Privacy at Phone Tracker - Find My Phone

Our Privacy Policy

We are constantly working on better protection of your data. Here with, we would like to inform you about the nature, scope and purpose of data handling at app. It is very important for app to collect, process and store your data with the best possible protection and with highest confidentiality. For this reason, we inform you in more detail about this subject.

About basic information

  • This application attaches great importance to the privacy of your data. Your data is not shared with third parties for advertising purposes.
  • All data and permissions processed in this application are for the purpose of enabling a specific feature of the application.
  • If you wish, you can deactivate those who follow you with a click.
  • You can log out of App at any time or contact us to get your personal data deleted.
  • We comply with the German Bundesdatenschutzgesetz (BDSG) as well as the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
  • By integrated data privacy settings in the app you can access and change your privacy settings at any time.

    • What is the scope of our privacy policy

    This privacy statement applies to our Phone Tracker - Find My Phone application. You can review this page at any time to see changes to our privacy policy from time to time. When collecting, processing and storing your personal data, we comply with the legal requirements in Germany and the European Union. These can be found in the “Bundesdatenschutzgesetz” (BDSG) and the “Telemediengesetz” (TMG) as well as in the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The legal basis for processing personally identifiable data (PII) is Art. 6 I f) EU GDPR. In order to implement these specific laws we focus on the publication “Orientierungshilfe zu den Datenschutzanforderungen an App-Entwickler und App-Anbieter” of the “Düsseldorfer Kreis”, an association of German data protection authorities, published on 16th of June 2014. In this document the authorities point out which data protection and technical requirements for the development and deployment of mobile applications apply. Also, we fulfill the requirements of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

    What kind of data do we collect and how long to we store it?

    The following data is collected and processed during your use of the app App (technical data):

  • Purchase receipts (in-app purchases; stored until account deletion)
  • Contacts in your phone book: These are processed, but not saved.
  • Location data, device settings and network carrier (only last state is cached without permanent storage)
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    What feature are application permissions used for?

    All permissions requested by the app serve the purpose to provide you a specific feature within the Phone Tracker - Find My Phone app.

    Permissions on Android devices:

  • In-app purchases: To make in-app purchases of premium features available
    Identity: Management of the FamiloApp user accounts
  • Contacts: To add other people to your group
  • Location: To share your location with your group members
  • SMS: To send invitation SMS to your group members
  • WiFi: information about whether you have an active Internet connection
  • Device ID: verifying your phone number when registering
  • Background Updates: Update your location even when the app is not running in the foreground
  • Contacts: To invite your group members to Phone Tracker - Find My Phone
  • Location: To share your location with your group members
  • Notifications: Automatic alerts when someone arrives at a location, or sends a message

    • What permissions do we need and how do we use your data?

  • For the collection, processing and transmission of your usage data we request you to give electronic consent at the beginning of your Phone Tracker - Find My Phone usage.
    1. Before registration, you will be notified that by registering you agree to our privacy policy and terms of use.
    2. You can open our privacy policy and terms of use and read them directly from the registration screen.
    3. You are informed in our privacy policy and terms of use that your consent can be revoked at any time, for example, by deleting your user account or by e-mailing us.
  • The manually entered data (pseudonym username) are required to enable the use of the Phone Tracker - Find My Phone app and its features.
  • You can use FamiloApp by entering a pseudonym. There is no need to enter your real name in the app.
  • For the app and all of its features to work properly, automatic collection and use of additional data is required during sessions (see section "What kind of data do we collect?").
  • Your user account is created using a randomized user ID (technically as 12-byte ObjectId value). We use this account to authenticate users and ensure system security for example.
  • After you granted Phone Tracker - Find My Phone access to your address book, we will propose contacts to connect with, which are also registered on Phone Tracker - Find My Phone.
  • You can connect with others and share content with them within Phone Tracker - Find My Phone.
  • The contacts in your address book will be processed but not stored.
  • All data is collected and processed by Phone Tracker - Find My Phone in the minimum necessity to guarantee the functionality of the app.
  • Regarding location data, for example, our users expect a very high accuracy, which is why we provide it to our users in this form.
  • If the user has chosen a less accurate location mode ("Places only" or "Invisible") in the app, the location is not detected by us permanently, but only in the moments required for these respective functions.
  • By offering personalized and prominent adjustable location modes for users we follow the "privacy by design" principle.
  • A collection and processing of your data for billing purposes payment transactions will not take place.

    • How and to whom is data passed?

    To improve the features of the Phone Tracker - Find My Phone app as well as your user experience continually, we perform aggregated analyses of the app usage. To achieve the best possible analysis of this data, we rely on specialized third party services. Third parties must agree to our restrictions in terms of access, storage and use of your personal data. For that we do contractual arrangements (for example, with a contract for data processing) and technical measures to restrict possible misuse of such information by the third party, but we do not take any liability for any third party to comply with these restrictions and agreements. The transfer takes place exclusively through a TLS/SSL encryption. The following services receive specific data for further processing.

    From the app:

  • Localytics (usage statistics)
  • Firebase (usage statistics, crash reports)
  • Google Analytics (usage statistics)
  • Google (Google Play Store)

    From our servers:

  • Digital ocean (server hosting)
  • Google Cloud (server hosting)

    • Improvement of our service by collecting statistical data values

    In order to improve our service for you, we use data generated while using the Phone Tracker - Find My Phone app. This includes better understanding of app usage in order to better tailor Phone Tracker - Find My Phone service offerings to the needs of our customers. According to Art. 6 I f) EU GDPR we have a legitimate interest to collect such statistical data values. It comprises the following data points: app starts, session lengths feature usage, IP address, Mobile ad IDs, Installation UUID, Android IDs. For tracking these data points, creating statistics and derive improvement analysis we handover this data to the following third party services:

  • Localytics
  • Fabric
  • Firebase
  • Google Analytics

    • How can I delete or access information about myself?

    When you delete the application, your personal data and information will be automatically deleted from our systems within 90 days.

    What do we do technologically to prevent damage?

    We take all reasonable technical and organizational actions to ensure the security of the app, the data transmission and our server (Technical data privacy). To prevent unauthorized access or unauthorized disclosure and to ensure the accuracy of the data and the legitimate use of the data, we have the appropriate technical and organizational procedures to secure the data, which is handled in the Phone Tracker - Find My Phone app.

    The local storage on the device takes place only to the extent as is necessary for providing the features of Phone Tracker - Find My Phone. When uninstalling the app we will erase all data from the device. On Android device data stored on the external memory of the device might be retained even when uninstalling the app.

    Some particular screens(Privacy policy vs..) within the Phone Tracker - Find My Phone app will be loaded as Web pages. These are exclusively family Tracker-owned web pages and no third party websites.

    Your registration and authentication in the app is done through a unique code which is sent via SMS to you and then has to be typed into the app. Thus, we provide a level of security as high as in mobile TAN processing in online banking.
    The transfer of data to our server backend is handled via a secure TLS/SSL encryption by using a HTTPS protocol.

    Where can I find the latest version of this document?

    Our privacy statement is easily accessible at any time, it is also available during the use of the app, from our website and from our Google Play Store pages. We update this Privacy Policy regularly to altered functionality in the FamiloApp app. This latest version is dated 10th June 2023.

    Who is responsible and how do I contact Phone Tracker - Find My Phone?

    You can contact us immediately by sending an e-mail to massnovadroid@gmail.com.

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