Privacy Policy
In short
- Until Us does not collect any data about you. It has no server, so nothing you do in the app is sent to us.
- There is no account to create and no sign-in.
- There is no analytics, no advertising and no tracking in the app.
- Purchases are handled by Apple. We never see your payment details.
This policy explains what Until Us, an app for iPhone, does with your information. It is published by the developer of Until Us (“we”).
What we collect
Nothing. Until Us has no server of its own, so there is nowhere for your data to be sent to us. We cannot see what you do in the app or what you keep in it.
What stays on your iPhone
The app stores the following on your device only:
- The photos, notes and voice messages you add to your box, encrypted, until the two of you open it together
- The memories saved from each time you opened a box
- The name you choose to show your partner, and your settings in the app
What is saved in your own iCloud
The app saves the following in your private iCloud storage, which belongs to your Apple Account and is run by Apple:
- If you turn on backup in the app: an encrypted copy of your sealed items and your saved memories
- The keys that seal your items and link your two phones, if iCloud Keychain is on for your Apple Account, so that a replacement iPhone can restore your box. With iCloud Keychain off, they stay in the Keychain on your iPhone
- If you back up your iPhone to iCloud: the app's encrypted files, as part of that backup
We have no access to it. It counts toward your own iCloud storage and is handled under Apple’s privacy policy.
What is sent to another person’s device
The app sends the following directly from your device to the device of the person you choose:
- When your two phones are together and the box opens: your items and the keys that unseal them, one at a time as each is revealed
- How many things you have added, and the name you chose
- If one of you has bought a pass: Apple's signed proof of that purchase, so that your partner's phone can check it
It does not pass through a server of ours.
Other companies
The app contains no third-party code that collects data, and we share nothing with other companies.
The app has no analytics, shows no advertising and does not track you.
Purchases
Purchases in Until Us are made through Apple’s In-App Purchase with your Apple Account. Apple processes the payment under its own privacy policy. We do not receive your name, email address or card details. Your iPhone tells the app whether a purchase is active, and that is all the app learns.
Permissions the app asks for
- Local Network: to find your partner's phone when you're together and pass your box items directly between your two phones.
- Nearby Interaction: to sense when your two phones are brought together, which is what opens your box.
- Face ID: to lock the app so only you can open it.
- Microphone: to record voice messages you add to your box.
- Camera: to take photos you add to your box.
- Photos: to choose photos you add to your box.
You can change these at any time in the Settings app.
Keeping and deleting your data
Deleting Until Us from your iPhone removes your box, your sealed items and your saved memories from that phone. A few small keys stay in your Apple Keychain, as they do for any app, so that a reinstall or a new iPhone can find your box again. They contain none of your photos, notes or recordings. If you turned on backup, the copy in your iCloud can be removed in your iPhone's iCloud storage settings.
Because we hold no data about you, there is nothing for us to give you a copy of, correct or delete.
Age
Until Us is meant for people aged 18 and over.
This website
This website sets no cookies, runs no analytics and loads nothing from other sites. It is hosted by Cloudflare, which, like any web host, processes the technical details of each request (such as your IP address) in order to deliver the page and keep the service secure.
Links that open Until Us can carry information after a # sign. Browsers do not send that part of an address to any website, and the page you see when the app is not installed does not send it anywhere either. If you tap the button to get the app, that page copies the link to your clipboard so that you can paste it into the app after installing.
Changes
If this policy changes, the new version will be published on this page with a new date.
Contact
Questions about privacy: untilus@theflipradar.com. If you write to us, we see your email address and your message, and we use them only to answer you.