Privacy Policy

Privacy for the website, with separate guidance for self-hosted app data.

Effective date: March 14, 2026. This Privacy Policy applies to the public FinanceTracking.app website at financetracking.app. It does not automatically govern data stored inside self-hosted copies of the app, because those installations are controlled by the person or team running them.

What this policy covers

This policy covers the public website, including pages such as the homepage, privacy page, and links to the GitHub repository. It explains what information may be processed when someone visits the site or contacts FinanceTracking.app directly.

What this policy does not cover

FinanceTracking.app is distributed as self-hosted software. If you run your own copy of the app, the budgeting data, account balances, imported CSV files, and user records inside that installation are controlled by you or your hosting provider. The operator of that installation is responsible for its own privacy disclosures, security controls, backups, and retention practices.

Information We Process

Limited website data, plus anything you choose to send directly.

Technical website data

When you visit the website, the hosting platform or content delivery network may automatically process standard request data such as IP address, browser type, device information, referring page, requested URL, timestamps, and basic diagnostic logs. This data is typically used to deliver the site, prevent abuse, and troubleshoot availability or security issues.

Email or direct contact

If you contact FinanceTracking.app by email, the message may include your name, email address, and any other information you choose to include in the message.

No bank syncing on this site

The public website does not provide bank account linking, transaction syncing, or hosted budgeting accounts.

How information is used

  • To serve and secure the website.
  • To diagnose technical issues and prevent misuse.
  • To respond to direct inquiries or support requests.
  • To maintain records related to communications you initiate.

How information is shared

  • With infrastructure providers that host or deliver the website.
  • With email providers when you send a message directly.
  • When reasonably necessary to comply with law or protect rights and security.
  • Not sold for money and not shared for cross-site advertising by default.

Cookies, Retention, and Security

Minimal by default, with practical limits.

Cookies and analytics

The website is intended to stay lightweight. If no analytics, embedded media, or form tools are added, the site may use only basic infrastructure-level cookies or caching behavior required to serve pages. If analytics or third-party tools are added later, this policy should be updated to describe them.

Retention

Technical logs and email correspondence may be retained only as long as reasonably necessary for operations, security review, support, recordkeeping, or legal compliance.

Security

Reasonable steps may be taken to protect the website and related communications, but no method of internet transmission or storage is guaranteed to be completely secure. People who self-host the app are responsible for securing their own servers, databases, backups, credentials, and application access.

Your choices and rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to request access, correction, deletion, or additional information about personal data processed for the website. To make a request, contact hello@financetracking.app.

Guidance for self-hosted operators

If you deploy FinanceTracking.app for yourself, your household, or a team, you should publish your own privacy notice describing what budgeting data you store, who can access it, where it is hosted, how long it is kept, and how users can exercise any applicable privacy rights.

Changes to this policy

This policy may be updated as the website changes. The effective date at the top of this page will be updated when material revisions are made.

Contact

Privacy questions can be sent to hello@financetracking.app.