Privacy Policy

1. Who We Are

Bedrock is a product of AppDrop (referred to as "AppDrop", "we", "us", or "our"). We are the developers of the Bedrock mobile application available on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. You can reach us at hello@appdrop.io.

2. What Information We Collect

Information you provide directly

• Account information: Your name, as provided during onboarding.
• MTO Client Number: Your BC Mineral Titles Online Owner Client Number, used to look up your claims from the BC Government's public WFS data service.
• FMC Expiry Date: The expiry date of your Free Miner Certificate, entered manually by you to enable expiry reminders. We do not collect your FMC number.
• Field journal entries: Hours worked, work type, worker names and rates, equipment details, GPS coordinates, notes, and any photos or receipts you choose to upload.
• Notification preferences: Your in-app settings for which notifications you wish to receive.

Information collected automatically

• Authentication data: We use Firebase Authentication. When you sign in with Apple or Google, we receive a unique user ID and your name. We do not receive your Apple ID email unless you choose to share it.
• GPS coordinates: Captured at the moment you take a photo in the field journal, if you grant location permission. GPS is never collected in the background.
• Device information: Basic device identifiers required for push notification delivery via Firebase Cloud Messaging.
• Subscription status: Managed by RevenueCat. We receive your subscription state (active, trial, expired) but not your payment card details.

Information we never collect

• Your FMC certificate number
• Your BCeID credentials
• Your MTO password or login session
• Payment card information (handled entirely by Apple or Google)
• Your precise location in the background

3. How We Use Your Information

To operate the app

• Load your active mineral and placer claims from BC Government public data using your MTO Client Number
• Store your field journal entries and photos so they persist across sessions
• Generate your Physical Work Reports and Technical Reports using AI
• Sync offline journal entries to our servers when you reconnect

To send notifications

• Claim expiry reminders at 30, 7, and 1 day before your GOOD_TO_DATE
• FMC expiry reminders at 30, 7, and 1 day before the date you provided
• Released claim alerts for claims on your watchlist
• Claim approval notifications when your APPLICATION claim transitions to CLAIM status

To generate reports

When you tap "Generate Reports", your field journal data — including text notes and photo descriptions — is sent to our AI report generation service to synthesise your Physical Work Report and Technical Report. We do not send your photos directly to the AI service; we send text descriptions of them.

4. How We Store Your Information

Retention

• Account data, claims, watchlist, journal: Retained while your account is active. Deleted within 30 days of account deletion.
• Generated reports (PDFs): Retained permanently even after account deletion. Reason: generated assessment reports form part of the public BC mining record and we retain a copy as proof of service. These reports do not contain sensitive personal information beyond what you submitted to BC Mineral Titles.
• Field photos and receipts: Deleted within 30 days of account deletion.

5. How We Share Your Information

We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal information. We share data only with the following service providers, strictly to operate the app:

• Google Firebase: Database, file storage, authentication, and push notifications.
• AI Report Service: AI-powered report generation. Receives your field journal text data when you generate reports.
• RevenueCat: Subscription management. Receives your Apple/Google user ID and subscription events.
• BC Government WFS: We query publicly available mineral tenure data using your MTO Client Number. This is a read-only request to public government data.
• Apple / Google: Handle payment processing for subscriptions. We never see your card details.

We may disclose your information if required by law, court order, or to protect the rights and safety of our users.

6. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the right to:

• Access the personal information we hold about you
• Correct inaccurate information
• Delete your account and associated data (except retained reports — see Section 4)
• Withdraw consent for notifications at any time via app settings or device settings
• Request a copy of your data

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at hello@appdrop.io. You can also delete your account directly in the app under Profile → Account → Delete Account.

7. Account Deletion

You can delete your account at any time from within the app (Profile → Account → Delete Account). Upon deletion:

• Your profile, claims cache, watchlist, field journal, photos, and receipts are permanently deleted within 30 days.
• Your generated report PDFs are retained permanently (see Section 4 for the reason).
• Your Firebase Auth account is deleted immediately.
• Your RevenueCat subscription record is retained by RevenueCat per their policies.

8. Children's Privacy

Bedrock is not directed at children under 18. You must be 18 or older to hold a Free Miner Certificate in BC, which is a prerequisite for the app's core functionality. We do not knowingly collect data from minors.

9. Security

We use Firebase's built-in security rules to restrict data access so that each user can only read and write their own data. Communications between the app and our servers are encrypted via HTTPS/TLS. We do not store your MTO or BCeID credentials.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy from time to time. When we make material changes, we will notify you via in-app notification and update the "Last updated" date above. Continued use of the app after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

11. Contact

For privacy questions, requests, or concerns, contact us at:
hello@appdrop.io
AppDrop · Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada