Privacy Policy

Information we collect

Account information. When you create an account we collect your email address and a salted, hashed copy of your password. We never store your password in plaintext.

QuickBooks Online data. When you connect a QuickBooks Online company file, we use Intuit’s OAuth 2.0 flow to obtain access and refresh tokens scoped to the Accounting scope. With your authorization we read customer, sub-customer, estimate, invoice, bill, and purchase records from the connected company file.

Writing to QuickBooks (opt-in). By default Footing does not write to your books. If you enable journal-entry posting in Settings → QBO Connection, Footing will post the WIP over/under-billing journal entry on your behalf — and only after you confirm the exact debits and credits in a preview modal each time. The opt-in is per-connection and revocable. Footing never writes anything else to your QBO file.

Manually entered data. The total estimated cost for each job is entered by you directly in Footing and stored in our database alongside the synced QBO data.

Operational logs. We log standard request metadata (timestamps, IP addresses, user agents, error traces) for security, debugging, and reliability purposes.

How we use information

We use the information we collect solely to provide and improve the service: authenticating your account, syncing QBO data, calculating WIP schedules, generating PDF and Excel exports, and communicating with you about your account. We do not sell or rent any of your information.

Data sharing

We share information only with the service providers required to operate Footing: our hosting provider, our managed PostgreSQL provider, and Intuit (the source of your QuickBooks data). Each is bound by its own privacy and security obligations. We do not share your data with advertisers or marketing partners.

Data security

All traffic to Footing is served over HTTPS. Database connections are encrypted in transit. Passwords are stored as bcrypt hashes. QuickBooks access tokens are stored encrypted at rest. We follow commercially reasonable practices to protect your data, but no method of transmission or storage is perfectly secure.

Retention and deletion

We retain your account data for as long as your account is active. You can disconnect your QuickBooks company file at any time from Settings → QBO Connection, which immediately revokes our stored access and refresh tokens. To delete your account and all associated data, contact us at the address below; we will process your request within 30 days.

Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, port, or delete the personal information we hold about you, and to object to certain processing. To exercise any of these rights, contact us at the address below.

Children

Footing is intended for accounting professionals and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. When we do we will update the “Last updated” date above and, for material changes, notify you by email or through the service.

Contact

Questions about this policy or your data can be sent to privacy@footingtool.com.