Privacy Policy
Effective date: August 22, 2026 · Last updated: October 31, 2026
This policy applies to the BCCA Decisions iOS app ("the app"), published by Azzo Software Inc. ("we", "us"), and to this page.
The short version: BCCA Decisions has no accounts and no logins. It collects no name, no email address, no location, and no analytics or advertising identifiers. The only data it stores is what is technically required to send you push notifications and to sync bookmarks for subscribers. Nothing is ever sold or shared for marketing.
1. What is collected
Only the minimum needed to make the features work:
- Apple push token — so Apple can deliver new-decision alerts to your device. It identifies a device installation, not a person. Collected only if you are a subscriber and enable notifications.
- Notification preferences — whether you want criminal, civil or both, so you aren't sent irrelevant alerts. Stored alongside the push token.
- Subscription status — a true/false flag recording that an active subscription exists, so premium features and alerts can be enabled. Stored alongside the push token.
- Bookmarked citations — to sync your saved cases and tell you when a later decision cites one of them. Subscribers only; free bookmarks stay on your device.
- Search terms and filters — sent to the server to return matching decisions. They are not tied to your device or kept as a search history.
2. What is never collected
- Names, email addresses or phone numbers
- Location data of any kind
- Advertising identifiers (IDFA), tracking pixels or third-party analytics SDKs
- Contacts, photos, calendars or any other device data
- Payment details (see section 4)
3. Summaries and the AI service
Where the Court of Appeal for British Columbia publishes its own summary of a decision (2015 onward), that summary is what the app shows you. For decisions from 2001 to 2014, where the Court published no summary, the app generates one by sending the published text of the decision, a public court record, to Anthropic's Claude API. Every summary is labelled so you can always tell the Court's words from a generated one.
No personal data is included in these requests, only the public decision text. Anthropic does not use this material to train its models.
4. Payments
Subscriptions are handled entirely by Apple through the App Store. Card numbers, billing addresses and Apple Account details never reach the app or its servers; the app only receives confirmation from Apple that a subscription is active. Manage or cancel a subscription in Settings → your name → Subscriptions.
5. Who the data is shared with
Data is shared only with the services that make the app work, never for marketing:
- Apple — receives the push token in order to deliver notifications.
- Anthropic — receives public decision text when a summary is generated, as described above.
- Railway (railway.app) — hosts the server and database in the United States.
Decision text and archive data are obtained from the Court of Appeal for British Columbia and from CanLII. Nothing about you is sent to either of them. Your information is never sold, rented or traded.
6. Retention
Push tokens and bookmarks are kept for as long as the app is installed and notifications remain enabled. If you turn notifications off, disable the app's notification permission in iOS Settings, or delete the app, the token stops working and is removed automatically when Apple reports it as no longer valid.
7. Your choices
- Turn alerts off at any time in the app's settings, or in Settings → Notifications.
- Delete bookmarks individually, which removes them from the server.
- Delete the app, which ends all data collection.
- Ask us to delete everything associated with your device by emailing the address below. Requests are completed within 30 days.
8. Children
BCCA Decisions is a legal research tool intended for adults. It is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
9. Security
All traffic between the app and the server uses HTTPS. The database is not publicly accessible. Because the app has no accounts, passwords or payment details, there are no credentials to compromise.
10. Changes
If this policy changes materially, the date above will be updated and the revised policy posted on this page.
11. Contact
Questions or a data-deletion request: Azzo Software Inc., Ontario, Canada — support@azzosoftware.ca
BCCA Decisions is an independent app and is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to the Court of Appeal for British Columbia, the Government of British Columbia or CanLII. Nothing in the app is legal advice.