Effective Date: September 30, 2026Welcome to TaxSnap AI ("we," "our," or "us"). We are committed to protecting your privacy and securing your personal and financial data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and protect your information when you use our mobile application (TaxSnap AI) and its associated backend cloud services.
1. Information We Collect
To provide our automated receipt scanning and expense tracking services, we collect the following data:
• Account Information: When you log in via Google Sign-In, we collect your unique Authentication User ID (UID) and your email address.
• Financial and Receipt Data: When you use the scan functionality, the app securely transmits photos of your physical receipts to our server. We extract metadata including merchant name, transaction date, total amount, tax values, and currency.
• Support Interactions: When you use our in-app support chat service, we collect the messages, attachments, and diagnostic information you explicitly send to our customer care team to help resolve your issues.
• Device Identifiers: Our third-party advertising partner may collect your device's advertising ID (AAID) to serve personalized or non-personalized context-relevant ads within the free tier version of the app.
2. How We Use Your Data
We use the collected information strictly for core application functionalities:
• To authenticate your identity and synchronize your expense logs across devices.
• To execute high-precision optical character recognition (OCR) and financial data extraction through our multi-cluster AI loop.
• To organize and back up your receipt history securely inside your private cloud storage ledger.
• To respond to your customer queries, technical faults, and service tickets initiated via the live support chat.
3. Data Storage, Retention, and Security
• Data Security: All communications between the TaxSnap AI mobile application and our self-hosted backend infrastructure are fully encrypted in transit using secure HTTPS / TLS protocols.
• Data Isolation: Your scanned receipt images and database row metrics are completely isolated and sequestered by your unique UID, preventing unauthorized access.
• No Selling of Data: We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information, email addresses, or scanned financial records to any third-party marketing companies.
4. User Control: In-App Account Deletion & Right to be Forgotten
We believe in full user autonomy over personal data. In compliance with international data privacy regulations (including GDPR and Google Play Developer Policies):
• In-App Deletion Button: You can permanently delete your account at any time directly through the application settings panel by clicking the "Delete Account" button.
• Complete Purge: Upon clicking the deletion button, our server initiates an immediate, irreversible execution script that:
1. Completely purges your user profile and authentication metadata from our database.
2. Permanently deletes all historical tax data rows mapped to your profile.
3. Erases all physical receipt images saved inside our cloud object storage buckets.
• Alternative Request: Alternatively, you may request complete account erasure by contacting our support desk via the in-app support chat or by emailing us directly at your registered developer support address.
5. Third-Party Service Providers
Our app integrates trusted industry-standard SDKs to facilitate core functionalities:
• Firebase Authentication: Handles secure user logins.
• Google AdMob: Serves ad units to free-tier users using device ad identifiers.
• PayPal: Manages premium tier subscription cycles securely externally outside the app framework.
6. Updates to This Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any structural modifications by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the effective date at the top.
7. Contact Us
If you have any questions or suggestions regarding our privacy infrastructure, or if you need assistance utilizing our support services, please reach out to us inside the app's Support Chat or contact our administrative mailbox "allinhalf@gmail.com".