Privacy Policy - Nature Tea

Privacy Policy

Last updated: June 17, 2026

This Privacy Policy describes how Eduardo Brandão ("we," "our," or "Developer") collects, uses, stores, and protects the information of users ("you" or "User") of the Nature Tea application (the "App").

By downloading and using the App, you acknowledge that you have been informed about the practices described in this Privacy Policy. Where applicable law requires consent for specific activities, such as ad personalization, advertising-related storage, or the use of data for advertising and analytics purposes, the App will provide specific options allowing you to accept, reject, or manage your preferences.

1. Information We Collect

To provide a personalized experience and ensure the proper functioning of our services (including the Freemium model and subscriptions), we collect the following types of data:

1.1. Personal Identification Information (Via Google Sign-In)

If you choose to create an account or log in using your Google account (Google Sign-In), the App may collect and store the following information provided by the authentication service:

• Full Name: To identify you within the App.

• Email Address: For account management, communication, and access recovery.

• Profile Picture (Image URL): The App collects and displays your public Google account profile picture to personalize the user interface (e.g., on the main menu or navigation bar).

1.2. Purchase and Transaction Data

The App uses the Google Play Store billing system to process payments for plans and subscriptions.

• We do not collect or store credit card numbers. All financial transactions are processed exclusively by Google.

• We only maintain a record of your subscription status (active/inactive), the expiration date, and the anonymous "Purchase Token" to validate your premium access.

1.3. Usage Data and Device Information (Log Data)

Whenever you use the App, in the event of an error (crash), we collect data and information (through third-party products) on your phone called Log Data. This data may include:

• Device Internet Protocol ("IP") address (for approximate location and security).

• Device name and Android operating system version.

• The configuration of the App when the error occurred.

• The time and date of your use.

• Advertising Identifiers: The Application may collect the Android Advertising ID (AAID). This is a unique, non-persistent, and user-resettable alphanumeric identifier provided by Google Play Services. It is used exclusively for advertising purposes and marketing analysis (user analytics).

1.4. Advertising Identifiers and Ad-Related Data

The Application may use the Android advertising ID (AAID) and other identifiers permitted within the Android ecosystem to enable the display of ads through Google AdMob, as well as to:

• limit ad repetition;

• measure the performance of campaigns and advertisements;

• prevent fraud and invalid activity;

• support marketing and monetization analytics.

This identifier may be reset, limited, or managed by the User through the Android device settings, depending on system availability.

1.4.1. Consent for Advertising and Analytics

The App uses Google User Messaging Platform (UMP), a solution provided by Google, to display privacy messages and manage consent preferences where required by applicable laws or platform policies.

Depending on your region and the applicable rules, the App may display a message allowing you to:

• accept the purposes and data uses presented;

• reject certain purposes;

• review or manage more detailed options;

• review or modify your preferences later through the “Privacy options” feature, where this feature is required or available.

The preferences recorded through UMP may affect how advertisements are served, including personalized ads, non-personalized ads, limited ads, or other technical advertising methods permitted by Google and applicable law.

Google UMP may also communicate consent signals to other Google services used by the App, including signals related to:

• advertising storage;

• analytics storage;

• ad personalization;

• the use of data for advertising purposes.

The App requests an update of the User’s consent information when it starts and, where applicable, completes the required privacy flow before making relevant advertising requests.

The availability of the privacy message, the options displayed, and access to “Privacy options” may vary depending on the User’s region, applicable laws, and the settings configured in Google AdMob.

1.5. Location Data

The Application may request access to your device’s location in order to provide proximity-based features, such as searching for stores near you.

When this feature is used, we may collect your approximate location and, when necessary to improve the accuracy of the results, your precise location, according to the permission granted on your device.

This location data may be stored by us temporarily or linked to your account, to the extent necessary to enable the feature, improve the user experience, maintain history related to the feature, optimize proximity-based results, prevent misuse, and provide technical and operational support for the Application.

The collection and storage of location data occur only with your authorization. You may deny, limit, or revoke this permission at any time through your Android device settings.

Unless otherwise stated in the Application, location is used only while the app is in use and is not collected in the background.

2. How We Use Your Information

The collected information is used for the following purposes:

• Authentication: to create your account and allow secure access through Firebase Authentication;

• Personalization: to display your name and profile photo in areas of the application, providing a more personalized experience;

• Access management: to verify whether you have active premium access in order to unlock exclusive content and features;

• Service improvement: to analyze stability, feature usage, technical failures, and Application performance;

• Advertising, consent, and monetization: to verify, where applicable, the User’s privacy preferences before making advertising requests; display personalized, non-personalized, limited, or technically delivered advertisements according to the recorded preferences, the User’s region, and the applicable rules; measure interactions with advertisements; limit ad frequency; prevent fraud and invalid traffic; and evaluate the performance of the App’s advertising and monetization.

