Privacy policy
Last updated: 19 July 2026.
This policy covers the Section iOS app, Section Pro tools and the Section website. Section is an independent UK police reference project and is not an official police or government service.
Core iOS app
The core reference library works offline. Bookmarks, preferences, disclaimer acceptance and the local offence database stay on your device. Section has no user accounts, advertising SDKs or cross-app tracking.
Pro AI tools
What happens when you create a draft.
- Your text is sent over encrypted connections to Section's service and its AI provider to create the draft.
- Section does not write your statement text to its database or usage records.
- Section does not use your statement text to train AI models. API providers do not train on API input by default, but their standard terms allow prompt and output retention for up to 30 days, with limited longer safety or legal exceptions.
- Section blocks common phone numbers and case-system references on your phone before sending, but automated checks cannot catch everything.
- Do not enter live personal or operational data. You must verify and own every line before use.
When you choose an online Pro tool, the text you enter, Apple's signed subscription evidence and an Apple device-verification identifier are sent securely to the Section service. These are used to confirm Pro access, prevent abuse and apply daily usage limits. The service stores an opaque hash for the usage counter rather than the raw transaction or device identifier. Input may be processed by an AI service provider, currently Anthropic or OpenAI, to return the requested draft or search assistance.
Provider details: Anthropic API retention and OpenAI API data controls.
Do not enter live operational personal data, names, addresses, phone numbers, crime-system references or other sensitive material. Use placeholders such as [SUBJECT], [LOCATION] and [CAD]. Section provides prompts and warnings to support this rule, but you remain responsible for what you submit.
Section keeps limited service and daily usage records needed to operate and protect the Pro tools. Those records do not include statement text. We do not use Pro input or the installation identifier for advertising or tracking.
Subscriptions
Section Pro subscriptions are purchased through Apple. Apple processes payment details and controls trial eligibility, renewals, cancellation and refunds. Section receives StoreKit entitlement information needed to unlock Pro; it does not receive your card or bank details.
Website and waitlist
If you join the website waitlist, we collect your email address, optional role/context text and basic request information needed to protect the form from abuse. We use it for Section access and product updates, not unrelated marketing.
The website uses Cloudflare hosting and may use cookieless Cloudflare Web Analytics for aggregate traffic measurement. It does not use advertising pixels.
In-app feedback
When you send feedback, Section stores the category and message, the related offence when applicable, and any contact email you choose to provide. You can also choose whether to include the app version, build, iOS version and device type. Section does not include a device identifier in feedback reports. Cloudflare processes the request and a daily one-way network fingerprint is used only to limit abuse; the raw network address is not retained in the feedback record.
Do not include names, addresses, crime references or other sensitive operational information. Feedback is used to investigate faults, correct content, provide support and plan product improvements.
Sharing and retention
Data is shared only with service providers needed to deliver Section, including Apple, Cloudflare and the selected AI provider. We do not sell personal data. Waitlist, feedback and service records are retained only while needed for access, support, security, accounting or legal obligations.
Your choices
You can avoid all online Pro processing by using the offline reference features only. You can manage or cancel a subscription in your Apple Account subscription settings. To ask about access, correction or deletion, use the in-app feedback form or the Section support form.
Changes
If Section adds accounts, advertising, new analytics, or materially different data use, this policy and the App Store privacy answers will be updated before that change ships.