Privacy
Last updated 17 August 2026. Purq has not been released yet. This page will be revised before the App Store submission, and again if the shipped app behaves differently from what's described here.
What we hold today
Purq isn't out yet. There is no app to install, there are no accounts, and nothing described further down this page is collecting anything right now.
The only personal data we currently hold is what you give this website:
- The email address you type into the early access form.
- The country code our host attaches to the request, so we know roughly where interest is coming from.
- The page that referred you, if there was one.
We use that once, to tell you when TestFlight opens. This site sets no cookies, runs no analytics, and loads no third-party scripts. If you'd rather we didn't keep your address, email support@usepurq.com and it's gone.
What the app will collect when it ships
Everything below describes Purq as it's being built. None of it is happening yet. It's here because a privacy policy people can read before they hand anything over is worth more than one published the week of launch — and because we'd rather be held to it.
Your account. An email address, so there's something to attach your rewards to. We'll describe exactly how sign-in works here once it's built, rather than promise a mechanism we haven't chosen.
Emails you forward to us. Each account will get a private address such as
you-a1b2@usepurq.com. Messages sent there will be stored and parsed for
merchant, offer value, discount code and expiry date. We'll keep the original message so
we can fix a bad parse. We receive nothing you don't forward — there is no inbox
connection.
Loyalty balances you provide. Numbers you type in, or that we read from a receipt you forwarded.
Offers you save or capture. Anything you deliberately share into Purq from Messages, Mail or a screenshot.
What we've decided not to collect
These aren't gaps we haven't got to. They're the design.
- Merchant account credentials. There will be no Chipotle or Starbucks login inside Purq, so there's none for us to store and none to leak.
- Inbox access. No Gmail, Outlook or iCloud permission of any kind. You forward; we don't reach in.
- Your location. Lock Screen reminders near a store are handled by Apple Wallet, on your device. Purq never receives your position.
- Contacts, photo library, health or financial account data.
- Advertising identifiers, or any cross-app tracking.
How we'll use it
To show you what you have and what's about to expire, to send the notifications you've turned on, to keep your Wallet passes current, and to find broken parsers when something is read wrong. That's the whole list. We don't sell personal information, and we don't share it for cross-context behavioural advertising.
Who else sees it
We use service providers to run Purq — hosting, database and email delivery. They process data on our instructions only. If we ever add something that changes what leaves our systems, this page changes first.
How long we keep it
Waitlist addresses: until we've sent the launch email, or until you ask us to remove yours. Account data, once accounts exist: while your account is open. Delete your account and we remove your personal data, including forwarded messages, within 30 days, except where we're legally required to retain something.
Deleting your account
When the app ships, in the app: Purq Pile → Delete account. It removes the whole record, not just access. If it fails, email support@usepurq.com and we'll do it by hand. Until then, there's nothing to delete but a waitlist entry, and the same address will remove it.
Your rights
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct, delete or export your data, and to opt out of its sale or sharing — which is straightforward for us, since we do neither. Email support@usepurq.com.
Children
Purq isn't directed at children under 13 and we don't knowingly collect their data.
Changes
The section above about what the app will collect is going to change as the app gets built — that's the point of publishing it early. Anything material, we'll date here, and once the app exists we'll say so in it before a change takes effect.