Updated 20th October 2024
Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy for the app "Step Up – Walking App," referred to as "Application" or "Service," details how we prioritize the safety, security, and privacy of user data. This document covers various sections, including access to information, types of device permissions required, information from third-party social media services, payments, and policies for EU residents, children's privacy, and California residents. Additionally, it outlines changes to this privacy policy and how to contact us.In general, the app does not collect sensitive personal data like email or social media account information. However, to enhance your experience, we collect your username and steps walked data on our server. While this helps personalize your experience, we do not collect data that can directly identify you beyond your chosen username.
In general, we do not collect any kind of data that can be tracked you as a person on our servicer. This is due to the reason that the app does not require you to login. You may use the app without logging in from your email or social media account. This keeps your identity anonymous.
Definitions
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy for the "Step Up – Walking App," the following terms are defined as:
- You: Refers to the individual or user who is accessing or using the Application
- We, Us, and Our: these terms Refers to the company which operates and manages the app "Step Up – Walking App."
- Service or Application: This Refers to the "Step Up – Walking App,"
- Device: It Refers to any device that can access the Application, such as a smartphone or tablet.
- Personal Data: Refers to any information that can be used to identify an individual. In this app, no personal data is collected, stored, or processed.
- Data: Refers to the information related to your usage of the Application, including but not limited to operational data, step count, and other app interactions, but not personally identifiable information.
- Third-Party Services: Refers to external services such as payment processors (e.g., Google Play, Apple App Store) or analytics providers (e.g., Google Analytics), used to enhance the functionality of the Application.
Access to Information or Data
- Personal Data The company does not take any personal information from the user while using the service, other than the below general information regarding his health which in no means can be used to track the identity of the person: The information collected in the app is as follows:
- Age
- Gender
- Height
- Weight
- Estimated steps walked
- username
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Log Data: To provide a seamless service and enhance your personal experience for the provision of this service, the app collects and uses specific information through third party products like Google Analytics. This data includes the phone log data where app crashes or usage is identified. This information includes device ID, IP (internet protocol), geographic location, device type, version of operating system, date and time of usage of the app browser type, preferred language, activity, time zone, and other diagnostic data.
- Operational Data: The data of your interaction with the services related to operations can be collected that may include time and date of the usage, specific page visits, interaction with specific features, page response time, time of using the service, navigation flow or overall operational interaction with the app.
Types of Device Permission Needed
- Physical Activity permission – While using the service of the app you allow us to access your physical activity that is used for pedometer feature measuring your waling steps. This activity includes the permission of Activity recognition and foreground service usage.
- Ignore Battery Optimization permission – The app takes permission from the user to ignore the battery optimization which is important to correctly and continuously detect the walking steps for appropriate function of the pedometer.
Retention of Your Personal Data
User’s data will be retained for the duration necessary to fulfill the purpose stated in this privacy policy. This is to comply with legal obligations, resolving any disputes or abide by the agreements and policies. The user data may be retained for internal analysis purposes, though it is retained for shorter period of time, unless a longer period of retention is required for enhanced functionality of the app, security or legal obligations. The user may request to delete data if necessary by emailing
Information from Third-Party Social Media Services
The company does not have log in options for the users through third party actors and thus no personal data is access or granted permission at this moment.
Disclosure of Information
Since we do not access, store, or collect any personal data from our app, the disclosure of information is limited to the following minimal cases:
- Law Enforcement: While we do not collect or store personal data, if required by law or in response to valid legal requests (such as subpoenas, court orders, or other legal processes), we will comply with legal obligations concerning any operational data handled by the app.
- Other Legal Requirements: Although we do not hold personal user information, we may still need to disclose certain information (such as minimal operational data) if we believe in good faith that such action is necessary to comply with legal obligations, protect our rights, prevent wrongdoing, or ensure the safety of users or the public.
- Third-Party Sites: The app may link to third-party websites or services. We do not control their content or privacy practices, and we strongly recommend reviewing the privacy policies of these websites before interacting with them.
