Practical building privacy
Review building entry and visitor privacy
Ask what building access records contain, review directory visibility and existing visitor passes, and distinguish access removal from deletion of past logs.
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Identify the system and who manages its data
ButterflyMX's policy describes property owners and managers as business customers and the company as a processor of tenant and visitor data. Its California rights section says tenants or visitors may need to send requests to the property owner or manager. Ask who handles the relevant records and the applicable request route; rights and procedures can differ by jurisdiction. ButterflyMX: property data, optional contacts and processor role
Ask what an event means and who can see it
The technical guide distinguishes access attempts, unlocks and call attempts, with different permission scopes. Ask which events are logged at the property, which account or credential they name, and who can review them. A log label should be interpreted alongside the method and result. ButterflyMX: access attempts, calls and permission scope
The administrator guide describes filters and emailed PDF reports. Useful questions include the retention period for each event and image type, permitted recipients, export handling and how errors are corrected. The availability of a reporting feature does not itself explain the property's actual policy. ButterflyMX: administrator call and door-release records
Review directory visibility and the loss of panel calls
The focused directory help says a resident can have their name hidden while retaining app access. Visitors then cannot call that resident from the entry panel. It directs users to Support for that request. Confirm the intended effect with the property before changing a directory entry used by visitors or deliveries. ButterflyMX: directory visibility and call consequences
Review existing visitor and delivery passes
The visitor-pass help says door access, active times and expiry are part of the pass, and property management controls availability. Review an existing pass's purpose, recipient and intended duration. Deleting a pass is an access decision, separate from a request about retained event records. ButterflyMX: visitor-pass scope and photo availability
- In the Delivery Pass help, Visitor Access > Active/Expired shows created delivery and visitor passes. It documents Edit to remove a pass that is no longer needed, with confirmation for an unused delivery pass. Check the specific feature's current label and the pass being changed. ButterflyMX: reviewing and removing existing passes
- The same help describes single-use delivery passes and a maximum validity of 30 days if unused. That is a pass-validity description, not a promise that its history or photos are deleted after 30 days. ButterflyMX: reviewing and removing existing passes
Review vehicle access through the property's allowed role
The vehicle help says residents can edit their own vehicle details only where the property permits resident management. Otherwise an administrator handles changes. It expressly says removing or editing the vehicle does not change past plate history. Read those effects before requesting a vehicle-access change. ButterflyMX: vehicle access and retained history
Review optional phone contact access separately
The policy describes phone-contact syncing as optional and permission based. Review that app permission if the feature is unused. It is a separate choice from records generated by the building's intercom or access system. ButterflyMX: property data, optional contacts and processor role
Questions and answers
Does a delivery pass's 30-day validity establish a log-deletion deadline?
The Delivery Pass help describes validity, not a universal history-retention clock. ButterflyMX: reviewing and removing existing passes
Can every resident edit vehicle details in the app?
The vehicle help says the property must permit resident vehicle management. ButterflyMX: vehicle access and retained history
Is directory hiding described as deleting all entry records?
The directory guide describes visibility, panel calls and continued app access. ButterflyMX: directory visibility and call consequences
Sources and scope
Public instructions checked 10-24-2026. Property management controls feature availability and resident authority. Confirm the system, account role and access effects before requesting a change.
- How to Review Call and Door Release History in the ButterflyMX OS, current public help. Checked 10-24-2026.
- How to Create and Use Delivery Pass, selected Visitor Access and removal instructions. Checked 10-24-2026.
- Remove Your Name from the Intercom Directory While Keeping App Access, current public help. Checked 10-24-2026.
- Access and Call Logs, selected event definitions and permission descriptions. Checked 10-24-2026.
- How to Create and Use Visitor Pass, selected availability, schedule and photo-history descriptions. Checked 10-24-2026.
- ButterflyMX Privacy Policy, effective 07-08-2025, selected tenant, visitor and request sections. Checked 10-24-2026.
- How to edit or remove a vehicle, selected resident authority and past-event descriptions. Checked 10-24-2026.



