Privacy Policy

Last updated: 7 August 2026

The short version

Etiqo does not collect anything about you. There is no account, no server, no analytics and no internet connection. What Etiqo knows about your learning stays on your iPhone, and deleting the app deletes all of it.

That is the whole policy in one paragraph. The rest of this page explains it properly, because you deserve the detail and not just the reassurance.

Who we are

Etiqo is made by Brad Brunton, an individual developer based in Trail, British Columbia, Canada.

If you have a question about privacy, write to sakaclothing.customerservice@gmail.com. A real person reads it.

What Etiqo stores on your iPhone

Etiqo keeps track of your learning so the app can pick up where you left off. That means it stores:

• Your miles and level
• Your streak, and which days you were active
• Which rules you have read, and which countries you have started
• Your quiz answers, scores and review schedule
• Your stamps, seals, badges and traveller rank
• Phrases you have saved
• Your home country and the country you are focused on, if you chose to set them
• Your settings, such as whether haptics, sound and celebrations are on

All of that lives in a single file inside Etiqo's own private storage area on your device. iOS keeps that area sandboxed, which means other apps cannot read it and neither can we.

What Etiqo never does

We want to be specific here, because "we respect your privacy" is easy to say and hard to check.

• Etiqo makes no network requests. Not one. Every country, phrase and lesson is bundled inside the app, which is why it works in aeroplane mode and in a country where your phone has no signal.
• There is no Etiqo server. There is nothing for your data to be sent to.
• There is no account, no sign in, no email address, no password.
• There are no analytics, no crash reporting, no advertising, and no third party SDKs of any kind embedded in the app.
• Etiqo does not use the advertising identifier (IDFA) and does not track you across apps or websites. You will never see the App Tracking Transparency prompt, because there is nothing to ask you about.
• Etiqo never asks for your location, camera, microphone, contacts, photos, health data, or notifications.
• We do not sell your data, share it, rent it, or hand it to data brokers. We could not if we wanted to, because we never receive it.

Why we store what we store

Only to make the app work. Your progress file is what lets Etiqo show your streak, remember which rules you have already read, schedule quiz reviews at the right time, and award a stamp when you have earned it. That is its entire purpose.

We do not profile you, score you, or use your progress to make decisions about you.

Who we share it with

Nobody. There is no third party in this app, and there is no version of Etiqo where your progress leaves your device on its way to us.

How long we keep it

We do not keep it at all, because we never have it. The copy on your iPhone stays there until you remove it.

How to delete everything

You have two ways, and both are immediate:

1. Open Etiqo, go to Settings, find "Your data" and tap "Delete all my data". Your miles, level, streak, stamps, badges, saved phrases and country choices are erased from your iPhone straight away. This cannot be undone.
2. Delete the app from your Home Screen. iOS removes the app's storage along with it.

You do not need to ask us, and you do not need to wait for us.

Device backups

One honest detail worth knowing. If you have iPhone backups turned on, iOS may include Etiqo's progress file in your device backup, in the same way it does for most apps. That backup is yours, it is handled by Apple under Apple's own privacy policy, and we have no access to it or visibility into it. If you would rather it were not backed up, you can turn off backups for Etiqo in your iOS settings.

Children

Etiqo is written for adult and teenage travellers. It is rated 13+, it is not listed in the App Store Kids Category, and it is not directed to children under 13.

Etiqo collects no personal information from anyone, of any age. There is no account, no email address, no identifier and no transmission of anything off the device. That means there is nothing to collect from a child, nothing to disclose, and no circumstance in which we would need verifiable parental consent under the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act or its equivalents elsewhere.

If you are a parent or guardian and you have a question about this, write to sakaclothing.customerservice@gmail.com.

Your privacy rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to see, correct, export or delete the personal data a company holds about you. Laws like the EU and UK GDPR, the California Consumer Privacy Act, and similar state and national laws set those rights out.

Those rights apply to data a company actually holds. We hold none. So:

• There is no file for us to send you, because we have never received one.
• There is no record for us to correct.
• There is no data for us to erase on our side, and no backup of yours on our servers, because there are no servers.
• There is nothing to opt out of selling or sharing, because we do neither.

What you can do is control the copy on your own device, using the delete option above. That gives you the practical outcome those laws are aiming at, immediately and without asking anyone's permission.

If you believe we have got something wrong here, contact us at sakaclothing.customerservice@gmail.com. If you are in the EU or UK you also have the right to complain to your national data protection authority.

Content in the app

Etiqo's cultural and legal information is educational. It is not legal, safety, immigration or travel advice, it may be out of date, and it may not hold in every region of a country. Please read the Terms of Use for the full picture, and always check official sources before you rely on anything for a real trip.

Changes to this policy

If Etiqo ever changes what it stores or starts doing something new, we will update this page and change the date at the top before that version ships. Since the policy travels inside the app, you can always read the version that matches the app you are running.

Contact

Brad Brunton Trail, British Columbia, Canada sakaclothing.customerservice@gmail.com