Effective Date: June 24, 2026
Your digital privacy is a core priority for us. This Privacy Policy outlines the systematic protocols enforced by Horizon News ("we", "us", or "our") concerning the processing, protection, and operational utilization of data generated when you interact with our mobile application ("App") and its integrated information management services.
By installing and launching Horizon News, you formally acknowledge and consent to the data governance practices detailed in this statement. If you do not agree with these provisions, please uninstall the App and cease using our services. Please note that this App provides access to external digital publishing platforms, and we do not govern or assume responsibility for the independent privacy standards of those third-party networks.
1. Data Processing and Collection Categories
Voluntary User Indicators: Horizon News operates without requiring mandatory user registration, account creation, or profile setup. The only personal identifiers (such as your name or email address) we obtain are those you explicitly supply when initiating a technical support request or legal inquiry.
Automated Technical Telemetry: To optimize the performance of our content display interface, maintain server connection stability, and deliver localized interface options, our system automatically processes standard device parameters, which include:
Network IP Addresses
Hardware Specifications (such as device model, manufacturer, and chipset type)
Operating System Environment (version metrics and primary language settings)
Platform Interaction Telemetry (generalized navigation history, features accessed, and session duration)
Coarse Geographical Location (derived from network indicators to automate regional interface configurations)
Mobile Advertising Identifiers (Google Advertising ID / GAID for Android frameworks)
Standard Software Development Kit (SDK) Telemetry
Tracking Infrastructure: While our platform does not deploy proprietary tracking cookies, integrated third-party modules may utilize standard technical identifiers to manage analytics and platform monetization.
2. Operational Objectives of Data Utilization
The technical data processed by Horizon News is strictly limited to the following operational use cases:
Service Execution and Stability: Rendering requested technical data layouts, processing automated feed distribution streams, and diagnosing application errors.
Interface Optimization: Analyzing generalized user trends to refine our display algorithms and recommend topical info streams that align with broad reader interests.
Technical Communications: Addressing direct user support emails, sending system alerts, or resolving security vulnerabilities.
Monetization and Advertisement Curation: Utilizing mobile advertising tokens to serve contextual, non-intrusive advertisements and evaluating the performance of ad distribution networks.
Compliance Safeguards: Adhering to mobile marketplace distribution policies, legal mandates, and statutory audit frameworks.
3. Protocol for Data Distribution
Horizon News enforces strict restrictions on data sharing. We do not sell user data profiles to data brokers. Information distribution is strictly confined to the following scenarios:
Explicit Authorization: Disclosing parameters specifically authorized or directed by the user.
Infrastructure Vendors: Transferring necessary operational indicators to trusted cloud hosting and technical support vendors who operate under strict confidentiality mandates.
Monetization Consortia: Permitting authorized third-party ad networks to access device advertising tokens to serve in-app advertisements.
Legal and Regulatory Demands: Disclosing specific technical logs when legally compelled by court orders, judicial inquiries, or binding administrative regulations.
4. User Autonomy and Control Rights
As a user of Horizon News, you retain complete administrative authority over your device's data parameters:
System Toggles: You may revoke push notification privileges or disable location tracking at any time via your native Android application permissions manager.
Monetization Adjustments: You can opt out of personalized advertising tracking by modifying your device settings (Settings > Google > Ads > Opt out of Ads Personalization).
Information Erasure: You maintain the right to inspect, correct, or request the permanent deletion of any support emails or communications data we retain. To execute this, please transmit a verifiable identity verification request to our support inbox at sstar932ss@gmail.com.
5. Data Retention Architecture
We preserve technical telemetry only for the chronological duration necessary to satisfy the specific functional requirements outlined in this policy, or to fulfill statutory compliance frameworks. Once an operational objective concludes or legal retention windows expire, all processed indicators are systematically purged from our server infrastructure or permanently anonymized.
6. External Integrations and Third-Party Frameworks
Our application serves as a technological interface that routes users to external third-party digital networks. We hold no administrative jurisdiction over their independent privacy policies.
Additionally, our application integrates standard external software development kits (SDKs) to maintain advertising functionalities. Please refer to their data disclosures below:
Google AdMob & Firebase Privacy Standards: https://policies.google.com/privacy
Partner Site Data Usage by Google: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites
7. Safeguarding Minor Privacy
Our platform is not designed for, targeted toward, or intentionally distributed to children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly compile telemetry from minors under 13. If we discover that we have inadvertently archived data from a minor under 13, immediate corrective action will be executed to permanently remove those records from our databases.
8. Amendments to this Disclosure
We reserve the administrative right to revise this Privacy Policy periodically to maintain alignment with mobile store compliance guidelines or technical upgrades. Any modifications will be broadcast directly onto this web interface along with an updated effective date. We encourage users to audit this page regularly.
9. Contact and Governance Channel
For legal documentation inquiries, data privacy feedback, or intellectual property adjustment notices, please contact us directly at our verified developer intake channel:
sstar932ss@gmail.com