1. Introduction
Welcome to StatusVerse ("we," "our," or "us"). We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring you have a positive experience when using our mobile application. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our mobile application and related API services.
By using StatusVerse, you consent to the data practices described in this policy. If you do not agree with the terms of this Privacy Policy, please do not access or use the application.
2. Information We Collect
We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect via the Application includes:
Personal Data
When you sign in using Google Sign-In, we collect certain profile information provided by Google, including:
- Your name
- Your email address
- Your profile picture URL
- A unique Google identifier (UID)
This information is used to authenticate your identity, create your user account, and synchronize your liked and saved quotes across multiple devices.
Application Usage Data
To improve our service, we collect metrics about your interactions with the app, such as:
- Quotes you like or save to your favorites.
- Search queries, selected categories, and navigation patterns.
- Analytics event logs (via Firebase Analytics) such as screen views and session duration.
Device Permissions
To provide specific features, StatusVerse requests access to certain device resources. You can grant or revoke these permissions at any time through your device settings:
- Microphone & Speech Recognition: Used exclusively to enable the voice-search feature, allowing you to search for quotes using your voice. Audio processing is completed locally on your device or via native system APIs and is never stored on our servers.
- Storage / Media Access: Needed to save quotes as images or download custom background templates to your device gallery.
- Notifications: Used to send daily motivational quotes and status updates to your device if you opt-in.
3. Third-Party Services
We leverage trusted third-party SDKs and services to assist us in operating our application, analyzing usage, and delivering advertisements. These third parties have access to your data only to perform specific tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose:
- Google Authentication: Used for secure user onboarding and sign-in processes.
- Firebase (Analytics, Crashlytics, Cloud Messaging): Used to monitor app stability, analyze crash logs to resolve bugs, and deliver daily motivation push notifications.
- Google AdMob (Mobile Ads SDK): Used to display advertisements inside the application. AdMob may collect device identifiers and location data to serve personalized or non-personalized ads in accordance with their privacy policies.
4. Data Deletion & Retention Policy
We retain your personal data for as long as your account is active. If you wish to delete your account and remove all associated data, you can do so directly within the app:
Navigate to Settings > Delete Account. Confirming this action will immediately and permanently delete your profile information, liked quotes, and saved quotes from our active database servers.
If you encounter any issues deleting your account, you can email us at avishshiroya87@gmail.com to request data removal.
5. Security of Your Information
We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.
6. Children's Privacy
Our services do not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. In the case we discover that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we immediately delete this from our servers. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us.
7. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
8. Contact Us
If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
Email: avishshiroya87@gmail.com