Privacy Policy
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Last updated: November 2026
1. Information we collect
ABROAD has no account registration, and does not collect users' records on the developer's servers. Journal entries, photos, words, expenses, plans and settings are stored on the user's iPhone.
2. iCloud sync
If the user turns on iCloud sync, records are stored in the private CloudKit database of that user's Apple Account. The developer cannot see their contents.
3. External communication
To fetch reference exchange rates, the app sends combinations of expense dates and currencies to an exchange rate provider (Frankfurter / European Central Bank data). It does not send journal text, or expense amounts or notes. As with any normal internet communication, information such as your IP address is passed to the server being connected to.
4. Advertising and analytics
For users who do not subscribe to ABROAD Plus, ads from Google AdMob (Google LLC) are shown at the bottom of the expenses, vocabulary, journal and calendar screens. To show ads and measure their effectiveness, device information (which may include an advertising identifier), approximate location, and information about ad views and taps may be sent to Google. Journal text, words, money records and photos are not sent.
In Europe (EEA), the United Kingdom and Switzerland, consent is confirmed on Google's consent screen before any ads are shown. You can change your consent in the app under Settings > About ABROAD > Ad privacy settings. ABROAD does not ask for iPhone's "Allow Apps to Request to Track" permission, and the developer does not carry out any analytics of its own on how the app is used.
For how Google handles information, please see Google's policy (https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites).
5. Purchases
Purchases of designs (themes), and the purchase, renewal and cancellation of the "ABROAD Plus" subscription, are processed by Apple's App Store. The developer never receives card information. ABROAD Plus is a monthly auto-renewing subscription and can be canceled at any time in your iPhone's Settings > [your name] > Subscriptions. If you cancel, your records and purchased themes remain.
6. Notifications
Notifications are local notifications scheduled on your iPhone. Their contents are never sent to the developer.
7. Deleting records
Users can delete records in the app from the edit screen. Deleting the app erases the records on the iPhone. Records stored in iCloud can be managed in your iPhone's Settings > Apple Account > iCloud.