The Tab

The Tab ("the app") is operated by Rafik Manla Hassan. This policy explains what the app collects, why, and what happens to it. The short version: your data exists to make bill-splitting work between you and your friends — it is never sold, never used for advertising, and you can delete all of it yourself at any time.

What we collect

• Account details — your name, email address, username, and optional profile photo. If you sign in with Google or Apple, we receive your name and email from them.
• Payment note (optional) — free text you choose to share with friends about how to pay you (for example an e-Transfer email). Visible only to your friends and group members.
• Expense data — the amounts, notes, categories, dates, participants, and groups you record. Shared, by design, with the people in each entry or group.
• Receipt photos — when you scan a receipt, the photo is sent securely to Anthropic's Claude API to read the merchant, items, and totals. A compressed copy of the photo is stored with the expense so everyone in the split can view the original; it is deleted along with the expense or your account. Anthropic does not train models on this API data.
• Push token — a device identifier used only to deliver notifications (new expenses, settle-up requests, reminders). Stored privately; other users can never read it.

Where it lives

Data is stored with Supabase (hosted on Amazon Web Services) and encrypted in transit. Access is enforced row-by-row: only you, your friends, and your fellow group members can see the data the app shares between you.

What we don't do

• No selling or renting of your data — to anyone, ever.
• No advertising and no ad tracking.
• No third-party analytics profiling.

Deleting your data

In the app: Friends tab → Profile → Delete account. This permanently deletes your account, friendships, groups, and every entry you created, including on friends' tallies. There is no grace period and no backup copy kept.

Children

The Tab is not directed at children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect their data.

Changes

If this policy changes materially, the effective date above will change and the app will point to the updated version.

Contact

Privacy questions: support.thetab@gmail.com