Terms of Service – The Vault iOS App

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Last updated: 09/19/2026

WHO WE ARE AND WHAT THIS COVERS

These Terms govern your use of The Vault, an iOS application published by
Kevin Bouilleaux, 340 route de Carros, 06510 Gattieres, France (« we », « us »). By downloading or using
The Vault, you agree to these Terms. If you do not agree, do not use the
app.

The Vault is a single-device encrypted file store. It has no server, no
account, and no sign-in. Everything described below follows from that.

WHAT THE APP DOES

The Vault stores files, photos, videos and notes in an encrypted container
held on your device. Encryption keys are derived from passphrases you
choose. The app can hold two separate vaults behind two different
passphrases, so that opening one reveals nothing about the other. It can
also be configured with additional passphrases that erase vault contents
when entered.

You may use these features only where doing so is lawful for you. You are
responsible for complying with the laws of your country regarding
encryption and regarding any content you store.

NO ACCOUNTS, NO DATA COLLECTION

We do not operate any server that receives your data. We do not create
accounts, and we cannot identify you. Your files, your passphrases and the
keys derived from them never leave your device. We have no access to them
at any time, for any reason, including at your own request or at the
request of any third party.

We do not collect, store, process, transmit, sell or share any personal
data through the app. Our Privacy Policy, available at
https://www.filevaultapp.com/privacy/, forms part of these Terms.

YOUR CONTENT REMAINS YOURS

You retain all rights to everything you store in The Vault. You grant us no
licence of any kind over it. We acquire no rights over it, we cannot read
it, publish it, transmit it or make it available to anyone. No content
stored in the app is shared with other users or with the public.

LOSS OF DATA IS PERMANENT AND CANNOT BE REVERSED

This section matters more than any other. Please read it carefully.

Your passphrases are the only way to decrypt your vaults. They are not
stored anywhere, not by us and not on your device. There is no recovery
code, no password reset, no backup key and no support procedure that can
recover a forgotten passphrase.

If you forget a passphrase, the contents of that vault are lost
permanently. If you enter a passphrase you configured to erase a vault, its
contents are destroyed immediately and permanently. If you enable automatic
wiping after a number of failed attempts and that threshold is reached, the
contents are destroyed permanently. If you delete the app, the encrypted
container is deleted with it.

The vaults are not backed up to iCloud or anywhere else, and they are not
transferred when you migrate to a new device. You are solely responsible
for keeping your own copies of anything you cannot afford to lose. We are
not liable for any loss of data, however it occurs.

SUBSCRIPTIONS

6.1 What is free and what the subscription unlocks

The Vault may be downloaded and set up at no cost, and includes a free
period of seven days from first installation during which every feature is
available.

After that period, a subscription is required to add new content to your
vaults. Without a subscription you keep full access to everything you have
already stored: you can open your vaults, view your files, export them out
of the app and delete them. Only adding new files, photos, videos and notes
requires an active subscription.

6.2 Plans, duration and price

Two auto-renewing subscriptions are offered, both giving the same access:

The Vault Premium Monthly — one month — USD 4.99 per month
The Vault Premium Annual — one year — USD 39.99 per year

Prices are shown in the app in your local currency before you confirm, and
may vary by country and over time. The price displayed in the app at the
moment of purchase is the one that applies.

6.3 Payment and automatic renewal

Payment is charged to your Apple Account at confirmation of purchase.

The subscription renews automatically unless auto-renewal is turned off at
least 24 hours before the end of the current period. Your Apple Account is
charged for renewal within the 24 hours preceding the end of the current
period, at the price of the plan then in effect.

6.4 Managing and cancelling

You can manage your subscription and turn off auto-renewal at any time in
the Settings app of your device, under your Apple Account, then
Subscriptions. Cancelling stops future renewals; it does not refund the
period already paid. No refund is given for the unused portion of a current
period, except where the law of your country requires one.

If a free trial is offered, any unused portion of it is forfeited when you
purchase a subscription.

6.5 Changes to prices

We may change subscription prices. Where a change affects a subscription
you already hold, Apple will notify you and ask for your consent before the
new price takes effect, in accordance with its rules. You may cancel before
the change applies.

6.6 Refunds

Purchases are processed by Apple, not by us. We cannot issue refunds.
Requests must be made to Apple at https://reportaproblem.apple.com.

LICENCE TO USE THE APP

We grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence
to use The Vault on devices you own or control. You may not sell, rent,
sublicense or redistribute the app, nor reverse engineer, decompile or
modify it, except to the extent that applicable law expressly permits this
despite this restriction.

The app itself, its name, design, text and graphics remain our property.

ACCEPTABLE USE

You agree not to use The Vault to store or conceal material that is illegal
to possess in your jurisdiction, nor to use it in furtherance of any
criminal offence. Because we have no access to your content, we cannot
monitor or enforce this; the responsibility is entirely yours.

AGE REQUIREMENT

You must be at least 17 years old to use The Vault.

NO WARRANTY

The app is provided « as is » and « as available », without warranty of any
kind to the fullest extent permitted by law. We do not warrant that it will
be uninterrupted, error-free, or that it will protect your data against
every possible attack. No security measure is absolute.

Nothing in these Terms excludes the legal guarantee of conformity or any
other right that the law of your country grants you as a consumer and that
cannot be waived by agreement.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

To the extent permitted by law, we are not liable for indirect or
consequential loss, nor for any loss of data, and our total liability for
any claim is limited to the amount you paid us through the app in the
twelve months preceding the event.

Nothing here limits our liability for fraud, for death or personal injury
caused by our negligence, or for anything else that cannot lawfully be
limited.

APPLE

These Terms are between you and us, not with Apple. Apple has no obligation
to provide maintenance or support for the app, and is not responsible for
any claim you may have concerning it. Apple and its subsidiaries are
third-party beneficiaries of these Terms and may enforce them against you.
You confirm that you are not located in a country subject to a US Government
embargo and that you are not on any US Government list of prohibited or
restricted parties.

CHANGES TO THESE TERMS

We may update these Terms. The current version is always the one published
at this address, with its date of update shown above. If a change is
significant, we will signal it in the app. Continuing to use the app after
a change means you accept it.

TERMINATION

You may stop using the app at any time by deleting it, which deletes your
encrypted vaults with it. We may end this licence if you breach these
Terms.

GOVERNING LAW

These Terms are governed by the law of France, without prejudice to the
mandatory consumer protections of the country in which you reside. If you
live in the European Union, you may also use the European Commission’s
Online Dispute Resolution platform at https://ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr.

CONTACT

Questions about these Terms: https://www.filevaultapp.com/contact/