App Name: My Diary: Daily Journal, Notes
Developer Name: Blackdot Soultion
Contact Email: blackdotsoultion@gmail.com

1. Introduction

My Diary: Daily Journal, Notes (“App”, “we”, “our”, “us”) is designed to help users safely record personal notes, daily journals, voice notes, and reminders in a private and secure manner.

We understand that diary data is deeply personal. Privacy is not an afterthought for us—it is the foundation of this app. This Privacy Policy explains how your data is handled and protected in compliance with:

• Google Play Developer Policies
  
  

• Android permission and data safety guidelines
  
  

• GDPR (EU)
  
  

• CCPA (California)
  
  

• India Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023
  
  

By using this app, you agree to the practices described below.

2. Permissions We Use & Their Purpose

We request permissions only to enable core diary features. No permission is used for surveillance or misuse.

🌐 INTERNET / NETWORK PERMISSIONS

• INTERNET
  
  

• ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
  
  

• ACCESS_WIFI_STATE
  
  

• CHANGE_WIFI_STATE
  
  

Purpose:

• App updates
  
  

• Cloud configuration (if enabled)
  
  

• Crash reporting
  
  

• Optional backup or restore features
  
  

The app works offline for writing and reading diary entries.

🔔 POST_NOTIFICATIONS

Used to:

• Send diary reminders
  
  

• Notify users about scheduled notes or alarms
  
  

Notifications are optional and can be disabled anytime.

⏰ SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARM

Used for:

• Timely diary reminders
  
  

• Scheduled journaling alerts
  
  

This ensures reminders trigger at the exact time set by the user.

🔐 USE_BIOMETRIC

Used to:

• Lock diary entries using fingerprint or face authentication
  
  

📌 Biometric data is never collected or stored by us.
Authentication is handled entirely by the Android system.

📳 VIBRATE

Used for:

• Haptic feedback during interactions
  
  

• Alarm and reminder alerts
  
  

📸 CAMERA

Used to:

• Attach photos to diary entries
  
  

Camera access is activated only when the user chooses to add an image.

🎙️ RECORD_AUDIO / READ_MEDIA_AUDIO

Used to:

• Record voice notes
  
  

• Attach audio entries to diary pages
  
  

Audio files are stored locally on the device.

💾 STORAGE & MEDIA PERMISSIONS

• READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE (up to Android 12)
  
  

• WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE (up to Android 12)
  
  

• READ_MEDIA_AUDIO
  
  

Purpose:

• Save diary backups
  
  

• Restore notes
  
  

• Attach media to entries
  
  

All diary data remains under the user’s control.

3. Information We Collect

3.1 Data Stored Locally

• Diary text entries
  
  

• Notes
  
  

• Images (if added by user)
  
  

• Voice recordings (if added by user)
  
  

• Reminder schedules
  
  

3.2 Information We Do NOT Collect

❌ No account registration required
❌ No personal identity information
❌ No contacts
❌ No SMS or call data
❌ No location data
❌ No biometric data
❌ No background tracking

4. How We Use Your Information

Your data is used only to provide diary functionality, including:

• Writing and saving notes
  
  

• Displaying diary entries
  
  

• Setting reminders
  
  

• Securing content with biometric lock
  
  

All processing happens on your device unless optional backup features are enabled by you.

5. Data Sharing

We do not:

• Sell user data
  
  

• Share diary content with third parties
  
  

• Use diary content for advertising or analytics
  
  

Your diary remains private by design.

6. Third-Party Services

We may use trusted third-party tools for:

• Crash reporting
  
  

• Performance diagnostics
  
  

These services do not access diary content, photos, or audio files.

7. Data Security

We apply strong security practices:

• Device-level encryption
  
  

• Biometric locking
  
  

• Secure Android APIs
  
  

• No external storage without user consent
  
  

Your personal notes stay personal.

8. GDPR Compliance

If you are a resident of the European Economic Area (EEA), you are entitled to the following rights under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR):

• Right to Access: Request access to your personal data.

• Right to Rectification: Correct inaccurate data.

• Right to Erasure: Request deletion of your personal data.

• Right to Restrict Processing: Limit the processing of your data.

• Right to Data Portability: Receive a copy of your data in a machine-readable format.

• Right to Object: Object to data processing for certain purposes, including marketing.

• This Privacy Policy (“Privacy Policy”), is an integral part of our End User License Agreement (“EULA”), and governs the processing and transfer of personal data collected or processed by Company. (“Company”, “we”, “us” or “our”) when you accessing or using our mobile application or our services, all as detailed in the applicable EULA (respectively the “App” and “Service”).

• Any capitalized terms not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the EULA.

• This Privacy Policy explains what data we may collect from you, how such data may be used or shared with others, how we safeguard it and how you may exercise your rights related to your Personal Data (as defined below), among others, and where applicable, as required according to the EU General Data Protection Regulation (“GDPR”),the Brazilian General Data Protection Law (as amended by Law No. 13,853/2019) (“LGPD”), the California Consumer Privacy Act (“CCPA”) and other US states as further detailed below.

• This Privacy Policy explains our data collection practices that are applicable to any users of our App or our Services (“you” or “your”).

