Last updated: 11 August 2026
Privacy Policy
CADE is local-first. Your records stay on your device unless you choose to use assisted refinement or export/share records outside the app.
What CADE stores on your device
CADE stores the records and settings you create in the app.
- Record text, titles, dates, reflected versions, and competencies.
- Folders used to organise records.
- Photos and files you attach to records.
- App settings, reminder preferences, and optional About You details.
Gallery photos, camera photos, and files are copied into CADE's local app storage so records can keep their supporting material. Permanently deleting a record also removes CADE's local attachment copies for that record.
Optional About You details
You may add a name, occupation, and email address. These fields are optional.
- Name is used only inside the app for a personal touch.
- Occupation may be used to make reflected records more relevant to your work.
- Email is unverified and may be used for future updates, backup, or account options. It is not currently used as your login, identity, quota key, or billing account.
If you provide an email address, CADE may send that email address to CADE's backend so it can be kept for contact, updates, and future account or backup options. Your email is not sent to CRS when you use assisted refinement.
Keyboard dictation
CADE does not record audio. You can type directly or use the microphone on your phone keyboard. Keyboard dictation is handled by your device, keyboard, or operating system. CADE receives the text produced by your keyboard, not an audio recording.
Assisted refinement and third-party AI
When you choose Make this clearer, CADE shows an in-app notice before the first refinement. If you agree, CADE sends that record's text to CADE Refinement Service (CRS). If you added an occupation, that occupation may also be sent as context.
CRS may use third-party AI providers to process the record text and return a reflected version.
The third-party AI providers currently used by CRS are Gemini and OpenAI.
For assisted refinement, CADE does not send:
- Your name.
- Your email address.
- Your attachments.
- Other records from your app.
CRS is designed not to keep a copy of your record after processing. You should avoid sending sensitive personal, medical, legal, financial, or confidential workplace information unless you are comfortable with that text being processed for refinement.
Refinement limits
CADE may create an anonymous app identifier to manage refinement quotas, reduce abuse, and apply rate limits. This identifier is not your name, email address, device serial number, or advertising ID.
Each successful Make this clearer action may use one unit from the starter refinement allowance. In the current free tier, this starter allowance does not reset monthly. Saving, editing, deleting, adding attachments, exporting, and backing up records can still work when the refinement allowance is reached; only assisted refinement is limited.
Exports and sharing
CADE lets you create exports from records you choose or filter. PDF exports are readable evidence portfolios and do not bundle attachment files. CSV exports are spreadsheet-friendly evidence registers. Complete Bundle ZIP exports can include the PDF, CSV, JSON record data, and available local attachment files from the device.
Once you export, save, or share a file outside CADE, that file is handled by the app, service, or person you share it with.
Deleting data
You can move records to the recycle bin, restore them, or permanently delete them. Permanent deletion removes the record and CADE-owned local attachment copies for that record.
Removing CADE from your device may remove local app data, subject to how your device handles app removal and backups.
Children
CADE is not intended for children under 13. If you believe a child has provided personal information through CADE, contact us.
Changes
We may update this policy as CADE changes. The updated version will be published on this page with a new last updated date.
Contact
For privacy questions, contact support@copriests.com.