Privacy Policy

1. Who we are

Family Bee (the “App”) is published solely by Viva Longer LLC, a limited liability company (“we,” “us,” or “our”). This Privacy Policy explains how information is handled when you use Family Bee on iPhone, iPad, and Mac.

Individual officers, directors, employees, contractors, and shareholders of Viva Longer LLC (including any natural person associated with the App or this website) are not parties to this Policy and are not personal controllers of your App data. Privacy inquiries should be directed only to the company contact below—not to any personal email or residential address.

Contact: info@vivalonger.com

2. Summary

Family Bee does not create its own user accounts and does not operate a custom cloud backend that stores your household itinerary, bookings, or records. The App uses your Apple ID and Apple's iCloud (Core Data with CloudKit) so that data you enter is stored in your (and your invitees') Apple iCloud environment. We do not sell your personal information. We do not buy or rent marketing lists related to App content.

3. Roles: Apple, you, and us

• You decide what to enter, import, or share, and whom to invite via Apple's sharing controls.
• Apple Inc. (and its affiliates) provide Apple ID, iCloud, CloudKit, device security, and App Store services under Apple's own terms and privacy policies. For synced App content, Apple's infrastructure is the storage and sync environment. We do not control Apple's data centers, employee access, breach response, or iCloud account recovery.
• Viva Longer LLC provides the App software. Except for limited technical communications described below (for example, optional flight-status lookups you trigger), we do not host a parallel copy of your family timeline or vault on servers we operate.

4. Information in the App

Depending on how you use Family Bee, the App may process on-device and/or in iCloud:

• Family profile details (family name, member names, photos, colors, optional profile dates or places)
• Events and timeline items (titles, notes, dates, attendance, optional places)
• Travel bookings (flights, hotels, cars, confirmation details you add or import)
• Household records you choose to store (for example passport or license details, TSA PreCheck numbers, vehicle information, loyalty or mileage accounts, and similar identifiers)
• Recipes you save
• Text you paste or share into the App for booking import
• Technical state needed for the App to function (for example vault lock preference on a device)

Some sensitive string fields are marked for Apple's CloudKit encryption where the platform supports it. Encryption and key management for iCloud-synced data are provided by Apple's platform, not by a separate Family Bee key service we operate.

5. How data is stored and synced

Synced household data is stored in iCloud using Apple's CloudKit infrastructure associated with your Apple ID and any accepted share. When you invite others, invitees can access shared family data according to Apple's sharing model and permissions. We do not operate a separate Family Bee server that retains your itinerary or records as a primary database.

Certain preferences (appearance, notifications, vault lock state on a device) may remain local to that device and are not part of the shared family graph.

“Personal” or filtered views in the App are organizational aids. Content may still reside on the shared family CloudKit graph and sync to invited members' devices even if a UI filter hides it for some users. Do not treat UI filters as a separate private iCloud account.

6. Security; iCloud and third-party incidents

No method of electronic storage or transmission is completely secure. You acknowledge that:

• Loss, theft, unauthorized access, alteration, or disclosure of data may occur through compromised Apple IDs, lost or unlocked devices, phishing, malware, invited-member misuse, Apple platform incidents, carrier or Wi-Fi interception, or other causes outside our reasonable control.
• If data is stolen, leaked, or accessed from iCloud, CloudKit, an Apple device, an invited member's account, or any Apple-provided service, that incident is governed by Apple's security, privacy, and support processes. Viva Longer LLC does not control Apple's systems and cannot guarantee prevention of, or recovery from, such incidents.
• On-device vault locks (Face ID, Touch ID, or device passcode) only control access through the App's interface on that device. They do not replace iCloud account security, do not prevent invited members from seeing shared records on their devices, and do not make us an insurer of your data.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, we disclaim responsibility for unauthorized access to, or loss of, data stored in Apple iCloud / CloudKit or on devices you or your invitees control, except to the extent caused by our willful misconduct in the limited processing we ourselves perform (if any) outside Apple's storage of your household content.

7. Sharing with your household

Family Bee is designed for invite-only household sharing. People you add via iCloud share invitations can see shared family content. You alone control invitations through Apple's interfaces. You are responsible for verifying invitees and for removing access when appropriate.

8. Third-party services

When you refresh flight details near departure, the App may request status from third-party flight-data providers. Those requests typically include flight identifiers you already manage in the App (for example flight number and date) in order to return status. Providers process that request data under their own terms. Apple provides iCloud, CloudKit, biometrics APIs, and App Store distribution under Apple's policies. We are not responsible for third parties' independent privacy or security practices.

9. Website and support communications

If you email us or visit our marketing/support pages, we may receive the content of your message, your email address, and ordinary technical logs (such as IP address and browser type) from our hosting provider. We use that information only to respond to support, operate the site, and meet legal obligations—not to build advertising profiles from your App household content.

10. Children

Family Bee is intended for family use and may include children's travel or document details entered by a parent or guardian. We do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children through a separate Family Bee account system. Parents and guardians are responsible for what they store and whom they invite. If you believe a child has provided information to us directly via support email in a way that requires deletion, contact info@vivalonger.com.

11. Your choices and rights

• Edit or delete content in the App (subject to sharing and iCloud behavior).
• Manage or stop iCloud sharing through Apple's system interfaces.
• Delete the App; retention of iCloud data is governed by Apple and your Apple ID settings.
• Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or restrict certain processing, or to appeal a refusal. Because household content primarily resides in your iCloud account, many requests are fulfilled by you (or Apple) in iCloud settings and the App—not by exporting a database from our servers.
• Contact info@vivalonger.com for privacy questions we can address as the App publisher.

We do not sell personal information as that term is commonly defined under U.S. state privacy laws (including the CCPA/CPRA). We do not use App household content for cross-context behavioral advertising.

12. International users

Apple may store and process iCloud data in regions Apple selects. By using the App you understand that synced content may be processed in the United States or other countries where Apple or its subprocessors operate, subject to Apple's terms.

13. Changes

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The effective date at the top of this page will change when we do. Continued use of the App after an update means you acknowledge the revised policy. Material changes may also be noted on the Family Bee support page.

14. Contact (company only)

Viva Longer LLC
Email: info@vivalonger.com
Support: https://guygoldstein.net/family-share

Please do not send legal notices or personal data requests to any individual's personal email, social profile, or home address associated with this website's publisher persona.