Privacy Policy
Last updated: 13 August 2026
People is a relationship manager that keeps your contacts, notes, events and places on your own device. This policy explains exactly what stays local, the few things that leave the device, and how to turn those off.
Your contacts are stored only on this device, and we never send them to our servers. We do not operate a server that receives your contact data. There is no account to create and nothing to sign in to.
What we store on your device
Everything you create in People is written to a database on your device:
- Contacts, and any details you add: phone numbers, emails, addresses, social profiles, custom fields
- Relationships between contacts, groups and tags
- Events, interactions, reminders and notes
- Places you save, and locations attached to interactions
- Photos you choose as contact avatars
- Your app settings
None of this is transmitted to us. If you delete the app, it is deleted with it.
Device backups
If you have device backups turned on, your device may include the app's data in its own backups. That means iCloud Backup on iPhone and iPad, or Google's backup service on Android. Those backups go to Apple or Google under their privacy policies, not to us. You can exclude People from device backups in your device settings.
What leaves your device
Four things, each for a specific purpose:
| What | Sent to | What is sent |
|---|---|---|
| Address lookup | OpenStreetMap Nominatim | Map coordinates only, to turn a point into an address. No names or contact details. |
| Place search | Google Places | The text you type into the place search box, so it can suggest matches. Only when you search for a place. |
| Crash reports (optional) | Google Firebase Crashlytics | Where the app crashed, your device model and OS version. Never your contacts or anything you have written. |
| Usage data (optional) | Google Firebase Analytics | Which screens are opened, how often the app is used, and counts of which features get used, so we can tell what is worth keeping. Plus device model, OS and country. Feature counts are numbers only: that a note was added, not the note; that something was marked private, not what. Where we count how many of something you have, we round to a range rather than record the exact figure. Never your contacts or anything you have written. |
The app also downloads map images and its own configuration: which features are switched on, plan details, and the links to these documents. Those are downloads. They send us nothing about you, and the app falls back to built-in defaults when it cannot reach them.
Turning the optional ones off
Crash reports and usage data are on when you install the app, and we tell you so when you first open it. Both can be switched off at any time in Settings › Privacy. Switching usage data off also clears the data already gathered on your device.
Permissions
People asks for these only when a feature needs them, and works without them:
- Contacts: to import your existing contacts so you do not have to retype them. Read-only, and only when you choose to import.
- Location: to attach a place to an interaction and to show contacts on the map.
- Photos: to set a contact's avatar.
- Notifications: for birthday and event reminders, scheduled on your device.
- Face ID / biometrics: to unlock private content, if you turn on app lock.
Sharing and selling
We do not sell your data. We do not share it with advertisers. We do not build advertising profiles. The only third parties involved are the four services listed above, each doing one job.
Children
People is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect data from them.
Deleting your data
People has no account, so there is no account to delete. Everything you save lives on your device, and you control all of it directly.
How to delete what People holds
- To delete one thing: open the contact, note, event or place in the app and delete it there.
- To delete everything you have saved: uninstall People. The database goes with the app, and nothing you saved is left behind.
- To delete the crash and usage data: open Settings › Privacy in the app and switch off Usage data. Doing so clears what has already been gathered, and stops anything further being sent. Switching off Crash reports stops those too.
- If you have already uninstalled the app, or want anything checked, email privacy@010pixel.com and we will confirm what is held and remove it.
What is deleted, and what is kept
| Data | Where it lives | What deletion does |
|---|---|---|
| Contacts, notes, events, places, photos, custom fields, settings | Your device only | Deleted immediately, in the app or by uninstalling. We never held a copy. |
| Usage data (optional) | Google Firebase Analytics | Switching it off clears the data gathered on your device and stops collection. |
| Crash reports (optional) | Google Firebase Crashlytics | Switching it off stops collection. Google retains existing reports for a limited period under their own policy. |
| Address and place lookups | Not stored | Nothing to delete. Coordinates and search text are used to answer the request and never kept. |
We keep nothing for legal or fraud-prevention reasons, because we hold no account and no copy of your contacts.
Your rights
Because your data lives on your device, you already have direct access to it. You can view, correct, export and delete it at any time in the app. For questions about the crash and usage data, or anything else in this policy, email us at privacy@010pixel.com.
Changes
If this policy changes we will update this page and the date at the top. If a change materially affects what leaves your device, we will tell you in the app.