Last updated: July 28, 2026

Privacy Policy

Shoes Organizer ("the App") is an iPhone and iPad application developed and operated by Vadim Katenin ("I", "me"). This Privacy Policy explains what the App does and does not do with your information.

1. The short version

The App does not collect personal data. There are no user accounts, no analytics, no advertising, no tracking, and no third-party SDKs. I do not operate a server that the App talks to, and nothing you enter into the App is transmitted to me.

2. Information stored on your device

Everything you put into the App — the name of a pair, its category, colour, size, the seasons you marked it for, your notes, and its photo — is stored in the App's own storage on your device, using standard Apple frameworks (Core Data). This content stays under your control and is removed when you delete the App.

3. iCloud sync

If you are signed in to iCloud on your device, the App synchronizes your collection across your own devices using Apple's CloudKit private database. This data is stored in your personal iCloud account. I have no access to it — I cannot read, export, or recover it, and neither can anyone else with whom you have not shared your Apple Account.

To make sync work, the App registers for Apple's silent push notifications, which is how iCloud tells it that something changed on another device. These carry no message and are never shown to you; the App does not send you notifications of any other kind, and it has no way to send you a marketing message.

Apple's handling of iCloud data is governed by Apple's Privacy Policy. You can turn syncing off at any time in Settings → [your name] → iCloud by disabling iCloud for the App. If you are not signed in to iCloud, the App simply works locally and nothing is synced.

4. Camera and photo library

The App asks for permission to use the camera only so that you can take a picture of a pair of shoes. To add an existing picture instead, the App uses the standard iOS photo picker, which runs outside the App: you choose one photo, the App receives that photo and nothing else, and it never gains access to the rest of your library. Pictures you take or choose are copied into the App's own storage (and, if iCloud sync is enabled, into your private iCloud database). The App does not send photos anywhere else.

You can grant or revoke camera access at any time in Settings → Privacy & Security → Camera. Declining it only means you cannot take pictures inside the App; choosing existing photos and the rest of the App keep working.

5. Location, contacts, and other sensitive data

The App does not request or use your location, contacts, calendars, health data, microphone, or any advertising identifier.

6. Purchases

The App offers a one-time in-app purchase that unlocks the PRO version. All purchases are processed entirely by Apple through the App Store. I never receive or store your payment details, card numbers, or billing address. Apple provides me only with aggregated, anonymized sales reports that cannot be used to identify an individual customer.

Purchase status is verified on your device through Apple's StoreKit. Your App Store purchase history is governed by Apple's Privacy Policy.

7. Collections from earlier versions

If you used version 1.x of the App, your existing pairs are migrated into the current storage format the first time you open the new version. That migration runs entirely on your device. Nothing is uploaded to me as part of it, and the shoes you had before are kept.

8. Diagnostics and crash reports

The App contains no crash-reporting or analytics library. If you have opted in to Share With App Developers in Settings → Privacy & Security → Analytics & Improvements, Apple may provide me with anonymized crash logs and performance metrics through App Store Connect. This is Apple's standard developer diagnostics program, it is aggregated and not linked to your identity, and you can opt out of it at any time in the same settings screen.

9. Children's privacy

The App is not directed at children under the age of 13, and it does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone. Because no data is transmitted to me, there is nothing collected from a child to delete.

10. Your rights

Privacy laws such as the GDPR and the CCPA give you rights of access, correction, deletion, and portability over personal data held by a company. Since I hold no personal data about you, there is nothing for me to disclose, correct, or delete. In practice:

• Access and correction — your collection is already on your device, and every pair can be edited or removed inside the App.
• Deletion — deleting the App removes its local data. To also remove the synced copy, delete the App's data in Settings → [your name] → iCloud → Manage Account Storage.
• Do Not Sell or Share — I do not sell or share personal information, and never have.

11. Security

Local data is protected by iOS data protection and your device passcode. Synced data is transmitted and stored by Apple under iCloud's own encryption. Since no data reaches a server of mine, there is no such server to be breached.

12. Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the "Last updated" date at the top of this page changes with it. Material changes will be reflected in the App's release notes.

13. Contact

Questions about this policy, or about anything else in the App:
[email protected]