favicon service for the logo of a website address guessed from the store name you entered. For some items it may also search a public icon service (iconify.design) using the item's name. These requests go directly from your phone to those services. They can see your phone's internet address and the name in the request, and they handle it under their own privacy policies.
You can turn this off in Settings, Data & Privacy, by switching off "Load logos online". The app then makes no logo requests and uses built-in icons only.
If you save a link on an item and open it, your browser or another app opens it. That app's own policies apply.
Permissions the app asks for
- Notifications and Alarms & reminders: to remind you before a deadline.
- Camera: only when you choose to take a photo or scan a document.
- Files: only the files you pick yourself, through the system file picker, or that you share to DueAction.
- Vibration: for reminder alerts.
- Start after restart: so your reminders are set again after your phone restarts.
Backups and exports
A backup is a single file, protected by a password you choose. You decide where it is saved. We do not receive it, we do not keep your password, and we cannot recover either. If you lose the password, the backup cannot be opened.
A CSV export is a plain file that anyone who has it can read. Share it carefully.
Sharing
We do not sell or share your information. Your data leaves your phone only when you choose to make a backup or export, share something, or open a link, and through the logo requests and text-reading component described above. Apps you choose to send files to, such as email or cloud storage, handle them under their own terms.
Security
We use encryption and other safeguards to protect the information on your device. No system is completely secure, and we cannot promise absolute security. Your phone's own protection matters too: anyone who can unlock your phone can open DueAction unless you turn on the app lock in Settings. Keep your phone updated, and keep backups and passwords somewhere safe.
Your choices and deleting your data
You can edit or delete any item at any time, and deleting an item also removes its documents. Uninstalling the app removes its data from your phone. Backup and export files you created stay wherever you saved them, so delete those yourself if you no longer want them. You can turn off notifications and online logos in Settings.
Children
DueAction is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect information from children.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. The latest version is always in the app, with its date at the top.
Contact
Questions about privacy: help.pulsebyte@gmail.com