Privacy Policy

The short version

Valet has no account, and we run no server for the app. Your papers, the dates read from them and your reminders stay on your iPhone, encrypted. Reading, filing and the assistant run on the device. We collect no usage statistics, show no ads, track you nowhere and never sell data. We never see your documents.

Who is responsible

Valet is published by Tahar Amin, an independent developer (individual) based in France. For anything about this policy or your data, write to amin2020e@gmail.com.

What stays on your iPhone

The scans, photos and files you add are encrypted (AES-GCM, 256-bit key) in the app's own storage. The key is created on your iPhone and kept in its Keychain with the "this device only" setting: it never leaves the device and is never included in a backup. A backup of the app therefore contains your documents only in encrypted form, which cannot be read without this iPhone.

The library index (each paper's title, kind, folder, dates and the text read from it), your profile (for example micro-entrepreneur or tenant), your reminders and your settings are stored in the app's private storage on the device. They are not synced to iCloud by the app. Like other app data, they can be included in your iPhone backups (iCloud or computer), according to your own backup settings with Apple.

Reading and the assistant run on the device

Valet reads the text of your papers with Apple's on-device text recognition (Vision) to find dates and the kind of paper. The assistant answers with an AI model that runs on your iPhone. Neither your documents, nor what you ask the assistant, nor its answers are sent to us or to anyone else.

The one download: the AI model

The first time the assistant needs it, Valet downloads its AI model (about 1 GB) from Hugging Face (huggingface.co), and you can change the model in Settings. This is the only connection the app makes on its own. It only downloads files: nothing about you or your documents is sent. As with any download, Hugging Face receives your IP address and the files requested; its privacy policy applies (https://huggingface.co/privacy). The model is stored on the device and excluded from backups.

Camera, photos and sharing

Valet uses the camera only to scan the paper you are adding. With your permission, it shows your recent photos so you can add one in a tap; they are read on the device, and only the photo you pick is copied, encrypted, into the app.

When you use "Envoyer vers Valet" from another app, the file waits in a folder shared between Valet and its share extension on your iPhone, then is imported and encrypted the next time you open the app.

Reminders

If you allow notifications, Valet schedules local notifications on your iPhone before your deadlines. They are created on the device: no push token is sent to us or anyone else. You can switch them off in iOS Settings.

Links to other sites

Some buttons open another site in your browser, for example the URSSAF site (https://www.urssaf.fr) to make your declaration, or the App Store. Valet sends them nothing about you; their own privacy policies apply there.

Tips and monthly support

Valet is free and every feature is included. You can leave an optional tip (a consumable in-app purchase that unlocks nothing) or support the app every month (an auto-renewing subscription, "Un café par mois", that only adds cosmetic extras: three app icons and a badge). Payments are processed by Apple under Apple's terms and privacy policy; we never see your payment details, only Apple's anonymous sales reports. A purchase is not linked to your documents.

When you contact us

Writing to us opens your own mail app: we receive only what you choose to send, and keep it to answer you. Please do not send copies of your documents.

No ads, no tracking, no sale

Valet contains no advertising and no analytics, does not use the advertising identifier, does not track you across other companies' apps or websites, and we do not sell or rent any data.

Children

Valet is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children.

Keeping and deleting data

Everything stays on your iPhone until you delete it. Delete a paper in the app, or delete the app: its documents, index, key and settings go with it (and from later backups). Keep the originals of important papers: if you lose your iPhone, the encrypted documents cannot be recovered, by you or by us.

We hold no personal data about you, apart from the messages you send us. If you are in the EU/EEA or the UK you have rights under the GDPR (access, deletion, objection): write to amin2020e@gmail.com and we will answer within one month. You can also complain to your data protection authority (in France, the CNIL).

Changes

If this policy changes, we update the date above and, for important changes, tell you in the app.

Contact

Tahar Amin · amin2020e@gmail.com · https://valet.french-web.com