Privacy Policy

Overview

HW 4DAT helps homeowners organize residential properties, home systems, repair tasks, scheduled maintenance, bills, utilities, vendors, permits, records, and related photos. This policy explains how the HW 4DAT iOS app handles information. It is intended to support the privacy information required for App Store submission and to give users a clear public privacy policy URL.

Information You Provide or Create

The app may store information you enter or choose to add, including:

• Property details such as address, jurisdiction, parcel, utility, and residential system information.
• Repair task and maintenance records such as titles, descriptions, priorities, dates, costs, bids, vendors, and completion status.
• Photos you capture with the camera or import from your Photos library for task documentation.
• Notes, compliance references, permit details, bills, records, and other home operations information you add in the app.
• Contact information you voluntarily provide when asking for support.

Camera and Photos Access

HW 4DAT requests camera access so you can document bills, repair tasks, bids, progress, and completion photos. The app requests Photos access so you can import existing photos into a task photo folder. When supported by the app workflow, you may choose whether to keep or delete original photos after they have been copied into HW 4DAT.

HW 4DAT does not access your camera or Photos library unless you grant permission through iOS and use a feature that needs that access. You can change these permissions at any time in the iOS Settings app.

Local Storage and Transmission

The current app foundation is designed to store property records, tasks, and photo attachments locally on your device unless you choose to export, share, send information for support, view ads, or connect the app to a backend service in a development or future production configuration.

If cloud sync, accounts, uploads, or production backend services are added, this policy will be updated before those practices are used in a public App Store release.

How Information Is Used

Information in HW 4DAT is used to provide app functionality, including:

• Organizing property records and home system categories.
• Creating, editing, and reviewing repair and scheduled maintenance tasks.
• Attaching photos and context to tasks.
• Showing dashboards, cost summaries, operational reminders, and record details.
• Responding to support requests when you contact us.

Advertising, Tracking, and Analytics

HW 4DAT may display ads using Google mobile advertising services, including Google AdMob or the Google Mobile Ads SDK. Google and its advertising partners may collect or receive information from your device to deliver ads, limit repeated ads, measure ad performance, prevent fraud and abuse, and, where permitted, personalize ads.

Information used for advertising may include device identifiers, advertising identifiers, app interaction information, approximate location derived from IP address, diagnostics, ad views, ad clicks, and other technical data needed to request and serve ads. Google may use cookies, mobile advertising identifiers, IP addresses, or other identifiers as part of its advertising services.

HW 4DAT does not sell personal information. Ad personalization and tracking choices may be controlled through iOS privacy settings, Apple App Tracking Transparency prompts when applicable, Google ad settings, and any consent choices presented in the app.

Third-Party Services

The app runs on Apple platforms and may use Apple system services such as the camera, Photos picker, local storage, and App Store distribution. The app may also use Google AdMob or Google Mobile Ads SDK for mobile advertising. Google's privacy practices are described at policies.google.com/privacy and Google's advertising technologies are described at policies.google.com/technologies/ads.

This website may be hosted by a third-party hosting provider that processes standard web request data, such as IP address, browser type, requested URL, and request time, to deliver the site and maintain security.

Data Retention and Deletion

Records stored locally in the app remain on your device until you edit or delete them, uninstall the app, erase your device, or otherwise remove the app data through iOS. Support messages are retained only as long as needed to respond and maintain reasonable business records.

To request help deleting data or to ask a privacy question, contact us at [email protected].

Children

HW 4DAT is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If advertising is shown in the app, we do not knowingly request personalized ads for users we know are children.

Security

We use reasonable administrative and technical measures appropriate to the app's current local-storage design. No method of storage or transmission is completely secure, so users should avoid adding information they do not want stored on their device.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy as HW 4DAT changes. When we make material changes, we will update the effective date above and publish the revised policy at this URL.

Contact

For privacy or support questions, contact HW 4DAT at [email protected].