Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy applies to Abja Soft and our Android mobile applications (each an “App”). In the below policy, we inform you about the scope of the processing of your Personal Data when you are using our App.. 

General Information

Nepal’s Privacy Act 2018 (“PA”) and the General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”) require us to inform you how we process your Personal Data. Doing so we will only use your Personal Data in accordance with the PA and the GDPR, and only as described in this Privacy Policy. 

When designing our App, we have made sure that no information that directly identifies you is collected. As however some countries have a broader definition of Personal Data this policy covers it. In this sense we would need to first of all explore the definition of Personal Data.

Personal Data is any information relating to personal or material circumstances that relates to an identified or identifiable individual. This includes, for example, your name, date of birth, e-mail address, postal address, or telephone number as well as online identifiers such as your IP address and device ID. 

"Processing" means any operation or set of operations which is performed upon Personal Data, whether or not by automatic means. The term is broad and covers virtually any handling of data.

Responsible for data processing is Abja Soft of Chipledhunga 4, Pokhara, Kaski 33700, Nepal (“we”, “us”, or “our”). If you have any questions or if you wish to exercise your rights, please contact us using suc333l@gmai.com. 

In accordance with the PA and GDPR, we have to have at least one of the following legal bases to process your Personal Data: a) you have given your consent, b) the data is necessary for the fulfillment of a contract / pre-contractual measures, c) the data is necessary for the fulfillment of a legal obligation, or d) the data is necessary to protect our legitimate interests, provided that your interests are not overridden. 



Processing of Automatically Collected Data

Our App can be downloaded from the "Google Playstore" a service offered by Google, 1600 Amphitheatre Parkway Mountain View, CA 94043, US, if you are resident outside the EU and Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland if you are a resident within the EU. Downloading it may require prior registration with the Google Play Store and/or installation of the Google Play Store software.

As far as we are aware, Google collects and processes the following data: License check, network access, network connection, WLAN connections, and location information. However, it cannot be ruled out that Google also transmits the information to a server in a third country. We cannot influence which personal data Google processes with your registration and the provision of downloads in the Play Store and Play Store software. The responsible party in this respect is solely Google as the operator of the Google Play Store. 

Google may collect information from and about the device(s) you use to access our App, including hardware and software information such as IP address, device ID and type, device-specific and APP settings and properties, APP crashes, advertising IDs (AAID), information about your wireless and mobile network connection such as your service provider and signal strength; information about device sensors such as accelerometer, gyroscope, and compass.

We may request access or permission from your mobile device for internet access. The legal basis for data processing is our legitimate interest and the provision of contractual or pre-contractual measures. You can change your permissions at any time via the settings menu of your device.

Our App uses the Google Admob service to display ads. Ads are personalized based on the device you are using. You can disable this via the settings on your device. Google may use the advertising ID of your device, as well as cookies and/or similar technologies, to collect personal data for the purpose of generating and displaying personalized advertising. More detailed information about what data Google collects and how it is processed can be found here. 

Advertisers and third parties also may collect information about your activity on our APP, on devices associated with you, and on third-party sites and applications using tracking technologies. Tracking data collected by these advertisers and third parties is used to decide which ads you see both on our App and on third-party sites and applications. If you do not wish to participate in our advertising personalisation or retargeting/tracking you can object to behavioral advertising at the following websites: Your Online Choices, Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada, Network Advertising Initiative or AdChoices. In addition, you may also choose to control targeted advertising you receive within applications by using the settings and controls on your devices and/or use the checkbox function displayed when you launch our App.

When you make a in app-purchase, Google may collect the following data from you to process the desired order:

For the management and analysis of in-app purchases, the App uses the product RevenueCat from Revenue Cat, Inc. You consent to the collection of data by the App and its transmission to RevenueCat. If the storage of the provided data by the third-party provider is not desired, the use of the App is to be refrained from.

Our App uses the tool Crashlytics, which is part of the Firebase platform of Google to log crashes of our App. No personal data is transmitted. Only real-time crash reports with precise details of code locations and device information are sent, which is intended to simplify maintenance and improve the resulting stability of our App. The legal basis for data processing is our legitimate interest. In the settings under data services, you can select whether you want to send crash reports or not. 

Our App uses the web analytics service Google Analytics for Firebase, which uses tracking technologies to track your use of our App. In this respect, information is generated about, among other things, the number of users and their sessions, the session duration, the operating system used by the users, their device model, the region from which our App is accessed, the first start of our App, our App execution and any updates.

In order to provide the relevant data for analysis, Firebase Analytics uses your device's advertising ID, an app instance ID (a randomly generated number that identifies a single app installation), and the IP address, which is shortened (IP masking) before being processed on Google's servers (which may be located outside the EU/EEA) to generate the usage analysis. You can object to the use of Firebase Analytics at any time by disabling the sending of usage statistics in your device settings (Reset Advertising ID). We have no influence on these data processing operations.



Data processing by us

Contacting us

If you contact us, we process the following data from you for the purpose of processing and handling your request: first name, last name, e-mail address, and, if applicable, other information if you have provided it, and your message. The legal basis for the data processing is our obligation to fulfill the contract and/or to fulfill our pre-contractual obligations and/or our overriding legitimate interest in processing your request.



General Principles

In accordance with Art. 8 of the GDPR, the processing of Personal Data relating to a person younger than 16 years requires the consent of a parent or legal guardian. Further and in line with the US Children's Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA) operators of websites and online services are required to protect the privacy of children under the age of 13 years. Specifically, both the GDPR and COPPA stipulate that a) we must seek and require verifiable parental consent; b) we must provide an appropriate privacy policy, and c) clearly set out our responsibilities regarding children's privacy and safety online. 

We do not allow users under the age of 13 (US only) or 16 (EU only) to use our APP and we do not knowingly collect any data from users under the age of 13 (US only) or 16 (EU only), unless verifiable parental or legal guardian consent is obtained through direct offline contact. If you suspect that a user is a minor, please report it to us as soon as possible.

In general, your App data is saved and stored locally in your device’s storage. 

Automated decision-making including profiling does not take place.

We do not sell your Personal Data.

We will not disclose or otherwise distribute your Personal Data to third parties unless this is a) necessary for the performance of our services, b) you have consented to the disclosure, c) or the disclosure of data is permitted by relevant legal provisions. In addition, we may disclose your Personal Data: in connection with law enforcement, fraud prevention or other legal proceedings; as required by law or regulation; or if we have reason to believe that disclosure is necessary to protect us and our App.

We usually do not transfer Personal Data, however, if we do we ensure that processing is governed by Processing Agreements that include Standard Contractual Clauses to ensure a high level of data protection.

Our data processing is subject to the principle that we only process the Personal Data that is necessary for the use of our services. In doing so, we take great care to ensure that your privacy and the confidentiality of all Personal Data are always guaranteed.

Nonetheless, databases or data sets that include Personal Data may be breached inadvertently or through wrongful intrusion. Upon becoming aware of a data breach, we will notify all affected individuals whose Personal Data may have been compromised, and the notice will be accompanied by a description of the action being taken to reconcile any damage as a result of the data breach. Notices will be provided as expeditiously as possible after which the breach was discovered.



Updates

We may update this policy from time to time. If we make changes, we will revise the effective date at the end of this section. If you would like to contact us regarding our privacy practices for any reason, please do so using suc333l@gmai.com. We encourage you to periodically review this policy to be informed of how we use and protect your Personal Data. This policy was last updated on Wednesday, 4th of January, 2024.