Introduction

Household Affairs respects your privacy and is committed to protecting the personal information you provide when using our website, applications, and related services.

This Privacy Policy explains what information we may collect, how we use that information, and the choices available to you.

Information We Collect

We may collect information that you provide directly to Household Affairs, including your name, email address, telephone number, username, account information, household information, inventory records, purchase and receipt information, tutoring or learning information you choose to provide, and other information required to provide our services.

We may also collect technical information necessary to operate and secure the Household Affairs website and applications.

Mobile App, Camera, Photos, and Receipt Scanning

The Household Affairs mobile application may request access to your device camera or photo library when you choose to photograph, select, or process receipts and related images. These permissions are used only to provide features that you initiate.

Receipt images may be processed using on-device optical character recognition (OCR) to identify text such as store names, dates, item descriptions, quantities, and prices. Receipt-derived information may then be used to organize your household inventory and purchase records.

Household Affairs does not use camera or photo-library access for advertising or unrelated tracking.

AI-Assisted Receipt Classification

When a receipt item cannot be identified using previously confirmed Household Affairs inventory mappings, limited receipt-derived information may be sent to an artificial intelligence service to generate a suggested product name, category, or subcategory.

AI-generated suggestions are provided for review and are not treated as confirmed inventory information until the user reviews and confirms or changes the information. Previously confirmed inventory mappings may be used instead of AI processing when available.

Information sent for AI-assisted classification is limited to what is reasonably necessary for that feature, such as the vendor or store name, receipt item text, an item or SKU reference when available, and relevant inventory classification information.

Inventory, Purchases, and Household Information

If you use household-management features, Household Affairs may store information you enter or confirm about household inventory, item categories, quantities, units, locations, vendors, labels, purchase dates, prices, receipt references, and related household records.

This information is used to provide the inventory, organization, reporting, and related household-management features requested by the user.

Tutoring and Learning Information

Household Affairs may provide tutoring, educational, or learning features. When you use these features, we may process information that you voluntarily provide for tutoring or learning purposes, including learning activities, educational content, questions, progress information, or other information necessary to provide the requested feature.

Users should avoid submitting sensitive personal information that is not necessary for the tutoring or learning service.

How We Use Your Information

Household Affairs may use your information to:

• Create and maintain your Household Affairs account.
• Verify your email address and mobile telephone number.
• Authenticate and secure access to your account.
• Provide Household Affairs services and application features.
• Respond to support requests.
• Maintain the security and reliability of our systems.
• Comply with applicable legal and regulatory requirements.

SMS and Mobile Information

When you provide your mobile telephone number and request SMS verification, Household Affairs may send you text messages containing account verification codes, authentication codes, or other account-security information.

SMS messages are sent only in connection with the Household Affairs service and the verification or authentication action requested by the user.

Your mobile information will not be sold or shared with third parties for promotional or marketing purposes.

We will not share your opt-in to an SMS campaign with any third party for purposes unrelated to providing the services of that campaign.

We may share information, including SMS opt-in or consent status, with service providers that assist us in delivering text messages, including telecommunications providers, messaging platforms, and vendors that support delivery of the Household Affairs messaging service.

All categories of information sharing described in this Privacy Policy exclude text messaging originator opt-in data and consent when the sharing is for unrelated marketing or promotional purposes.

SMS Opt-Out

You may stop receiving Household Affairs SMS messages by replying STOP to a message.

You may request assistance by replying HELP.

Message and data rates may apply depending on your mobile carrier and service plan.

Service Providers

Household Affairs may use third-party service providers to operate portions of the service, including hosting, email delivery, telecommunications, SMS delivery, payment processing, security, and, when requested by a feature, artificial intelligence or related data-processing services.

These providers may receive information only as necessary to perform services on behalf of Household Affairs.

Data Security

Household Affairs uses reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information against unauthorized access, misuse, alteration, or disclosure.

Data Retention

We may retain personal information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide our services, maintain account security, meet legal obligations, and resolve disputes.

Your Choices and Account Deletion

You may contact Household Affairs regarding questions about your personal information, account information, or privacy preferences.

If you have a Household Affairs account, you may request deletion of your account and associated personal information through account features made available in the application or by contacting Household Affairs through the website. We may retain limited information when reasonably necessary for security, fraud prevention, legal compliance, dispute resolution, or other lawful purposes.

You may control camera and photo-library permissions through your device settings. Disabling a permission may prevent features that depend on that permission from functioning.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

Household Affairs may update this Privacy Policy from time to time as our website, mobile applications, tutoring features, inventory tools, or service providers change. The updated policy and effective date will be posted on this page.

Contact Us

If you have questions regarding this Privacy Policy or Household Affairs privacy practices, please contact us through the Household Affairs website.