Privacy Policy

Short version: your messages never leave your iPhone, and we, the people who make Folkguard, never receive any of your data.

Last updated October 7, 2026.

What Folkguard reads

Only the message, link, or screenshot you choose to check. It's read on your iPhone, by Apple's on-device Foundation Models or by Folkguard's built-in rules, and then forgotten. It is never saved, logged, or sent anywhere. Screenshots are read on your iPhone using Apple's Vision framework.

What is shared with your family

If you join a family in Folkguard, each check shares only these with the family member who invited you: the verdict (Safe, Careful, or Scam), the one-line reason, the time, and your first name as they entered it. Never the message itself. The family's safe word and the list of people in the family are shared too. This is stored in your family's own iCloud using Apple's CloudKit. We cannot see it.

What we collect

Nothing. Folkguard has no accounts, no analytics, no ads, and no third-party code. We have no servers. The App Store may share anonymous download and crash statistics with us if you allowed that in your iPhone settings. That comes from Apple, not from Folkguard.

Contacts and photos

When you add a person, Folkguard uses Apple's contact picker. It sees only the one contact you pick, and keeps only their first name. When you check a screenshot, it uses Apple's photo picker and sees only the one picture you pick. Folkguard never asks for access to all your contacts or photos.

Notifications

If you protect someone, Folkguard can tell you when their phone catches a scam. You can turn this off anytime in the Settings app.

Purchases

Purchases are handled by Apple. We never see your payment details.

Deleting your data

Remove a person from your family to delete their history. Delete Folkguard to remove everything on your iPhone. Family data in iCloud can be removed in the Settings app under your name, iCloud, Manage Storage, Folkguard.

Children

Folkguard is rated 4+ and collects no data from anyone, including children.

Contact

Questions? Write to colebuildsai@gmail.com.