Privacy

Privacy policy

Last updated: 23 September 2026

This policy explains what personal data Spacend processes when you use the Spacend iPhone app and this website, why, for how long, and your rights under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

In short

  • We collect only what the app needs to work: your account and what you record.
  • No ads, no data sales, no third-party analytics or tracking.
  • You can see, correct, export and delete your data. Deleting your account in the app erases it.
  • Questions? Write to support@spacend.app.

Who is responsible

The data controller is Vinicius Araujo da Silva, [postal address], 322607680. Contact: support@spacend.app. See also the legal notice.

What we collect

DataWhat it includesWhy
AccountName, email address and password (stored only as a secure hash). If you use Sign in with Apple: an Apple user identifier and the email Apple shares (which may be a private relay address). As a guest: an anonymous identifier.To create and secure your account.
Your recordsSpaces, expenses, income, budgets, categories, recurring bills, reminders, notes, and any receipt or Space photos you attach.To provide the app: totals, insights, reminders.
Statement importsUploaded PDF, CSV or XLSX files and the transactions suggested from them while you review an import.To help you organise and confirm your records before saving.
Shared SpacesMembership, invitations, and who recorded each shared expense.To let you share a Space and split costs.
NotificationsA push token for your device, if you turn notifications on, and your reminder preferences.To send the reminders you ask for.
SubscriptionYour subscription status and an anonymous app user identifier. Apple processes the payment; we never see your card details.To give you Spacend Plus.
Technical logsIP address, device and app version, request times and errors.To keep the service secure and fix problems.

We do not ask for bank credentials, do not connect to your bank, and do not collect your location, contacts or advertising identifier.

Legal bases

  • Contract (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR): running your account and the features you use, including Spacend Plus.
  • Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f)): security, preventing abuse, and fixing errors through technical logs.
  • Consent (Art. 6(1)(a)): push notifications, which you can turn off at any time in the app or iPhone Settings.
  • Legal obligation (Art. 6(1)(c)): where the law requires us to keep or disclose information.

Financial records can reveal a lot about your life. We use them only to show them back to you, never for profiling, advertising or credit decisions.

Shared Spaces

When you share a Space, its members can see that Space’s expenses and receipts, including its history, and can record their own. Your income, your personal categories and your other Spaces are never shared. You can leave a Space, remove members or revoke invitations at any time.

Service providers and transfers

We use a small number of providers who process data on our behalf, under data processing agreements:

ProviderPurposeLocation
RailwayServers and database hosting[region, e.g. EU (Amsterdam)]
AppleApp distribution, Sign in with Apple, in-app purchases, push deliveryEU / United States
RevenueCatSubscription status managementUnited States
ExpoPush notification deliveryUnited States
OpenAIStatement reading when AI processing is enabled: whole scanned PDFs, or redacted lines from text PDFs that need classificationProvider processing locations

Where data is transferred outside the European Economic Area, we rely on the EU–US Data Privacy Framework where the provider is certified, or on the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses.

How long we keep data

  • Your account and records: while your account exists.
  • Guest accounts that are never used again: deleted after [e.g. 12 months] of inactivity.
  • Uploaded statement files: deleted after reading; failed imports are retained for no more than one hour. Transactions you confirm become your records.
  • Technical logs: up to [e.g. 30 days].
  • Backups: overwritten within [e.g. 30 days] after deletion.
  • Where the law requires longer retention (for example tax records of a purchase), only what is required, for as long as required.

Deleting your account

In the app, go to Profile → Delete my account. This permanently removes your account, sign-in sessions, every expense you recorded (including in Spaces owned by others), and the Spaces you own with everything inside them. If you signed in with Apple, access to your Apple ID is revoked. Deleting the account does not cancel an Apple subscription; see how to delete your account.

Your rights

Under the GDPR you have the right to access, correct, delete and export your data (portability), to restrict or object to processing, and to withdraw consent at any time. Most of this you can do directly in the app. For anything else, including a free copy of your data in a portable format, write to support@spacend.app. We answer within one month.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. In Portugal this is the Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados (CNPD); you may also contact the authority where you live.

Security

Data is encrypted in transit (HTTPS/TLS). Passwords are hashed, access is limited to what each part of the system needs, and every request is checked against the signed-in account so no one can read another person’s records.

Cookies and this website

This website sets no cookies, uses no analytics and loads nothing from third parties. Our hosting provider keeps short-lived technical logs (such as IP address) to operate and protect the site. Invitation codes opened on this site are turned into an app link inside your browser and are not sent to us.

Children

Spacend is not directed at children under 16, and we do not knowingly collect their data. If you believe a child has given us data, contact us and we will delete it.

Changes to this policy

If we change this policy we will update the date above and, when the change is significant, tell you in the app before it takes effect.