Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 1, 2026

Venture Melody LLC, doing business as FairTally, is the data controller for our website, calculator, and web, iOS, and Android apps. This policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and your choices. Contact us at hello@fairtally.com.

1. Information we collect

We use cookies and device storage to keep you signed in and save preferences and unfinished expense drafts.

Account and household information is needed to provide the features you request; without it, those features may be unavailable. Profile photos and optional analytics are voluntary.

2. Analytics and your choices

App analytics. With your permission, PostHog collects information about app usage, such as screens visited and whether actions succeed. Separately, our servers send limited account, household, expense and settlement activity, and subscription events even when optional analytics is off. These help us understand service use and reliability.

PostHog uses device, account, and household identifiers; this information is not anonymous. Our app analytics exclude names, email addresses, financial amounts, and expense descriptions. We do not record app sessions or use this information for advertising. PostHog discards client IP addresses from stored events, though it may process them before discarding them.

Mobile subscription services. RevenueCat processes identifiers and purchase information from app startup, including before a purchase, to manage subscriptions. It also receives when and where a subscription screen was shown. This processing is separate from your optional analytics choice; we do not send RevenueCat your name, email, or expense details.

Change optional app analytics in Profile → Privacy & Security. Turning it off stops optional app analytics, but not the server events or RevenueCat processing described above.

Website analytics. The homepage loads Google Analytics after you select “Accept.” It uses cookies and collects browsing and device information, including referring pages, approximate location, and interactions. Change your choice through Cookie settings in the homepage footer and reload the page. After you withdraw consent, a previously loaded Google tag may still send signals without cookies until you reload. Website and app preferences are separate.

Our homepage and legal pages use Google Fonts, which receives your IP address to deliver fonts. We do not use advertising pixels.

Free calculator. Your inputs stay in your browser tab and are not sent to us or saved by the calculator. It needs no account and loads no analytics. “Copy split” places results on your device clipboard, where your device may retain or sync them. Opening FairTally does not transfer those inputs. Hosting providers still process ordinary connection information.

3. How and why we use information

We use information to provide accounts and household sharing, maintain records, manage subscriptions, send service emails, offer support, protect the service, and understand usage. Where a legal basis is required, we rely on:

4. Who receives information

Household members can see shared financial records, split settings, names, email addresses, and profile photos. Owners manage membership and billing.

We do not sell your information. We use these providers for their stated functions:

We may disclose information when required by law. Providers may also retain records under their own legal obligations and privacy policies.

5. How long we keep information

Deletion from the live service may not immediately remove copies in backups, logs, or provider records. We may retain information where required by law. Contact us for information about retained copies and deletion schedules.

6. Account deletion

Delete your account in Profile → Privacy & Security or contact us for help. In-app deletion requires household owners with other joined members to transfer ownership first. You can still email an erasure request if you cannot complete the in-app steps.

If other joined members remain, shared financial history stays available with your name changed to “Former Member”; household members may still recognize your records. Otherwise, the household and financial records are removed from the live database.

Photo removal: account deletion currently leaves your photo on records retained for shared history. Remove it in Profile before deleting your account, or contact us to remove it afterward.

Store subscriptions are not automatically canceled by account deletion. See our deletion and billing terms before deleting your account.

7. Your rights

You can update your profile, remove your photo, export data, and request deletion in the app or by emailing us. Where GDPR applies, you have rights to access, correction, erasure, restriction, and portability, subject to its conditions. We may request information reasonably needed to verify your identity. Requests are normally free, and we respond without undue delay, within one month. If complexity or the number of requests requires up to two additional months, we will explain this within the first month.

Right to object: email us to object to processing based on legitimate interests. We will stop that processing unless we demonstrate compelling overriding grounds or need it for legal claims.

You can withdraw analytics consent at any time using the controls above, without losing access to the service. Withdrawal does not affect processing lawfully carried out before it. You may complain to a supervisory authority, including where you live or work or where an alleged infringement occurred. See the EEA authority directory.

We assess erasure requests separately from subscription cancellation or household administration. If we retain information or decline a request, we will explain the reason and your options to challenge the decision.

8. Security and international processing

We use encrypted connections, password hashing, and access controls. No service can guarantee complete security. We will notify authorities and affected people of data breaches when required by law.

FairTally and its providers may process information in the United States and other countries with different privacy laws. Where required, transfer safeguards may include standard contractual clauses or a recognized data privacy framework for a certified recipient. Contact us for information about the safeguards applicable to your data.

9. Children and policy changes

FairTally is intended for adults aged 18 or older. We do not knowingly collect children's information; contact us if you believe a child has provided it.

We will communicate material policy changes by email or a notice on the website or in the app. Before using information for a new purpose, we will explain that purpose and obtain fresh consent where required. The date above identifies this version.