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Privacy Policy
The short version: Strongstead has no accounts, no analytics, no tracking, and no ads. Everything you enter is stored in a local database on your device and is never sent to us — we have no server. Optional network features are listed below and use Apple services, public map/product services, or an explicit local device connection. Strongstead's developer does not receive that data.
Data stored on your device
Inventory, checklists, bug-out plans, emergency (ICE) contacts, medical profiles, map points, notes, and vault documents are stored locally on your device. Vault documents and encrypted notes are additionally encrypted with AES-GCM using keys derived from your PIN; the PIN itself is never stored in readable form. We (the developer) have no server and no access to any of this data.
Optional features that use the network
- iCloud backup (off until you use it). The backup file is encrypted on your device with a passphrase only you know, then written to your own iCloud Drive. It travels through Apple's iCloud under Apple's privacy terms; without your passphrase it cannot be read — by us or anyone else. Deleting it from iCloud Drive removes it.
- Family Share (off by default, PRO). If you create or join a family share, the categories of data you choose in its sharing settings sync through your own iCloud (CloudKit) to your family members' devices. Nothing goes to any server of ours.
- Device-to-device sync (manual). A transfer starts only when one person chooses Host, another chooses Join, and both approve the displayed verification code. The connection uses local Wi-Fi/Bluetooth and does not advertise, browse, or reconnect in the background.
- Barcode lookup (off by default). If you enable product lookup, the scanned barcode number is sent to the non-profit Open Food Facts database to fetch product details. Like any web request, it includes your IP address. Nothing else is sent.
- Map tiles. The Maps screen fetches map imagery from a public tile server (versatiles.org). Tile requests reveal the map region you are viewing and your IP address to that server — the same as any online map. You can download offline map regions in advance and use Maps without a connection. Editing or saving a bug-out plan with "Route along roads" on fetches the map tiles along that plan's route once from the same server, so the route's region is disclosed the same way; the tiles are cached on your device and the computed route never leaves it.
- Purchases. Subscriptions and purchases are processed entirely by Apple via the App Store. We never see your payment details.
Location
Location is used to show your position on maps and during bug-out navigation. When you send an SOS message, your current coordinates can be embedded in the SMS you review and send from the standard Messages composer. Strongstead does not track location in the background. Bug-out routes are planned entirely on your device from map tiles it downloads; the route itself is never sent to any routing service.
Widgets
Home-screen and lock-screen widgets read a minimized copy of data (for example, emergency contact names and phone numbers) stored on your device. Medical information appears only after you enable the master widget permission in Settings and separately opt in a specific medical profile. Turning the master permission off clears every profile opt-in and the shared widget payload.
What we don't do
- No analytics or crash-reporting SDKs. The App Store privacy label is "Data Not Collected".
- No advertising, no tracking, no fingerprinting, no sale or sharing of data.
- No account. We cannot identify you and have nothing to hand over.
Deleting your data
Deleting the app deletes all local data. Backups you created can be deleted from the Files app (iCloud Drive → Strongstead). Family-share data is removed for you when you leave or stop the share.
Children
Strongstead is not directed at children and does not knowingly collect any personal data — from anyone.
Website tools
The free tools on strongstead.com calculate in your browser. Household settings and readiness answers are not sent to us or saved by these tools. Kit and checklist ticks are saved in localStorage on this device; use “Clear checks” or “Start over” to remove them. Sharing a readiness result is optional and includes only the score and the tool link.
The website has no analytics transport, advertising trackers or cookies added by Strongstead. It emits local interaction events inside the browser, without household inputs or scores. GitHub Pages hosts the website and processes ordinary web requests under GitHub’s privacy statement. Following an App Store or source link opens that provider’s service.
Changes & contact
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted at this address with an updated date. Questions: support@geesoft.eu.