The short version: Your household financial data is private, encrypted, and shared with confirmed household members through access-controlled cloud storage. We never sell it. The free version shows ads, and Premium removes in-app ads.
JesterMedia ("we," "us," or "our") operates PayClarity, an iOS and Android app for household bill splitting and budget planning. This Privacy Policy explains what data we collect, how it is used, and your rights regarding that data.
When you sign in, we collect your email address via Firebase Authentication (Google LLC). This is used to identify you across devices, link you to your household, and associate app-usage analytics with your Firebase User ID. Sign-in options include email magic link, Sign in with Apple, or Sign in with Google.
PayClarity stores the following in Firebase Firestore, encrypted at rest, protected by household access controls:
We do not send the household financial amounts or details listed above as advertising or analytics parameters. PayClarity does separately send behavioral events, such as product interactions, to Firebase Analytics and associates those events with a Firebase User ID when you are signed in.
The free version of PayClarity displays ads through Google AdMob and its mediation partners: ironSource/LevelPlay, Liftoff Monetize (Vungle), Unity Ads, and AppLovin MAX. These advertising providers may process your device advertising identifier (such as IDFA on iOS or the Android advertising ID), product interactions, advertising data, and approximate location derived from your IP address to deliver, measure, prevent fraud in, and personalize ads where permitted.
Advertising identifiers are shared with the ad partners above to build cross-app and cross-site profiles; Apple's App Tracking Transparency permission and your device advertising settings control whether this tracking is allowed. Denying tracking or ad personalization does not affect core app functionality. PayClarity Premium subscribers do not see in-app ads while their subscription is active.
PayClarity uses Firebase Analytics to measure app usage and product interactions. When you are signed in, the app sets a Firebase User ID, so these analytics events are linked to your account. We do not send household financial amounts as custom analytics parameters.
The Google Mobile Ads SDK may collect diagnostics and crash data for ad delivery, measurement, fraud prevention, and reliability. PayClarity does not include Firebase Crashlytics.
| Data Type | Purpose | Linked to You? | Shared? |
|---|---|---|---|
| Email address | Sign-in / account | Yes | Firebase only |
| Name | Household member display | Yes | Firebase only |
| User ID | Account and analytics | Yes | Firebase services |
| Income & bill amounts | Household budgeting | Yes (household) | No |
| Product interaction | Analytics and ad measurement | Yes | Firebase Analytics and ad partners |
| Advertising data | Ad delivery and measurement (free tier) | Yes | Ad partners; used for tracking where permitted |
| Device advertising ID | Ad delivery and personalization (free tier) | Yes | Ad partners; used for tracking where permitted |
| Approximate location | Third-party advertising (free tier) | Yes | Ad partners; derived from IP address |
| Crash / diagnostics | Ad SDK reliability and fraud prevention | As described by the provider | Google Mobile Ads SDK |
We do not use your financial data for machine learning, profiling, marketing, or any purpose outside core app functionality.
All data in transit is encrypted via TLS. Firestore data is encrypted at rest. Household financial data is access-controlled at the Firestore security rules level — only Firebase Auth UIDs that have been added to a household's member list can read or write that household's data.
We do not sell your household financial data. We share account, cloud-storage, and analytics data with Firebase as needed to operate and measure the service. In the free tier, advertising identifiers and related advertising, interaction, device, and approximate-location data may be shared with the advertising partners listed above. This advertising disclosure does not mean we share the household financial amounts you enter.
Client access to household data is restricted using authenticated household membership. Authorized backend services, infrastructure providers, and administrators may process data to operate, maintain, secure, or support the service. These controls reduce unauthorized access risk; no system is guaranteed invulnerable.
To leave a household: Settings → Leave Household. Your data remains in the cloud for the other household member. To sign out: Settings → Sign Out. To request full deletion of your account and all associated data, contact support@jestermedia.app and we will process your request within 30 days.
PayClarity is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect data from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided us with personal data, contact us at support@jestermedia.app and we will delete it promptly.
If you are in the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, Switzerland, or another region where consent is required, Google's User Messaging Platform presents a consent prompt before eligible advertising storage or personalization. You can change your choice by reopening Privacy Options in the app's Settings and can separately change tracking permission in iOS Settings or advertising choices in your device settings.
Depending on where you live, including under the CCPA/CPRA and VCDPA, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or obtain a copy of personal information, and to opt out of targeted advertising or the sale or sharing of personal information. To opt out of sharing for cross-context behavioral advertising, deny tracking, reset or limit the device advertising identifier, use the app's Privacy Options, or email support@jestermedia.app. We will not discriminate against you for exercising a privacy right.
We may update this policy periodically. We will post updates here and revise the "Last UpdatedSeptember 7, 2026
This notice describes the app. Website hosting and optional website analytics are described in the JesterMedia website privacy notice. Website choices do not change app settings. Data retention depends on the feature, account status, your deletion requests, provider processing, and necessary security, transaction, or legal records. You may contact us to ask about retention, exercise applicable access, correction, deletion or advertising opt-out rights, or appeal our response. Material changes will be notified and consent requested where required; this notice does not retroactively authorize a new data use.
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