FamilyBud Privacy Policy

Welcome to FamilyBud, a family organizer application. Your privacy and trust are of paramount importance to us. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, store, and safeguard your personal information when you use our mobile application and related services.

1. Information We Collect

To provide a collaborative, synced experience for you and your family members, we collect several types of information:

• Account Information: We collect your name, email address, profile image, phone number (optional), and location details (city/state, optional) when you create or update your profile.
• Social Authentication Data: If you sign in via Google or Apple, we receive your name, email address, and profile picture configuration as permitted by your social login settings.
• Family & Workspace Data: As a collaborative organizer, any data you add to your shared family workspace is stored securely to sync across your family's devices. This includes:
  • Financial Data: Expenses, incomes, categories, and payment statuses (note: we do not collect or store credit card details; all subscription payments are processed securely by Apple App Store or Google Play Store).
  • Documents & Files: Uploaded household documents, images, attachment files, and records.
  • Emergency Info: Family emergency contacts, relations, and emergency-related records.
  • Health & Routines: Routines, habit logs, health plans, and check-offs.
  • Trips & Travel: Trip plans, itineraries, tickets, and location-based travel cards.
  • Vehicles & Pets: Vehicle details, service logs, pet details, and routine pet care logs.
  • Memories & Photos: Photos, logs, and shared memories posted within the family group.
• Usage & Preference Data: We collect language preferences, notification settings, device types, operating system details, and application usage patterns (e.g., error logs and analytics) to maintain app stability and improve user experience.
• Push Notification Tokens: We collect your Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) token to deliver real-time notifications, task reminders, and family updates.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the collected information for the following purposes:

• Sync & Collaboration: To sync data in real-time across your family workspace, allowing multiple members to view, edit, and contribute to shared tasks, events, and records.
• Push Notifications: To send you alerts about reminders, new activities, or notifications from family members.
• Premium Subscriptions: To verify your subscription level (Free vs. Premium) and enforce storage capacity limits.
• Service Improvement: To monitor and analyze crashes, errors, and performance details to improve the application.

3. Third-Party Services

We partner with top-tier services to host and secure your data. Our app integrates the following third-party libraries and SDKs:

• Google Play Services: Core platform support on Android devices.
• Firebase Authentication: Secure login and user session management.
• Firebase Firestore & Cloud Storage: Secure cloud storage and real-time syncing of your family's workspace records, images, and documents.
• Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM): Push notification delivery.
• Google Sign-In & Sign In with Apple: Secure federated login systems.
• Firebase Crashlytics & Analytics: For crash logs, app performance diagnostic tracking, and usage metrics.

4. Data Security & Storage

Your data security is highly important to us. All network communication between the app and our database is encrypted in transit using SSL/TLS. Your data is stored on secure Google Cloud Firebase servers. Only members who have been explicitly invited by you or joined using your family's unique invitation code can access your family's workspace and shared records.

5. Data Deletion & Retention

You have full control over your data. You can delete your account directly inside the app settings at any time:

• Deleting your account permanently removes your profile details, personal preferences, and removes your connections from the family space.
• If you are the last remaining member of a family space, deleting your account will permanently delete the entire family workspace, including all shared financial logs, documents, photos, and emergency records.
• You may also submit a deletion request by contacting us at support@globiqtechnologies.com. We will process your request within 30 days.

6. Changes to this Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated "Last updated" date. We encourage you to review this page periodically to stay informed about how we protect your information.