This is the privacy policy for the app BreakFree available for
Android devices. It outlines the information that is gathered by the app on your
device, and how that information may be used. We take your privacy very
seriously; and data collected by us is treated securely and confidentially.
Data stored on your device
One of the prime functions of BreakFree is to monitor the users
phone usage and provide an addiction score. We also provide statistical graphs
with regards to the users phone usage. This functionality requires the
gathering and storing of phone usage data on your device. This data includes
the users screen locks, screen unlocks and time spent on the phone. The
addiction score calculated by the app is also stored on the device on a daily
basis.
The app also offers certain scheduling tools to help the user
stay away from his phone. These schedules also need to be stored on the device.
We do not store any personal or sensitive information such as
phone numbers, passwords, contacts, etc.
Data transmitted via Google Analytics
As is standard with Android applications distributed through the
Google Play Store, Google gathers and shares certain non-personally
identifiable information (such as usage statistics) with the particular
application developer using built-in functionality of the Google Play Store.
We receive also receive this non-personally identifiable data,
as well as further similar anonymous data gathered on the users device such as
features used, daily unlocks, daily phone usage time, top five apps used and
their times via Google Analytics, a third party analytics package. We use this
data for business operations and planning, including application improvement,
debugging, and marketing.
No personally identifying information is ever transmitted to us.
Data sharing with third parties
We will only share transmitted data with third parties for the
following purposes and in the following ways:
We will not share your
personal information with any third party since this is never collected by us.
However, we may share with any third party aggregated and anonymized
information, such as overall usage statistics across large groups of users.
These third parties may include, for instance, vendors, affiliates, or
customers who assist us in providing its products and services.
We may share any data that you have transmitted if required by
law, if it believes it is necessary to comply with a court of competent
jurisdiction or other legal requirements of any government authority, if it
believes it would potentially mitigate its liability in an actual or potential
lawsuit, if it believes it is otherwise necessary to protect its rights or
property, or if we sell our business to a third party.
This policy was last updated on November 4, 2014.