Easy Contact Backup — Privacy Policy

Effective 13 July 2026

Easy Contact Backup is a contact backup and restore app made by CJ Designs. It works entirely on your device: there is no account, no server that stores your contacts, and nothing is uploaded unless you explicitly export or share a file yourself.

Your contacts never leave your device. Backups are created and stored locally, and by default are encrypted (AES-256-GCM) with a key held only in your device's secure hardware storage. We never see your contacts, your backups, or your PIN.

What the app accesses, and why

Data	Why	Where it goes
Your device contacts (names, numbers, emails, organization, photos, etc.)	To show summary counts and create backups you control	Stays on your device. Read via the OS Contacts framework; never transmitted to us.
Backup files (.vcf, or encrypted .ecbackup by default)	So you can back up and restore your contacts	Stored in the app's private storage on your device. Only leaves the device if you explicitly export, share, or save it yourself.
App PIN (if you set one)	To lock the app	Only a salted cryptographic hash is stored on your device — never in plain text, never transmitted.
Biometrics (Face ID / Touch ID / fingerprint), if enabled	To unlock the app	Handled entirely by your device's own biometric APIs. We only ever receive a yes/no result — never raw biometric data.

Encryption

By default, backups are encrypted on-device (AES-256-GCM) before being saved, with the encryption key held only in your device's secure hardware storage (Keychain on iOS, Keystore on Android) — it is never transmitted anywhere. Because that key never leaves the device, an encrypted backup can only be restored on the same device that created it: it becomes permanently unrecoverable after a factory reset, an app reinstall, or if the file is moved to a different device. You can turn encryption off in Settings → Backup → Encryption, which switches to plain, portable .vcf files instead.

What we don't do

No account or sign-in required.
No uploading of contact data to a server.
No selling or renting your data to third parties.
No use of your contacts for advertising or ad targeting.
No analytics or crash-reporting SDK collects your contact names, numbers, emails, or backup contents.
No ads.

Cloud backup

The app has a Cloud Backup section in Settings listing providers such as iCloud Drive, Google Drive, OneDrive, and Dropbox. This is not available yet — tapping a provider shows a "not yet available" message and makes no network connection. If this ships in a future update, this policy will be updated first to explain exactly what is uploaded, to which provider, under what encryption, and how to delete a remote backup.

Permissions requested

Contacts (read) — to show your contact count and create backups.
Contacts (write) — requested only when you choose to import or restore contacts, never at first launch.
Biometrics — requested only if you enable biometric app-lock unlock.
Notifications — requested only if you enable backup reminders in Settings, never at first launch.

The app explains why it needs contacts access, in plain language, before the operating system's own permission prompt appears.

Data retention and deletion

Backups remain on your device until you delete them — swipe one away in Backup History, delete it from its menu, or set an automatic retention rule (e.g. keep the latest 5/10, or a maximum age) in Settings → Keep Backups. By default, every backup is kept until you remove it yourself. Uninstalling the app removes the app's private storage, including all locally stored backups, subject to your device's own uninstall behavior.

Children

Easy Contact Backup is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect data from them.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted at this address with a new effective date.

Contact

CJ Designs — support@cjdesigns.app