Privacy Policy

PureLink: Phone & Location Track

Welcome to use PureLink: Phone & Location Track. We deeply understand the importance of personal information to you and are committed to taking strict security protection measures in accordance with the requirements of laws and regulations to protect the security of your personal information. This policy will detail how we collect, use, store, and share your personal information when you use this application and related services.

Please carefully read and confirm that you have fully understood this policy before using our services.

Ⅰ. Information We Collect and Purposes of Permissions

We will only apply for and use relevant permissions when necessary to provide core functions and improve services, and after obtaining your explicit authorization and consent.

Information Type / Permission	Collection Method and Scope	Core Use and Description
Location Information	Precise Location (GPS, Wi-Fi, Cellular Network) Coarse positioning (base station, IP address) Background location (only when you actively enable the background location sharing feature)	Core Services: Used to provide real-time location display, location sharing, electronic fence (geo fencing) triggering, and location reminder functions. If you decline authorization, we will be unable to provide the core functions of the application. Without your authorization, we will not actively obtain your location information.
Device Information	Device model, operating system version, application version number, network status (e.g., Wi-Fi/mobile data connection status).	Operation and Optimization: Used for data analysis, performance optimization, and determining whether the current network environment supports the normal operation of the service.
Advertising and Device Identifiers	Advertising ID (AAID/IDFA), Device ID	Advertising Services: Used for ad display, effect attribution, and frequency capping to maintain the free operation model of the App.
Contact Information	Contact Name, Contact Phone Number (only when you actively use the "Invite Contacts" feature)	Function Purpose: Used to send invitations to join this app to the contact you select. We will not upload, store, or share your complete contact list data. Data is only transmitted via Google Firebase services and stored locally on your device.
Notification Permission Information	Push Notification Permission	Service Notifications: Used to send important location update reminders, invitation status notifications, electronic fence arrival/departure events, and other service notifications.

Ⅱ. How We Use Your Information

We strictly adhere to the "minimization principle" in using your information, primarily for the following purposes:

Provide core functions: Implement real-time location display and sharing, enable location reminders and event notifications.
Route Record Provision: Only when you manually enable this feature in the application will it be used to record and display your historical movement tracks.
Handle user invitations: Assist you in inviting contacts to join the service and share location information.
Improve product experience: Continuously optimize product performance and address user feedback issues by analyzing device information and anonymous technical data.
Comply with laws and regulations requirements: Cooperate with relevant departments under applicable laws and regulations requirements.

We promise not to sell, rent, or use your information for any commercial purposes unrelated to the core functions of the application.

III. Information Storage and Security Protection

1. Data Storage and Encryption

Data Encryption: All transmitted location information is transmitted using encryption technology to ensure the security of data during network transmission.
Data storage period:
- Location data is only processed and synchronized during the period when you authorize sharing and will not be stored permanently for a long time.
- Route records will only be recorded and saved in your device or cloud account (depending on your feature settings) when you actively enable and save them.
Data Storage Location: Our services are provided through global service providers such as Google Firebase, and data may be stored on servers in different regions around the world.

2. Data protection measures

We have adopted various technical and administrative measures, including but not limited to encryption technology, strict access control, regular security audits, firewalls, etc., to do our best to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, disclosure, use, modification, damage, or loss.

IV. Information Sharing, Disclosure, and Third-Party Services

1. Information Sharing and Disclosure

We will not share or disclose your personal information with any third party, except in the following circumstances:

With your authorization: You have actively chosen and agreed to share your location information with your contacts.
Legal Requirements: Comply with applicable laws and regulations and cooperate with the requirements of administrative and judicial authorities.
Security Protection: To prevent serious security risks and ensure the availability and security of services (for non-commercial use).

We will not sell, exchange, or provide data to marketing agencies.

2. Third-Party Service (SDK) Instructions

We use the following third-party service providers (SDKs) to provide necessary functionality, analytics, and advertising services. These third parties may collect and process anonymous technical information on your device, but not including directly identifiable personal information.

Third-party service provider	Integration Purpose (Example SDK Name)	Collect data type (anonymous)
Google Services	Map display, core location services (e.g., play-services-maps, play-services-location)	Location information, device status, network connection status
Google Firebase	Realtime Database, Crashlytics, Remote Config (e.g., firebase-database, firebase-crashlytics, firebase-config, firebase-analytics)	Crash logs, real-time data synchronization status, device information, event tracking data
Adjust	App Attribution and Analysis (e.g., adjust-android)	Anonymous device ID, installation source, usage frequency
AdMob / Meta / MAX / Mintergal	Advertising Display and Management (e.g., play-services-ads, facebook-core)	Advertisement ID, Device ID, Network Status
Subscribe	Subscription Management (e.g., billing-ktx)	Subscription Information, Product SDK
Other	Local Database (e.g., androidx.room:room-runtime, room-ktx, room-compiler), Mobile Phone Number Processing (libphonenumber), Carrier Information Retrieval (libphonenumber:carrier)	Local configuration data, mobile phone information retrieval

Note: Please refer to the official websites of these third-party service providers to understand their respective privacy policies for more detailed information.

Ⅴ. Your Rights

During the use of this service, you may exercise the following rights at any time:

We do not store any of your personal information. You can perform the following operations on your own device:

Revoke Authorization: Revoke authorization for permissions such as location, contacts, notifications, etc. at any time in the device system settings. After the authorization is revoked, we will immediately stop processing the relevant data.
Control Location Sharing: Pause or disable your location sharing feature within the app at any time.
Data Deletion:
- Delete the route records you have actively saved.
- Delete your account and its associated data (please contact us to proceed).
Stop using: Stop using this application and uninstall it.

Ⅵ. Protecting Children's Privacy

This application does not provide services to children under 16 years old. If you believe that we have received children's data without the consent of the guardian or your child has used the application, please contact us immediately and provide relevant information such as the device ID, and we will restrict it as soon as possible.

VII. Policy Updates

We may update this policy from time to time in accordance with functional adjustments or legal and regulatory requirements. We will post the updated policy on this page. Your continued use of this application indicates your acceptance of the revised policy.

Ⅷ. Contact Us

If you have any questions, comments, or suggestions regarding this Privacy Policy or data processing methods, please contact us via the following methods:

Contact Email: [email protected]