Privacy Policy for FinVault AI

Last Updated: 20/Feb/2026

FinVault AI (“we,” “us,” or “our”) is committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring the security of your financial and personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, process, and safeguard your information when you use the FinVault AI mobile application (“App”).

By using FinVault AI, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.


1. Information We Collect and Use

To provide AI-powered expense tracking and secure vault services, FinVault AI collects the following types of information:

• SMS Data (Financial Transactions)

With your explicit consent, FinVault AI scans incoming SMS messages on your device to identify financial transaction alerts (such as bank, UPI, or card notifications).
Our AI engine filters only transactional messages to automatically:

We do NOT read, store, upload, or access your personal or private conversations.


• Personal Documents (Secure Vault)

When you upload documents to the Secure Vault:

Even we cannot access or read your encrypted vault documents.


• Financial Data

We collect and store financial-related data such as:

This data is used solely to provide core app functionality.


• Authentication Data

We use secure authentication services (such as Firebase Authentication) to:

We do not store your passwords in plain text.


2. How We Use Your Data

We use collected information strictly for the following purposes:

We do NOT use your data for advertising profiling or selling purposes.


3. Data Storage and Security

Security is a core priority at FinVault AI.

• Encryption

• Cloud Infrastructure

We use secure cloud infrastructure powered by Google Firebase (Google Cloud Platform) for:

• Local Processing

Most SMS parsing and expense categorization is processed on-device to minimize data exposure and enhance privacy.

• No Data Selling

We do NOT sell, rent, trade, or share your personal, financial, or SMS data with third parties for marketing or advertising purposes.


4. Permissions Disclosure

FinVault AI requests certain permissions to function properly:

• RECEIVE_SMS / READ_SMS

Used strictly to detect financial transaction alerts for automated expense tracking and budgeting.
We do not read personal messages unrelated to financial transactions.

• CAMERA / GALLERY

Used only when you choose to upload documents into the Secure Vault.

• STORAGE / FILE ACCESS

Required to:

All permissions are used only for core app features and with user consent.


5. Data Retention and User Control

• User Data Control

You have full control over your data. You can:

• Vault Reset Policy

If you forget your Vault PIN/password, a full vault reset is required.
This will permanently delete all encrypted documents to ensure maximum security and prevent unauthorized access.

• Account Deletion

You may request full account deletion via:

Upon deletion request, all associated data will be permanently removed from our servers in accordance with applicable laws.


6. Third-Party Services

FinVault AI uses trusted third-party services including:

These services may collect limited technical information as per their own privacy policies.
We recommend reviewing Firebase’s privacy policy for more details.


7. Children’s Privacy

FinVault AI is not intended for children under the age of 13.
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
If we discover that a child has provided personal data, we will take immediate steps to delete such information.


8. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect:

Users are advised to review this page periodically. Continued use of the app after updates constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.


9. Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions regarding this Privacy Policy or your data privacy, please contact us:

App Name: FinVault AI
Email: contact@blackbulltechnologies.in