• Analytics and consent signals: to apply, where configured and applicable, signals related to analytics storage, advertising storage, ad personalization, and the use of data for advertising, in accordance with the User’s recorded preferences and the default states applicable to regions where the European privacy message is not displayed.

• Location and proximity-based search: to identify your approximate or precise location, according to the permission granted, in order to locate and display stores near you, improve the relevance of the results shown, maintain features related to usage history or context, and enhance the overall experience within the Application.

3. Sharing with Third Parties

The Application uses third-party services that may collect information used to identify you. Below is a list of the providers used and links to their respective privacy policies:

• Google Play Services

• Google Analytics for Firebase

• Firebase Crashlytics

• Firebase Authentication

• Google Ads (AdMob)

These services may collect, receive, process, or store data as necessary for authentication, analytics, stability, billing, consent management, advertising, security, fraud prevention, and the general operation of the App, in accordance with their respective privacy policies and the User’s applicable consent preferences.

3.1. Advertising in the Application

Nature Tea may display third-party advertisements through Google AdMob.

Google and its advertising technology partners may process advertising identifiers, Internet Protocol addresses, device information, technical data, advertising interactions, and other data permitted under applicable policies and laws for purposes including:

- selecting and delivering advertisements;

- ad personalization, where authorized;

- displaying non-personalized or limited ads;

- technical delivery of advertisements;

- measurement and reporting;

- frequency capping;

- fraud prevention;

- security;

- detection and verification of invalid traffic;

- technical operation of advertising services.

Where required by the User’s region, applicable law, or platform policies, the App uses a consent management solution provided by Google to display a privacy message before making the relevant advertising requests.

Through this message, the User may accept, reject, or manage the presented purposes and advertising partners.

Rejecting certain purposes does not necessarily prevent all advertisements from being displayed. Depending on the available options and applicable rules, the App may still display non-personalized ads, limited ads, or advertisements necessary for technical delivery.

Where Google indicates that access to privacy preference management must remain available, the App will display the “Privacy options” feature on the sign-in screen or in the User’s profile.

This feature allows the User to reopen the official Google privacy form and review or modify previously recorded preferences.

The User may also manage or reset the advertising identifier through the Android device settings, where this option is available.

The advertising modes available may depend on the User’s preferences, the User’s region, Google AdMob settings, eligible advertising partners, and applicable laws and policies.

3.2. Location Data

When you use proximity-based search features, location data may be processed by services, providers, and APIs necessary for the operation of such functionality, strictly for the purpose of identifying nearby establishments, delivering results within the Application, and providing technical support for the feature.

We do not sell location data. The use and any processing of such data occur solely for the purposes described in this Policy and in accordance with the permissions granted by you.

4. Data Security

We value your trust in providing us with your Personal Information, thus we strive to use commercially acceptable means of protecting it.

• All communication between the App and our servers is encrypted via HTTPS/SSL protocol.

• We use secure Google Firebase infrastructure for data storage.

When location data is collected and stored, we adopt reasonable measures to protect it during transmission, processing, and storage, observing technical practices compatible with the infrastructure used by the Application.

However, 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. Account and Data Deletion

In compliance with Google Play policies, you have the right to request the deletion of your account and associated data.

To request the deletion of your data:

1. Send an email to eduardo.desenvolvedor.apps@gmail.com with the subject line "Account Deletion - Nature Tea".

2. Provide the email address associated with your account in the App.

3. Upon confirmation, your profile data (name, photo, email) and favorites history will be permanently removed from our databases within 30 days.

If location data is stored and associated with your account, it will also be deleted or anonymized, where applicable, after the request has been processed, except where temporary retention is necessary to comply with legal obligations, prevent fraud, exercise legal rights, or meet legitimate technical requirements.

Note: Deleting your account does not automatically cancel active subscriptions on the Google Play Store. You must cancel billing directly in your Android device settings.

6. Children's Privacy

This Service is not intended for anyone under the age of 13 (or the equivalent minimum age in your jurisdiction). The content of the App (tea recipes and health information) is directed at an adult audience ("Adult Use"), as indicated in the notices within the App. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children. If we discover that a child has provided us with personal information, we will immediately delete this data from our servers.

7. Changes to This Privacy Policy

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

This policy is effective as of June 17, 2026.

8. Contact Us

If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us:

• Developer: Eduardo Brandão

• Email: eduardo.desenvolvedor.apps@gmail.com