Privacy Policy for Step Counter - Step Counter App

Jan 17, 2024*

PLEASE READ THIS PRIVACY POLICY (THE 'AGREEMENT') BEFORE USING OR RECEIVING ANY SERVICES.

If you do not agree to the terms of this agreement or cannot make any of the foregoing representations, you are not permitted to use or receive any services from Step Counter.

This Privacy Policy applies to the Step Counter app, developed by INK CODE. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, store, use, and disclose your information that could identify an individual (“Personal Data”), and what choices you have with respect to the information when you use our mobile applications, our services, and our sites. The terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions, which are accessible at Step Counter unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy.

We have worked to make the Policy clearer and more understandable by providing a TABLE OF CONTENTS:

1. Permissions Requests

2. Information Collection and Use

3. Third-Party Products and Integrations

4. Security

5. Children’s Privacy

6. Links to Other Sites

7. Cookies

8. Contact & Complaints

**1. Permissions Requests**

Permission | Purpose

Activity Recognition | Used to count steps by the sensor on Android 10.0+

Read Storage | Read the image from storage to choose an avatar, post the image

Location | Use location to track movement and maps while you exercise

Camera | Users can take their photos and post them to the community in-app or change their profile picture

YOU CAN CHECK IF SUCH PERMISSIONS ARE ALLOWED OR NOT FOR OUR PRODUCT AND SERVICE, WHICH CAN BE DONE BY CHECKING “SETTINGS – APPS” AND / OR “SETTINGS – PERMISSIONS” IN YOUR DEVICE, AND THEREBY DECIDE WHETHER EACH PERMISSION WILL CONTINUE TO BE ALLOWED OR WILL BE DENIED.

The specific way to review the status of such permissions and deny them may vary on different devices, and please refer to the notes or instructions provided by relevant device OEMs and OS developers. In case you’re unable to carry out relevant steps and adjust the settings in your currently-used product or device, please contact us or the OEM of your device. Please note that allowing these permissions will be deemed as your consent to allow us to collect and use relevant information to realize relevant functions; when you deny or disable the permissions in whole or in part, it means you have refused to provide related information to us, therefore also making us unable to provide you those functions relevant to such permissions.

To the extent allowed by applicable laws, your decision to deny a certain permission on your device does not affect or invalidate our previous handling of your relevant information which has been based on your prior consent to allow such permission.

**2. Information Collection and Use**

We collect information about you, including information that directly or indirectly identifies you. We receive information in a few different ways, including when you track, complete, or sync workouts using the Services. We are committed not to using any of the user’s information for any purposes outside this app and not related to any third party. All data is only collected when users use our Services and only used for synchronizing data when users reinstall the app or use it on multiple devices.

**Account, Profile, Workout**

We collect basic account information such as your name, email address, and login ID that helps secure and provides you with access to our Services.

Profile, workout, and use information is collected about you when you choose to upload a picture, or workout (including date, time, and geo-location information as well as your speed or pace and perceived exertion).

We use your contact information so we can respond to your support requests and comments.

**Location Information**

We collect and process location information when you sign up for and use the Services. We do not track your device location while you are not using Step Counter, but in order to provide Workout tracking features, it is necessary for us to track your device location to draw routes on the map and calculate distance, and workout metrics. If you would like to stop the device location tracking, you may do so at any time by adjusting your device settings.

**Health Information**

Step Counter may collect or infer health information. The information is collected from user input such as gender, date of birth, weight, and height. Certain health information may be inferred from sources such as heart rate or other measurements, including power, cadence, and weight or other indicators. We use this information to know your current health and recommend plans to improve your health fit for you. You can change all of this information at any time.

**Third-Party Accounts**

Step Counter allows you to log in to Services using accounts you create with third-party products and services, such as Google or Apple ID (collectively, “Third-Party Accounts”). If you access the Services with Third-Party Accounts, we will collect information that you have agreed to make available such as your name, email address, and profile picture. This information is collected by the Third-Party Account provider and is provided to Step Counter under their privacy policies. You can generally control the information that we receive from these sources using the privacy controls in your Third-Party Account.

**How do we collect your data?**

Your email, login id, or avatar URL will be collected when you log in to our app with third-party login methods like Google or Apple ID. Other basic information: first name, last name, gender, date of birth, country, and health information will be collected when you input it into Step Counter. All of your input data will be stored and shown on the Profile screen in-app, you can change it at any time. All data we collect will be transmitted to our server with HTTPS via our API endpoint.

**How do we use your data?**

We do not sell your data to any Third-Party. We only use your data for app features and improve your experience when using Step Counter.

**3. Third-Party Products and Integrations**

I may employ third-party companies and individuals due to the following reasons:

- To facilitate our Service

- To provide the Service on our behalf

- To perform Service-related services

- To assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.

I want to inform users of this Service that these third parties have access to your Personal Information. The reason is to perform the tasks assigned to them on our behalf. However, they are obligated not to disclose or use the information for any other purpose.

Link to the privacy policy of third-party service providers used by the app:

- Firebase Analytics’s privacy policy is available at: 

https://firebase.google.com/terms/analytics

- Google AdMob’s privacy policy is available at: 

https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy

**4. Security**

I value your trust in providing us with your Personal Information, thus we are striving to use commercially acceptable means of protecting it. But remember that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and reliable, and We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

**5. Children’s Privacy**

These services do not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. In the case we discover that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we immediately delete this from our servers.
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