Third-Party Analytics and Advertising
We use third-party services to enhance the functionality and analytics of the app. These services include:
- Analytics: We use Google Analytics to gather usage data, which helps us improve the app's performance and functionality.Further, he app uses a third party platform (Smartlook) for screen recording of the app usage for understanding Comprehensive product analytics & visual user insights. Smartlook privacy policy can be assessed here (Smart look privacy policy). The analytics used here are automatically deleted after the threshold time as explained in the privacy policy.
- Advertising: We display ads via AdMob by Google AdSense, DoubleClick Cookie, AdMob by Google, and Ad services from Google & Meta. These third-party ad networks may use cookies and similar technologies to serve personalized ads based on your usage of the app. Link to the privacy policy of third-party service providers used by the app
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Google Ads and Analytics Opting out
Data Sharing with Third-Party Advertisers
For the purpose of serving advertisement specific to a user interest, some of the data which is non-personally identified information can be shared to ad serving bodies (third party advertisers or networks). This is to assure that this data does not contain any kind of data that can be identified as personal including but not limited to name of the user, email address or contact information. The purpose of sharing this information is to display relevant advertisement depending on user interests.
Opting Out of Personalized Advertisements (Advertising Data Collection and Sharing):
- You can opt out of the use of the DoubleClick Cookie for interest-based advertising by visiting the Google Ads Settings page.
Payments
The app does not offer Payment option and it is absolutely free to use all features.
EU Residents
As outlined under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), if you are an EU resident, you have specific privacy rights:
- Request Access: You may request access to any personal data we may hold. Since we do not store personal data, there is no need to request deletion or data access.
- Correction of Data: If any data we hold needs to be corrected, you may request the correction of such information, though we do not collect any identifiable personal data.
- Object to Processing: You have the right to object to the processing of your data, though minimal operational data is processed for functionality.
- Data Transfer: If applicable, you can request a copy of any personal data we process, though none is stored or collected.
- Withdrawal of Consent: You may withdraw your consent to data processing at any time, though the app does not require explicit consent for personal data processing since no such data is stored.
Children's Privacy
We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13. If we become aware that we have unintentionally gathered such information, we will promptly take steps to delete it. Parents or guardians who believe that their child has provided us with personal information should contact us immediately.
California Residents
Under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), residents of California have specific privacy rights:
- The Right to Notice: You have the right to be informed of the personal data collected about you. We do not collect any such data.
- The Right to Access/Request/Correct: You may request access to the personal data or request the correction of inaccurate personal data we may hold.
- The Right to Know if your personal data is shared: You have the right to know if or what type of personal data is shared with the app or third party services within the application. You may request details of any personal data collected and processed.
- Right to opt-out of “selling” data and sharing practices: You may opt out of the sale or share of your certain data to third parties who may use it only for their own specific objectives. However this is only applied to data we shared or sell to third parties. In this context “selling” in no means refer to exchange of data in return of financial gains rather it refers to disclosure of data to third parties who pay use it for their own purpose like advertisement where personal information is not identified in any way.
- The Right to Delete Personal Data: You may request the deletion of your personal data.
- The Right Not to Be Discriminated against: You will not be discriminated against for exercising any of your privacy rights under the CCPA.
Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA) Rights
If you are a resident of Virginia, you are entitled to certain rights under the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA). These rights include:
- Right to Access: You have the right to request confirmation of whether we are processing your personal data and access to that data.
- Right to Correct: You have the right to request the correction of inaccurate personal data that we hold about you.
- Right to Delete: You have the right to request the deletion of your personal data
- Right to Data Portability: You have the right to request a copy of the personal data you have provided to us in a portable and, where feasible, readily usable format.
- Right to Opt-Out: You have the right to opt out of the processing of your personal data for purposes of targeted advertising, the sale of personal data, or profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects concerning you.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page, and we will notify users through an in-app notification or via email if applicable. We encourage users to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any updates.
Contact Us
If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or your rights concerning data protection or you may want to contact data protection officer (DPO), you may contact us directly atinfo@sumraf.com