Privacy Policy
Last updated: May 25, 2026
Teca is an iPhone application designed with the privacy by design principle. This page clearly explains what happens to your data when you use the app.
TL;DR
Teca does not collect any personal data. All documents, scans, voice notes and extracted information stay exclusively on your iPhone. We don’t operate any servers and we don’t use third-party services for analytics, tracking, or advertising.
Data processed and where it stays
Data that stays on your device
- Scanned documents (images, PDFs, screenshots)
- OCR-extracted text (optical character recognition)
- Voice notes and their transcriptions
- Automatically extracted data: vendor, amount, due date, IBAN, VAT number, tax code
- Categories and smart folders assigned by the app
- Semantic vectors (embeddings) generated by Apple’s on-device NLEmbedding model
All of this data is stored exclusively in the local SwiftData database of the app.
iCloud sync (optional, premium)
If you enable iCloud sync (available with the Premium subscription), your documents are synced across your Apple devices using Apple’s CloudKit service. Sync is:
- entirely managed by Apple
- end-to-end encrypted
- subject to Apple’s Privacy Policy
We (Teca’s developers) have no access to the synced contents.
Permissions requested
Teca asks for the following permissions on first use:
| Permission | Why |
|---|---|
| Camera | To scan documents |
| Photo Library | To import images and screenshots |
| Microphone | To record voice notes |
| Speech Recognition | To transcribe voice notes to text |
| Notifications | To remind you of important deadlines |
All permissions are optional. Denying them doesn’t prevent app usage but limits the corresponding features.
In-App Purchases
Teca offers a Premium subscription (€4.99/month). Payments are handled exclusively by Apple through the App Store system. We don’t receive or store any payment data. Billing, refunds, and cancellations are managed in iPhone Settings (Apple ID → Subscriptions).
Cookies, analytics, tracking
Teca does not use:
- cookies
- analytics tools (e.g. Google Analytics, Firebase, Mixpanel)
- third-party crash reporting libraries (e.g. Sentry, Crashlytics)
- advertising identifiers (IDFA)
- tracking or profiling SDKs
Minors
Teca is rated 4+ on the App Store and collects no data — making it suitable for minors as well. We never ask for the user’s age.
Changes to this policy
Any future changes to this privacy policy will be published on this page. The date at the top reflects the last update.
Contact
For any questions about privacy or data handling, write to:
massimodelpizzo@gmail.com