Effective Date: August 28, 2026

App Name: FLoco – Free and Simple Family Locator

Developer/Entity: Mateusz [Update with your last name or company name]

Contact Email: [Insert your support email address]

1. Introduction

Welcome to FLoco ("we," "our," or "us"). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This Privacy Policy explains how FLoco collects, uses, shares, and protects information when you use our Android application and related services.

By installing or using FLoco, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. FLoco is designed exclusively for transparent, consent-based family safety and location sharing. It is not a secret tracking or surveillance tool.

2. Information We Collect

To provide core family locator features, FLoco collects the following types of information:

• Account and Profile Data: When you sign up, we may collect basic account details such as your display name, email address, and authentication identifiers to manage your family circle.

• Precise and Background Location Data: With your explicit permission, FLoco collects real-time precise location data (GPS and network-based) from your device. This includes coordinates, timestamps, and movement states. This data may be collected even when the app is closed or running in the background to ensure continuous family safety features (e.g., arrival/departure alerts from safe zones).

• Device and Technical Information: We collect device state information such as battery levels (to alert family members if a phone is dying), network connectivity, push notification tokens, and basic app performance/diagnostic logs.

• Family Circle Data: Information regarding your invitations, circle memberships, and user-designated "Safe Places" (such as home or school).

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the collected information strictly to provide and improve the app's core functionalities, including:

• Operating and maintaining your Family Circle and showing authorized members on a shared private map.

• Delivering real-time location updates, safety alerts, and battery level monitoring to members of your trusted circle.

• Improving app performance, troubleshooting bugs, and ensuring service security.

• We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal or location data to third parties, nor do we use your location data for advertising purposes.

4. Background Location & Android Permissions

FLoco relies heavily on location permissions to function as a family locator.

• Consent: Location access is entirely opt-in. You must explicitly grant permission through Android’s system permission prompts.

• Persistent Notification: When background sharing is active, Android may display a persistent notification to inform you that location services are running.

• User Control: You can pause location sharing, alter permissions, or shut down background tracking at any time through your Android device settings or directly inside the app menu.

5. Data Sharing and Disclosure

Your data is shared only under strict circumstances:

• With Your Family Circle: Your location and status updates are visible only to users whom you have explicitly accepted or invited into your private Family Circle via secure invitation codes.

• Service Providers: We may use trusted third-party infrastructure and backend services (such as Google Firebase/Cloud Services) strictly required to host and power the app's real-time features securely.

• Legal Obligations: We may disclose information if required to do law enforcement checks, comply with legal processes, or protect the safety and security of our users.

6. Data Security & Retention

• Security: All data transmitted between your device and our servers is encrypted in transit using industry-standard protocols (HTTPS/SSL).

• Retention: We retain your location and account history only as long as necessary to provide the features of FLoco or fulfill legal obligations.

7. Your Rights and Data Deletion

You maintain full control over your privacy:

• Account Deletion: You can delete your account and clear all associated personal history directly from the app settings or by contacting us. Upon deletion, your personal profile and location logs are permanently removed from our active databases.

• Revoking Permissions: You can revoke location or notification permissions anytime via your Android device settings.

8. Children’s Privacy

FLoco is intended to be used by families, including children, under the supervision and explicit consent of a parent or legal guardian. We do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children under 13 without parental setup and management of the Family Circle.

9. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated "Effective Date." We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or your data, please contact us at:

• Website: https://sites.google.com/view/floco-family-locator