Privacy Policy

Last Updated: 11 June 2024

Past Present AR is an augmented reality application that places period photographs in the modern reality.

We care about your privacy and the security of your personal information.

To power the augmented reality sessions, Google processes visual data from your camera.

Data is processed ephemerally, the application accesses and uses your data but retains it for no longer than necessary to service the specific request in real-time.

Collecting and Using Your Personal Data

Location: For precise placement of the period photos, Past Present AR - VLC uses ARCore Geospatial API.

ARCore data encryption

All user data collected by ARCore on devices that originally shipped with the Google Play Store is encrypted in transit using HTTPS.

ARCore data that is always collected

ARCore collects the following user data, regardless of which ARCore APIs your app uses:

User IDs

• ARCore automatically collects Google account identifiers if the user is signed in to their Google account. Google does not share these identifiers with third parties.

• This data collection is required, and data is stored by Google to produce analytics.

• ARCore uses this data to determine user engagement, including AR usage by app.

Device IDs

• ARCore automatically collects device-specific identifiers if the user is not signed in to a Google account. Google does not share these identifiers with third parties.

• This data collection is required, and data is stored by Google to produce analytics.

• ARCore uses this data to determine user engagement, including AR usage by app.

Performance and other diagnostic data

• ARCore automatically collects performance and other diagnostic data about the app, the ARCore SDK, and the user's device; for example, battery life, loading time, latency, framerate, and other diagnostics. ARCore does not share this performance and other diagnostic data with third parties.

• This data collection is required, and data is stored by Google to determine real-world ARCore performance, diagnose runtime behavior, and to help improve AR experiences for developers and users.

API usage and app activity

• ARCore automatically collects data about the ARCore API calls that your app makes. ARCore does not share this ARCore API call data with third parties.

• ARCore API call data collection is required, and data is stored by Google to produce analytics, ensure ARCore is operating correctly, and to help deliver high quality AR experiences for developers and users.

ARCore data that is conditionally collected

ARCore collects the following user data, only when your app uses certain ARCore APIs as indicated:

Precise location

• When using the ARCore Geospatial API, ARCore collects precise location data, which is required to provide API functionality. Google does not share this precise location data with third parties.

• Google may store and analyze this precise location data in anonymized form for purposes including improvement of Google products and services; otherwise, this precise location data is stored temporarily and marked for automated deletion.

Video data

• ARCore automatically collects video data when using the ARCore Geospatial API. Google does not share this collected video data with third parties.

  • When using the ARCore Geospatial API, collected video data is stored temporarily, then marked for automatic deletion. Anonymized data extracted from the video may be collected, stored, and analyzed to improve Google products and services

• When using the ARCore Geospatial API, this data collection and processing is required to provide API functionality.

Camera: To veiw the placement of the period photos, Past Present AR - VLC requires the use of the rear-facing camera. The rear-facing camera is also used for the user to take their own photographs of their experience.

Permissions

On opening Past Present AR -VLC for the first time, you will be asked to:

• share your precise location with the application

•  Access your camera

We do not share that data with any third party applications.

Children's Privacy

Our application does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not collect any personal infomation from children through our application.

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.