Privacy Policy

Data protection statement

Mocklation (de.p72b.mocklation)

General notes

The scope of Mocklation is to fake the mobile device location. It can run a permanent foreground service that emits continuously mocked location data like latitude and longitude. It shows on a map the mocked location. Easily there can be location data created and modified through a modern material design UI.

The purpose of the project is to learn and understand the location handling on the Android OS. Also to improve on the performance of fake GPS apps. Currently there are many similar functionality apps in the play store that have issues with battery lifetime and general implementation troubles.

What kind of information is collected

Mocklation has Google Play Services and Firebase integrated. Since Google Play Service 4.0 the Android Advertising ID is collected by default. The location permission is required to have access to phone internal location api aka android.gms.location. The Google geocoding API is used to resolve address data for a given location.

How is this information processed

Firebase crashlytics is used to collect information about critical app crashes. The crash report includes phone details like manufacturer and operation system version. Also it contains detailed crash log information as code snippets to be able to isolate the proplem.

In addition the Android Advertising ID can be used to send the user push messages if required.

Firebase analytics data collection is disabled by app default/install. User has to opt-in manually. If enabled firebase has screen tracking included to collect statistics about most seen screens. The information is used to improve on the UI/UX flows and features. A/B testing can be done by the findments.

What information is shared

There will be no data shared with any person or third party company at any time. Personal location data is not used beside to show your location on the map during runtime.

Protection

The firebase access data is protected by the project owne. The app signing and publishing into the google play store can only be done by the project owner.

The development of the app is unsalaried. Still there will be no advertisement inside the app.

As at Berlin 13.08.2021 by Willy Marten