Privacy Policy

Last Updated: March 17, 2026

Welcome to BillBud. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring you have a positive experience on our mobile application. This Privacy Policy outlines our practices regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of your information when you use our App.

1. Information We Collect

To provide you with the best experience and to facilitate bill splitting and group management, we collect the following types of information:

• Personal Information: When you sign up, we collect your phone number, Google profile information (name, email, and profile picture), and UID to create and authenticate your account.
• Contacts List: With your explicit local permission, we access your device's contacts list. This is exclusively used to help you find friends, verify registered users (viral loop checking), and add members to your split groups. We do not store your entire contact list on our servers.
• Financial & Expense Data: We store the structured details of the expenses you create, including amounts, group members involved, categories, and settlement statuses.
• Device & Usage Information: We may collect standard diagnostic data such as device type, OS version, and crash reports to improve app stability.

2. How We Use Your Information

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Welcome to BillBud. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring you have a positive experience on our mobile application.

1. Information We Collect

• Personal Information: Name, phone number, email, profile picture for account creation.
• Contacts List: With your explicit permission, BillBud accesses your device contacts solely to help you identify and add friends for expense sharing and group creation. Contact data is processed locally on your device and is not stored on our servers except for matching registered users. We do not upload or retain your full contact list.
• Expense Data: Expenses, balances, and group activity data.
• Device Information: Device type, OS version, crash logs.

2. How We Use Your Information

• To provide and maintain app functionality
• To sync data securely using Firebase
• To improve performance and fix bugs
• To send important notifications

3. Data Sharing

• With Users: Group members can see your name and shared expenses
• Third-party Services: Firebase (Google) for backend services
• Legal: If required by law

4. Data Retention and Deletion

We retain your data while your account is active. You can request deletion anytime. Some anonymized group data may remain.

5. User Rights

• Access your data
• Update your data
• Delete your account

6. Security

We use secure Firebase infrastructure, but no system is 100% secure.

7. Children's Privacy

This app is not intended for children under 13.

8. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time.

9. Contact Us

For any questions, contact us at: getpotatobuilds@gmail.com