Privacy policy · English
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1. Who operates the app
Qipao Archive (旗袍檔案) is operated by Seymour Industrial (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. (熙摩实业(上海)有限公司, 熙摩), under the Pattern Provenance brand. This policy covers the current Qipao Archive app.
The app does not require or provide a user account. It does not track you across other companies’ apps or websites, and does not upload your personal app data to developer servers.
2. Information kept on your device
Language, appearance, reduced-motion settings, introductory guide choices, favourites, saved collections, recently viewed items, search history, reading progress and notification preferences are stored on this device. Downloaded content and its cache are also stored locally. These records support your reading experience; we do not receive them or synchronise them through a developer account.
Local interaction measurements remain on the device and are not sent to an analytics service. The app does not use advertising trackers or an advertising profile. A home-screen widget may use a local reading snapshot shared with the app on the same device.
To add new daily cards without an app update, the app downloads public content and images from patternprovenance.com. It sends no app account, reading history or app identifier. Our host, Cloudflare, stores request logs containing the IP address, approximate region derived from that IP address, request URL and headers (including device software information), response status and timing. These logs support content delivery, troubleshooting and security; they are not used for advertising or cross-app tracking. The current Workers Free service retains these logs for 3 days. The app does not request GPS location. Deleting local app data does not erase these separate server logs.
3. Apple purchases and notifications
App Store purchases are processed by Apple. The app uses StoreKit purchase and entitlement information to unlock or restore access on your device. We do not receive your Apple Account password, payment-card number or bank account details. Apple handles its own payment and platform data under its privacy policy.
Reading reminders are scheduled locally when you allow notifications. You can change your preferences in the app and turn off notification permission in iOS Settings. The current app does not send a push-notification token to a developer server.
4. Retention, export and deletion
Local reading data remains on your device until you remove it. In Mine, use Export local data to make a copy, Clear downloaded files to remove cached downloads, or Delete local data to remove the app’s local reading data and preferences. We cannot retrieve, export or delete device-only records remotely.
Deleting local app data does not delete Apple’s purchase records or cancel an App Store subscription. Manage any subscription through Apple. Device backups and copies you export or share are controlled by you and the services you choose; we do not operate an app cloud-sync service.
5. Email support and external links
If you choose to email us, we receive your email address, message and any attachments you send. We use them to answer your request and resolve the issue. Our email provider, Zoho Mail, handles delivery and storage. We keep correspondence only as long as needed to handle the request and meet applicable legal obligations, then delete it. You may contact us to request access, correction or deletion of that correspondence.
Please do not send passwords, verification codes or full payment-card details. Support email is separate from data stored inside the app; the app does not automatically attach your local reading records.
Opening this website, Apple services or a source institution’s website makes a separate web request. Those services may process connection information under their own privacy policies. Visits to this website are covered by the Pattern Provenance website privacy notice; this app policy does not describe the website as collecting no data.
6. Changes and privacy requests
If the app’s data handling changes, we will update this policy and its date before the change takes effect, and obtain permission where required. New account, cloud-sync or remote analytics features are not part of the current policy. For questions or privacy requests, contact the operator at the address below.
Contact the operator
Seymour Industrial (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
熙摩實業(上海)有限公司