Privacy Policy

Phone Track-GPS Number Locate

Thank you for choosing Phone Track-GPS Number Locate. We are dedicated to safeguarding your personal data and ensuring a secure user experience. This document outlines our protocols for collecting, processing, and protecting your information in compliance with global privacy standards.

Please review this policy thoroughly to understand how your data is managed before you start using our services.

I . Data Collection & Permission Usage

We request specific permissions only when they are essential for our app’s performance and feature delivery. We always seek your explicit consent before accessing this data.

Data Type / Permission	Acquisition Method & Scope	Primary Purpose
Geospatial Data	• High-precision GPS, Wi-Fi, and Cellular triangulation • Approximate positioning via IP and base stations • Background tracking (active only upon user enablement)"	Essential Services: Enables real-time tracking, location sharing between circles, and geofencing alerts. Refusing this permission will disable the app's core tracking capabilities. We never track your location without your active permission.
Technical Device Info	Hardware model, OS version, app build number, and network connectivity details (Wi-Fi/LTE).	Maintenance & Optimization: Helps our team diagnose performance issues, optimize the UI for your specific device, and ensure network compatibility.
Marketing Identifiers	Advertising ID (AAID/IDFA) and unique Device Fingerprints.	Ad Delivery: Facilitates relevant advertisement displays and measurement, which allows us to offer the app as a free service to our users.
Contact Directory	Contact names and phone numbers (Accessed only during the "Invite" workflow).	Social Connectivity: Used exclusively to help you find and invite family members to your private circle. We do not harvest or store your entire contact list on our permanent servers.
System Notifications	Push Notification Authorization	Real-time Alerts: Used to send important location update reminders, invitation status notifications, electronic fence arrival/departure events, and other service notifications.

II. Information Utilization

We follow a strict "Data Minimization" policy. Your information is used for:

Core Operations: Delivering live location updates and facilitating safety alerts.
Path History: Generating a timeline of your movements (only when the "History" toggle is manually turned on).
Invitation Management: Streamlining the process of connecting with trusted friends and family.
App Refinement: Analyzing anonymized technical logs to fix bugs and improve overall stability.
Regulatory Compliance: Adhering to legal requests or statutory requirements where applicable.

We guarantee that your personal data is never sold or traded to third-party brokers for unrelated commercial activities.

III. Data Security & Retention

1. Safety Protocols

End-to-End Encryption: All location packets are encrypted during transit to prevent interception by unauthorized parties.

Retention Policy:

⚪︎ Real-time location is ephemeral and only held as long as necessary to sync with your authorized circle.

⚪︎ Movement logs are stored locally or in your private cloud bucket based on your settings and can be deleted by you at any time.

Storage Infrastructure: We utilize secure global cloud infrastructure (like Google Firebase) to host data, which may be located in various secure data centers worldwide.

2. Protective Measures
We employ industry-standard firewalls, access control lists, and regular security audits to defend against data breaches, loss, or unauthorized modification.

IV. Third-Party Integration & Disclosure

1. Authorized Disclosure
We do not disclose your data unless:

• User-Directed: You choose to share your location with specific individuals.

• Legal Mandate: We are required to comply with a valid subpoena or court order.

• Safety & Protection: Necessary to protect the vital interests or safety of our users.

2. External SDK Partners
To provide a high-quality experience, we integrate the following services:

Provider	Purpose	Data Type (Pseudonymized)
Google Maps/GMS	Rendering maps and coordinate conversion	Location data, network state
Google Firebase	Synchronizing real-time tracking data, monitoring app stability, and remote logic updates (e.g., firebase-database, firebase-crashlytics).	System crash logs, data sync status, device profiles, and event interaction data.
Adjust / Attribution	Measuring the effectiveness of marketing campaigns and installation sources (e.g., adjust-android).	Pseudonymized device ID, acquisition source, and engagement metrics.
AdMob / Meta / MAX / Mintergal	Managing and displaying relevant advertisement placements to support free access (e.g., play-services-ads, facebook-core).	Advertising identifiers, unique device tokens, and network environment data.
Transaction Services (Subscribe)	Streamlining premium membership management and secure billing processes (e.g., billing-ktx).	Subscription status, transaction timestamps, and product-specific SDK data.
Internal Utility (Other)	Maintaining local data persistence, parsing international phone formats, and carrier detection (e.g., room-runtime, libphonenumber, libphonenumber:carrier).	Local configuration preferences, regional phone metadata, and mobile ca

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 & Data Control

You maintain full command over your personal information. To exercise your privacy rights, you can perform the following actions directly within your device settings or the app interface:

Withdraw Consent: You may revoke permissions (such as GPS, Contacts, or Notifications) at any moment through your mobile OS settings. Once access is withdrawn, we will immediately cease collecting that specific data.
Toggle Visibility: You can pause or disable live location sharing with any member of your circle whenever you choose via the in-app controls.
Data Erasure:

• You can manually wipe your saved movement history and route logs.

• To request a complete account deletion and the removal of all associated cloud data, please reach out to our support team.
Service Termination: You can stop all data processing by simply uninstalling the application from your device.

VI. Protection of Minors

Phone Track-GPS Number Locate is strictly intended for users aged 16 and older. We do not intentionally gather data from individuals below this age.

If you suspect that a child under 16 has provided us with personal information without parental oversight, please contact us immediately. We will take swift action to validate the claim and permanently delete such data (including device identifiers) from our systems.

VII. Amendments to this Policy

We may periodically revise this Privacy Policy to reflect updates in our features, industry standards, or legal requirements. Any significant changes will be published on this page with an updated "Effective Date."

By continuing to use the App after these modifications, you acknowledge and accept the terms of the updated policy. We encourage you to review this page occasionally to stay informed.

VIII. Reach Out to Us

If you have inquiries, feedback, or concerns regarding your privacy or our data handling practices, please connect with us via the following channel:

Support Email: [email protected]