📄 Legal Document

Privacy Policy

Effective Date: July 1, 2026  Â·  App: MyFinances

✅ Quick Summary

🔒Your financial data is stored securely in Firebase, accessible only by you
📵We do NOT sell or share your personal data with any third parties
🗑️You can permanently delete your account and all data at any time
📢We show ads via Google AdMob to keep the app free

1 Introduction

Welcome to MyFinances, a personal finance tracking application developed to help you manage your income, expenses, budgets, and savings goals.

This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your information when you use our mobile application. By using MyFinances, you agree to the terms described in this policy.

If you do not agree with this policy, please discontinue using the app.

2 Information We Collect

Data Type What We Collect Purpose
Account Info Name, email address, profile photo (via Google Sign-In) Authentication and personalization
Financial Data Transactions, income, expenses, budgets, savings goals Core app functionality
Device Info Device type, OS version, app version Bug fixing and analytics
Usage Data App interactions, feature usage frequency Improving the app experience
Ad Data Ad interactions (via Google AdMob) Serving relevant advertisements

3 How We Use Your Data

  • To authenticate you securely via Google Sign-In
  • To store and sync your financial records across devices via Firebase Firestore
  • To provide budgeting insights, analytics, and financial health reports
  • To send streak notifications and reminders about your financial goals
  • To display advertisements through Google AdMob (banner and interstitial)
  • To improve app performance and fix bugs
  • To refresh your monthly income at the start of each new month

4 Data Storage & Security

All your data is securely stored in Google Firebase Firestore, a cloud-hosted database with enterprise-grade security. Your data is linked to your Google account UID and is not accessible to any other user.

🔐 Encryption: Data is encrypted in transit using TLS and at rest using AES-256 encryption.

👤 Access Control: Only your authenticated account can access your personal financial data through strict Firebase Security Rules.

☁️ Cloud Sync: Data syncs automatically across devices when you are logged in.

5 Third-Party Services

MyFinances uses the following third-party services, each with their own privacy policies:

ServicePurposePrivacy Policy
Google Firebase Authentication, database, cloud storage firebase.google.com/support/privacy
Google AdMob In-app advertising policies.google.com/privacy
Google Sign-In User authentication policies.google.com/privacy

6 Advertising (Google AdMob)

MyFinances is free to use and is supported by advertising through Google AdMob. We display:

  • Banner Ads – shown at the bottom of the main screen
  • Interstitial Ads – shown between certain actions (e.g., adding a transaction)

Google AdMob may use your device's advertising ID and other data to serve personalized ads. You can opt out of personalized ads in your device settings under Google > Ads > Opt out of Ads Personalization.

7 Data Sharing & Disclosure

We do NOT sell, trade, rent, or otherwise transfer your personal financial data to any outside parties. Your data is yours alone.

We may disclose your information only in the following limited circumstances:

  • When required by law or legal process
  • To protect our rights, property, or safety, or that of our users
  • With service providers (Firebase, AdMob) as described above, solely to operate the app

8 Your Rights & Choices

You have full control over your data:

  • 🔍 Access: View all your stored financial data directly within the app
  • ✏️ Edit: Modify any transaction, income, or budget at any time
  • 🗑️ Delete: Permanently delete your account and all associated data from within the Account settings
  • 📤 Export: Your data is yours; you may export or review it at any time
  • 🔕 Notifications: You can disable push notifications from your device settings

9 Data Retention

Your data is retained as long as your account is active. When you permanently delete your account through the app, all your data including transactions, budgets, goals, and account information is immediately and irreversibly removed from our Firebase database.

Advertising data managed by Google AdMob is subject to Google's own data retention policies.

10 Children's Privacy

MyFinances is not directed to children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe we have inadvertently collected such data, please contact us immediately so we can delete it.

11 Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we make significant changes, we will notify you through the app or by updating the "Effective Date" at the top of this page.

We encourage you to review this policy periodically. Your continued use of the app after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.


12 Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or your data, please contact us:

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MyFinances App Developer

GitHub: github.com/dhruv324-2

We aim to respond to all inquiries within 3–5 business days.