9.CCPA Privacy

Your Rights under the CCPA

Under this Privacy Policy, and by law if You are a resident of California, You have the following rights:

• The right to notice. You must be properly notified which categories of Personal Data are being collected and the purposes for which the Personal Data is being used.

• The right to access / the right to request. The CCPA permits You to request and obtain from the Company information regarding the disclosure of Your Personal Data that has been collected in the past 12 months by the Company or its subsidiaries to a third-party for the third party's direct marketing purposes.

• The right to say no to the sale of Personal Data. You also have the right to ask the Company not to sell Your Personal Data to third parties. You can submit such a request by visiting our "Do Not Sell My Personal Information" section or web page.

• The right to know about Your Personal Data. You have the right to request and obtain from the Company information regarding the disclosure of the following:

  • The categories of Personal Data collected

  • The sources from which the Personal Data was collected

  • The business or commercial purpose for collecting or selling the Personal Data

  • Categories of third parties with whom We share Personal Data

  • The specific pieces of Personal Data we collected about You

• The right to delete Personal Data. You also have the right to request the deletion of Your Personal Data that have been collected in the past 12 months.

• The right not to be discriminated against. You have the right not to be discriminated against for exercising any of Your Consumer's rights, including by:

  • Denying goods or services to You

  • Charging different prices or rates for goods or services, including the use of discounts or other benefits or imposing penalties

  • Providing a different level or quality of goods or services to You

  • Suggesting that You will receive a different price or rate for goods or services or a different level or quality of goods or services.

Exercising Your CCPA Data Protection Rights

In order to exercise any of Your rights under the CCPA, and if you are a California resident, You can email or call us or visit our "Do Not Sell My Personal Information" section or web page.

The Company will disclose and deliver the required information free of charge within 45 days of receiving Your verifiable request. The time period to provide the required information may be extended once by an additional 45 days when reasonable necessary and with prior notice.

10.Detailed Information on the Processing of Your Personal Data

Service Providers have access to Your Personal Data only to perform their tasks on Our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

Analytics

We may use third-party Service providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.

•  Google Analytics

Google Analytics is a web analytics service offered by Google that tracks and reports website traffic. Google uses the data collected to track and monitor the use of our Service. This data is shared with other Google services. Google may use the collected data to contextualise and personalise the ads of its own advertising network.

You may opt-out of certain Google Analytics features through your mobile device settings, such as your device advertising settings or by following the instructions provided by Google in their Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

Advertising

We may use Service providers to show advertisements to You to help support and maintain Our Service.

•  Google AdSense & DoubleClick Cookie

Google, as a third party vendor, uses cookies to serve ads on our Service. Google's use of the DoubleClick cookie enables it and its partners to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our Service or other websites on the Internet.

You may opt out of the use of the DoubleClick Cookie for interest-based advertising by visiting the Google Ads Settings web page: http://www.google.com/ads/preferences/

•  AdMob by Google

AdMob by Google is provided by Google Inc.

You can opt-out from the AdMob by Google service by following the instructions described by Google: https://support.google.com/ads/answer/2662922?hl=en

For more information on how Google uses the collected information, please visit the "How Google uses data when you use our partners' sites or app" page: https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites or visit the Privacy Policy of Google: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Behavioral Remarketing

The Company uses remarketing services to advertise on third party websites to You after You visited our Service. We and Our third-party vendors use cookies to inform, optimize and serve ads based on Your past visits to our Service.

•  Google Ads (AdWords)

Google Ads (AdWords) remarketing service is provided by Google Inc.

You can opt-out of Google Analytics for Display Advertising and customise the Google Display Network ads by visiting the Google Ads Settings page: http://www.google.com/settings/ads

Google also recommends installing the Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on - https://tools.google.com/dlpage/gaoptout - for your web browser. Google Analytics Opt-out Browser Add-on provides visitors with the ability to prevent their data from being collected and used by Google Analytics.

For more information on the privacy practices of Google, please visit the Google Privacy & Terms web page: https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en

•  Facebook

Facebook remarketing service is provided by Facebook Inc.

You can learn more about interest-based advertising from Facebook by visiting this page: https://www.facebook.com/help/164968693837950

To opt-out from Facebook's interest-based ads, follow these instructions from Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/help/568137493302217

Facebook adheres to the Self-Regulatory Principles for Online Behavioural Advertising established by the Digital Advertising Alliance. You can also opt-out from Facebook and other participating companies through the Digital Advertising Alliance in the USA http://www.aboutads.info/choices/, the Digital Advertising Alliance of Canada in Canada http://youradchoices.ca/ or the European Interactive Digital Advertising Alliance in Europe http://www.youronlinechoices.eu/, or opt-out using your mobile device settings.

For more information on the privacy practices of Facebook, please visit Facebook's Data Policy: https://www.facebook.com/privacy/explanation

12. Children’s Privacy

This app is not intended for children under 13.
We do not knowingly collect data from minors.

13. Disclaimer

My Diary: Daily Journal, Notes is a personal productivity app.
Users are responsible for backing up their data if needed. We are not liable for data loss due to device failure or uninstallation.

14. Changes to This Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated to reflect:

• Feature improvements
  
  

• Legal or policy changes
  
  

Users are encouraged to review it periodically.

15. Contact Us

For privacy-related questions or support:
📧 blackdotsoultion@gmail.com