# Privacy Policy for FitForge
**Last Updated: August 3, 2026**
This Privacy Policy describes how FitForge ("we", "our", or "us") collects, uses, and shares your personal information when you use our mobile application **FitForge: Gym Workout Tracker** (the "App").
Please read this Privacy Policy carefully. By downloading and using the App, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
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## 1. Information We Collect
### A. Personal Information You Provide
* **Account Information**: If you sign up using Firebase Authentication (such as email registration or Google Sign-In), we collect your name, email address, and profile picture.
* **User Profile & Fitness Data**: We collect information you enter into the App to track your workouts, such as gender, height, body weight, exercise routines, target goals, sets, reps, and custom exercise definitions.
### B. Automatically Collected Information
* **Usage Data**: We collect information about how you interact with the App (e.g., screens visited, features used, and duration of sessions) via Google Analytics for Firebase.
* **Log & Crash Data**: In the event of an app crash, we collect device-specific information (such as model, OS version, app settings, and stack traces) via Firebase Crashlytics to help us fix bugs.
* **Device Identifiers**: We collect mobile device IDs (such as Android ID or advertising ID) to send push notifications and monitor app performance.
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## 2. How We Use Your Information
We use the collected information for the following purposes:
* **To Provide and Maintain the App**: To track your workout history, progress graphs, and challenges.
* **To Personalize Your Experience**: To calculate and show charts of your strength training and body weight logs.
* **To Improve Our App**: To analyze crash reports and user engagement data to debug and add new features.
* **To Send Notifications**: To deliver workout reminders and updates via Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM).
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## 3. Third-Party Services We Use
We utilize third-party SDKs that process data independently under their own privacy policies. These include:
* **Firebase Authentication**: Used to securely manage user sign-up and sign-in.
* **Google Analytics for Firebase**: Used to understand app usage patterns.
* **Firebase Crashlytics**: Used to capture and analyze system crash reports.
* **Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM)**: Used to send push notifications.
For more information, please review the [Google Privacy Policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy).
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## 4. Data Storage and Security
* **Local Storage**: The App stores certain configuration preferences and log states locally on your device (using secure storage or shared preferences).
* **Cloud Storage**: Your workout history and account profile data are securely synced and stored using Cloud Firestore database instances.
* **Security**: We implement industry-standard administrative and technical security measures to protect your personal data. However, no transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure.
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## 5. Data Retention Policy
We retain your personal and workout information only for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy:
* **Account & Profile Data**: We retain your account information (name, email) as long as your account remains active.
* **Workout & Fitness Logs**: Your workout routines, history, weight entries, and goals are stored in our secure database for as long as you maintain an active account so you can track your fitness progress over time.
* **Local Cached Data**: Data stored locally on your device (SharedPreferences, Hive) is retained until you uninstall the App or manually clear the App cache/data.
* **Analytics and Crash Logs**: Automatically collected performance metrics and crash logs (via Google Analytics and Firebase Crashlytics) are retained for a maximum of 14 months and are automatically deleted by Google.
* **Deleted Account Data**: If you request account deletion, we delete all associated personal information, authentication credentials, and workout history from our database within 30 days of the request, except where retention is required by law.
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## 6. Your Data Rights & Deletion
Depending on your location (such as the EU under GDPR or California under CCPA), you may have rights to access, update, or delete your personal data.
* You can edit your profile details directly inside the App.
* **Account and Data Deletion**: You can permanently delete your account and all associated workout logs through the App settings, or by emailing us at **haxiustechnology@gmail.com**. Once requested, all your data will be permanently removed from our active databases in accordance with our Data Retention Policy.
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## 7. Children's Privacy
The App is not intended for use by children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you become aware that a child has provided us with personal data, please contact us immediately.
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## 8. 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 and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top.
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## 9. Contact Us
If you have any questions or suggestions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
* **Email**: haxiustechnology@gmail.com
* **Company**: Haxius Technology