Privacy Policy

Last updated: 26 October 2026

This policy explains what information Home in Order (the "app") collects, why, who it is shared with, and the choices you have. Home in Order is operated by SGTechStudio, based in India ("we", "us"), who is responsible for your personal data. Questions or requests: support@homeinorder.org.

1. What we collect

Account information

• Email sign-up: your name, email address and password. Your password is stored only as a secure hash by our authentication provider; we never see it.
• Sign in with Google: your name, email address and Google account identifier, shared by Google when you choose this option. We don't receive your Google password.

What you and your household add

Everything you enter in the app, including shopping lists, chores, calendar events, meal plans, expenses and bills (amounts, who paid, how costs are split), inventory, checklists, travel plans and itineraries, wishlist items, habits, care tasks, and memories with any photos you upload.

Care tasks and memories can include information about a child, an elderly relative or a pet in your care, such as task names, schedules and categories like health appointments. This is entered and controlled by the adult account holder; the people it describes are not users of the app.

Device information

• Push notifications: if you allow notifications, a device token so we can send you reminders.
• Service logs: our hosting provider keeps routine technical logs (for example, IP address and request times) to run and secure the service.

When you contact us

If you email us, including through Send Feedback in the app, we receive your email address and message. Send Feedback pre-fills the app version and your device model and operating system version; you can remove these before sending.

We do not use analytics, advertising or tracking tools, and we do not sell your data or use it for advertising.

2. How we use it

Only to provide the app: to let your household share and coordinate information, keep track of shared costs, store shared memories, send the reminders you've enabled, send account emails (sign-up confirmation and password reset), and respond to your messages. We process this information to perform our agreement with you (the Terms of Service), and for our legitimate interest in keeping the service secure.

3. Who can see your data

• Your household: most of what you add is visible to the other members of your household, since sharing is what the app is for. Habits are private to the person they belong to.
• Nobody outside your household: this is enforced by the database itself, not just hidden in the app.
• Our service providers, who process data only to run the service for us:

A reminder notification contains the reminder's title and the name of the item, such as a chore name, so this text passes through Expo and Google to reach your device.

We may also disclose information if required by law.

4. International transfers

Your data is stored in the EU (Ireland). Some providers above are based in the United States, so limited data (for example, your email address for account emails, or notification text) is processed there. These providers protect transferred data under their own contractual and legal safeguards.

5. How long we keep it, and deleting it

• We keep your data while your account exists. You can edit or delete individual items in the app at any time.
• Deleting your account (in the app: Profile → My Profile → Delete Account) permanently removes your login and profile.
  • Items you added to a household that still has other members stay available to them, with your name removed.
  • If you're the only member, the whole household is deleted, including uploaded photos.
  • Two cases are blocked until resolved: if you're the household admin and others remain, transfer admin first; if you have an unsettled expense balance, settle it first.
• Leaving or being removed from a household ends your access to its shared data.
• Deleted data may remain in our hosting provider's backups for a short period before it is overwritten.
• You can also ask us to delete your account by email. See Delete your account.

6. Security

Data is encrypted in transit. Access is restricted by the database so each household can only reach its own data, and on phones your sign-in session is stored encrypted. No system is completely secure, so we can't guarantee absolute security.

7. Your rights

Depending on where you live (including under the EU/UK GDPR and India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023), you can:

• access a copy of your personal data (in the app: Profile → About & Support → Export My Data);
• correct it (edit your profile or items in the app);
• delete it (see section 5);
• object to or restrict certain processing, or withdraw consent where we rely on it (for example, by turning off notifications);
• complain to us, and to your local data protection authority.

For anything you can't do in the app, email support@homeinorder.org. We aim to respond within 30 days. For complaints and grievances, contact SGTechStudio at the same address.

8. Children

You must be at least 16 to create an account. The app is not directed at children, and we don't knowingly collect personal data from anyone under 16. If you believe a child has created an account, contact us and we'll delete it.

9. Changes to this policy

If we make significant changes, we'll update the date above and let you know in the app or by email before they take effect.

10. Contact

SGTechStudio, operator of Home in Order
Email: support@homeinorder.org