Welcome to Spenso (“Spenso”, “we”, “our”, or “us”). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect information when you use the Spenso expense tracker app, website, APIs, beta builds, and related services (collectively, the “Service”).
By using Spenso, you agree to the collection and use of information as described in this Privacy Policy.
1. Who We Are
Spenso is operated from Portugal.
Questions about this Privacy Policy or your personal data can be sent to:
2. Information We Collect
Expense Information
Spenso is built to help you record expenses quickly. Depending on how you use the app, expense records may include:
- Amounts, currencies, dates, categories, tags, and notes
- The text you enter to create an expense
- Transcripts or parsed text from dictated expense entries
- Draft or failed expense prompts used to finish processing your entry
Do not enter sensitive information unless it is necessary for your own expense record.
Account and Device Information
If the Service uses accounts, beta access, or cloud features, we may collect:
- User identifiers needed to operate the Service
- Email address or beta tester contact information
- App version, device type, operating system, and locale
- Settings, preferences, and usage limits
Voice and Text Processing
When you dictate an expense or ask Spenso to parse an expense note, the app may send audio, text, or related request metadata to Spenso servers so the entry can be transcribed or converted into structured expense data.
We use this information only to provide the requested feature, troubleshoot failures, prevent abuse, and measure usage.
Usage, Diagnostics, and Logs
We may collect limited technical information such as:
- Request timestamps
- Error messages and diagnostic events
- API usage counts, text request counts, voice request counts, and processing duration
- IP address and basic network metadata processed by hosting and security providers
Cookies and Local Storage
The website may use essential cookies or local storage for basic functionality and security. We do not use third-party advertising cookies.
3. How We Use Information
We use information to:
- Provide and maintain Spenso
- Create, parse, edit, and store expense records
- Transcribe dictated expense entries
- Monitor beta usage and enforce fair-use limits
- Detect errors, abuse, fraud, and security issues
- Improve reliability and product quality
- Communicate with users when needed
- Comply with legal obligations
4. Legal Basis for Processing
If you are located in the European Economic Area (“EEA”), we process personal data under the following legal bases:
- Performance of a contract to provide the Service you use
- Legitimate interests to operate, secure, debug, and improve the Service
- Consent where we ask for permission, such as microphone or speech recognition access
- Legal obligations where processing is required by law
5. Data Retention
We retain personal data only as long as needed for the purposes described in this Policy.
| Data type | Retention period |
|---|---|
| Expense records stored in the app | Until you delete them or remove the app data |
| Account or beta access information | Duration of account or beta access, plus up to 30 days |
| Voice, text, and parsing request logs | Up to 30 days unless needed for security or support |
| Usage and abuse prevention records | Up to 1 year |
| Legal records | As required by applicable law |
6. Sharing of Information
We do not sell personal data.
We may share information with service providers that help operate Spenso, including hosting, networking, security, analytics, diagnostics, transcription, or AI processing providers. These providers may process information only as needed to provide services to Spenso.
We may also disclose information if required by law, to protect rights and safety, or to investigate misuse of the Service.
7. International Transfers
Your information may be processed in countries outside your jurisdiction. Where required, we use appropriate safeguards for international transfers, such as Standard Contractual Clauses approved by the European Commission.
8. Security
We use reasonable technical and organizational measures designed to protect personal information, including access controls and encryption in transit where applicable.
No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
9. Your Rights
Depending on your location, you may have rights to:
- Access your personal data
- Correct inaccurate data
- Delete your data
- Restrict or object to processing
- Request data portability
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
- Lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
EEA users may lodge a complaint with their local data protection authority. In Portugal, this is the Comissão Nacional de Proteção de Dados (CNPD): www.cnpd.pt.
To exercise your rights, contact us at support@getspenso.com.
10. Children’s Privacy
Spenso is not intended for children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn that we have collected such information, we will delete it promptly.
11. Third-Party Services
Spenso may depend on third-party services for app distribution, beta testing, hosting, security, diagnostics, transcription, or AI processing. Their own privacy policies govern how they process information as independent providers.
12. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make material changes, we will update the “Last updated” date and provide additional notice where required by law.
13. Contact
Questions about this Privacy Policy or your data can be sent to: