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Birma — Privacy Policy

How Birma, a reminder app developed and operated by KurdiCode, handles your information.

Last updated: 23 August 2026 · Applies to Birma on Android and iOS

https://kurdicode.com/birma/privacy/

1. Local-First by Design

Your privacy comes first. Birma is built local-first: your reminders, checklists, habits, notes, and location rules are created and stored on your device, and the app works fully offline with no account required.

A few features are optional and reach beyond your device — cloud sync, the AI assistant, and Birma Pro. You choose whether to turn each one on, and the sections below explain exactly what is shared when you do.

We never sell your data, never show ads, and never use your information for tracking or profiling. Data only ever leaves your device for a feature you have switched on yourself.

2. Permissions We Use

  • Location: used only to trigger location-based reminders when you arrive at or leave a place. Your location is matched to your reminders on your device and is never uploaded.
  • Notifications: used to deliver your reminders at the time or place you set.
  • Storage: used to save your reminders, checklists, and settings on your device.
  • Background activity: required so reminders fire reliably even when the app is closed.
  • Microphone & speech recognition: used only while you are dictating, so you can create a reminder or search by voice. The transcription is performed by your phone’s own speech service — Apple on iOS, usually Google on Android — which may process the audio on that company’s servers under its own privacy policy. Birma does not keep the recording; only the resulting text is used, and it goes no further than your device unless you have turned the AI assistant on.
  • Camera & photos: used only when you attach a photo to a reminder, set a profile picture, or save an image you exported. Pictures stay on your device unless you attach one to an AI request or turn on cloud sync.
  • Calendar: used only if you turn on Calendar Sync. Birma then writes your time-based reminders as events into the calendar account you choose (Google, iCloud, Outlook and so on) and reads back the events it created so it can keep them up to date. This happens directly between your device and that account — your calendar is never sent to us.

3. Your Account & Cloud Sync

Cloud sync is optional. If you create an account and turn it on, a copy of your data is saved to our secure cloud (powered by Supabase) so you can back it up and use it across more than one device.

You stay in control of what syncs. In Account → What’s synced you can switch sync on or off for each type of data: reminders, habits, profile & avatar, custom categories, medications, and app settings.

We use your email address to sign you in (phone sign-in is coming later). You can change your email or password, sign out, or permanently delete everything stored in the cloud at any time from the Account screen.

Google Drive backup is a separate, optional choice under Settings → Backup. If you sign in with Google there, Birma saves a backup file of your data to your own Google Drive, and can restore it later or refresh it automatically. Birma asks for a single restricted permission — Drive’s hidden “app data” area — so it can only see the files it created itself and has no access to the rest of your Drive. The backup lives in your Google account, not on our servers; we never receive it. You can turn the backup off, delete it, or revoke Birma’s access from your Google account settings at any time.

4. AI Assistant

The AI assistant is optional and stays off until you switch it on. Free accounts get a small number of AI actions each day; Birma Pro removes that cap. The first time you reach for it, Birma shows you exactly what would be sent and asks your permission. Nothing leaves your device before you agree, and you can withdraw that permission at any time in Settings → Privacy & Permissions.

Once you agree, these are sent over an encrypted connection through Birma’s own proxy on Cloudflare to our AI provider, Anthropic PBC: the message you type or dictate, any photo, screenshot or file you attach, and the reminder, habit, checklist or profile details needed to answer you — including health details such as your age, allergies or medications when you pick a prompt that uses them.

Anthropic processes that data under its commercial terms of service, which require it to keep your data confidential and secure, to use it only to provide the service, and not to use it to train its models. The data is never sold and never used for advertising, and we do not build a profile from it. Your conversations are kept on your device. If you never switch the assistant on, nothing is ever sent.

5. Payments & Subscription

Birma Pro is an optional subscription. Purchases are processed by the App Store or Google Play and managed for us by RevenueCat. Birma never sees or stores your card or banking details — those are handled entirely by Apple or Google.

To keep your subscription in sync across devices, RevenueCat receives a random app user ID and your purchase receipt. You can cancel anytime from your App Store or Google Play account.

6. Services We Rely On

Birma contains no advertising networks, no analytics SDKs, no crash trackers, and no profiling tools. The only outside services we use exist purely to power the optional features above, and each one receives only what its feature needs:

  • Supabase — stores your account and synced data.
  • Cloudflare — runs our AI proxy and protects sign-up from bots (Turnstile).
  • Anthropic — generates the AI assistant’s replies.
  • RevenueCat, Apple App Store & Google Play — handle subscriptions and payments.
  • Google Drive — holds your optional backup file, in your own Google account and in a private app-data folder only Birma can see.
  • Apple & Google speech services — your phone’s built-in dictation, used only while you are speaking to Birma.

7. Data Security

Data on your device is protected by your device — we recommend a screen lock and keeping your operating system up to date. Data you sync is sent over an encrypted connection and is protected by your account credentials, with security rules that ensure only you can read your own information. If you uninstall Birma, local data is removed from your device; data you saved to the cloud stays until you delete it from the Account screen.

8. Your Choices & Control

  • Use Birma completely offline, with no account.
  • Turn cloud sync on or off for each type of data.
  • Permanently delete your cloud data whenever you want.
  • Nothing reaches the AI assistant unless you agree to the disclosure Birma shows before the first request — and you can withdraw that agreement whenever you like in Settings → Privacy & Permissions.
  • Cancel Birma Pro anytime through your app store.

9. Children’s Privacy

Birma is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children. Creating an account or buying a subscription is intended for users who meet the minimum age required by their app store. If you believe a child has created an account, contact us and we will remove the data.

10. Changes to This Policy

If we change how Birma handles your data, we will update this page and the date shown above. Continued use of the app after a change means you accept the updated policy.

11. Contact Us

Questions about your privacy, or want your data removed? Email us at support@kurdicode.com — we answer every message and will delete your data on request. You can also reach us at kurdicode.com.

  See also: Birma Terms of Service  ·  All KurdiCode privacy policies

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Questions about any of these, or a request under one of them? Email support@kurdicode.com.