Privacy Policy

Last updated: May 24, 2025

FindPhonebyClapHome ("we", "our", or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our mobile application FindPhonebyClapHome (the "App"). Please read this policy carefully. If you disagree with its terms, please discontinue use of the App.

1. Information We Collect

We may collect the following types of information:

• Device Information: Device model, operating system version, unique device identifiers, and advertising ID.
• Usage Data: App features used, session duration, crash logs, and diagnostic data.
• Microphone Access: The App uses your device microphone solely to detect clap sounds for phone-finding functionality. Audio is processed locally on your device and is never recorded, stored, or transmitted.
• IP Address: Collected automatically when you use the App; anonymized as soon as technically feasible.
• Advertising ID: A unique, resettable identifier used for ad personalization. You may reset or opt out of personalization in your device settings.
• Search Queries: Queries entered through any in-app search feature.

2. How We Use Your Information

• To provide, operate, and maintain the App and its features.
• To improve, personalize, and expand our App.
• To understand and analyze how you use the App.
• To develop new products, services, and features.
• To display relevant advertisements.
• To detect and prevent fraud and comply with legal obligations.
• To communicate important notices about the App.

3. Legal Basis for Processing

We process your data based on: your consent, contractual necessity to provide the App's core functionality, compliance with legal obligations, and our legitimate interests in operating and improving the App.

4. Third-Party Services

The App integrates third-party SDKs and services that may collect data independently under their own privacy policies. We do not control their data practices.

• Google AdMob – advertising: https://policies.google.com/privacy
• Google Analytics for Firebase – analytics: https://firebase.google.com/policies/analytics
• Firebase Crashlytics – crash reporting: https://firebase.google.com/support/privacy

5. Data Sharing and Disclosure

We do not sell your personal information. We may share data with:

• Service providers who assist us in operating the App, bound by confidentiality obligations.
• Law enforcement or governmental authorities when required by applicable law.
• A successor entity in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets.

6. Data Retention

We retain your data only as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this policy or as required by law. Aggregated, anonymized data may be retained indefinitely.

7. Data Security

We implement industry-standard technical and organizational measures, including SSL/TLS encryption in transit, to protect your information. However, no method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure.

8. Children's Privacy

The App is not directed to children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that we have inadvertently received such information, we will delete it promptly.

9. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the following rights:

• Access & Portability: Request a copy of the data we hold about you.
• Correction: Request correction of inaccurate data.
• Deletion: Request deletion of your personal data.
• Opt-Out of Targeted Advertising: Opt out via your device's advertising settings or by contacting us.
• Withdraw Consent: Where processing is based on consent, withdraw it at any time without affecting prior processing.

California residents may exercise additional rights under the CCPA. Virginia, Colorado, and Connecticut residents have rights under their respective state privacy laws.

10. International Data Transfers

Your information may be transferred to and processed in countries other than your own. We take reasonable steps to ensure adequate protections are in place for such transfers.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of material changes by updating the "Last updated" date. Your continued use of the App after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of the revised policy.

12. Contact Us

If you have questions or requests regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

Email: gurk2011@sohu.com