PRIVACY POLICY
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Information We Collect
Notifs Grapevine collects and stores the following information:
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Locally on Your Device:
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Monitored social media profiles (Bluesky, Mastodon usernames and URLs)
Local notification history
App preferences and settings
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On Firebase Cloud Services (Optional - Only When Cloud Notifications Enabled):
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Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM) device token for push notifications
Monitored profile lists (usernames, hashtags, feed URLs)
Social media authentication credentials:
Bluesky: Handle and app-specific password
Mastodon: Instance URL and access token
Timestamp of last content check
Image storage (custom avatars in Firebase)
Firebase usage
Notification data handling
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How We Use Your Information
Local Processing:
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Manage and display monitored content
Store notification preferences
Maintain app settings
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Cloud Processing (When Cloud Notifications Enabled):
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Check monitored feeds every 5 minutes via Firebase Cloud Functions
Send push notifications to your device when new content is detected
Maintain monitoring state across app restarts
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Data Storage and Security
Local Storage:
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All core app data is stored locally on your iOS device in a SQLite database
Local data remains private and never leaves your device unless cloud notifications are enabled
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Cloud Storage (Firebase):
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When cloud notifications are enabled, your monitor configurations and credentials are stored in Google Firebase Firestore (US region)
Credentials are stored securely and only accessible by Firebase Cloud Functions for feed checking
Data is automatically deleted from Firebase when you disable cloud notifications
All data transmission uses HTTPS encryption
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Your Credentials:
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Social media credentials (access tokens, passwords) are stored only for the purpose of checking private/authenticated feeds
We never share or transmit your credentials to any third party
Credentials are only used by Firebase Cloud Functions running on Google's secure infrastructure
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You can delete credentials at any time by disabling cloud notifications
Data Deletion
You can delete your data at any time:
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Local Data: Use the app settings to clear notifications and monitors, or uninstall the app
Cloud Data: Disable cloud notifications in the Monitors screen to immediately delete all data from Firebase
Complete Removal: Uninstalling the app removes all local data; disabling cloud notifications removes all cloud data
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Third-Party Services
We use the following third-party services:
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Firebase (Google):
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Firebase Cloud Messaging for push notifications
Firebase Firestore for storing monitor configurations
Firebase Cloud Functions for server-side feed checking
Firebase Privacy Policy
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Content Sources:
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We fetch public content from Bluesky (bsky.app) and Mastodon instances
For authenticated content, we use your provided credentials to access feeds on your behalf
We do not share your data with these platforms beyond normal API usage
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Data Sharing
We do NOT:
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Sell your data to third parties
Share your credentials with anyone
Use your data for advertising or analytics
Track your usage beyond what's necessary for app functionality

Children's Privacy:
Notifs Grapevine is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect information from children under 13.