Privacy policy

Last updated: September 1, 2026

IronSpotter is private by default. It has no account, no advertising, and no cloud photo library. Your collection and acquisition records stay on your device unless your operating system includes eligible app data in a device backup.

Who is responsible

IronSpotter is developed and operated by Rubén González. For privacy questions or requests, email[email protected].

Information stored on your device

The app stores the information needed to maintain your private collection:

• photos you take or import as records of machine sightings;
• the machine family you confirm, album progress and corrections;
• capture time and whether a photo came from the camera or photo library;
• optional foreground location for camera captures, only after you consent;
• a SHA-256 hash of the normalized photo, duplicate-review state and local appeals;
• language, privacy preferences, safety acknowledgement and purchase entitlement cache.

This information remains in IronSpotter's local app storage. You can remove an individual find from its machine card. Clearing the app's data or uninstalling it removes local data from the device, subject to any device backup retained by Apple or Google.

Device backup

Your operating system may include eligible IronSpotter data in iCloud Backup or Android backup, depending on your device and account settings. IronSpotter does not operate that backup service or receive its contents. Manage or delete backups from your Apple or Google account settings.

Permissions

• Camera: used only when you choose to photograph a machine.
• Photos: used only when you choose to import a photo.
• Foreground location: optional and requested separately for camera captures. It is attached only to the local acquisition record.

The app does not request background location or microphone access.

Purchases

Purchases are processed by Apple App Store or Google Play and managed throughRevenueCat. These services process transaction and entitlement information needed to complete or restore the lifetime unlock. IronSpotter does not receive your full payment-card details or store credentials.

Optional analytics and crash reporting

IronSpotter asks for explicit permission before optional product analytics or crash diagnostics leave the device. The setting can be changed at any time in the app. Declining does not reduce features, the free allowance or paid access.

• PostHog: receives a random installation identifier, app and catalog version, platform, product language, coarse store market and bounded product events such as completing onboarding, confirming a catalog family or finishing a purchase.
• Firebase Crashlytics: receives crash and diagnostic information, app version, platform and bounded error categories when reporting is allowed.

Photos, filenames, coordinates, addresses, free-form search text, contact details, advertising identifiers, receipts and payment details are prohibited from telemetry. PostHog's location enrichment is disabled and client IP data is discarded after network processing.

Support

When you contact support, the app may prepare an email containing only the app version, catalog version and a broad issue category. You decide whether to send it and whether to add text or attachments. Support messages are used only to answer your request and are retained for no longer than 24 months.

Retention

• Local collection data remains until you delete it, clear app data or uninstall.
• Optional analytics events are retained for no longer than 12 months.
• Crashlytics diagnostic data is retained according to Firebase's service schedule.
• Purchase records are retained by Apple, Google and RevenueCat under their policies.

Service providers and international transfers

Depending on your choices and platform, IronSpotter uses Apple, Google Play, RevenueCat, PostHog US Cloud and Google Firebase. Those providers may process data outside your country under their own privacy terms and applicable transfer safeguards. IronSpotter does not sell personal information or use it for advertising.

Your choices and rights

You can decline or disable analytics and crash reporting, decline location, delete individual finds, clear local app data and uninstall the app. Depending on where you live, you may also have rights to access, correct, erase, restrict or object to processing, and to data portability or withdrawal of consent. Contact[email protected] to make a request. You may also complain to your local data-protection authority.

Children

IronSpotter is designed for adult heavy-equipment enthusiasts, operators, tradespeople and collectors. It is not directed to children and does not knowingly collect personal information from children.

Changes

Material changes will be published on this page with a new effective date. If a change requires new consent, the app will ask before enabling that processing.