Effective date: July 8, 2026
Last updated: July 8, 2026
Next Step does not send the memos, reasons, next actions, folders, PINs, or biometric authentication information you create in the app to a developer-operated server.
Some information may nevertheless be processed outside your country or region when advertising or advertising privacy choice features are used, or when you directly choose an overseas service as a backup or sharing destination.
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Recipients | Google LLC, Google affiliates, processors used by Google for advertising, consent management, measurement, security, and service operation, and configured advertising technology providers |
| Contact and policies | Google Privacy Policy, Google advertising technologies information |
| Countries | The United States and other countries where Google or related processors operate servers and infrastructure. Actual locations may vary based on network routing, service configuration, and processors. |
| Timing | When the app updates consent information, displays privacy options, or requests, displays, or measures ads |
| Method | Encrypted internet communications between the app or Google SDKs and external servers |
| Information | Advertising identifiers, app-instance or device identifiers, IP address, approximate location, device model, operating system, app version, language, network information, ad request, impression, click, interaction, diagnostic information, consent status, and privacy choices |
| Purposes | Ad delivery, non-personalized ads, frequency capping, measurement, analytics, fraud prevention, consent and privacy-choice management, service security, and compliance with policies and laws |
| Retention | Under the privacy policies, contractual obligations, and applicable laws of Google and each processor |
The developer does not provide your memo contents, folder information, PIN, or backup file contents to Google advertising services.
Next Step backup files and review images are sent only to the location or app you directly choose. If you select Google Drive, iCloud Drive, OneDrive, Dropbox, a messenger, a mail app, or another synchronization, document, or sharing service, the file and related information processed by that provider may be transferred to servers outside your country.
| Item | Details |
|---|---|
| Recipients | The file, document, cloud storage, or sharing service provider selected by you and its processors |
| Countries | As described in the selected provider’s privacy policy and infrastructure information |
| Timing and method | When you select the service as a storage or sharing destination and create, restore, or share a backup file, or share a review image, through network transfer by the operating system or provider app |
| Information | JSON backup files, review images, file names selected by you, storage and modification times, and account, device, or network information automatically processed by the provider |
| Purposes | File storage, synchronization, sharing, recovery, and cross-device access requested by you |
| Retention | Until you delete the file or for the period specified by the selected provider |
You choose the external service directly. The developer does not control the service’s account, servers, or retention practices.
You may limit international processing by:
Refusing advertising-related processing may limit personalized advertising, result in non-personalized or limited ads, or prevent some advertising features. You can continue using the app’s core local features without choosing cloud storage or external sharing, but storage, synchronization, or sharing through that provider will not be available.
Google states that it uses encryption in transit and legal frameworks for international data transfers and that information may be processed on servers around the world.
Backup files and review images created by Next Step may be transferred to an external service according to your choice. That external provider may still process the file itself, its file name, and account or network-related information. Select a trusted provider and review what information is included before sharing or uploading it.
For questions about international data transfers: