Beyond
Privacy Policy
Beyond is built so your travel data stays on your iPhone. This policy explains what Beyond keeps, the few things it sends off your device and why, who helps process them, and the choices and rights you have.
Who we are
Beyond is published on the App Store by Bradley Joseph Sitko ("we", "us"). We are responsible for the personal information described here. Contact us at support@beyondtravel.app.
The short version
- Your trips, passes, travelers and bags live on your iPhone. We don't have an account system or a copy of them.
- Passports and IDs are encrypted on your iPhone and are never uploaded.
- If you allow AI reading, each boarding pass photo you scan is sent to be read and is not kept by us.
- No ads, no tracking, no analytics tools, and we never sell or share your personal information.
Information that stays on your iPhone
Trips, boarding passes (including the barcode data), traveler names and colors, bag names and AirTag labels, notes, and reminders are stored only on your device, in Beyond's storage protected by iOS. Passport and ID details, such as document numbers, names, nationality, dates of birth and expiry dates, are encrypted with a key kept in your iPhone's Keychain and open only with Face ID, Touch ID or your passcode. Face ID and Touch ID are handled by iOS; Beyond never receives your biometric data.
We cannot see, access or recover anything stored only on your iPhone. If you lose your phone or delete the app, that information is gone unless it is in your own device backup.
Information sent off your iPhone
Beyond's server exists for three features. It has no user accounts, and it does not store what you send it.
- Reading printed pass details (optional). Beyond asks before using this. If you allow it, when you scan a boarding pass the photo and the details decoded from its barcode (such as the passenger name, booking reference, flight, route and seat) are sent to our server and passed to Anthropic's Claude, which reads the gate, boarding time and other printed details. The result comes back to your iPhone and the photo is discarded. If you choose barcode only, no photo is sent.
- Adding a pass to Apple Wallet. When you tap Add to Apple Wallet, the pass's flight details, passenger name, seat, booking reference and barcode are sent to our server, which signs a Wallet pass and returns it. Nothing is kept.
- Flight status. When available, the airline code, flight number and date are sent to look up delays and gate changes.
Like any internet service, our hosting provider receives your IP address and basic request information when your iPhone connects. Our server's own logs record only which feature was used, whether it worked and how long it took. They never include photos, names or pass details.
Why we use it (legal bases)
- To provide the features you ask for, such as reading a pass or creating a Wallet pass (performance of our agreement with you).
- With your consent for AI reading of pass photos. You can withdraw it at any time in Settings › Pass reading.
- For security and to prevent abuse of our server (our legitimate interests).
Service providers
We use these companies to run Beyond. They process information only to provide their service to us.
- Anthropic reads boarding pass photos when AI reading is on. Under Anthropic's commercial terms, it does not train its models on this data, and it may retain it for a limited time for safety and abuse monitoring. See Anthropic's privacy policy.
- Cloudflare hosts Beyond's server and processes connection data such as IP addresses.
- Apple provides the App Store, purchases, Apple Wallet, iCloud device backups and TestFlight. Apple handles payments; we receive only whether your purchase is active, never your payment details.
We do not sell personal information, share it for cross-context behavioral advertising, or use it to build profiles. We may disclose information if required by law, to protect the rights and safety of users or others, or as part of a sale or transfer of the app, in which case this policy continues to apply.
Location
If you allow location access, Beyond uses it on travel day to notice when you arrive at the departure airport and open Airport Mode. Location is checked on your iPhone and is never sent to our server.
Notifications
Reminders such as check-in, when to leave, gate changes and passport expiry are scheduled on your iPhone.
Children
Beyond is meant to be used by adults and by teens with a parent's or guardian's permission. It is not directed at children under 13. Parents and guardians can add their children as travelers; that information is entered by the guardian and stored on the guardian's iPhone. If a child's boarding pass is read with AI, its photo is processed as described above and not kept. If you believe a child under 13 has given us personal information without a parent's consent, contact us and we will delete anything we hold.
How long we keep information
Information on your iPhone stays until you delete it. Photos and pass details sent to our server are processed and discarded when the request finishes. Server logs contain no personal information beyond what our hosting provider records about connections, which it keeps under its own policies.
Security
Connections to our server use HTTPS. Passport and ID details are encrypted on your device. Our server rejects requests that don't come from the Beyond app. No system is perfectly secure, but we design Beyond to hold as little as possible so there is little to expose.
Your rights and choices
- Control on your device: view, edit, export (Settings › Export my data) or delete (Settings › Delete all data) everything Beyond stores.
- Turn off AI reading at any time in Settings › Pass reading.
- Location and notifications can be turned off in iOS Settings.
- Depending on where you live, including California, other US states, the UK and the European Economic Area, you may have rights to access, correct, delete or port your personal information, to object to or restrict processing, to withdraw consent, and to not be discriminated against for using these rights. Because we keep no account or copy of your data, most requests are fulfilled by the controls in the app; for anything else, email support@beyondtravel.app. You may also complain to your local data protection authority.
International transfers
Our service providers may process information in the United States and other countries. Where required, they use legally recognized safeguards such as standard contractual clauses for transfers.
Changes
If this policy changes, we will post the new version here with a new date. If a change affects how photos or other personal information are handled, we will tell you in the app first.