Kept privacy policy

Who provides Kept

Kept is provided by Michael Merrick, trading as Sideglint Studio, based in Florida, United States. Contact: support@sideglint.com. This policy covers Kept and its app-specific support. Visits to sideglint.com are described separately in the website privacy policy.

Your inventory

Kept keeps item details, rooms, purchase information, notes and photos on your device. The app does not upload your inventory to a Kept server. It has no Kept account, advertising, tracking or analytics SDK. Barcode recognition and matching against your saved items happen on-device; no online product service receives the scanned code.

Kept excludes its internal working inventory and temporary working files from automatic device backups. It does not create an automatic Kept backup. Removing the app or losing the device can mean losing the local inventory.

Camera, photos and authentication

The camera is used when you choose capture or barcode scanning. You choose imported photos through Apple’s system picker. Saved imports are resized and re-encoded for the inventory and source location metadata is not retained in the saved image. Permissions are managed through device Settings.

The optional lock uses Apple’s device-authentication services. Kept does not receive your face or fingerprint data or device passcode. The app cover hides inventory when the app becomes inactive, and an enabled lock requires authentication after backgrounding.

Backups and reports you choose

PDF reports and password-encrypted inventory backups are generated locally. When you save or share a copy, your selected destination receives that copy and applies its own storage, backup, sync and privacy rules. An encrypted backup saved to iCloud Drive may therefore be uploaded by that provider at your direction. This is separate from automatic Kept sync.

Kept does not retain the backup password or operate a password-reset service. Keep it safe. Delete unwanted exported copies through the destination where you saved them; deleting an item in Kept does not delete a PDF or backup you previously exported.

Apple subscriptions

Apple handles payment and subscription management. Kept uses StoreKit transaction and status information to determine subscription access. It does not receive your payment-card details, and inventory and photos are not included in those status checks. Apple’s services follow Apple’s terms and privacy practices. Purchase, Restore purchases and refreshed subscription status can require connectivity.

Keeping and deleting records

You control records through the app. Existing records remain available when a subscription ends. Kept has no automatically maintained server inventory to recover or delete. Independent backups and reports remain wherever you chose to save them until you manage those copies.

Support messages

If you email us, we receive your email address, message and any attachments you choose to include. We use that information to respond and investigate the issue. This workflow uses Namecheap Private Email and manual handling through the studio’s email software.

Resolved conversations are deleted 12 months after the last reply; unresolved cases remain until resolved. Valid earlier deletion requests are honoured. Where a specific legal obligation requires limited retention, its reason and period are explained. Deleting studio-controlled messages does not promise immediate erasure from provider-managed backups.

Use support@sideglint.com for questions or requests about information you supplied to support. Inventory stored only on your device is managed there. Do not include unnecessary sensitive details in an enquiry.

Changes to this policy

This policy takes effect on the date shown above. Material changes will be explained as appropriate; any required consent will be requested.