Skin Diseases and Treatments

We do not operate any account system, login, or server-side profile for this app, and we do not ask you to submit personal information in order to use it. The categories below are the complete set of information involved.

• Data stored only on your device. The app saves your preferences and any items you save or bookmark to your device’s local storage so the app remembers them between sessions. This data never leaves your device, is not transmitted to us, and is removed when you clear the app’s data or uninstall the app.
• Advertising identifier and ad-request data. The app displays ads through Google AdMob. To serve and measure ads, the Google Mobile Ads SDK processes your device’s advertising ID, IP address (from which an approximate, city-or-region-level location may be derived), device and operating system details, and ad interaction events such as impressions and clicks.
• Usage and device analytics. Google Analytics for Firebase collects pseudonymous app events (for example, screens opened, session length, and app version), along with device model, operating system version, and coarse region. We use this in aggregate to understand which content is useful; it does not identify you by name.
• Crash and diagnostic data. Firebase Crashlytics records crash stack traces, the device state at the time of a crash, device model, and OS version so we can find and fix stability problems.
• Purchase confirmations. If you make an in-app purchase, Google Play processes the payment and returns a purchase token, product ID, and purchase status so the app can unlock what you bought. We never receive or store your card number, bank details, or billing address.
• Information you send us voluntarily. If you email our support address, we receive your email address and whatever you choose to write, and we use it only to reply.

The app does not request or collect your name, phone number, contacts, photos, files, precise GPS location, health records, or any information you type as a health query. It contains no symptom-submission, diagnosis, or profile feature.

The app includes software development kits (SDKs) from Google. Each provider processes data as an independent controller under its own privacy policy:

• Google AdMob — serves and measures ads. How Google uses information from apps that use its services.
• Google Analytics for Firebase — aggregate usage measurement. Firebase privacy and security.
• Firebase Crashlytics — crash and stability reporting. Firebase privacy and security.
• Google Play Billing — processes all payments. Google Privacy Policy.

We do not embed advertising, analytics, or tracking SDKs from any other company in this app.

• To display the app’s educational content and remember your in-app preferences.
• To show ads, keep the app free, and measure ad performance and fraud.
• To understand which features are used, diagnose crashes, and improve stability.
• To deliver, restore, and verify in-app purchases.
• To reply to support messages you send us.
• To meet legal obligations and enforce our terms.

We do not use your information to build advertising or health profiles about you, and we do not make automated decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects.

If you are in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, we rely on the following legal bases under the GDPR / UK GDPR:

• Consent (Art. 6(1)(a)) — for personalised advertising and for optional analytics. Where consent is required, it is requested in-app through Google’s User Messaging Platform consent form, and you can change your choice at any time from the app’s privacy or settings option.
• Contract (Art. 6(1)(b)) — to deliver and restore any in-app purchase you make.
• Legitimate interests (Art. 6(1)(f)) — to keep the app secure and stable, prevent fraud and ad abuse, and fix crashes.
• Legal obligation (Art. 6(1)(c)) — where we must retain or disclose information by law.

This app is free and supported by ads. Depending on your region and your consent choice, ads may be personalised (selected using your advertising ID and inferred interests) or non-personalised (selected using only coarse context such as approximate region and the content of the app).

• Change your consent. In the EEA, UK, and Switzerland the app presents a Google-certified consent form, and you can reopen it from the app to withdraw or change your choice.
• Opt out of ad personalisation. On your device, open Settings → Google → Ads and turn on “Opt out of Ads Personalisation,” or delete your advertising ID entirely. Android 12 and later lets you remove the ID, after which apps receive a string of zeros.
• Reset your identifier. Resetting the advertising ID in the same settings screen severs the link to previously collected ad data.
• Google’s controls. You can review and adjust Google’s own ad settings at myadcenter.google.com.

Turning off personalisation does not remove ads. If you prefer an ad-free experience, check the app for an ad-removal in-app purchase where offered.

The app offers optional in-app purchases. All payments are handled by Google Play Billing under Google’s Privacy Policy. We never see or store your payment card number or full billing information — we receive only the purchase token, product ID, and status needed to unlock and restore your purchase. Refunds, cancellations, and billing disputes are handled by Google Play under its refund policy.

The app requests only the permissions needed for the features described above. You can review or revoke permissions at any time in Settings → Apps → Skin Diseases and Treatments → Permissions.

• Internet and network state. Required to load ads, deliver in-app purchases, and send anonymous analytics and crash reports.
• Advertising ID (com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID). Declared by the Google Mobile Ads SDK so ads can be served and measured, and so frequency capping works.

The app does not request camera, microphone, contacts, SMS, call log, precise location, or health-sensor permissions.

We do not sell your personal information, and we do not share it for cross-context behavioural advertising outside the ad serving described above. Information is shared only:

• With the Google services listed above, which process data on their own terms in order to serve ads, measure usage, report crashes, and process purchases.
• When required by law, regulation, legal process, or a valid government request.
• To investigate or prevent fraud, abuse, or threats to the safety of users or the public.
• In connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, in which case we will state so in an updated policy before your information becomes subject to a different policy.

How each category of data is deleted:

• Data stored on your device. You delete this yourself, immediately and in full, by opening Settings → Apps → Skin Diseases and Treatments → Storage → Clear data, or simply by uninstalling the app — uninstalling erases all of the app’s local data. We have no access to this data at any point and therefore cannot delete it for you.
• Analytics data. Deleted automatically by Google. Pseudonymous Firebase Analytics event data expires on Google’s retention schedule — a maximum of 14 months — after which it is deleted or retained only in aggregate form that cannot be linked to a device. You can also stop future collection immediately by deleting your advertising ID on your device.
• Crash and diagnostic data. Deleted automatically by Google. Firebase Crashlytics retains crash reports for 90 days, after which they are permanently deleted.
• Advertising data. Held and expired by Google under its own retention schedule, not by us. You can sever the link to it at any time by deleting or resetting your advertising ID in Settings → Google → Ads, and you can review or delete Google-held ad activity at myactivity.google.com.
• Purchase records. Held by Google Play as part of your Play account and its financial records, not by us. We hold no copy. Requests about purchase records go to Google Play support, since we have no ability to delete them.
• Support emails. If you choose to email us, that message stays in our inbox only until your question is resolved and is then deleted. It is never added to a database and is not used for anything else.

Why there is no deletion request to send us. We have no database, no account records, and no administrative access to the analytics, crash, or advertising data held by Google — so there is no request we could act on and no data we could delete on your behalf. Emailing us cannot delete this data and we do not offer it as a route, because it would not work. The controls listed above are the only ones that have any effect, and every one of them is available to you directly on your device, immediately, without contacting anyone.

The app communicates with Google’s services over encrypted HTTPS/TLS connections, and content stored on your device is protected by Android’s per-app sandbox. We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect information against unauthorised access, alteration, or loss. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, however, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

This app is not directed to children. It is rated for a general or teen audience on Google Play and is not part of the Play Families programme. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 (or the equivalent minimum age in your region, such as 16 in parts of the EEA). If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, contact us at help.adriadevs@gmail.com and we will delete it promptly.

Depending on where you live, you may have some or all of the following rights over personal information relating to you:

• EEA, UK, and Switzerland. Access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability, objection to processing based on legitimate interests, and the right to withdraw consent at any time without affecting processing already carried out. You may also lodge a complaint with your local supervisory authority.
• California (CCPA/CPRA). The right to know, delete, and correct personal information, and to opt out of sale or sharing. We do not sell personal information and do not knowingly sell or share the personal information of consumers under 16. You will never be discriminated against for exercising a right.
• Other regions (including India’s DPDP Act, Brazil’s LGPD, and Canada’s PIPEDA) — comparable access, correction, and deletion rights.

Because we hold no personal information about you, most of these rights are exercised directly through the device-level controls described in Data deletion and retention — clearing app data, deleting your advertising ID, and revoking permissions — which are available to you at any time without contacting anyone. There is no deletion request to submit to us, as we have no records to erase. For any question about your rights, email help.adriadevs@gmail.com; we reply free of charge within 30 days.

The Google services used by this app operate globally, so information may be processed on servers outside your country, including in the United States. Where required, these transfers rely on safeguards such as the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses and the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, as described in Google’s privacy and data-transfer documentation.

The app does not collect, record, or transmit any health information about you. Nothing you read or save in the app is reported to us, to advertisers, or to any third party as health data.

We may update this policy as the app changes or as legal requirements evolve. When we do, we will revise the effective date at the top of this page, and this URL will always host the current version. Material changes — such as adding a new category of data collection — will be highlighted in the app or on its Play Store listing before they take effect. Please review this page periodically.

For any question, concern, or request about this policy or the app’s handling of data:

• Developer: Adria Devs
• Email: help.adriadevs@gmail.com
• Policy URL: https://adriadevs.web.app/skin-diseases/privacy-policy
• App listing: Google Play — Skin Diseases and Treatments