Privacy policy
In short: Cave does not collect any data. There is no account, no server run by us, no analytics, no advertising and no tracking. Your wine data stays on your devices and in your own iCloud account.
Who is responsible
Cave is made by Olivier Barlier, an individual developer. Contact: obarlier@gmail.com.
What data the app handles
The information you enter or scan: your cellars, racks and places, wines and bottles, purchase details you choose to add, drink windows, tasting notes, ratings, the journal of bottles taken out, and photos of wine labels if you choose to keep them.
Where it is stored
On your device. If your device is signed in to iCloud, Cave syncs this data through your own iCloud account, using Apple's CloudKit, so it appears on your other devices signed in to the same account. iCloud storage is provided by Apple under Apple's own terms and privacy policy. We have no access to your iCloud data and no server of our own.
Sharing with other people
You can invite people to share your cellars through iCloud. Only the people you invite can see the shared cellars, including label photos. You can remove a person or stop sharing at any time in Settings. A person you invited can leave the shared cellars at any time.
Camera and photos
Cave uses the camera only when you open the scanner, to read bottle barcodes and wine labels. You can also pick a photo with the system photo picker; Cave sees only the photo you pick. The text on a label and the barcode number are read on your device. On devices with Apple Intelligence, Apple's on-device Foundation Models help sort that text into fields. A barcode is only compared with the barcodes you have linked to your own wines; those links are stored with your cellar data. No image, label text or barcode is sent anywhere, except for the optional lookup in versions before 1.2 described below. If you choose to keep a label photo, it is stored with your cellar data as described above.
Barcode lookup (versions before 1.2 only)
Cave 1.2 and later have no barcode lookup: scanning sends nothing. In Cave 1.0 and 1.1, when Cave did not know a barcode, you could tap "Look it up on Open Food Facts". Only then, Cave sent the barcode number, and nothing else, to Open Food Facts (openfoodfacts.org), a public product database, to fetch the product's name and details. Open Food Facts is an independent service with its own privacy policy. Those versions send nothing to Open Food Facts unless you tap that button. Updating to Cave 1.2 removes the button.
Face ID, Touch ID and passcode
Before erasing all data, Cave asks the system to confirm it is you. The check is done by your device; Cave only learns whether it succeeded.
Files you import or export
A CSV export is created on your device and goes only where you send it. A CellarTracker file you import is read on your device.
What we do not do
- No account or sign-in.
- No analytics, advertising or tracking, and no third-party analytics or advertising code in the app.
- No collection, sale or sharing of personal data by us.
- No location access.
Deleting your data
Settings > Data > Erase all data deletes your data from your device and, through iCloud, from your other devices and from the people you share with. A person you share with can instead leave the shared cellars, which removes only their copy. Deleting the app removes the copy on that device; data in iCloud can also be managed in your device's iCloud settings.
Children
Cave is a wine inventory tool intended for adults of legal drinking age. It is not directed at children and collects no data from anyone.
Changes to this policy
If the app changes how it handles data, this page will be updated and the effective date above will change.
Contact
Questions about privacy: obarlier@gmail.com.