This Privacy Policy explains what information Rue Technology LLC, doing business as Inmigracion Apps (“we”, “us”, “our”), collects through our mobile apps and this website, how we use it, who we share it with, and the choices you have. It applies to:
- Immigratus USCIS Case Status (the “USCIS app”)
- Immigratus EOIR Case Status (the “EOIR app”)
- Immigratus AI Civics Test (the “Civics app”)
- the website at inmigracionapps.com
Together these are the “Services”. We are a private company. We are not affiliated with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), or any other government agency.
The short version
- We collect what the apps need to work: your sign-in details, the receipt numbers or A-Numbers you enter, and the case information the agencies return.
- We use your case numbers to look up your cases and send you updates. We never sell your case information.
- The free versions of the case trackers show ads. Ad partners can collect device identifiers to do that, and you can limit ad tracking in your device settings.
- AI features only run when you ask for them.
- You can delete your account in the app or by emailing contact@inmigracionapps.com.
1. Information we collect
Information you give us
- Account information. You sign in with Apple or Google. We receive your name, email address and a unique account ID from the sign-in provider. If you use Sign in with Apple and choose “Hide My Email”, we receive a relay address instead. The USCIS and EOIR apps require an account; the Civics app works without one and uses an anonymous ID until you choose to sign in.
- Case numbers. In the USCIS app, the receipt numbers you enter and any names you give your cases (for example, “Mom’s green card”). In the EOIR app, the A-Number (Alien Registration Number) you enter and the nationality you select, which EOIR’s system uses to find the case.
- Civics practice. In the Civics app, the answers you type during practice interviews, the interviewer’s replies, your scores, and anything you choose to tell the interviewer, such as the state you live in.
- Messages to us. If you email us, we receive your email address and whatever you include in your message.
Information we receive from government systems
When you look up a case, we receive the information the agency’s system returns:
- USCIS: the form type, the current status, the status description, and the status history for that receipt number.
- EOIR: the information in EOIR’s automated case system for that A-Number. This can include the name of the person in the case, hearing dates, times and locations, the assigned immigration judge, the type of proceeding, and decision, motion and appeal information.
This information can reveal immigration or citizenship status, which many privacy laws treat as sensitive. We use it only to provide the Services to you, as described below. By entering a case number, you agree to that use.
Several people can track the same case (for example, a person and their attorney). To avoid querying the agencies again and again, we keep one shared record of the official information for each case, along with a history of its changes, and link each user’s saved case to it.
Information collected automatically
- Device and app information: device model, operating system, app version, language, and a notification token so we can send you push notifications.
- App activity: the date you last opened the app, which we use to send an occasional reminder if you haven’t opened it in a while. The apps may also use Google Analytics for Firebase to measure basic app usage.
- Crash reports: if an app crashes, Firebase Crashlytics sends us a report with technical details about the crash and your device.
- Security checks: to protect our servers from abuse, the apps use Firebase App Check, which relies on Apple App Attest and Google Play Integrity to confirm that requests come from a genuine copy of the app. The EOIR app also uses hCaptcha, which analyzes device and interaction signals to check that a real person is using the app.
- Advertising data: in the free versions of the USCIS and EOIR apps, our advertising partners collect information described in section 5.
Information we do not collect
We do not collect your precise location, contacts, photos, or microphone audio. We never ask for your Social Security number, passport number, or copies of immigration documents, and you should not send them to us.
Purchases
Subscriptions are purchased through the Apple App Store or Google Play. We never see your card number. Apple or Google tells our subscription provider, RevenueCat, which product you bought, when, and whether the subscription is active, and RevenueCat links that to your account ID so the app can unlock your features.
2. How we use information
We use information to:
- look up your cases and show you the results;
- re-check saved cases on a schedule and notify you when something changes;
- send the notifications you have allowed: case updates, immigration news and Visa Bulletin updates in the USCIS app, news in the EOIR app, and an occasional reminder if you haven’t opened an app in about two weeks;
- run the AI features you request (section 3);
- provide and restore subscriptions;
- show ads in the free versions of the case trackers (section 5);
- keep the Services secure and prevent abuse, fraud and automated scraping;
- find and fix bugs and crashes, and improve the apps;
- answer your messages; and
- comply with the law and enforce our Terms of Service.
3. AI features
All AI features use Google’s Gemini models, provided through Google Cloud Vertex AI and Firebase. Google processes this data as our service provider, and under Google Cloud’s terms it does not use it to train its models.
- Case Insights (USCIS and EOIR apps, paid tiers). Insights are generated only after you tap the feature and confirm. For a USCIS case, we send the receipt number, form type, status text and status history. For an EOIR case, we send case details such as dates, hearing information, the court and judge, and case type codes, but we remove the name and A-Number of the person in the case first. The EOIR app may also look up public statistics about the court and judge, which sends the court’s address and the judge’s name to Google Search through Gemini. The generated insights are stored with the shared case record so they don’t have to be generated again.
- AI interviewer (Civics app). To run a practice interview, the app sends the conversation, including your typed answers, to Gemini. Please don’t type personal information you wouldn’t want to share, such as your full name, A-Number or address.
