🔐 Privacy Policy – Appointment Book
This policy explains how the Appointment Book & Scheduler mobile app (the "App"), developed by Sogepps, handles data.
In short
- The app has no account or sign-in and no server of our own; as the developer we cannot access your data. It shows ads through Google AdMob, offers one optional one-time in-app purchase ("Remove ads") and needs an internet connection to run.
- Your business details, your clients (name, phone, notes), appointments, services, payment records, message templates and settings are stored only on your phone and are not sent to us.
- You share the reminder message, the free-times list, the cash summary, the CSV file and the backup file yourself; they go only to the app or folder you pick. The app never messages your clients on its own.
- The app does not ask for camera, location, microphone, contacts or storage permission. The notification permission is requested only if you turn reminders on (optional).
- Uninstalling the app or clearing its data deletes all your records. In case you lose your phone, save a backup file now and then.
1. We do not collect personal data
We (Sogepps), the developers of Appointment Book, do not collect your personal data, store it on our own servers or share it with anyone. The only data handled outside your device is what Google processes for ads and purchases under its own policy (see section 5); we do not receive it.
2. Information that stays on your device
The business details you enter (name, working hours and days), your client records (name, phone and any notes you write), appointments (date, time, service, price, status, payment), your service list, message templates and settings are stored only on your phone, in the app's local storage. You enter your clients' details yourself; you are responsible for that information and for who you share it with. We suggest you do not write sensitive information, such as health details, in client notes.
If Android's device backup is turned on, Android may back up app data to your Google account under its own rules. Android does this; we cannot access that backup and we do not see your data.
3. Content you export and share
You export the free-times list, the cash summary, the CSV file and the backup file yourself. They go only to the app or folder you pick in Android's share menu. These files are under your control; you decide who receives them.
When you tap "Remind" or "WhatsApp", that client's phone number and the prepared message text are passed to WhatsApp, and you send the message yourself inside WhatsApp; "Call" passes the number to your phone's dialer. This happens only when you tap. When you restore a backup, only the file you choose is opened by the app.
4. Permissions
Notifications: optional; used only if you turn reminders on, to show a local notification on your phone before an appointment. If you decline, the rest of the app works the same. Alarms and restart: used so Android shows reminders at the right time and sets them up again after the phone restarts. Vibration: a very short vibration on some taps. The app does not ask for location, camera, microphone, contacts or storage permission; when you pick a logo or a backup file, only the file you choose in Android's file picker is opened. For ads, the connection check and the purchase the app also declares these permissions: INTERNET and ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE (to load ads and check the connection), com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID (advertising ID, used for ads) and com.android.vending.BILLING (Google Play purchase).
5. Ads and purchases
The app shows interstitial (full-screen) ads through Google AdMob (Google Mobile Ads SDK), only at natural breaks (for example after you share a file or close a screen) and at most about once every 3 minutes. In the EEA, UK and Switzerland, Google's consent message (UMP, User Messaging Platform) asks for your consent first; you can change that choice at any time under "Ad privacy options" in the app's Settings. Google/AdMob may collect and process your advertising ID, device and app information, IP address (and the approximate location derived from it), ad interactions and crash/diagnostic data to deliver, measure and personalise ads and to prevent fraud, under Google's own privacy policies: <a href="https://policies.google.com/privacy">Google Privacy Policy</a> and <a href="https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites">how Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services</a>. You can reset or delete your advertising ID in Android settings. The app also offers one optional one-time in-app purchase, "Remove ads", through Google Play Billing. Google processes the payment; we (Sogepps) never receive your card or payment details. The app only checks with Google Play whether the purchase is owned.
6. Internet access
The app needs an internet connection to run: it uses it to load ads and to check the connection (it checks whether www.gstatic.com and sogepps.tr are reachable). Without a connection it shows a "connection required" screen. We have no server that stores your data: your client records, appointments and cash records stay only on your phone and are never sent to us.
7. Children
Appointment Book is not directed at children and we do not knowingly collect personal data from children.
8. Deleting your data
All of your data is on your device. You can delete your records permanently by uninstalling the app, by clearing its data in Android settings, or with "Delete all data" in the app's Settings; you can also delete individual records in the app. There is no data on our servers to delete. Backups and files you exported earlier stay outside the app; you can delete them yourself.
9. Changes to this policy
When this policy is updated, the new text is published on this page.