Last Updated: August 14, 2025
Welcome to Find My Phone by Clap: Alarm ("we," "our," or "us"). We are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains our policies and procedures on the collection, use, and disclosure of your information when you use our mobile application (the "Service") and tells you about your privacy rights.
By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy.
1. Information We Collect (and What We Don't)
We designed Find My Phone by Clap: Alarm with your privacy as a top priority. Our application does not collect, store, or transmit any Personally Identifiable Information (PII) such as your name, email address, location, or contacts.
a) Audio Data
The core function of our Service requires access to your device's microphone. This access is used for the sole purpose of detecting clapping sounds.
On-Device Processing: The audio stream is processed in real-time, entirely on your device.
No Recording or Storage: We never record, save, or store any audio. The audio data is analyzed locally for clap patterns and is immediately discarded.
No Transmission: No audio data is ever transmitted off your device to our servers or any third party.
b) Non-Personal and Advertising Data
To support our Service, we partner with Google AdMob to display advertisements. AdMob may collect anonymous, non-personal data to serve relevant ads. This data may include:
Device Information: Such as your device's advertising ID, IP address, device type, and operating system.
Ad Interaction Data: Information on how you interact with the advertisements shown in the app.
We do not have access to or control over the data collected by Google AdMob. We encourage you to review their privacy policy: Google Ads Privacy Policy
2. Permissions Required
Our app requests certain permissions to function correctly. We are transparent about why we need them:
Microphone (RECORD_AUDIO): Essential for the core feature of detecting clapping sounds to trigger the alarm.
Camera / Flashlight (CAMERA, FLASHLIGHT): Required to control your device's flashlight for the visual alarm feature when enabled by you. We do not access, view, or store any images or videos.
Vibration (VIBRATE): Needed to provide a vibrating alert as part of the alarm when enabled by you.
Foreground Service (FOREGROUND_SERVICE, FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MICROPHONE): Allows the clap detection service to run reliably in the background while the app is closed, ensuring it works when you need it.
Display Over Other Apps (SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW): Necessary to display the full-screen alarm interface over your lock screen, making it easy to see and stop the alarm.
Notifications (POST_NOTIFICATIONS): Used to display a persistent notification in your status bar, indicating that the clap detection service is active and running.
Internet (INTERNET, ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE): Required to load and display advertisements from Google AdMob.
3. How We Use Your Information
Since we do not collect personal information, our use of data is limited to:
To Provide and Maintain our Service: Using the microphone input to detect claps and triggering the alarm features (sound, flash, vibration) you have configured.
To Manage Your Settings: Storing your preferences, such as selected sound, volume level, and flash/vibration settings, locally on your device using SharedPreferences. This data is never sent to us.
To Support the App: Displaying advertisements through Google AdMob, which helps keep the app free.
4. Data Security
All user-configurable settings and app data are stored locally on your device. While we do not transmit personal data, we take reasonable measures to ensure the integrity and security of the application itself.
5. Children's Privacy
Our Service is not directed to anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13.
6. 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. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.
7. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
Email: taiayman13@gmail.com