Privacy Policy

The short version

Detour is made by Lumine Strategies, LLC. It has no accounts, ads, analytics, or tracking, and it doesn't send anything to us. There's no Detour server. Your browsing, files, and music stay on your devices, and with iCloud Sync, some of it in your own iCloud.

What stays on your devices

• Your browsing history and open tabs.
• Your downloads and files, including Private and locked folders.
• Your music, favorites, and lyrics.
• Your bookmarks, Reading List, playlists, and settings. With iCloud Sync on, these are also kept in your iCloud. See below.
• Passwords for servers and computers you add, and sign-ins for cloud services. They're kept in this device's Keychain and aren't synced.

What leaves your device, and why

• Websites you visit. Like any browser, Detour loads pages, images, and site icons from the sites you open. Those sites have their own privacy policies.
• Your search engine. Searches go to the search engine you choose in Settings. Search suggestions send what you type to that search engine as you type. They're never used in private tabs, and you can turn them off.
• Fraudulent website warnings. Detour can warn you about known fraudulent websites using Apple's WebKit. You can turn this off in Settings.
• Look Up. When you tap Look Up on a picture, Apple identifies what's in it, like a plant, pet, or landmark. Selecting text in a picture and Copy Subject stay on your device.
• iCloud Sync. Your bookmarks, Reading List, playlists, and settings go to your own iCloud, to keep them the same on your iPhone and iPad. See below.
• Purchases. Detour Pro is bought through Apple. We never see your payment details.
• Servers and cloud folders you add. Detour connects to a computer or server only when you add it, over SMB, WebDAV, FTP, or SFTP. Folders you connect through Apple's Files app, like iCloud Drive, open without Detour seeing your login.
• Dropbox, Box, Google Drive, and OneDrive. When you sign in to one of them in Detour, your files go straight between your device and that service. See below.

Dropbox, Box, Google Drive, and OneDrive

You can sign in to these services in Detour to browse, play, download, and upload your files. Detour only does what you ask, on your device.

• Detour reads your file and folder names and opens the files you choose. It uploads, renames, moves, or deletes files only when you do.
• Your files and sign-in go straight between your device and the service. They never pass through us, and there's no Detour server.
• Detour keeps a sign-in token in your device's Keychain so you stay signed in. Nothing else about your account is stored.
• Detour never sells or shares this data, never uses it for ads, and never uses it to train AI.
• To stop, sign out in Detour. That deletes the token and ends Detour's access. You can also remove Detour in your Dropbox, Box, Google, or Microsoft account settings.

Detour's use and transfer to any other app of information received from Google APIs will adhere to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

iCloud Sync

iCloud Sync keeps your bookmarks, Reading List, playlists, and settings the same on your iPhone and iPad. It uses your own iCloud account, through Apple.

• What syncs: your bookmarks and bookmark folders, your Reading List, the playlists you make in Detour, and your settings, like your search engine and how you like to read and play.
• What never syncs: your browsing history, open tabs, Private, locked folders, anything from private browsing, your files and downloads, and passwords and sign-ins.
• It's stored in your iCloud account, under Apple's terms and privacy policy. It never goes to us, and we can't see it.
• It's on unless you turn it off in Settings › iCloud. Turning it off stops syncing and keeps everything on your device.

On your Wi-Fi network

• Wi-Fi Transfer lets a computer on your Wi-Fi open your Detour files while it's turned on. You can set a password for it.
• Sending to a nearby device goes straight from one device to the other, and each transfer is encrypted.

Apple Watch

Your music library, and the songs you add to Apple Watch, go straight from your iPhone to your watch.

Permissions

Detour asks before using any of these, and only when a feature needs it. You can change them anytime in the Settings app.

• Camera to scan documents, and for websites you allow.
• Microphone and Speech Recognition for voice search, which is turned into text on your device, and for websites you allow.
• Location only for websites you allow, like maps.
• Photos to save photos and videos to your library when you ask.
• Local Network for Wi-Fi Transfer, sending to nearby devices, and finding computers on your network.
• Face ID or Touch ID to unlock Detour, Private, and private browsing.
• Notifications to tell you when a download finishes.

Your data, your control

Everything Detour keeps stays on your device, and in your own iCloud if you use iCloud Sync, for as long as you keep it. You can remove it anytime.

• Delete files and downloads in Detour's Files and Downloads tabs.
• Clear your browsing history and website data in Settings › Clear History and Website Data.
• Remove a server or computer you added, along with its saved password: in Files, touch and hold it, then tap Remove.
• Sign out of Dropbox, Box, Google Drive, or OneDrive in Detour to delete its sign-in token.
• Remove music from Apple Watch: open it on your watch and tap Remove from Watch.
• Your files can be part of your iCloud or computer backup. To leave downloads out, turn off Backup Downloaded Files in Settings.
• Turn off iCloud Sync in Settings › iCloud. To also remove Detour's data from iCloud, go to the Settings app › your name › iCloud › Manage Storage › Detour.
• Deleting Detour removes everything it stored on your device. What's in your iCloud stays there until you remove it.

Children

Detour isn't directed at children under 13. We don't collect personal information from anyone.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, we'll update this page and the date at the top.

Contact

Questions about privacy? Email detour@luminestrategies.com.