Effective: April 4, 2026 • Last Updated: April 4, 2026
Gear Guy is built by Warlock Tactical Group ("we," "us," "our"). This Privacy Policy explains how we handle information in the Gear Guy mobile application ("App") and the gear-guy.com website ("Site"). Our core principle is simple: your data belongs to you, not us.
The Gear Guy App is designed with a zero-knowledge architecture. We do not collect, store, transmit, or have access to:
Your firearms inventory data, serial numbers, photographs, purchase records, or maintenance logs. Your builds, configurations, or saved loadouts. Your name, address, location, or device identifiers (except as described in Section 3 below). Usage analytics, crash reports, or behavioral telemetry.
All inventory data, serial numbers, photographs, and builds are encrypted with AES-256 and stored exclusively on your device. We cannot access this data. We cannot recover this data if you lose your device or forget your passphrase. This is by design.
On the Website (gear-guy.com): If you submit your email address for beta access or newsletter signup, we store that email address. We do not use third-party email marketing platforms that track open rates or click behavior. We do not sell or share email addresses with any third party.
On the App — Photo Identification Feature: When you use the "Identify" feature, your photograph is transmitted to our secure identification service (hosted on Cloudflare Workers) for processing. The photograph is forwarded to a third-party AI service (Anthropic) for analysis and is not stored by us or Anthropic after processing. We do not log, retain, or associate photographs with any user identity. A temporary device identifier is used solely for rate limiting (5 free identifications per day) and is not linked to any personal information.
The App generates a device-local identifier (using the platform's standard device ID API) that is sent as a header with identification requests. This identifier is used exclusively to enforce the daily rate limit on the free tier. It is not stored in any database, not associated with any user profile, and not used for advertising, analytics, or tracking of any kind.
Serial numbers entered into the App are encrypted with AES-256 before being written to local storage. They are masked by default in the user interface (displayed as ****7842). Serial numbers are never transmitted off your device — not to our servers, not to any third party, not even during the photo identification process. If a serial number is visible in a photograph submitted for identification, we instruct our identification service to ignore it.
All persistent data in the App is encrypted using AES-256-CBC with keys derived via PBKDF2-SHA256 (600,000 iterations). Users may choose between device-bound encryption (automatic) or passphrase-based encryption (stronger). In passphrase mode, forgetting the passphrase results in permanent, irrecoverable data loss. We have no backdoor, no master key, and no recovery mechanism.
Anthropic (Claude AI): Photographs submitted through the identification feature are processed by Anthropic's Claude API. Anthropic's data retention policy states that API inputs are not used for model training and are not retained beyond the request lifecycle. See Anthropic's Privacy Policy.
Cloudflare: Our identification proxy and website are hosted on Cloudflare's infrastructure. Cloudflare may process standard web request metadata (IP addresses, request headers) as part of their service. See Cloudflare's Privacy Policy.
Apple / Google: The App is distributed through the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. These platforms may collect their own data as described in their respective privacy policies. We do not receive personal information from these platforms beyond aggregate download counts.
The gear-guy.com website may contain affiliate links to third-party retailers (such as Brownells, Primary Arms, OpticsPlanet, and others). When you click an affiliate link, the retailer may set cookies on your browser and collect data according to their own privacy policy. We receive only anonymized commission reports (total sales amount, not individual buyer identity). Affiliate links appear only on the website, never inside the App.
Gear Guy is not intended for use by anyone under the age of 18. The App includes an age verification gate that must be completed before accessing any features. We do not knowingly collect data from minors. If you believe a minor has provided data to us, contact us and we will promptly delete it.
You may export all of your data from the App at any time using the built-in export function. Exports are encrypted and delivered as files on your device. You may delete all data from the App at any time using the "Delete All Data" function in Settings. Deletion is immediate and irreversible. To request deletion of your email address from our website mailing list, contact us at the address below.
We will update this policy if our data practices change. Material changes will be communicated through the App and on this page. The "Last Updated" date at the top reflects the most recent revision.
For questions about this Privacy Policy or to request data deletion:
Warlock Tactical Group
Email: privacy@gear-guy.com
Web: www.gear-guy.com