Budget Bestie Privacy Policy

Last updated: July 21, 2026

Budget Bestie Corp ("Budget Bestie", "we", "our", or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard information when you use the Budget Bestie mobile application (the "App") or visit our website.

Budget Bestie is a manual budgeting app. We do not connect to your bank accounts and we do not ask for bank login credentials. You choose what budgeting, income, expense, goal, subscription, and profile information to enter.

What Data We Collect

Depending on how you use Budget Bestie, we may collect:

• Account and contact information, such as name, email address, and account identifiers.
• Budgeting and financial journal information you choose to enter, such as income, expenses, dates, categories, goals, and reminders.
• App usage information, such as feature interactions and screen activity.
• Device, app, network, and diagnostics information used for security, debugging, performance, and reliability.
• Purchase and subscription information, such as plan type and billing status.
• Website usage and marketing measurement information, when applicable and permitted.

How We Collect Data

You directly provide most App data when you:

• Create or sign in to an account.
• Manually enter budgets, envelopes, income, expenses, and goals.
• Configure reminders, notification preferences, or app settings.
• Purchase, restore, cancel, or change a subscription.
• Contact us, complete a survey, or provide feedback.

We also collect some usage, diagnostic, and security information automatically when you use the App or visit our website.

How We Use Data

We use your data to:

• Provide, maintain, and secure the App and related services.
• Authenticate users and protect accounts and sessions.
• Store and sync your budgeting information and generate budget views.
• Send reminders and service-related notifications you request.
• Process subscriptions, purchases, renewals, refunds, and restores.
• Diagnose issues, maintain reliability, and prevent abuse.
• Understand how features are used and evaluate improvements to the App.
• Send marketing communications only where you have consented or where permitted by law.

How We Protect Data

We use technical, administrative, and organizational safeguards appropriate to the information we process. No internet service can guarantee absolute security, but we work to protect your information from unauthorized access, use, or disclosure.

Third-Party Services and Data Sharing

We use service providers to operate, secure, monitor, and improve Budget Bestie. Relevant information may be processed by providers that support:

• App distribution, authentication, and account access.
• Cloud hosting, storage, networking, and security.
• Subscription and payment processing.
• Analytics, diagnostics, reliability, and customer support.
• Communications and marketing measurement where permitted.

We require service providers that receive personal information to provide the same or equivalent protection described in this policy and required by applicable law.

Analytics and Diagnostics

We use analytics and diagnostic services to understand how people use the App, evaluate improvements, and maintain reliability. These services may process app, device, and interaction information and may associate it with your account after you sign in.

Interaction information may include recordings of in-app activity. We use safeguards designed to obscure user-entered content and limit sensitive financial information in analytics and diagnostics. This information is not used for cross-app advertising tracking.

We may also use website analytics to understand traffic and page performance. Website analytics are separate from the financial information you enter in the App.

Analytics and diagnostic information is kept only as long as needed for these purposes. Privacy questions or deletion requests can be sent to [email protected].

Marketing Communications

We may use your personal data to send you marketing communications about our products and services. You will only receive marketing emails if you consent or where otherwise permitted by law. You can unsubscribe at any time by using the opt-out link in those emails or by contacting us at [email protected].

Attribution and Advertising Measurement

Where enabled and permitted, we may use measurement services to understand app installs and campaign performance. These services may process campaign, device, and interaction information subject to device settings, consent choices, and applicable law.

Data Retention and Deletion

We retain personal data only as long as necessary to provide our services, maintain security and reliability, comply with legal requirements, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.

• Active accounts: App data is retained while your account is active.
• Inactive accounts: If your account remains inactive for 24 months, we may notify you by email. If we receive no response within 30 days, your account data may be deleted.
• Deletion requests: You may request data deletion by contacting us at [email protected]. Users can also delete their data by selecting the "Delete all data and account" option in the App's settings.

Some backup, log, security, analytics, purchase, or legal records may be retained for a limited period where needed for security, fraud prevention, compliance, accounting, dispute resolution, or service reliability.

International Data Transfers

Your data may be processed in the United States, Canada, and other countries where we or our service providers operate.

Your Data Protection Rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct, delete, restrict, or object to certain processing of your personal data. You may also request a portable copy of your data where required by applicable law.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this policy periodically. Significant changes may be communicated through the App, our website, or by email where appropriate.

Contact Us

If you have questions or privacy requests, contact us at:

Email: [email protected]