# Privacy Policy for My Notes
**Effective Date:** August 31, 2026
**Last Updated:** August 31, 2026
**Application Name:** My Notes
**Package Name / Application ID:** `com.hm.notes`
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## 1. Introduction
Welcome to **My Notes** ("we", "our", or "us"). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting any personal data you may create or access while using our application.
This Privacy Policy explains how our Android application handles your information, what data is stored locally, how permissions are utilized, and what third-party services are integrated into the app.
By downloading, installing, or using **My Notes**, you agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with any part of this policy, please discontinue use of the application.
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## 2. Information We Collect and How We Use It
### A. User-Created Content (Notes, Checklists & Preferences)
- **Local Storage Only:** All notes, titles, descriptions, checklist items, color tags, categories, pinned notes, and theme/sorting preferences you create or modify are stored **exclusively on your local device** using Android's private internal storage (`SharedPreferences`).
- **No Cloud Transmission:** We do **not** transmit, upload, collect, or store your notes, checklists, or personal writings on any external servers or cloud databases managed by us.
- **Data Ownership:** You maintain full ownership and control over all notes created in the app.
### B. Automatically Collected Information & Third-Party SDKs
While we do not collect personal identification data directly, the app integrates third-party services that may automatically collect certain technical and diagnostic data to serve advertisements and support application performance.
#### Integrated Third-Party Services:
- **Google Mobile Ads (AdMob / Google Play Services):**
- **Purpose:** To serve banner and interstitial advertisements within the app.
- **Data Collected by Google:** Device identifiers (such as Google Advertising ID / AAID), IP address (used for approximate coarse location for localized ads), interaction with ads, app performance metrics, crash logs, and diagnostic data.
- **Google's Privacy Policy:** For more information on how Google processes user data, please review [Google's Privacy Policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy) and [How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services](https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites).
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## 3. Permissions Used by the Application
**My Notes** requests only the minimum necessary permissions required for proper app functionality and ad display:
| Permission | Technical Name | Purpose |
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
| **Full Network Access** | `android.permission.INTERNET` | Required by the Google Mobile Ads SDK to fetch and display banner and interstitial ads. |
| **View Network Connections** | `android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE` | Used by Google AdMob to check whether an active internet connection is available before requesting ad content. |