My Cache Zen is a private, local-first inventory app. The app has no account, advertising, analytics, tracking, cloud synchronization, or automatic data uploads. If you choose to use the optional Curator, your requests are processed by Apple Private Cloud Compute, as described in Curator and Apple Private Cloud Compute.
Information stored by the app
My Cache Zen stores the inventory you enter—including collections, custom fields, item details, identifiers, holdings, locations, acquisition details, notes, history, wishlist entries, and reference photos—inside the app on your device.
Hickory and Willow, LLC does not operate a server that receives or synchronizes this inventory. The app works offline and does not require an account.
Camera, photos, and scanning
My Cache Zen requests camera or photo-library access only after you choose a feature that needs it. You can change those permissions at any time in iOS Settings.
Supported barcode and text recognition happen on your device. Results are presented for your review and do not change your inventory unless you choose to apply and save them.
Exports and sharing
Information leaves My Cache Zen only when you start an export or share action, open an outside link, use Apple services described below, or you use the Curator. The destination you choose—such as Files, Mail, Messages, or another app—handles an exported copy under its own privacy practices.
My Cache Zen backup files include inventory details and a record of which entries had photos, but they do not include the photo files themselves. Spreadsheet reports are not backups.
Curator and Apple Private Cloud Compute
The Curator is an optional assistant on iPhones that support Apple Private Cloud Compute. It sends nothing until you choose Use the Curator, and you can turn it off at any time in the app's Settings.
When you use the Curator, My Cache Zen sends Apple Private Cloud Compute what you ask, the names of your collections, fields, and locations, and the saved inventory details the Curator reads to answer, such as item names, quantities, locations, and field values. A spoken request is turned into text on your device first; the audio is not sent.
Apple processes these requests under Apple's Privacy Policy. Hickory and Willow, LLC does not receive or store them. The Curator never changes your inventory by itself: every change it proposes waits for your review and Confirm.
Retention, backup, and deletion
Your inventory remains on your device until you change it or delete My Cache Zen. The app's inventory database and stored reference photos are marked as excluded from iOS device backup. Use the in-app backup feature to keep a portable copy of your inventory details.
Using iOS's Delete App option removes the inventory held in My Cache Zen's app container. Offload App is different: iOS is designed to retain an offloaded app's documents and data for a later reinstall. Deleting My Cache Zen does not delete copies that you previously exported or shared; those must be removed from their destinations separately.
Apple and TestFlight
Apple may process App Store or TestFlight information such as installation status, diagnostics, crash reports, and feedback according to your device and TestFlight choices. That information is handled under Apple's Privacy Policy. My Cache Zen does not add its own analytics or tracking to that process.
This privacy website
This static page contains no forms, analytics, advertising, scripts, or third-party media, and its page code does not set or read cookies. It is hosted by InMotion Hosting, whose infrastructure may create ordinary server logs containing information such as an IP address, browser details, requested page, and time for operations and security. See InMotion Hosting's Privacy Policy.
Children's privacy
My Cache Zen is a general inventory utility and is not directed to children under 13. The app does not knowingly collect personal information from children through a Hickory and Willow service.
Policy changes
If My Cache Zen's data practices change, this policy will be updated and the effective date above will change. Material changes will be reflected in the app or its App Store information when appropriate.
Contact
Questions about this policy may be sent to tim@hickoryandwillow.com.
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