Privacy policy

Effective November 6, 2026

This policy covers Bastion Budget, a personal budgeting app made by WarHead Gaming (“we”, “us”). It applies to the Windows app, including the version sold through the Microsoft Store, and to the web version of the app. iPhone and Android versions are on the way; this policy will cover them too, and we’ll update it before they launch if anything about them is different.

What the app stores

To work as a budget, Bastion stores what you put into it:

• account names and balances you enter
• transactions, payees, categories, tags and memos
• budgets, bills, paychecks, savings goals and debt plans
• receipt images or PDFs you attach
• transactions from bank files you choose to import (CSV, Excel, OFX, QFX, QBO or QIF)
• your settings, such as theme, reminders and dashboard layout

Bastion never asks for your bank username or password and never connects to your bank. Transactions only come in when you import a file yourself.

Where it’s kept

Everything above is stored only on your device:

• Windows app: in your Windows account’s app data folder (usually %APPDATA%\Bastion Budget). In the app, Help → Open the app data folder takes you there.
• Backups: the Windows app saves backup files to Documents\Bastion Budget\Backups, or another folder you choose. Backup files are only created on your computer.
• Web version: in your browser’s storage for that site, on that device.

If you set a PIN, Bastion stores a scrambled form of it (a salted hash) on your device so it can check the PIN. The PIN itself isn’t saved, and it isn’t included in backups.

What we collect

Nothing from the app. Bastion has no account or sign-in, and it doesn’t include analytics, advertising, crash-reporting or tracking code. It doesn’t send your budget, your files or information about how you use it to WarHead Gaming or anyone else. The app works without an internet connection.

Because we never receive your data, we don’t sell it, share it or use it for advertising.

If you contact us. When you email support, we get your email address and whatever you choose to send. We use it only to answer you and keep it in our email account (Google Workspace). Please don’t send backup files or bank files unless we ask, since they contain your financial details.

Microsoft and other services

• Microsoft Store. If you get Bastion from the Microsoft Store, Microsoft handles the download, free trial, purchase, payment and updates. Microsoft may connect to the internet to check your trial or license, and it processes that information under the Microsoft Privacy Statement. We don’t receive your payment details. Microsoft gives developers sales totals and, depending on your Windows diagnostic settings, crash and reliability reports that don’t include your budget.
• Web version only. When you open the web version, your browser downloads its fonts from Google Fonts and two code libraries (for Excel and PDF files) from cdnjs, run by Cloudflare. Those services see a normal web request, such as your IP address and browser, but none of your budget. The Windows app includes these files and doesn’t download them.
• Windows features. Reminders appear as Windows notifications, and “Start with Windows” uses a Windows startup setting. Both happen on your PC.
• Links. If you click a link in the app, such as to this website or our Discord, it opens in your web browser and that site’s own privacy policy applies.
• Your own copies. If you save a backup or report to a folder that syncs, such as OneDrive, or email it to someone, that service handles the copy under its own terms.

Your controls

• PIN lock and auto-lock after a period of no use, in Settings.
• Hide amounts (press P or use View → Hide amounts) to mask every amount on screen.
• Export your data at any time as a backup file, or as CSV, Excel or PDF reports, from Import & export and Reports.

Deleting your data

Since your data is only on your device, you’re in full control of deleting it:

• In the app, go to Import & export → Start over → Erase all data…. This can’t be undone, so save a backup first if you might want it.
• Delete any backup files in Documents\Bastion Budget\Backups (or the folder you chose).
• Uninstalling the Windows app removes the program but leaves your data and backups in place, so you can reinstall without losing anything. To remove everything, erase your data first, then uninstall and delete the folders above.
• For the web version, use Erase all data, or clear that site’s data in your browser.

We can’t delete or recover your data for you, because we don’t have it.

Children

Bastion Budget is meant for adults managing their own money. It isn’t directed at children under 13, and we don’t knowingly collect information from anyone, including children.

Your rights

Privacy laws such as the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and the EU and UK GDPR give you rights to know, access, correct and delete personal information a business holds about you, and to opt out of its sale or sharing. Bastion doesn’t send us your information, so we hold none from the app. If you’ve emailed us and want those emails deleted, or have any other privacy request, write to the address below and we’ll answer within 30 days. We won’t treat you differently for making a request.

Changes to this policy

If we change how Bastion handles information, we’ll update this page and the date at the top before the change takes effect. If a change means the app would start collecting something, we’ll say so clearly in the app first.

Contact

WarHead Gaming
Kern County, California, USA
Email: [email protected]