RowFind privacy policy

Last updated: 27 October 2026.

RowFind is made by Nikhil Annur. Contact: [email protected].

Your files stay on your phone

RowFind reads the Excel, CSV or OpenDocument files you choose, on your phone. Your files, their names and their contents are never uploaded, sold or shared. They are saved on your phone so the app works offline. You can remove a file from the app at any time. The file in Excel itself is never changed.

Camera

If you tap Scan, RowFind uses the camera to read a barcode or QR code and puts the code in the search box. The pictures are read on your phone only: they are never saved, uploaded or shared. The app asks before using the camera, and you can say no; everything else still works.

Favourites, recent searches and Share

Favourites and your last searches are kept on your phone, with each file, and never sent. Share on an item opens your phone's share menu with that one item's details; RowFind does not see where you send it.

What the test version sends

The test version talks to one RowFind server for these things only:

• Your test code. It is checked once, when you first start the app. After that the app asks the server about once a week whether the code is still on.
• Usage counts, at most once a day. These are numbers such as how many searches you made, how many found nothing, which buttons were used, the size range of your files and the number of tabs, errors, and the app version.
  • They are linked to your test code's ID (a random ID the app gets with your code), not to your name, email or phone.
  • They never include your search words, file names, file contents, item names or codes, location or contacts.
  • You can turn them off in Settings in the side menu.
• "Report this search", only when you tap it. It sends the words of that one search and your note, if you write one, linked to your test code's ID.
• "Send feedback", only when you send it. It sends what you write, your email if you give it, the app version and the kind of device (for example "android-app").
  • It is not linked to your test code, your phone or any ID; only the email you type, if you type one, can link it to you.

Your internet address

To stop abuse (for example someone trying many test codes), the server counts requests per internet address. The address is not stored as is: only a scrambled form of it (a hash made with a secret, which changes every hour). These counts are deleted after at most 2 days.

Nothing is sent to advertisers or analytics companies. The app has no ads.

How long we keep it

• Usage counts, reports and feedback are kept for the pilot and up to 12 months after it.
• The scrambled internet addresses are kept for at most 2 days.
• Test codes are kept until they end.
• You can ask us to delete what was sent with your code: email [email protected] with your test code.

Children

RowFind is a work tool for adults. It is not meant for children.

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version will be at the same address, with a new date.