Privacy Policy

Last updated: June 05, 2026

1. Introduction

Welcome to BridgeYourBudget ("we," "our," or "us"). We understand the importance of your personal information and are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our service.

2. Information We Collect

We collect the following types of information:

  • Account Information: Email address and password when you create an account.
  • Amazon Credentials: Your Amazon login credentials (email, password) and encrypted session cookies. These are stored securely and are used only to maintain your connection and access your order information.
  • YNAB Token: Your YNAB (You Need A Budget) API token to access and update your budget information.
  • Transaction Data: Information about your Amazon purchases and YNAB transactions.
  • Payment Information: For subscription purposes, we collect payment information through our payment processor, Stripe.
  • Usage Data: Information about how you use our service, including sync history and logs.
  • Support Communications: Messages and images you send through our support chat system.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use your information for the following purposes:

  • To provide our core service: matching Amazon purchases with YNAB transactions.
  • To manage your account and subscription.
  • To improve our service and develop new features.
  • To communicate with you about your account or subscription.
  • To comply with legal obligations.
  • To detect and prevent fraud or unauthorized access.

4. How We Secure Your Information

We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information:

  • Password hashing: Your account password is securely hashed.
  • Secure cookies: We use HTTP-only and SameSite cookies to prevent cross-site request forgery.
  • HTTPS: All data transmission between your browser and our service is encrypted.
  • Database security: Our database is protected by access controls and is not publicly accessible.
  • Log management: We regularly clean up old logs to minimize data retention.

5. Third-Party Services

We use the following third-party services:

  • Stripe: For payment processing. Stripe may collect and process your payment information according to their privacy policy.
  • Amazon: We interact with Amazon's website to retrieve your order information.
  • YNAB: We use YNAB's API to access and update your budget information. We guarantee that the data obtained through the YNAB API will not unknowingly be passed to any third party.
  • Pushover: For sending notifications about sync completion and subscription status.

Each of these services has their own privacy policies and data handling practices. We encourage you to review their policies.

6. Data Retention

We retain your information as long as your account is active or as needed to provide services. We automatically delete:

  • Sync logs older than 3 days
  • Sync history records older than 30 days
  • Support chat messages and images older than 30 days

You can delete your account at any time via the Settings page, which will immediately remove your personal information from our system. To request manual deletion of your data or for any privacy-related inquiries, please contact us at [email protected].

7. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have certain rights regarding your personal information:

  • Access and view your personal information
  • Correct inaccurate information
  • Delete your account and personal information
  • Export your data
  • Withdraw consent for processing

To exercise these rights, please contact us at [email protected].

8. Children's Privacy

Our service is not intended for individuals under the age of 18. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 18.

9. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: [email protected]