The short version
SiloApply collects no data. None.
No analytics. No telemetry. No account. No personal data. No usage metrics. No error beacons. No advertising IDs. No fingerprinting. No crash reports. No data of any kind is collected, stored, transmitted, or shared by SiloApply about you, your device, your résumé, or the jobs you apply to.
Everything SiloApply does — reading a job description, assessing fit, tailoring your résumé, drafting an interview brief, validating citations, and (in later updates) Speech practice and offer modeling — runs entirely on your iPhone and Mac, on-device, using Apple's Foundation Models and other on-device frameworks. There is no cloud component. There is no server. There is no SiloApply account.
What we don't have, and therefore never see
Because SiloApply has no server-side component, the following do not exist anywhere in our infrastructure (and our infrastructure consists of: nothing):
- Your name, email, phone, or address.
- Your IP address, device identifier, advertising identifier, or any other hardware fingerprint.
- Your résumé, your master profile, your experience entries, the job descriptions you capture, or any résumé, brief, or file SiloApply generates or you export.
- The contents of your Photos, Files, or any document you import or scan.
- Session timing, feature usage, taps, or any other behavioural data.
- Crash reports. SiloApply does not implement a crash-reporting SDK.
We never see any of this because none of it is ever sent. In version 1.0 the app ships with no network capability at all — it literally cannot phone home.
Version 1.0 makes no network connections
SiloApply 1.0 is built without the network-client entitlement. It does not connect to the internet for any reason. Job descriptions you provide by camera scan, paste, file import, or the system share sheet are read on-device; a job-posting link you paste is stored only as a label and is never fetched by the app.
On-device generation
Résumé tailoring and the interview brief are generated by Apple's on-device Foundation Models, with an on-device fallback so a cited result is always produced. The model runs on your hardware; your profile and the job description are never sent anywhere to produce the output.
Permissions we request, and why
SiloApply asks only for what a feature needs, and nothing it asks for sends anything off your device:
- Camera.Optional. Used only to photograph or scan a job description so it can be read on-device with Apple's Vision text recognition. Images are processed locally and are not transmitted.
- Microphone. Requested only by the Speech-practice feature in a later update, to record your spoken answers for on-device transcription. The audio never leaves your device. Version 1.0 does not request the microphone at all.
On-device data you create
Your master profile, captured job descriptions, tailored résumés, briefs, and preferences live encrypted on your device under SiloApply's app container (bundle identifier com.silosystems.siloapply), plus any folder or file you explicitly choose to export to. They are yours. We do not have access to them. Deleting SiloApply removes the app and its on-device data.
Moving your profile between devices
To use your profile on both your iPhone and your Mac, SiloApply can export an encrypted copy that you move yourself — for example over AirDrop or through Files. The export is encrypted with a passphrase you choose; without it, the file cannot be read. SiloApply does not sync through any server, and does not use iCloud for your profile in version 1.0.
Purchases
SiloApply is a one-time purchase through the App Store, valid on both iPhone and Mac (universal purchase). Payment is handled entirely by Apple under Apple's privacy policy; SiloApply never sees your payment details and does not receive any personal information from the transaction. Entitlement is checked on-device via StoreKit.
Outbound traffic
In version 1.0 there is none. If a future update adds an optional downloadable on-device model as an alternative generation engine, that download would be the only network use, it would be clearly disclosed, and it would happen only after you explicitly consent — showing the size, source, and on-device destination before any bytes are transferred. App Store updates and links you tap are handled by Apple and your browser respectively; SiloApply is not involved.
Children's privacy
SiloApply is rated 4+. Because no personal data is collected from any user, no special treatment is required for users under 13. The same policy applies regardless of age: nothing collected.
Third-party services
SiloApply uses these Apple on-device frameworks. None of them receive any data about you from SiloApply, and none transmit your content off the device:
- Apple Foundation Models — on-device text generation.
- Vision — on-device text recognition for scanned job descriptions.
- Speech — on-device transcription for the Speech-practice feature (later update), with on-device recognition required.
- StoreKit — on-device purchase entitlement check.
Changes
If we ever materially change how SiloApply handles data — for example, if a future version ever begins to collect anything at all — we will publish an updated version of this page, announce the change prominently in the release notes, and require explicit consent in-app before any new collection begins. The effective date at the top of this document reflects the current policy.
The current policy is: nothing is collected.
Contact
Questions about this policy: admin@ohmslaw.net