Pennystack Privacy Policy
Effective date: 2026-08-27
Pennystack ("the app") is a personal expense tracker provided by DDJ A1 ("we", "us"). It lets you record expenses and income, set a monthly budget that starts on your payday, track account balances, manage subscriptions and fixed costs, view statistics, receive optional local reminders, use a home screen widget, share a monthly summary image, and export your data as a CSV file. Pennystack is deliberately designed as a local-only app: it has no account system, no login, no server, and no cloud storage operated by us.
Data stored on your device
Everything you enter into the app — amounts, categories, dates, memos, accounts and balances, subscriptions, budgets, reminder settings, and app preferences — is stored only on your device and is never transmitted to us. There is no sign-up, account, or login. Deleting the app deletes all of this data from your device.
If you use the Export or Share features, the exported file or share image is delivered only to the destination you explicitly choose (for example a messaging app or a file location), and its safekeeping is under your control.
Information collected automatically
When you use the app, certain information may be collected automatically by third-party SDKs used for advertising. This may include:
- Your device's Internet Protocol (IP) address
- Your device's advertising identifier (Advertising ID)
- App usage events such as session time and screens viewed
- The mobile operating system and device model you use
This information is processed by the advertising provider described below and is not linked by us to your financial records, which never leave your device.
Advertising
The app displays advertisements provided by Google AdMob. To serve ads, AdMob and its partners may access your device's Advertising ID and the information described above. For users in the European Economic Area (EEA), the United Kingdom, and other regions where required, the app presents a consent form via Google's User Messaging Platform (UMP) before personalized advertising data is used; if you decline, non-personalized ads are shown instead. You can reset or limit ad personalization at any time in your device settings (Settings → Google → Ads), and you can change your consent choice from the app's settings ("Ad privacy options").
For more information on how Google uses data when you use partners' apps, see https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
Notifications
Reminders (the morning summary, the evening "anything to log?" nudge, and budget threshold alerts) are scheduled and shown locally on your device. No push notification service is used, and reminder content is not sent to any server.
Children
The app is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children. The app displays ads configured through Google AdMob in accordance with Google's policies.
Your rights
Because your records exist only on your device, you are in direct control of them: you can view, edit, export, or delete them in the app at any time, and uninstalling the app removes them completely. Depending on your region (e.g. GDPR in the EEA/UK, CCPA in California), you may also have rights regarding data processed by advertising SDKs; you can exercise ad-related choices through the consent form and your device's ad settings described above.
Security
Your records never leave your device, which removes the most common exposure paths (server breaches, account leaks). We recommend protecting your device with a screen lock and keeping exported files in a safe location.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. Changes will be posted on this page with an updated effective date. Continued use of the app after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
Contact
If you have any questions about privacy while using the app, or about this policy, contact us at bloodturtle@naver.com.