diff --git a/privacy-policy.md b/privacy-policy.md index 08c19f1..07dc655 100644 --- a/privacy-policy.md +++ b/privacy-policy.md @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# PRIVACY POLICY MODEL FOR MOBILE APPLICATIONS +# PRIVACY POLICY FOR PROTECT BABY MONITOR This privacy policy governs your use of the software application Protect Baby Monitor (“Application”) for mobile devices that was created by Protect. The Application is a simple WiFi based baby monitor. @@ -8,17 +8,24 @@ that was created by Protect. The Application is a simple WiFi based baby monitor The Application allows one device (a parent device) to listen to the microphone of a second device (a child device). Both devices must pair for the connection to be established. The audio data recorded from the child device and transmitted to the parent device is sent directly between devices and is not -tranmitted to a third party. Any data produced by the application is only stored on the mobile device, -and is not transmitted of off the device. +tranmitted to a third party. Any data produced by the application is only stored on the mobile device +or transmitted to a paired device and is not transmitted of off the device to the developer or a +third-party. + +If a crash occurs, a dialog may appear with crash details and a suggestion to transmit the details +to the developer. A user has the option to not send the crash details; a user must 'opt-in' to +sending such details. # User Provided Information The Application does not have a registration option. The only information which is obtained -is any information provided by the App Store that the application was downloaded from. +is (1) crash details which a user intentionally send to the developer via the app, and +(2) any information provided by the App Store that the application was downloaded from. # Automatically Collected Information -No information is collected from the Application and transmitted off of the mobile device, either automatically or manually. +No information is automatically collected from the Application and transmitted off of the mobile device, +either automatically or manually. # Does the Application collect precise real time location information of the device? @@ -26,30 +33,33 @@ No. # Do third parties see and/or have access to information obtained by the Application? -No, as no data is transmitted off of the mobile device by the Application. +Any crash data which is intentionally submitted by a user to the developer is stored on an email server +which is not owned by the developer. Crash details may be uploaded to a third-party development tool +such as GitHub. In such a case the email address of the user is not uploaded, unless specifically requested +by the user. Besides this, no other data is transmitted off of the mobile device by the Application. # What are my opt-out rights? -There is no opt-out rights, as there is nothing to opt-out from. No data is transmitted off of the mobile device -by the Application, either manually or automatically. +The only data collection is that of crash details, and submitting these to the developer is only opt-in. To +opt-out, a user would have to not submit crash details via the app. # Data Retention Policy, Managing Your Information -No data is captured from users by the Application, so there is no information to manage. The only data -which is known is the data provided by the App Store the Application was downloaded from. +Crash details submitted by a user are stored on a third-party email service, and the retention policy is to +not delete such emails. # Children -Ths Application is not used to knowingly solicit data from or market to children under the age of 13. If a parent or +This Application is not used to knowingly solicit data from or market to children under the age of 13. If a parent or guardian becomes aware that his or her child has provided us with information without their consent, he or she should contact us at protect.github@gmail.com. We will delete such information from our files within a reasonable time. # Security -We are concerned about safeguarding the confidentiality of your information. Note that no information is captured -by the Application and transmitted off of the mobile device to a third party. Data is transfered from the app -on a device configured as a child device to the app on a device configured as a parent device. The data is transmitted -directly between the paired devices. The only data breach possible is that with the user's own mobile devices. +We are concerned about safeguarding the confidentiality of your information. The only information which could +be sent to the developer is crash details, and these are opt-in. If a user is presented with the option to +submit details on a crash, all the information which would be submitted is presented to the user. The only +personally identifiable information is the email address of the user which is used to send the crash details. # Changes