Privacy Policy

Introduction

My Expense ("we", "our", or "the app") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we handle your information when you use our mobile expense tracking application. The app is designed to be offline-first, keeping your financial data on your device.

Information We Collect

1. Data Stored Locally on Your Device

The following data resides locally on your device. We do not transmit this personal financial data to our own servers:

• Expense & Budget Data: Records of your expenses, budgets, and savings goals.
• Receipts: Images or PDF files of receipts you choose to attach.

2. Data Collected Automatically (Third-Party SDKs)

To support this free app via advertising, the Google AdMob SDK automatically collects specific identifiers required for ad delivery and fraud prevention:

Identifier	Purpose	Shared With
Advertising ID (Google AAID)	Ad personalization and measurement	Google AdMob
User ID (SDK Instance ID)	Analytics and frequency capping	Google AdMob
Device Information	App functionality and diagnostics	Google AdMob

Information We Do NOT Collect

• We do not collect or store your name, email address, or phone number.
• We do not use Firebase or any cloud-syncing services for your data.
• We do not have access to your personal financial records.

Third-Party Services

We use Google AdMob to display advertisements. AdMob may collect and process information such as Device IDs and app interactions to serve and measure ads.

Google AdMob Privacy Policy ↗

Permissions We Request

The app requests the following optional permissions to provide local features:

• Camera: To capture receipt images locally.
• Photo Library: To select receipt images from your gallery.
• Storage: To save reports or local backups to your device.
• Notifications: For reminders about recurring payments.

Data Storage and Security

• Financial Data: Stored securely on your device; we have no access to this data.
• Backup: Any backups you create are stored locally or in your personal cloud drive (e.g., Google Drive) that you manage. We do not host your backups.