Privacy Policy for PetList

Effective Date: August 28, 2026

Overview

PetList is a mobile app for organizing multi-pet household information: pet profiles, health records, reminders, weight tracking, daily care tasks, and expenses. This policy explains what information PetList handles and how it is used.

PetList does not require an account. Your pet and household records are stored locally on your device. PetList does not operate a cloud database or sync service for your records, does not include advertising or behavioral-tracking software, and does not sell your information.

Information You Store in PetList

When you use PetList, you choose what to enter. This may include:

• Household and pet profiles (name, species, breed, birthdate, weight, gender, photo)
• Health records, such as vaccinations, deworming, vet visits, medications, grooming, spay/neuter records, weight logs, optional photos you attach to a logged record, and any notes you add
• Reminders and their scheduling
• Expenses, both per-pet and household-wide, including optional photos you attach to an expense (such as a receipt)
• Daily care tasks and their completion history
• App preferences such as currency, units, theme, and notification settings

PetList does not ask for your name, email address, or any other contact information in order to use the app.

Where Your Information Is Stored

The information above is stored locally, in a database on your device, along with any photos you add - a pet's profile photo, any photos you optionally attach to a logged health record, and any photos you optionally attach to an expense, such as a receipt. Those photos stay associated with your local PetList data and are not uploaded anywhere; they leave your device only if you explicitly export or share them (see "Sharing and Exporting Information" below). PetList does not operate a cloud database or synchronization service, and its developer does not have access to, or a copy of, your records at any time.

Because this information exists only on your device, uninstalling PetList or losing your device without a backup you made yourself (see "Device Backups" below) means it cannot be recovered by PetList or its developer.

Network Communication and Service Providers

PetList's own features do not send your pet, health, or expense records over a network. The app does periodically check for and download application updates through Expo, PetList's update infrastructure provider. That process involves standard technical information about your device and app version, the same as any app update check, and does not include your pet or household records. Expo's handling of that technical information is described in its own privacy policy at https://expo.dev/privacy.

Sharing and Exporting Information

PetList never shares or transmits your information anywhere on its own. Two features let you choose to do so yourself:

• Vet summary: generates a PDF summary of a single pet's health information and hands it to your device's share sheet.
• Backup: creates a single file containing your household's information - including any photos you've added, such as pet profile photos, photos attached to health records, and photos attached to expenses - so you can restore it later or move it to a new device. You can also import a backup file to restore it. Either direction can likewise hand a file to your device's share sheet or file picker.

Both are created entirely on your device and only run when you choose to use them. PetList itself never uploads a backup or export to any developer-operated server. Where the resulting file goes afterward is your choice - PetList has no visibility into it and cannot confirm which destination ultimately received it. If you save or share a file to a destination you choose (such as cloud storage, messaging, or email), that destination's own privacy practices apply to it from that point on. A backup file is not encrypted, so store it somewhere you consider private.

Notifications and Device Permissions

PetList may ask for permission to send local notifications, so it can remind you about upcoming health events and daily tasks. These notifications are scheduled directly on your device; PetList does not use push notifications or register your device with any notification service.

PetList may also ask for camera or photo library access when you choose to add or change a pet's profile photo, attach an optional photo to a logged health record, or attach an optional photo (such as a receipt) to an expense. Each request happens only at the moment you use one of these features - PetList does not access your camera or photo library at any other time, and attaching a photo is always optional. Declining any of these permissions does not prevent you from using the rest of the app - the associated feature is simply unavailable.

Device Backups

PetList does not provide its own cloud backup or sync service for your records. However, your device's operating system, or account services you have separately configured (such as iCloud or a similar account), may back up PetList's data as part of your device's general backup settings. Whether that happens, and what it covers, is controlled by your device and account settings, not by PetList.

Data Retention and Deletion

Your information stays on your device for as long as you keep it there. You can delete an individual pet, record, or expense from within the app, clear or delete a household from Settings, or remove all of PetList's data at once by uninstalling the app. PetList has no server-side copy to delete on your behalf, because none exists.

Children's Privacy

PetList is not directed at children and does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone, including children under 13 or the applicable age in your jurisdiction. Because the app requires no account and collects no personal information to function, it has no means of distinguishing a child user from any other user.

Changes to This Policy

This policy may be updated from time to time. The current version is always published at https://mypetlist.app/privacy-policy/, and the effective date above reflects the most recent update.

Contact

Questions about this policy can be sent to support@mypetlist.app.

PetList is developed and operated by Harley Canasa. These practices, and this policy, are governed by the laws of the Republic of the Philippines, without regard to its conflict-of-law principles.