BinDayNI is a free bin-collection reminder app for Northern Ireland, made by Wee Apps NI, an
independent developer. This policy explains, in plain English, what the app does with your
information. BinDayNI has no user account and no analytics, no ads, and no tracking.
What the app stores on your device
Everything you enter is saved only on your phone (using the device's local storage).
This includes:
your saved address(es) and postcode;
your fetched bin-collection dates (cached so the app works offline);
your reminder settings (time, on/off) and appearance choice;
any manual bin pattern you set up.
There is no BinDayNI account and no BinDayNI server storing your data. If you remove an address
in the app, or uninstall the app, that data is removed from the app. (Your phone's own backup
— for example Google or iCloud backup — may keep a copy and restore it if you reinstall.)
What the app sends, and to whom
To do its job, the app makes requests to services run by other organisations. It only ever sends
what's needed to provide a feature:
Council bin-lookup services. When you search for your postcode, the app sends it
to the online bin-lookup services of the nine councils it reads automatically at once (Antrim &
Newtownabbey; Armagh, Banbridge & Craigavon; Ards & North Down; Belfast; Fermanagh & Omagh;
Lisburn & Castlereagh; Mid & East Antrim; Mid Ulster; and Newry, Mourne & Down, which is only
sent postcodes in the districts its own lookup covers: BT23–BT25, BT27, BT30–BT35 and
BT60), because a postcode alone doesn't say which
council's system holds your address. Only the matching council's answer is used. After you pick your
address, the app only contacts your own council to fetch your collection dates, sending your postcode
and the property identifier for the address you picked (or, for some areas, to Bryson Recycling, which
runs certain kerbside collections). This is the same information you would type into the council's
own website. For Newry, Mourne & Down, and for Derry & Strabane and Causeway Coast & Glens
(which have no online lookup: you answer a few questions instead), your dates are worked out on your
phone from the council's published bin calendar, so nothing more is sent.
postcodes.io (a public UK postcode service). On the Recycling tab, your postcode
is sent to postcodes.io to work out rough distances so recycling centres can be listed
nearest-first. If it's unavailable, the list just shows unsorted.
gov.uk bank-holidays feed. The app downloads the public list of Northern Ireland
bank holidays (to flag them on the Upcoming tab, and to show when recycling centres and council
offices may be closed). This request sends nothing about you
— it just fetches a public list of dates.
Email you choose to send. The "Report a problem with my dates", "Report a bug"
and "Suggest a feature" buttons in Settings open your own email app with a message
pre-filled to the developer (weeappsni@gmail.com). It
includes the app version and your phone's system version; "Report a problem with my dates" also
includes your council area and postcode (and, for a quick set-up, your bin day and brown-bin week).
Nothing is sent until you press send in your email app.
The app does not send your data to any advertising or analytics company, and does
not sell or share your data.
Notifications
Bin reminders are local notifications scheduled on your device from the dates
already fetched. No push-notification service is used and no device token or identifier is sent
anywhere.
Location
The app does not use your device's GPS. "Distance" on the Recycling tab is worked out from the
postcode you typed, not from your live location.
Children
BinDayNI is a general-audience utility and is not directed at children. It does not knowingly
collect personal information from children.
Changes
If this policy changes, the "Last updated" date above will change. Material changes will be noted
in the app's release notes.