Privacy policy
The short version: CheckYourself does not collect any data from you. No telemetry, no analytics, no crash reporters, no third-party SDKs. Your account numbers, payee names, and cheque history live on your Mac and never leave it unless you choose to sync your data folder through a service you control.
This is the version of the policy Apple displays on the App Store as "Data Not Collected." Below is the long version.
Who we are
CheckYourself is published by Jamlabs Data Science Inc., a Canadian corporation based in Toronto, Ontario. You can reach us at privacy@jamlabs.com for any privacy-related question.
What this policy covers
This policy describes how the CheckYourself macOS application and the marketing website at this domain handle information. It does not cover other Jamlabs products or services.
What we do not collect
We do not collect, store, or transmit:
- Your name, email address, or contact information
- Your bank account numbers, routing/transit numbers, or institution numbers
- Names of payees or memos on the cheques you print
- Amounts, dates, or any data from your cheque register
- The contents of CSV files you import
- Your IP address (beyond standard server logs on the marketing website, see below)
- Device identifiers, advertising identifiers, or behavioral analytics
- Crash reports or telemetry of any kind
The data CheckYourself stores on your Mac
CheckYourself stores the data you enter — accounts, cheque registers, calibration offsets, layout preferences — in a local folder on your Mac. By default this folder is inside the app's sandboxed container at ~/Library/Containers/com.jamlabs.checkyourself. You can change the location to any folder you choose, including iCloud Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, or a local backup volume.
This data is stored unencrypted at rest within your user account. If your Mac uses FileVault (which we recommend), it is encrypted with the rest of your home directory. We never receive a copy of this data.
Cloud sync
If you choose to point CheckYourself's data folder at a cloud-synced location (iCloud Drive, Dropbox, etc.), that service's privacy policy applies to data while it transits and is stored on their servers. Jamlabs has no relationship with those services and receives nothing from them.
The marketing website
This website is hosted on a standard web host. Like virtually all web servers, the host produces access logs that include your IP address, browser user agent, and the page you requested. These logs are retained for a maximum of 30 days for security and abuse-prevention purposes and are not used for analytics, advertising, or personalization.
The site uses no third-party analytics, no advertising trackers, no fingerprinting, and no cookies. The only data you actively send us is what you submit through our support portal, which is treated like any other support request we receive.
App Store information
The Mac App Store handles your purchase, subscription, and refund. Apple's privacy policy applies to that flow. Apple sends us anonymized aggregate sales and subscription totals through App Store Connect; we never see your name, email, or device identifier.
Children
CheckYourself is rated 4+ on the App Store because it contains no objectionable content, not because it is targeted at children. The product is intended for adults managing financial workflows. We do not knowingly collect data from anyone, so we cannot knowingly collect data from children.
Your rights
Because we don't collect data, there is no profile to access, correct, or delete. If you believe you've sent us personal information through the contact form and want it removed, email privacy@jamlabs.com and we'll delete that email thread within 30 days.
If you are a resident of the European Union, the United Kingdom, Canada (PIPEDA / Quebec Law 25), California (CCPA/CPRA), or any other jurisdiction with data-protection rights, those rights apply to whatever data we do hold — which, for the overwhelming majority of users, is nothing.
Changes to this policy
If we ever change this policy in a way that affects what data we collect, we will update the "Last updated" date above and announce the change inside the app and on this website at least 30 days before the change takes effect. We will not retroactively apply a less-protective policy to data collected under a previous version.
Contact
For any privacy question or concern, email privacy@jamlabs.com.
Jamlabs Data Science Inc.
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
jamlabs.com