HandoverVault Privacy Policy
Site handover and snag list inspections built with a 100% offline, local-first architecture for building contractors and trades.
Summary in Plain English
HandoverVault stores everything on your device. It has no servers, no accounts and no analytics, and it does not transmit your projects, photos or client details anywhere.
Information leaves your device only when you choose to send it — when you share a report, save a backup file, or email support.
Who We Are
HandoverVault is a site handover and snag list inspection app for iPhone and iPad, published by MoveSnap (“we”, “us”).
This policy explains how the app handles information. It covers the HandoverVault iOS app only — not this website, and not any other product.
What We Collect
Nothing. We operate no servers and hold no database of users. We cannot see your projects, your photos, your clients or how you use the app, because none of it is ever sent to us.
The app contains no analytics, no crash reporting, no advertising, no tracking of any kind, and no third-party software development kits. It makes zero background network requests.
What the App Stores on Your Device
Everything you create stays in the app's private sandbox storage on your device, protected by your device passcode and iOS's hardware encryption:
| Information | Where it lives | Sent to us |
|---|---|---|
| Projects — name, site address, client name | Your device | Never |
| Defects — descriptions, priority, status, location, due dates, comments | Your device | Never |
| Photographs and any visual markup drawn on them | Your device | Never |
| Contacts you add — name, role, company | Your device | Never |
| Client sign-off — signature image, signer name and role | Your device | Never |
| Your business profile — company name, logo, saved signature | Your device | Never |
| App settings — report options, trial start date, backup reminder state | Your device | Never |
Deleting the app removes all of it. There is no copy anywhere else, which is also why we recommend keeping regular backups.
Device Permissions
The app asks for two permissions, each only at the moment you first use the feature that needs it. You can refuse or revoke either in Settings › Privacy & Security; the rest of the app continues to work.
Used to photograph defects during an inspection. Photographs taken in the app are saved to the app's sandboxed storage, not to your device photo library, unless you explicitly choose to export them.
Used to import existing site photos into a defect, and — separately — to save photos back to your library when you ask. iOS lets you grant access to selected photos only.
HandoverVault does not request location access and does not record GPS coordinates where photographs were taken.
When Information Leaves Your Device
Only when you deliberately send it, and only to a destination you choose. The app never initiates a transfer on its own.
- Reports: When you share a PDF or CSV, iOS hands the file to whichever app you pick — Mail, Messages, Files, AirDrop, or another. What happens next is governed by that app and that recipient, not by us.
- Backups: A backup is a single file you save where you choose, such as Files or iCloud Drive. If you save it to a cloud service, that service's own terms and privacy policy apply to it.
- Support Email: If you email us, we receive whatever you put in that email. We use it to answer you and keep it no longer than we need to.
Backup files and exported reports are not encrypted by the app beyond the protection provided by wherever you store them. A backup contains photographs, client names and signatures, so store and send it with that in mind.
Information About Your Clients and Contractors
HandoverVault is a professional tool, so much of what you enter is information about other people — client names, signatures, subcontractor contacts.
That information is yours, held on your device, under your control. We never see it and never process it on your behalf. You are responsible for handling it lawfully, which generally means collecting it fairly, keeping it secure, and sharing reports only with people entitled to see them. Where data protection law applies to your business, you are the controller of that information and we are not a processor of it.
Purchases & Payment Processing
HandoverVault is free to use for a trial period, after which a one-time purchase unlocks the ability to share finished reports. There is no subscription.
Purchases are handled entirely by Apple through the App Store. We never receive or store your payment details — not your card number, not your billing address, not your Apple Account. The app asks Apple whether a purchase exists and records the answer on your device. Apple's handling of your purchase is covered by the Apple Privacy Policy.
The trial start date is stored on your device only.
Keeping and Deleting Your Information
Because we hold nothing, there is nothing for us to retain, and no data-deletion request to make of us.
You control your own copy: delete individual photos, defects or projects inside the app, or remove the app to erase everything it holds. Backup files you have already saved elsewhere are not affected by deleting the app — delete those yourself if you no longer want them.
Children's Privacy
HandoverVault is a tool for building and trade professionals. It is not directed at children and we do not knowingly collect information from anyone — of any age — because we collect no information at all.
Changes to This Policy
If we change how the app handles information — for example by adding an optional cloud sync feature — we will update this page and change the date at the top before that version is released. Material changes will also be noted in the App Store release notes.
Contact Us
Questions about this policy, or about how the app handles information:
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