Privacy Policy for Ember FIRE

Effective date: May 7, 2026

Ember FIRE is developed by Fate Studio. If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact us at: support@fatestudio.app

Overview

Ember FIRE is an offline-first personal finance planning app for Android. The app is designed to help users track financial progress toward Financial Independence, Retire Early (FIRE).

Ember FIRE is designed to store user-entered app data locally on your device. Fate Studio does not operate cloud storage, cloud sync, cloud backup, or account-based recovery for your in-app data. We do not sell personal data, and we do not use third-party advertising SDKs in the app.

Information the App Processes

Depending on how you use Ember FIRE, the app may process information that you enter directly, including:

• Profile and planning information
• Account balances and account details
• Income and expense entries
• Goals, assumptions, and review data
• App settings and preferences
• Optional device protection settings such as PIN or biometric unlock preferences

This information is stored locally on your device as part of the app's normal operation.

Local Storage, Exports, and Recovery

Because your in-app data is kept on your device and not stored in a Fate Studio cloud service, Fate Studio does not have a copy of your financial entries, account details, goals, settings, backups, or reports.

If you uninstall Ember FIRE, clear the app's storage, reset your phone, replace your phone, transfer to a new phone, lose your phone, or lose access to your phone, your in-app data may be permanently lost unless you previously created and safely stored your own export or backup file.

You are responsible for manually exporting and safeguarding any data you want to keep or move to another device. If you no longer have access to the device or to a backup/export that you created, Fate Studio may not be able to recover your data. This local-first approach is intentional because we value customer privacy and do not keep copies of your in-app information on our servers.

How Data Is Used

Ember FIRE uses your information to provide app features, including:

• Displaying dashboards, calculators, goals, and progress
• Generating local reminders and notifications
• Supporting optional app security features
• Creating local backup files and PDF exports when you request them
• Updating the Android home screen widget when enabled

Data Sharing

Ember FIRE does not share your personal data with Fate Studio or other third parties for advertising or analytics.

The app may share data only when you explicitly choose to export or share files using Android system features, such as:

• Exported backup files
• Encrypted backup files
• Exported PDF review reports

Any sharing of exported files is initiated by you. Fate Studio does not automatically receive or store these files.

Data Collection by the Developer

Ember FIRE is designed so that Fate Studio does not collect, upload, sync, or store your financial entries, account information, goals, or other in-app personal data from the app during normal use.

If you contact us for support by email, we may receive the information you choose to include in your message.

Notifications

If you enable reminders or notifications, Ember FIRE may create local notifications on your device. These notifications are generated locally for app functionality and are not used for advertising.

Security

Ember FIRE includes optional privacy and security features such as:

• Device PIN protection
• Biometric unlock on supported devices
• Secure-screen protection on supported Android devices
• Optional encrypted backup export

No method of storage or transmission is guaranteed to be completely secure, but we take reasonable steps to limit unnecessary data exposure by keeping app data local and by not storing your in-app data in a Fate Studio cloud service.

Data Retention and Deletion

Because Ember FIRE stores in-app data on your device rather than in a Fate Studio cloud service, you control retention and deletion of that data.

You can delete your data by:

• Using in-app reset or clear features, where available
• Clearing the app's storage in Android settings
• Deleting exported files you created
• Uninstalling the app

Deleting local app data or uninstalling the app may permanently delete in-app data unless you have already created and saved your own export or backup file outside the app.

If you email us directly, we may retain that correspondence as needed to respond to your request or for recordkeeping. Support emails are separate from the in-app data that Ember FIRE stores locally on your device.

Children

Ember FIRE is not directed to children under the age of 13.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make material changes, we will update the effective date above.

Contact

Fate Studio
Email: support@fatestudio.app