Privacy Policy

Overview

Drevo ("the App") is developed and maintained by Alexandr Nadtoka ("I", "me", "my"). The App keeps your family tree, photo albums, recorded stories and family journeys. This Privacy Policy describes what data the App uses and how it is handled.

In short: the App has no accounts, no ads, no analytics and no tracking, and I have no server that receives your data. I can't see your family archive.

Your Family Archive

Everything you add is stored in the App on your device:

• People in your tree: names, dates, places, life events, relationships, portraits and notes.
• Album photos, including what is written on them, who is in them, and where and when they were taken.
• Stories: voice recordings, their text and anything you write yourself.
• Your preferences, such as layout and which tips you've already seen.

This archive can include information about your relatives, so please consider their wishes when you record or share it, especially for living people.

iCloud Sync

If you are signed in to iCloud, the App syncs your archive through your own private iCloud database, so it appears on your other devices. This data sits in your iCloud account and I have no access to it. Its handling is governed by the Apple Privacy Policy.

Camera, Microphone and Photos

• Camera: used to scan prints and take photos for your album.
• Microphone: used to record stories, only while you are recording.
• Speech recognition: used to turn recordings into text, on your device.
• Photo library: you choose photos with the system picker, and the App sees only the ones you pick. The App asks for permission to add to your library only when you save a photo there. It doesn't browse your library.

You can change these permissions at any time in your device's Settings.

Processing on Your Device

Transcribing recordings, reading handwriting on scanned photos, translating captions and suggesting facts from a story all run on your device, using Apple's system features. Your device may download language or speech resources from Apple to do this. Your content isn't sent to me.

Places and Maps

The App uses Apple Maps to show maps and to look up places. Apple receives what's needed for this: the text you type into a place search and, if a photo you add has a GPS position, those coordinates, which are used to suggest the name of the town. Its handling is governed by the Apple Privacy Policy. The App doesn't use your current location.

Searching Public Archives

When you choose to continue a surname search in a public archive (WikiTree, FamilySearch or Antenati), the surname you typed is passed to that website, which opens outside the App and has its own privacy policy. Your family tree is not uploaded.

Sharing with Family

You can export your tree as a .drevo file and send it yourself, using Messages, Mail, AirDrop or any other way you choose. The file contains the people, stories, photos and recordings in your archive, and anyone who has it can see them, so send it only to people you trust. A file you import from someone else is added to your own archive.

Information I Do Not Collect

The App does not collect or send me:

• Your family archive or any part of it
• Personal information such as your name or email
• Your location
• Analytics or usage data
• Device or advertising identifiers

The App contains no third-party analytics, advertising or tracking code. If you have agreed to share analytics with app developers in your device's settings, Apple may give me aggregated, anonymous statistics and crash reports through App Store Connect. These don't include your archive.

If you email me for support, I receive your email address and whatever you include in the message, and I use them only to reply to you.

Advertising & Purchases

The App has no ads and no in-app purchases.

Deleting Your Data

You can delete people, photos and stories in the App, and with iCloud sync on, those changes reach your other devices. Deleting the App removes its copy from that device, but your archive stays in iCloud until you remove it. You can manage this data in your device's iCloud storage settings. Because I hold none of your data, I can't delete or recover it for you.

Children's Privacy

The App collects no personal data from anyone, including children under 13.

Changes to This Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time, for example if the App adds new features. Changes will be posted on this page with a revised date.

Contact

If you have any questions, please contact me:

Email: nadtoka.alexandr@gmail.com