How does LegacyApp protect my data?

Protecting the data you store in LegacyApp is our priority. We ensure this in four ways:

First: Security by Design

We designed LegacyApp so that your private notes are never stored on our servers. They are stored exclusively on your smartphone, and if you create a backup – in your private cloud (Google Drive or iCloud). This way, no one can steal your data from us by hacking our server (nor demand access to your data from us).

Second: Data Encryption and SSL

Your notes in the app are encrypted with the AES 256 algorithm (Advanced Encryption Standard - Wikipedia). This algorithm is widely used by financial institutions and the military. The encryption key consists of two parts: your own key that you create when encrypting your notes (minimum 8 characters), and our half, which is over 90 characters long. This means that your backup file and notes are encrypted with a password of more than 100 characters – making it virtually impossible to decrypt your notes today.

Additionally, data transmission between the app or your browser is encrypted using the SSL protocol. This is the standard solution you use every day when accessing sensitive services on the internet (such as banks and government websites).

Thanks to this model, no one will be able to decrypt your data. Even if someone hacks into your private cloud and downloads the file with your encrypted notes, without knowing both your encryption key and our half of the key, they won’t be able to read them.

Third: Trusted Friends

For those who want to ensure that their data is only transferred to the Beneficiary after death, we’ve created the optional Trusted Friends function. You can invite one or more people to become your Trusted Friends in LegacyApp, and if needed, confirm that something has really happened to you. This is an additional safeguard in case you forget or are unable to confirm in the app or via email that everything is fine with you.

Only when at least one Trusted Friend confirms that something has happened to you, will we initiate the process of granting your Beneficiary access to your data.

Note! The Trusted Friends function requires that the person you invite accepts the role. They must click on the link you send them from LegacyApp and confirm their email address or phone number by clicking the confirmation link. At any time, you can check in the app whether the people you’ve invited have accepted the role of Trusted Friend: just go to the menu, select the “Trusted Friends” tab, and check whether their email fields are highlighted in green!

Correct configuration of Trusted Friends: green border and the name of the Trusted Friend

Fourth: Supervision by an External Law Firm

The law firm LBK&P oversees the GDPR compliance of both the LegacyApp mobile application and the website. They supervise our personal data processing procedures and represent us before the General Inspector for Personal Data Protection.

You can find more details in the Privacy Policy available on our website: Privacy Policy

You have the right to stop using LegacyApp at any time – without any consequences.