Privacy Policy

Last updated: 26 June 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how Store Soft ("Store Soft", "the app", "we", "us") handles information when you use our store-management application on Windows and Android. Store Soft is designed to be offline-first: your business data lives on your own device, and the app works without an account or an internet connection.

1. Who we are

Store Soft is a point-of-sale and store-management app for small shops (primarily Algerian épiceries and superettes). It is developed and operated by the Store Soft team. You can reach us at younes.mimene@gmail.com.

2. Scope of this policy

This policy covers the Store Soft desktop and mobile applications and this website. It does not cover third-party services you may separately use (for example, Google), which are governed by their own privacy policies.

3. Data stored on your device

Store Soft stores the information you enter to run your shop in a local database on your own device only. This may include:

• Shop details you enter (shop name, optional address and phone).
• Products, prices, stock levels, suppliers and purchase costs.
• Sales, receipts, and cash-drawer records.
• Customer and supplier debt (credit / الكريدي) records you create.
• Local user profiles secured by a 4-digit PIN (stored only as a salted hash).

4. Google account & Google Drive backup

Google Drive backup is an optional feature. It is off by default and is only used if you choose to sign in with Google from within the app.

What we access

• Basic Google profile — when you sign in, Google provides your email address and display name so the app can show which account is connected. This is used only to display the connected account; it is not stored on our servers.
• A single, app-private Drive folder — Store Soft requests only the limited https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.appdata permission. This grants access exclusively to a hidden application-data folder that the app creates in your own Google Drive.

What we cannot access

The drive.appdata permission technically prevents the app from seeing or opening any of your other Google Drive content. Store Soft cannot read, list, modify or delete your documents, photos, spreadsheets or any other files in your Drive. It can only see the backup files it placed in its own hidden folder.

What we do with it

• Upload encrypted-at-rest copies of your local database backup to that hidden folder.
• List the backups already in that folder so you can choose one to restore.
• Download a backup you select in order to restore it onto your device.
• Delete older backups to keep only the most recent few (rotation).

The backups are stored in your Google account, under your control. We never receive a copy.

5. Google API Services User Data Policy — Limited Use

Specifically:

• We only use Google user data to provide and improve the backup and restore feature you explicitly enabled.
• We do not transfer or sell Google user data to third parties, ad networks, data brokers or for any advertising purpose.
• We do not use Google user data for advertising or for any purpose other than the backup feature.
• We do not allow humans to read your data, except where you give explicit consent for support, where required for security or to comply with law, or where the data has been aggregated and anonymized.

6. How we use information

• To let you run your shop: ring up sales, manage stock, and track debt — entirely on your device.
• To create and restore backups when you ask the app to (locally and, if enabled, to your Google Drive).
• To show diagnostic logs to you on your own device for troubleshooting (you may choose to share these with our support).

7. Sharing & disclosure

We do not sell, rent or trade your information. We do not share your shop data or your Google data with third parties. Information may only leave your device when:

• You enable Google Drive backup (data goes only to your own Google account); or
• You manually export, copy or share a backup file or a diagnostic log yourself (for example, sending it to our support over WhatsApp).

8. Data retention & deletion

• On your device: data is kept until you delete it. The app includes a "delete all business data" option, and uninstalling the app removes its local data.
• Google Drive backups: you can delete backups from within the app, or directly from your Google Drive.
• Revoking Google access: you can disconnect the account in the app, and you can revoke Store Soft's access at any time from your Google Account at myaccount.google.com/permissions.

9. Security

Local PINs are stored only as salted SHA-256 hashes, never in plain text. Data transferred to Google Drive is sent over encrypted HTTPS connections and stored within your own Google account. No method of storage or transmission is 100% secure, but we design the app to keep your data on your device and under your control by default.

10. Children's privacy

Store Soft is a business tool intended for shop owners and their staff. It is not directed to children and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

11. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will revise the "Last updated" date at the top of this page. Continued use of the app after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

12. Contact us

Questions about this policy or your data? Message us on WhatsApp (+213 654 33 86 49) or email younes.mimene@gmail.com.