Preserve Cards

1. Information We Collect

Preserve Cards collects only what is necessary to provide its features:

1a. Sharing Cards

When you choose to share a card (yours or one you've saved), Preserve Cards hands the card's contact details — as plain text — to your phone's own share menu, so you can send it via WhatsApp, email, or any app you choose. The card's photo is deliberately never included in a share. Sharing a card does not create any new record on our servers beyond the card data you already store in the app.

2. Device Permissions

• Camera — Used solely to photograph business cards for OCR scanning. Photos are saved to your device storage and, when you are signed in, to your private Firebase Storage folder. Photos are never shared with third parties.
• Read & Write Contacts — Used to save scanned business card data to your phone's address book. Contacts are read only to update existing entries (identified by a tag Preserve Cards places in the notes field). Contact data is never uploaded to any server.
• Internet — Required for Google Sign-In and cloud backup via Firebase. If you never sign in, no card data is transmitted anywhere.

3. Signed Out vs. Signed In

4. Firebase & Third-Party Services

Preserve Cards uses the following Google Firebase services for cloud backup:

• Firebase Authentication — Manages Google Sign-In. Google's privacy policy applies to the authentication flow.
• Cloud Firestore — Stores card metadata (name, company, phone, email, website, notes, group tags). Access is restricted by security rules so only your authenticated account can read or write your data.
• Firebase Storage — Stores card images. The same per-user security rules apply. Images are accessible only to your account.

Firebase is operated by Google LLC. For more information, see Firebase's Privacy and Security documentation.

In-app purchases are processed by Google Play. Preserve Cards does not receive or store payment card details.

5. Data Retention & Deletion

• On-device data — Deleted when you uninstall the app or delete individual cards within the app.
• Cloud data (signed-in users) — Deleted from Firestore and Firebase Storage when you delete a card in the app. To delete your entire account and all cloud data, use Profile → Delete Account in the app, or see preservecards.com/delete-account.
• Lapsed Pro subscriptions — If you subscribe to Pro and later cancel or your subscription lapses, your cloud-backed-up cards are kept for at least 12 months so you can resume exactly where you left off if you resubscribe. We will email you at around 9 and 11 months of non-payment before anything is removed. After 12 months of continuous non-payment, we reserve the right to delete the cloud copy of your cards and photos. This never deletes anything stored only on your device.
• Inactive free accounts — If you sign in but the account then goes unused for 24 months (for example, the phone is lost or replaced and the app is never opened or signed into again), we reserve the right to delete the cloud copy of your cards and photos in the same way. We will email you at around 21 and 23 months of inactivity before anything is removed. Simply opening the app and signing in resets this clock. This never deletes anything stored only on your device, and never applies while the account remains active.
• Contacts — Contacts created by Preserve Cards remain in your phone's address book after uninstallation. You can delete them manually from your Contacts app.

6. Children's Privacy

Preserve Cards is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us and we will delete it promptly.

7. Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. Material changes will be noted at the top of this page with an updated effective date. Continued use of the app after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.