How Did I Do That?
Privacy Policy
How the app handles the personal guides and media you save for yourself.
Your guides are saved on your device first. Optional iCloud Sync uses your private Apple iCloud account, while information created to help search photos, voice recordings and videos stays on your device.
Last updated: 26 August 2026
Section A
Scope and operator
This policy applies to the How Did I Do That? app supplied by Stephen Kavazos trading as SKAV Digital, ABN 79 780 711 590.
It explains the app's handling of user-created guides, media, search features, backups and optional iCloud Sync. Information you separately send through the SKAV Digital support form or email is handled as a support communication, not as part of your app library.
Section B
Information stored on your device
The app stores user-created guides and their supporting information locally on the device.
Depending on what you choose to add, this can include:
- guide titles, categories, steps, notes, preparation details and success information
- photos, voice recordings and videos saved to a guide
- verification status, dates, last working versions and things that did not work
- Recently Deleted guides, storage information and iCloud Sync status
Section C
Optional iCloud Sync
If you enable iCloud Sync, supported guide text and saved photos, voice recordings and videos can sync through the private iCloud account signed in on your devices.
- no separate SKAV account is required
- your guide library is not placed in a public or shared area
- no SKAV-hosted server receives your guide library
iCloud is an Apple service, and Apple's terms, account settings, service availability, security measures and privacy practices apply to data stored through iCloud. No electronic storage is completely secure.
Section D
Sync timing and control
Completed changes are saved on your device first and begin syncing while the app is open. The app also checks for changes when you open it or return to it.
The app does not provide continuous background syncing, instant updates or real-time collaborative editing. Disabling iCloud Sync leaves the complete library on the device; it does not automatically delete the private iCloud library.
Section E
On-device photo and speech recognition
The app can recognise visible text in saved photos and spoken words in saved voice recordings and videos to help you search your own library.
Photo and speech recognition happens on the device. Information created to support these searches stays on the device and is not added to your iCloud guide library. The original guide text and saved media can sync when iCloud Sync is enabled.
Section F
Camera, photos, microphone and media
The app requests access only when needed for the feature you choose to use.
- Camera access is used to capture a photo or video for a guide.
- Photo-library access is used when you choose existing media.
- Microphone access is used to record voice or video audio.
- Photo and speech recognition is used to help search the media you saved.
You can manage app permissions in the device's system settings.
Section G
User-created backups
You choose when to create a complete backup and where to save it using the system Files interface.
A file provider you select, such as iCloud Drive or another provider, may upload and process the backup under its own terms. Backup files are controlled by you and are not password-encrypted by How Did I Do That?. Protect, verify and remove backup copies as appropriate.
Section H
Accounts, advertising and analytics
The app does not require a separate SKAV account and does not include advertising or a third-party analytics service.
SKAV Digital does not sell the contents of your guide library. Apple may process platform and service information as part of operating your device, App Store account and iCloud under Apple's own policies.
Section I
Deletion and retention
Deleted guides normally move to Recently Deleted and remain recoverable for 30 days unless you remove them permanently sooner.
Removing app data from one place does not necessarily remove independent backups or copies held by a selected file provider. If iCloud Sync is enabled, deletion changes can sync to your private iCloud library and other synced devices.
Section J
Security and your responsibilities
Reasonable care is taken in the app's design, but no device, file, sync or electronic storage system can be guaranteed completely secure or always available.
You are responsible for protecting your device, Apple account, device passcode, backups and any media or guide information you export or share.
Section K
Children
How Did I Do That? is a general-purpose personal memory and record-keeping app and is not specifically directed at children.
Section L
Changes to this policy
This policy may be updated when the app, relevant services or privacy practices change. The updated policy will be published on this page with a revised last updated date.
Contact
Privacy questions
Use the Contact Support page or email support@skav.au.
SKAV Digital
Stephen Kavazos
ABN 79 780 711 590
https://skav.au