# Privacy Policy — dm-jcox-link

 # Privacy Policy — dm-jcox-link

*Effective November 5, 2026*

dm-jcox-link ("the app") is a private, non-commercial tool operated by Jason Cox, volunteer

Treasurer of Dawn Mountain, Inc. and Dawn Mountain Tibetan Buddhist Temple. It lets the Treasurer

read the organizations' own accounting records from QuickBooks Online in order to review their

finances. It is not offered to the public, and no one other than the operator uses it.

## What the app accesses

When a QuickBooks Online company is connected, the app reads, through Intuit's QuickBooks Online

Accounting API, with the read access the company's administrator grants:

- company information (name and basic settings);

- the chart of accounts;

- transactions and journal entries, including entries that payroll posts;

- financial reports such as the balance sheet, profit and loss, and general ledger.

The app does not create, change or delete anything in QuickBooks. It does not access payment card

data, bank login credentials or Intuit account passwords. Sign-in happens on Intuit's own pages,

and the app receives only the access tokens Intuit issues.

## How the information is used

The information is used only to show the organizations' books to their Treasurer: statements,

budget comparisons, trends and journal entries for oversight and reporting to the board. It is not

used for advertising, profiling, marketing or any other purpose.

## Where it is stored

Data and tokens are stored only on the operator's own devices: a personal computer and an Android

phone. On the phone they are kept in an encrypted database. The app has no server of its own, and

the data is not uploaded to any service other than Intuit's.

## Sharing

The app does not sell, rent or share QuickBooks data with anyone. The only outside service it

communicates with is Intuit, to retrieve the data. Reports the Treasurer chooses to share with the

organizations' board, staff or accountants are shared in that role, as they would be from

QuickBooks itself.

## Keeping and deleting data

Data is kept for as long as the Treasurer needs it to oversee the organizations' finances. To stop

access, a company administrator can disconnect the app in QuickBooks Online (Settings → Apps), or

the operator can revoke it; the stored tokens then stop working. The operator deletes the locally

stored data when it is no longer needed, or on request from the organizations.

## Security

Access uses Intuit's OAuth 2.0 sign-in, and all communication with Intuit is encrypted (HTTPS).

Application keys and tokens are kept outside any shared code and on devices protected by the

operator's device security and encryption.

## Children

The app is not directed to children and does not knowingly collect information about them.

## Changes

If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted at this address with a new effective

date.

## Contact

Jason Cox — jason.cox@gmail.com