Privacy policy

Last updated 11 November 2026

re:Cap has no accounts, no ads and no trackers. What you follow, save and read stays on your devices and in your own iCloud.

Stored only on your devices and in your iCloud

These never reach the re:Cap server, and I can't see them:

• Topics and services you follow, and your My stack services and regions
• Bookmarks, read stories, stories you've watched, and quiz results
• Your role and content level, if you set them
• Reading signals For You uses to rank stories (opens, bookmarks, “show fewer”)
• Your recent searches

They sync between your devices through your private iCloud database (Apple CloudKit), under Apple's privacy policy. The app also keeps a copy of recent news on your device so it works offline.

Sent to the re:Cap server

Search

When you search, what you type is sent to the server to search all AWS news. The server turns it into a search vector with Amazon Bedrock and also runs it through the public search on aws.amazon.com. Search terms aren't stored or linked to you.

For You

To suggest similar stories, the app sends the IDs of up to 30 stories you engaged with and up to 20 you dismissed. The server uses them to answer that one request and doesn't keep them.

Notifications, only if you turn them on

To send alerts, the server needs to know where and what to send. When you allow notifications, the app sends:

• the push token Apple gives the app on your device
• the topics you follow and your My stack services and regions
• which alerts you want (stack changes, recaps, re:Invent, minimum importance)
• your time zone, so recaps arrive at 8:00 your time

This is kept until 90 days after the app last updated it. It's removed sooner if Apple reports the token is no longer valid, for example after you delete the app. Totals across all phones, such as how many follow a topic, are part of the usage statistics.

Anonymous usage counts

To see how re:Cap is used, the app counts a few things and sends the totals to the server, in a way that can't be linked to you:

• stories opened, and which stories
• stories and recaps watched, and quiz answers
• bookmarks added, taps on “Read the original”, and searches made (the number only, never what you typed)
• whether setup was finished or skipped

These reports carry no identifier, so they can't be linked to you or to each other. The server adds them to daily, weekly and monthly totals as soon as they arrive and doesn't keep the reports themselves. The totals are kept for up to two years.

Feedback you send

When you use Send feedback in Profile, the server keeps your message, the kind you picked (idea, improvement, problem or other), your email if you add one, and the app version, iOS version and device type. A copy is emailed to the re:Cap support mailbox. Feedback is used only to improve re:Cap and, if you left an email, to reply. It's kept for up to two years. To have it deleted, email support@therecap.cloud.

App Attest

To check that requests come from the genuine app, the app may register an App Attest key, a feature of iOS. The server keeps the key's identifier and public key. They contain nothing about you.

This website

therecap.cloud doesn't record IP addresses or use cookies.

Who processes the data

Amazon Web Services	Hosts the re:Cap server, its database and logs, and runs the AI models (Amazon Bedrock). AWS processes this data under its data processing terms, which include the EU Standard Contractual Clauses.
Apple	Delivers notifications, syncs your iCloud data, provides App Attest, and hosts the support@therecap.cloud mailbox.

Your data is never sold, rented or used for advertising.

Content from AWS

Article images, and the original posts when you open them, load straight from aws.amazon.com. Those requests go to Amazon, and AWS's privacy notice applies to them.

Summaries

Summaries, rewritten articles and recaps are generated once per article from public AWS posts, and everyone sees the same ones. None of your data is used to generate them or to train any model.

Your rights

Depending on where you live, including under the EU and UK GDPR, you can ask to access, correct, delete or move your data, or object to how it's used. The server holds nothing that names you, so the simplest way to delete everything is:

• Delete the app. Your notification record is removed once Apple reports the token invalid, or within 90 days.
• Remove re:Cap's iCloud data: in Settings, tap your name, then iCloud, then manage your storage, choose re:Cap and delete its data.

For anything else, email support@therecap.cloud. You can also complain to your local data protection authority.

The legal bases are: providing the service you ask for (reading, search, For You), your consent (notifications, which you can turn off anytime), and a legitimate interest in keeping the service secure (server logs) and in understanding how the app and website are used (anonymous totals).

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version is posted here with a new date.