Privacy Policy

About This Policy

This Privacy Policy describes how BirthdayBridge ("the app"), developed by Nebulous Enterprises Pty Ltd (ABN 13 634 749 509), handles your personal information. It applies to the BirthdayBridge iOS application available on the Apple App Store.

By using BirthdayBridge, you agree to the practices described in this policy. If you do not agree, please discontinue use of the app.

Data We Collect and Why

Contact information

With your permission, BirthdayBridge reads the following fields from your iOS address book via the Apple Contacts framework:

• First name and last name
• Birthday (month, day, and optionally year)
• Postal address (used solely to detect the contact's timezone)
• Phone number (used solely to pre-fill birthday messages)
• Email address (used solely to pre-fill birthday messages)
• Contact photo thumbnail

This data is stored on your device and, if iCloud is enabled, in your personal iCloud account. It is never transmitted to Nebulous Enterprises Pty Ltd or any third party.

Data you enter manually

You may add contacts manually by entering a name and birthday. You may also add notes, nicknames, salutations, and relationship tags per contact. All of this data is stored on your device and in your iCloud account only.

App preferences

BirthdayBridge stores your in-app preferences locally, including waking hours, reminder mode, colour theme, and appearance setting. These are stored in your device's local storage and iCloud as part of your personal data — not on any Nebulous Enterprises server.

Message templates

Birthday message templates you create or edit are stored in your device's local storage (UserDefaults) and synced via iCloud to your other devices. They are not accessible to Nebulous Enterprises Pty Ltd.

Data We Do Not Collect

BirthdayBridge does not collect, transmit, or store any of the following:

• Analytics or usage data
• Advertising identifiers
• Crash reports sent to Nebulous Enterprises
• Device identifiers
• IP addresses
• Any data on our servers — we have none

No third-party analytics, advertising, or tracking SDKs are included in BirthdayBridge.

How Your Data Is Stored

All data is stored in two places, both under your control:

• On your device — in the app's local SwiftData store and UserDefaults.
• In your iCloud account — if iCloud Drive is enabled, data syncs to your personal iCloud container (iCloud.NebulousEnterprises.BirthdayBridge) via Apple's CloudKit framework. This container belongs to you and is governed by Apple's iCloud terms. Nebulous Enterprises Pty Ltd cannot access it.

If you have multiple Apple devices signed into the same iCloud account, your BirthdayBridge data will sync between them automatically.

Third-Party Services

BirthdayBridge uses the following Apple system frameworks, which operate under Apple's own privacy terms:

• Apple Contacts framework (CNContactStore) — to read your address book with your permission.
• Apple CloudKit — to sync your data across your devices via your personal iCloud account.
• Apple CLGeocoder — to detect a contact's timezone from their postal address. This processing occurs on-device. For uncached addresses, the address string may be sent to Apple's servers as part of the standard geocoding process. This is governed by Apple's Privacy Policy.
• Apple UserNotifications framework — to schedule local birthday reminders. No data leaves your device for this purpose.
• Apple StoreKit 2 — to process the optional one-time in-app purchase. Purchase transactions are handled entirely by Apple. Nebulous Enterprises Pty Ltd receives only confirmation that a purchase was made.
• Apple WidgetKit — to display upcoming birthdays on your home screen and lock screen. Widget data is read from your device's App Group storage and does not leave your device.

No other third-party services, SDKs, or APIs are used.

Permissions Requested

Contacts (required for import)

BirthdayBridge requests Full Access to your contacts when you first tap "Add from Contacts." This permission is required to read birthday dates, which may be restricted under iOS Limited Access mode. You can use the app without granting this permission by adding contacts manually. If denied, you can grant access later in Settings → Privacy & Security → Contacts.

Notifications (required for reminders)

BirthdayBridge requests permission to send local notifications when you save your first contact with a timezone set. Notifications are scheduled entirely on-device — no data is sent to any server. If denied, you can enable notifications later in Settings → Notifications → BirthdayBridge.

Background App Refresh (optional)

BirthdayBridge uses Background App Refresh to reschedule notifications annually. If Background App Refresh is disabled, notifications are rescheduled the next time you open the app.

Location (not requested)

BirthdayBridge does not request access to your device's location. Timezone detection uses the postal address already stored in your contacts, processed on-device using Apple's CLGeocoder framework.

Data Retention and Deletion

BirthdayBridge retains data for as long as you use the app. Because Nebulous Enterprises Pty Ltd holds no copy of your data, deletion is entirely within your control:

• To delete an individual contact: swipe to delete or use the delete option within the contact detail view.
• To delete all app data: delete the BirthdayBridge app from your device. This removes all locally stored data.
• To remove iCloud data: delete the app, then go to Settings → [your name] → iCloud → Manage Account Storage on your device and remove BirthdayBridge data.

Nebulous Enterprises Pty Ltd cannot action data deletion requests on your behalf because we do not hold or have access to your data.

Children's Privacy

BirthdayBridge is not directed at children under the age of 13. The app does not knowingly collect data from children. If you believe a child has provided data through the app, please contact us using the details below.

Changes to This Policy

Nebulous Enterprises Pty Ltd may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be reflected by an updated Effective Date at the top of this document. Continued use of BirthdayBridge after any changes constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.

Contact

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or BirthdayBridge's data practices, please contact: