1. Information displayed by the app
Fawkes & Figures displays publicly available information relating to Members of the UK House of Commons, including MP names, constituencies, political parties, public profile photographs, expense totals, expense categories and individual published claim information where available.
This information is sourced from publicly available IPSA records and UK Parliament profile information. It does not relate to the personal data of the person using the app.
2. Information provided by users
Fawkes & Figures does not require users to create an account or provide their name, email address, telephone number or postal address.
Postcode searches
Users may enter a UK postcode to identify the relevant parliamentary constituency and MP for a selected financial year. The postcode is transmitted to Postcodes.io to perform the lookup. Fawkes & Figures does not use the postcode to determine the user’s precise GPS location and does not intentionally store postcode searches in the app database.
User-selected images
Users may optionally select an image from their device to use as a publisher or media logo within a generated graphic. The selected image is processed locally by the app and is not intentionally uploaded to the Fawkes & Figures backend.
Generated files
Users can generate PNG and PDF files and choose to save or share them. Fawkes & Figures does not control how another application handles a file after the user chooses to share it.
3. App installation identifier
The app may generate or store an installation identifier associated with the installed copy of Fawkes & Figures. It is used to associate export purchases with the relevant installation, track remaining export allowances, restore a valid allowance after the app is reopened, and avoid consuming an allowance when a save or share operation is cancelled. The identifier is not intended to identify the user by name.
4. Purchases
Fawkes & Figures offers consumable in-app purchases for media graphic exports. Purchases are processed by Apple App Store on iOS and Google Play on Android. Fawkes & Figures does not directly receive or store full payment-card details. Apple or Google may process purchase information under their own privacy policies and payment terms.
5. Purchase and export records
Fawkes & Figures uses Supabase to store records needed to operate purchased export allowances. These records may include an app installation identifier, store provider, product identifier, store transaction or purchase reference, purchase date, number of exports purchased, number of exports used, export allowance status and technical information needed to process and validate the entitlement.
This information is used only to manage purchases, prevent incorrect allowance use, restore valid allowances, investigate technical problems and protect the integrity of the purchase system.
6. Service providers
Current services include Supabase for database and backend services, Postcodes.io for postcode and constituency lookup, Google Play for Android distribution and purchases, Apple App Store for iOS distribution and purchases, UK Parliament services for public MP profile information and IPSA as the source of public MP expense records.
7. Analytics, advertising and the website
Fawkes & Figures does not currently include third-party advertising and does not currently use Firebase Analytics, Google Analytics, Firebase Crashlytics, Sentry, AppsFlyer, Mixpanel or Amplitude.
This initial website is intentionally lightweight and does not include advertising trackers, analytics scripts, user accounts or a contact form. If analytics, crash reporting, advertising or additional data-processing services are added in the future, this policy and relevant app-store disclosures will be updated before those services are used in a released version.
8. Data sharing and sale
Fawkes & Figures does not sell user data. Information is shared with service providers only where needed to operate features requested by the user, such as postcode lookup, purchase processing and entitlement storage, or where disclosure is required by law or reasonably necessary to protect the security and integrity of the service.
9. Data retention
Purchase and export entitlement records may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary to maintain valid export allowances, support transaction records, prevent fraud or misuse, investigate technical or payment disputes and meet legal, accounting or platform requirements.
10. Data deletion requests
Users may request deletion of installation-related purchase or export records held directly by Fawkes & Figures. A request should include enough information to identify the relevant app installation or transaction. Users should not send payment-card information. Some transaction records may need to be retained for legal, accounting, fraud-prevention, security or app-store compliance purposes.
11. Children
Fawkes & Figures is a general informational and civic-transparency app. It is not specifically directed at children and does not knowingly request personal information from children.
12. Security
Reasonable technical and organisational measures are used to protect information processed through the app and its backend services. No internet transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
13. Neutrality and public-data context
Fawkes & Figures is not a political campaigning tool and does not allege wrongdoing.
14. Changes to this policy
This policy may be updated when the app’s features, service providers or legal requirements change. The effective date at the top of this page will be updated when material changes are made.
15. Contact
For privacy questions or requests relating to Fawkes & Figures, email privacy@fawkesandfigures.co.uk.