Declaration For VPNService of Android
Effective Date: December 30, 2023
This Declaration describes the VpnService of Android, how we use the information you provide when you use our products and services, and your choices about our use of the data. We also describe our measures to protect the information and how you can contact us about our privacy practices.
We at Dolphin Trade Inc. ("Dolphin Trade", "we", "us", "our"), care deeply about privacy and security. Both are a significant part of our essential mission: to protect users of our products and services ("you" and "your") from the risks of theft, disruption, and unauthorized access to their online information.
This Disclosure applies to the information we collect from you or your device when you download one of our apps using the VPNService of Android, e.g., Dolphin Proxy, and the information we collect when you install our Services on your device.
- What is the Android's VPNService?
- How does the Dolphin Proxy app employ VPNService?
- Why does Dolphin Proxy use Android's VPNService?
- What data does our VPN service collect or share?
- Who Do We Share Personal Data With?
- How to Contact Us
What is the Android's VPNService?
Android's VPNService (https://developer.android.com/reference/android/net/VpnService) is a core component that applications can use to establish their own VPN solutions. It's essentially a secure bridge for data communication.
The VPNService sets up a virtual network interface, arranges addresses and routes, and provides a file descriptor to the application. This descriptor plays a central role in managing data packets. When read from, it pulls an outgoing packet that was routed to the interface. Conversely, when written to, it delivers an incoming packet to the application as though it was received directly from the interface.
All these tasks operate on the Internet Protocol (IP), which means each packet is always prefixed with IP headers. The application completes the VPN connection by processing and trading these packets with a remote server across a protected tunnel.
How does the Dolphin Proxy app employ VPNService?
Our Dolphin Proxy app utilizes Android's VPNService to cleverly direct permitted internet traffic straight to their final destination, bypassing a remote VPN server. This functionality results in two potential scenarios:
- With IP Filtering Disabled: All internet traffic is guided into the local VPN service. However, only 'allowed' traffic makes it to its intended destination, with the 'blocked' traffic dropped. No traffic is forwarded to a remote VPN server.
- With IP Filtering Enabled: All internet traffic is guided into the local VPN service. However, only 'allowed' traffic makes it to its intended destination, with the 'blocked' and 'filtered' traffic dropped. No traffic is forwarded to a remote VPN server.
This technique allows Dolphin Proxy to locally manage all internet traffic, thus eliminating the need for root access to set up or run this Dolphin Proxy application. We prioritize transparency, and by explaining these operations, we help our users understand how we handle their data and the steps we take to safeguard their privacy and data integrity when using our Dolphin Proxy applications.
Why does Dolphin Proxy use Android's VPNService?
Dolphin Proxy App leverages Android's VPNService to steer traffic to itself, enabling on-device filtering instead of server-side. We depend on Android's VPNService to ensure the following functions operate as intended:
- Device protection (anti-virus/malware and Dolphin Proxy features)
- Parental control and enterprise management
To illustrate this in action:
When the Dolphin Proxy is activated, both 'blocked' and 'allowed' internet traffic are routed to the local VPN service. However, only the 'allowed' traffic is passed on to the intended destination, avoiding any traffic to a VPN server. This use of Android's VPN service lets us route all internet traffic to Dolphin Proxy locally, circumventing the need for root access to establish this Dolphin Proxy application.
What data does our VPN service collect or share?
We categorically do NOT collect or share any personal data, nor do we collect or share the domains accessed by the Dolphin Proxy app.
Moreover, we do NOT gather any strictly anonymized URLs or domains visited using your web browser apps!
Information from Third Parties:
We use third parties such as Google Play Services and Firebase Crashlytics. These services assist us in gathering and analyzing diagnostic information, playing a crucial role in maintaining app stability and resolving issues efficiently. This data includes:
- Crash Logs
- User IDs
- Device or other IDs
Link to the privacy policy of third party service providers used by the app:
- Google Play Services: https://policies.google.com/privacy
- Firebase Crashlytics: https://firebase.google.com/support/privacy
Who Do We Share Personal Data With?
We do NOT share, sell, or distribute the collected data with third parties.
How to Contact Us
If you have any questions or comments about this Disclosure, or if you would like us to update or remove information or preferences you provided to us, please may contact us at:
Dolphin Trade Inc.
126 S 16TH AVENUE DR STE A,Â
BRIGHTON - 80601
USA
E-Mail: mayersonpellitoed322@gmail.com