What this policy covers
These practices apply when you use the casks iOS app to create bottle records, attach cover photos, set open-date countdowns, log tasting notes and flavor tags, browse your flavor map, and manage favorites or filters. You can use casks without creating an account or signing in.
Information that typically lives on your device
Most cellar content is stored on your iPhone with on-device persistence (including SwiftData-backed records). Depending on how you use the app, that may include:
- Bottle profiles such as name, winery or distillery, category, batch code, purchase date, planned open date, ABV, and cask type.
- Tasting content such as notes, ratings, flavor tags, opened status, favorites, and related timestamps.
- Bottle cover images you capture or select, stored locally after compression for the record.
- App preferences such as onboarding completion and other local feature state kept on device.
Permissions you may see
casks only asks for system permissions when a related feature needs them:
- Camera when you choose to photograph a bottle cover. The camera is used for that capture flow.
- Microphone may appear as part of the system camera experience on iOS. casks does not record, store, or upload audio.
- Photo Library (read) when you pick an existing image as a bottle cover. The app focuses on the photo you select.
- Photo Library (write) only if you choose to save an image to Photos.
- Notifications when you enable local open-date reminders. Reminders are scheduled on device for bottles with a planned open morning.
- App Tracking Transparency when iOS shows the tracking prompt. If allowed, limited identifiers and interaction signals may be used in aggregate to improve stability and prioritize fixes for flows people actually use (for example photo import, editing records, open reminders, flavor tagging, and cellar browsing).
You can change these permissions later in iOS Settings. Turning a permission off may disable the related feature while leaving the rest of the cellar available.
Why we process information
We process information to:
- Provide the cellar notebook features you request (records, photos, countdowns, notes, flavor views).
- Deliver local reminders you configure for planned open dates.
- Maintain app reliability, diagnose common failure patterns, and improve the features people use most when tracking permission allows aggregate signals.
- Display linked legal pages inside the app when you open Privacy Policy or Terms of Use.
Network activity and platform services
Core cellar content is designed to stay on device. The app may still use Apple platform services and network access for system frameworks that power the experience, including App Tracking Transparency status, local notification scheduling through the system, and WebKit when opening linked legal documents.
When a page loads from an external URL in the in-app browser, that destination’s own practices may also apply. We do not sell your personal information.
Retention and your choices
Local cellar data remains on your device until you edit or delete individual records, clear app data, or remove the app. Notification schedules are cancelled when a bottle is opened or the related reminder is no longer applicable. Tracking status follows your iOS choice and can be updated in Settings.
Because there is no mandatory account, there is no separate in-app account deletion workflow. Removing the app is the primary way to remove local cellar content from that device.
Security in plain terms
We rely on iOS sandboxing and ordinary device protections for on-device storage. No method of storage or transmission is perfectly risk-free. Protect your device with a passcode or biometric lock, and keep iOS updated.
Children and sensitive categories
casks is not directed at children. Do not use the app to store information about children under 13 (or the equivalent age of digital consent where you live). The app is not intended to collect special-category health data; it is a cellar and tasting notebook, not a medical tool.
Policy updates
If we update this policy, we will revise the effective date shown below and post the updated page at the hosted location used by the app. Continued use after an update means you understand the revised description of our practices.
Reach the team
For privacy questions about casks, email rowan.amber@caskledger.app. We read messages about data handling, permissions, and local storage.