- News summaries. We use Gemini to summarize public news articles. This does not involve your personal information.
AI can be wrong. AI output in our apps is general information, not legal advice.
4. How we share information
We do not sell your case information, and we do not share your name, email address, receipt numbers or A-Numbers with advertisers. We share information only as follows:
- With government systems, to look up your case. Receipt numbers are sent to USCIS’s case status service. A-Numbers and the nationality you select are sent to EOIR’s automated case information service.
- With service providers who run parts of the Services for us, under contracts that limit their use of the data:
- Google (Firebase Authentication, Cloud Firestore, Cloud Functions, Crashlytics, App Check, Analytics, Cloud Messaging, Vertex AI and Gemini, Google Sign-In, and Firebase Hosting for this website);
- Apple (Sign in with Apple, App Attest and push notification delivery);
- RevenueCat (subscription management);
- hCaptcha (bot protection in the EOIR app); and
- our email provider, when you write to us.
- With advertising partners, as described in section 5.
- For legal reasons, if we believe in good faith that the law, a subpoena or a court order requires it, or to protect the rights, safety or property of our users, the public or us. Where the law allows, we will try to tell you before we disclose your information in response to a government request.
- In a business transfer, such as a merger, acquisition or sale of assets, subject to this Policy.
- With your permission or at your direction.
5. Advertising
The free versions of the USCIS and EOIR apps show ads served by Google AdMob. AdMob can pass ad requests to mediation partners, including AppLovin. To show and measure ads, and to personalize them where you allow it, these companies may collect your device’s advertising identifier, IP address, general location derived from the IP address, device information, and how you interact with ads. Their use of this data is governed by their own privacy policies: Google and AppLovin.
Your choices:
- iPhone and iPad: the app asks for permission before allowing tracking. Choose “Ask App Not to Track” to refuse, or change it later in Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking.
- Android: delete or reset your advertising ID in Settings → Google → Ads (the exact menu varies by device).
- European Economic Area, United Kingdom and Switzerland: the app shows Google’s consent form before using your data for personalized ads.
- Remove ads: our paid subscriptions remove ads from the app.
Some U.S. state laws may treat letting ad partners collect device identifiers for targeted advertising as a “sale” or “sharing” of personal information. You can opt out at any time with the device settings above, or by emailing us.
The Civics app does not show ads. This website shows no ads and uses no cookies.
6. How long we keep information
- Account information is kept while your account exists.
- When you delete your account in the app, we remove your name and email address from our user records, delete your notification tokens, and stop tracking your saved cases.
- Some information may remain after deletion: shared official case records and their history (which other users may still be tracking), subscription records we need for accounting, and server and crash logs, which our providers keep for a limited period.
- Civics interviews you delete are removed from your history.
- If you want everything linked to your account erased, including saved case entries, interview transcripts, and any case records no one else is tracking, email contact@inmigracionapps.com from the address you signed in with. We will complete the request within 30 days.
7. Security
We protect information with measures such as encryption in transit (HTTPS), encrypted storage on Google Cloud, restricted access to our systems, and App Check to block unauthorized requests. No system is perfectly secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security. If we learn of a breach that affects your personal information, we will notify you as the law requires.
8. Children
The Services are not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has given us personal information, email us and we will delete it.
9. Your rights and choices
Wherever you live, you can ask us to:
- tell you what personal information we have about you and give you a copy;
- correct information that is wrong; and
- delete your information.
Email contact@inmigracionapps.com from the address linked to your account. We may need to verify your identity before acting, and we will reply within 30 days, or tell you if the law allows us more time. We will not treat you differently for using these rights.
You can also delete your account in the app, turn off notifications in your device settings, and limit ad tracking as described in section 5.
U.S. state privacy rights. Depending on where you live (for example California, Colorado, Connecticut, Virginia or Texas), you may have rights to know, access, correct and delete your personal information, to opt out of its sale or sharing and of targeted advertising, and to limit the use of sensitive personal information. We only use sensitive information, such as immigration status in the case information you look up, to provide the Services you request. You may use an authorized agent to make a request. If we deny a request, you may appeal by replying to our decision, and if the appeal is denied you may contact your state attorney general.
European Economic Area, United Kingdom and Switzerland. We process personal information to provide the Services you request (performance of a contract); with your consent (personalized ads, notifications and AI features, which you can withdraw at any time); for our legitimate interests in keeping the Services secure and working well; and to meet legal obligations. You also have the right to object to processing, to restrict it, to receive your data in a portable format, and to complain to your local data protection authority.
10. Where information is processed
We are based in the United States, and our service providers store and process information in the United States and other countries. If you use the Services from outside the United States, your information will be transferred to and processed in the United States, where privacy laws may differ from those in your country.
11. This website
inmigracionapps.com does not use cookies, analytics or ads. Our hosting provider, Firebase Hosting, processes your IP address and browser information to deliver the pages and protect the site from abuse.
12. Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will change the “Last updated” date above, and if the changes are significant we will take reasonable steps to let you know, such as a notice in the apps.
13. Contact us
Rue Technology LLC (Inmigracion Apps)
Arizona, United States
contact@inmigracionapps.com