HomePilot: Home & Auto Privacy Policy

Effective date: July 24, 2026

HomePilot: Home & Auto ("HomePilot," "we," "us," or "our") is operated by Mihir Ghawghawe. This policy explains how we handle information when you use the HomePilot iPhone app, Family Sync, or HomePilot support.

Contact: Mihirg301@gmail.com

Summary

HomePilot works in Local mode without an account. Local-mode data stays on your iPhone. If you choose Family Sync, you sign in with Apple and shared HomePilot data is stored and synchronized through Supabase. We do not sell personal information, serve advertising, or use information for cross-app or cross-site tracking.

Information we handle

Local mode

Local mode stores the information you enter in the app's on-device SwiftData store: your profile first name; Home name, time zone, and preferences; home systems; vehicles; vehicle details; insurance-policy information; maintenance tasks, dates, odometer readings, completion history, costs, currencies, brands, service providers, service locations, and notes; subscription names, amounts, currencies, recurrence details, and renewal reminders; and photos, receipts, or PDFs you choose to attach to maintenance completions. It also stores device-local notification, display, category-color, and haptic-feedback preferences.

HomePilot does not transmit this information merely because you use Local mode. It may be included in an iPhone backup if you enable iCloud Backup or another device backup service; that provider's privacy practices apply to its backup.

Family Sync and accounts

Family Sync is optional. When you use it, we handle your Sign in with Apple authentication result and associated Supabase account identifier, the profile name you provide, Family membership and role, invite and account-state information, and shared HomePilot records and attachments. Shared records can include maintenance, vehicle, insurance, subscription, and completion information described above. We also process activity entries containing an item label, action, actor name, and time for shared changes; the activity feed does not store a full record payload.

Family Sync uses Supabase-hosted database, authentication, storage, and Edge Function services. Authorized members of the same Family may see shared content according to their role. Do not add someone to your Family unless you intend them to access shared data.

Purchases

Family Sync is an Apple auto-renewable subscription. Apple handles purchases, billing, and payment-card information. HomePilot does not receive or store payment-card numbers. We process transaction and entitlement information needed to verify, provide, restore, and manage Family Sync.

Exports

You can export local HomePilot data from your iPhone. A Family owner may request a Family Cloud export, delivered only to the authenticated owner's email through a private, time-limited link. Exports can include HomePilot data and attachments, but exclude authentication tokens, Apple subject identifiers, invite codes, service credentials, and StoreKit transaction identifiers.

Contact & Support

If you submit a support request, we collect the reply email address, optional name, category, title, message, optional reproduction steps, and up to three images you choose. The app redraws selected images to remove embedded metadata and enforces size limits. You may choose whether to include limited diagnostics: app version/build, iOS version, device model, locale, time zone, and Local or Family account mode. Diagnostics do not include HomePilot records, Family content, authentication data, app logs, or account identifiers.

Support requests are processed through Supabase and delivered through Resend. Support-request records are retained for up to 90 days. To prevent abuse, we retain keyed one-way hashes of an installation value and network address for rate limiting; we do not retain raw installation values or raw IP addresses in the support-request record. Support images are sent with the request and are not stored in Family Sync storage.

How we use and share information

We use information to provide, secure, operate, and improve HomePilot and Family Sync; store and synchronize shared data at your direction; schedule reminders on your device; respond to support; verify subscription entitlement; prevent abuse; troubleshoot service issues; and comply with law.

We share information only as needed to provide HomePilot: with authorized members of your Family; with Supabase for Family Sync, authentication, database, storage, and server functions; with Resend for support and Family Cloud export email; with Apple for Sign in with Apple, App Store purchases, and notification permission/delivery; and when required by law or necessary to protect people, rights, safety, or service security. We do not sell personal information or share it with data brokers.

Permissions and choices

HomePilot asks for notification permission only if you choose reminders. You can change notification permission in iOS Settings and reminder choices in HomePilot Settings. HomePilot lets you select existing images for attachments or support requests. It does not request contacts, precise location, microphone, camera, health data, or advertising identifiers.

You can use Local mode without an account; edit, archive, or delete supported content; turn reminders off; export local data; and, if you are a Family owner, request a Family Cloud export.

For a released version offering Family Sync, the app provides an in-app Delete Account flow for authenticated users. A Family member's deletion removes that member's account and membership. A Family owner must explicitly confirm deletion of the Family's shared cloud data before the owner's account can be deleted. Deleting a HomePilot account does not cancel an Apple subscription; manage Apple subscriptions through Apple's subscription-management controls. If you cannot access the app, email us so we can help verify and process your request.

Retention, security, and international processing

We retain Family Sync information while needed to provide the service and as described in deletion and export flows. Support-request records are retained up to 90 days, and Family Cloud export links expire after 24 hours. We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards, including authenticated access controls and row-level authorization for Family Sync, but no electronic system is completely secure.

Your information may be processed in countries other than where you live, including where our providers operate. Those countries may have different data-protection laws.

Children and changes

HomePilot is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. Contact us if you believe a child has provided information.

We may update this policy when HomePilot or applicable requirements change. We will post the updated policy at this URL and revise its effective date; where required, we will provide additional notice.

Contact

Mihir Ghawghawe
Email: Mihirg301@gmail.com