Privacy policy
Last updated 3 October 2026
Banto is an app for planning with your friends: making plans, voting on times, seeing who's coming, splitting costs and keeping track of who has paid. This policy explains what Banto collects, why, who can see it and how to delete it. Banto is run by Farhan Azam in Lahore, Pakistan. Questions go to farhan26azam@gmail.com.
The short version
- We collect what the app needs to work: your phone number, your name and what you do in your groups.
- Only people in your groups see your details. We never sell your data or show ads.
- Banto never moves money. Payments are only marked as done by you or your friends.
- You can delete your account any time in the app, or ask us to.
What we collect
Your account
- Your mobile number, which you sign in with using a one-time code.
- Your name and, if you add it, your area of Lahore.
- Payment handles you choose to add (Raast ID, JazzCash or Easypaisa number), so friends know where to send you money.
What you do in Banto
- Groups you create or join, and their members.
- Plans, times, places, poll votes, RSVPs and on-the-day updates such as "running late".
- Expenses, how they were split, and payments you mark as paid or received.
- Alerts sent to you, and whether you opened them.
Your device
- A push notification token and whether your phone runs Android or iOS, so we can send you notifications.
- Your notification settings, such as quiet hours and muted groups.
We don't collect your location, contacts, photos, or any card or bank details. We don't use advertising IDs, ad networks or analytics tools.
Why we use it
- To sign you in and keep your account secure.
- To show your groups, plans and balances to you and the people in those groups.
- To send notifications you've allowed: new plans, poll results, reminders, expenses and payment reminders.
- To keep the service running, fix problems and prevent abuse.
Who can see it
- People in your groups see your name, phone number, payment handles and what you do in that group. People you don't share a group with can't see any of it.
- Service providers who run parts of Banto for us, and only for that purpose: Supabase (database and sign-in, servers in Singapore), Expo, Google Firebase Cloud Messaging and Apple Push Notification service (delivering notifications), a messaging provider that delivers your sign-in code, and Vercel (this website).
- The law: we share data if we're legally required to.
We never sell your data or share it for advertising.
WhatsApp, Maps and payment apps
Share to WhatsApp, Open in Maps and payment reminders open those apps with a link or message you can see first. Banto doesn't read anything back from them. Payments happen in your own Raast, JazzCash or Easypaisa app, never in Banto.
How long we keep it
We keep your data while you have an account. When you delete your account, we remove your name, number, area, payment handles, devices, alerts and settings, and delete your sign-in. Expenses and payments you were part of stay in each group's history under "Former member", without your name or number, so your friends' balances stay correct. Backup copies are removed as those backups expire.
Security
Data travels over encrypted connections. Access rules in our database make sure you only see groups you're in, and changes go through checks on our server, for example only the payer or the person owed can mark a payment.
Your choices
- Edit your name, area and payment handles in Profile.
- Turn notification types, quiet hours and groups on or off in Profile, then Notifications.
- Leave a group once you're settled up in it.
- Delete your account, and ask us for a copy of your data or to correct it by emailing farhan26azam@gmail.com.
Age
Banto is for people aged 18 and over. We don't knowingly collect data from children.
Changes
If we change this policy, we'll update the date at the top and, for important changes, tell you in the app.