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Backshift privacy policy
Last updated: 29 October 2026
The short version
There is no account, on iPhone or on Android. Your shifts, your hourly rate, your notes and your records are stored by the app on your own device. We cannot see them, and we do not receive them. Most of this page applies to both. Where the two differ, the heading starts with “On iPhone” or “On Android”. What is said about iPhone applies to iPad too.
What stays on the device
Shift types, rotations, the calendar, actual records, notes, wage rules, the work target and every app setting. Turn on airplane mode and all of it still works.
What we collect
Nothing. There is no analytics, no advertising, no tracking identifier and no crash reporter that sends us your content, on iPhone or on Android. On Android there is one thing the app sends by itself, and it goes to Google, not to us. It is explained under “On Android: the one thing sent by itself”.
On iPhone: iCloud sync
Off until you switch it on. When it is on, your data is copied to your own iCloud account so your devices agree with each other. It is Apple's storage under your Apple Account — it does not pass through any server of ours, and we have no access to it.
On iPhone: calendar sharing
If you share your calendar with someone, they see shift hours and leave days. Your hourly rate, your earnings and your notes are never included in what is shared. You can stop sharing at any time, and stopping removes their access.
On iPhone: purchases
Subscriptions and the lifetime purchase are handled by Apple. We receive the fact that a purchase exists so the app can unlock, and nothing else — no card number, no name, no address.
On Android: what is not there
The Android app has no iCloud sync, no calendar sharing, no Apple Watch app and no Siri, so the iPhone sections above do not apply to it. Like the iPhone app, it has no account and no server of ours, and there is nothing in it for ads, for tracking how you use the app, or for reporting crashes.
On Android: purchases
Subscriptions and the lifetime purchase go through Google Play. You pay in Google Play's own window, so your card details never reach the app or us. The app only asks Google Play on your phone whether you have bought Pro, and it does not send that answer anywhere.
On Android: the one thing sent by itself
To take payments, the app has a tool made by Google built into it: the Google Play payment tool. This tool sends Google short reports about how it is working (diagnostics). According to Google, these reports say whether purchase steps worked or failed and whether there was trouble reaching Google Play. Google uses them to keep the tool working and to fix problems. The reports go straight to Google over a secure connection. They do not come to us, and we cannot see them. Your shifts, pay and notes are not in them, because the app never gives those to the tool. The reports are sent automatically and cannot be turned off. Apart from them, the app sends nothing anywhere on its own.
On Android: your phone's own backup
If backup is turned on in your phone's settings, Android itself copies the app's data into the backup in your own Google account. That way your shifts come back when you set up a new phone with the same account. This is part of Android, not something we run. On Android 9 and newer, the backup is locked with your phone's screen lock (your PIN, pattern or password), so only you can open it. On Android 8 it is kept in your Google account without that lock. We cannot see the backup or reach it. You can turn backup off in your phone's settings.
On Android: your phone's calendar
If you use “Add to my calendar”, the app makes a separate calendar called “Backshift” on your phone and puts your shifts in it. This calendar is only on your phone. It is not linked to your Google account or to any other account. The app only looks at its own Backshift calendar and does not read what is in your other calendars. To take it off your phone, tap “Remove the Backshift calendar” on the same screen.
Support email
If you write to [email protected] we have your message and your email address, because that is how a reply works. If you write from inside the app and turn on “Include phone and version info”, a few lines are added to the end of your message, such as the app version, the phone model and the language. You can read them before you send, and your shift hours, notes and pay are not among them. We use all of this to answer you and for nothing else.
Children
Backshift is a work tool and is not directed at children. We do not knowingly collect anything from anyone, of any age.
Deleting your data
On iPhone and on Android: Settings, then Privacy, then “Delete all data”. Deleting the app removes it too. On iPhone, if iCloud sync is on, turn it off before deleting or the data may return from another device. On Android, a copy may still be in your phone's backup in your Google account, and Android can bring it back if you install the app again. That backup belongs to your Google account, and you manage it there. The “Backshift” calendar on an Android phone is removed separately, with “Remove the Backshift calendar”.
Changes
If this policy changes in a way that matters, the app will say so rather than leaving it to a date at the top of a page.
Contact
Deha Studios — [email protected]