Privacy Policy
VidSmart Downloader Tech Apps built the Video Downloader - Video App as an ad-supported app. This service is provided by VidSmart Downloader Tech Apps at no cost and is intended for use as is.
This page is used to inform visitors regarding our policies with the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information if anyone decides to use our app.
If you choose to use our app, then you agree to the collection and use of information in relation to this policy. The Personal Information that we collect is used for providing and improving the service. We will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy.
The terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions, which are accessible at Video Downloader - Video App unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy.
If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please refrain from downloading, registering or using this app. By downloading, registering or using the app, you agree to abide by this privacy policy.
Information Collection and Use
For a better experience, while using our Service, I may require you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information. The information that I request will be retained on your device and is not collected by me in any way.
The app does use third-party services that may collect information used to identify you.
Link to the privacy policy of third-party service providers used by the app
· AdMob
· Google Analytics for Firebase
Opt-Out Rights
You can stop all collection of information by the Application easily by uninstalling it. You may use the standard uninstall processes as may be available as part of your mobile device or via the mobile application marketplace or network.
NON-PERSONAL INFORMATION
We may collect and use your non-personal information such as Your phone's IMEI number, Android ID, CPN model, memory size, phone model, ROM memory size, Country, Mobile operator name etc.. We may use this information for understanding usage frequency, or solving bugs in our products and improve user experience. This information we use to see install- uninstall rate of users on our app and also usage frequency.
We use Firebase Analytics for monitoring our apps performance and users activities within our app to collect crashes or bugs in our app that help us to make our products more stable and better. You may visit firebase policy to understand more about it https://firebase.google.com/policies/analytics/.
Log Data
I want to inform you that whenever you use my Service, in a case of an error in the app I collect data and information (through third-party products) on your phone called Log Data. This Log Data may include information such as your device Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, device name, operating system version, the configuration of the app when utilizing my Service, the time and date of your use of the Service, and other statistics.
Cookies
Cookies are files with a small amount of data that are commonly used as anonymous unique identifiers. These are sent to your browser from the websites that you visit and are stored on your device's internal memory.
This Service does not use these “cookies” explicitly. However, the app may use third-party code and libraries that use “cookies” to collect information and improve their services. You have the option to either accept or refuse these cookies and know when a cookie is being sent to your device. If you choose to refuse our cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of this Service.
Service Providers
I may employ third-party companies and individuals due to the following reasons:
· To facilitate our Service;
· To provide the Service on our behalf;
· To perform Service-related services; or
· To assist us in analysing how our Service is used.
I want to inform users of this Service that these third parties have access to their Personal Information. The reason is to perform the tasks assigned to them on our behalf. However, they are obligated not to disclose or use the information for any other purpose.
Security
I value your trust in providing us your Personal Information, thus we are striving to use commercially acceptable means of protecting it. But remember that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and reliable, and I cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Links to Other Sites
This Service may contain links to other sites. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. Note that these external sites are not operated by me. Therefore, I strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of these websites. I have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.
List of Installed Apps:
When you install our App, we may collect information from your device, which may include a list of your installed applications. This data may contain identifying information and therefore we treat it as Personal Data. We use this data to maintain, support, improve, protect, and manage our App and Services. We will base the processing of this data set on your consent through the organic in-app permissions.
The permissions we use in the application:
android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE: This permission allows the app to check the status of the device's network connectivity to determine whether internet access is available.
android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW: This permission enables the app to display system-level alerts and overlays, such as dialogs or notifications, over other apps.
android.permission.WAKE_LOCK: This permission allows the app to prevent the device from going into sleep mode, ensuring that downloads and certain background tasks can continue uninterrupted.
android.permission.INTERNET: This permission is necessary for the app to access the internet, allowing it to download content from social media platforms and other online sources.
android.permission.READ_MEDIA_VIDEO: This permission allows the app to read metadata of video files stored on the device, facilitating video download and playback functionalities.
android.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES: This permission enables the app to read metadata of image files stored on the device, necessary for displaying images within the app's interface.
android.permission.READ_MEDIA_AUDIO: This permission allows the app to read metadata of audio files stored on the device, enabling playback and download of audio content.
android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE: This permission allows the app to write downloaded videos and images to the device's external storage, ensuring they are accessible for offline viewing.
com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID: This permission allows the app to access and use the Google Advertising ID, which helps in serving personalized ads and measuring ad effectiveness.
android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE: This permission allows the app to run foreground services, ensuring that critical background tasks like downloads can continue even when the app is not actively in use.
android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS: This permission enables the app to post notifications to the device's notification bar, keeping users informed about download progress and app updates.
Push Notifications:
We may store the Firebase Cloud Messages token. If you wish to stop getting push notifications, you may do so simply by disabling notifications on your device’s settings or uninstalling the app. This information will be processed to allow us to send push notifications to users from our server. As the token is Non-Personal Data, it does not require a lawful basis.
Media and Device Permissions Policy:
This Video Downloader - Video App requires access to your device's media permissions to download and store videos from social media platforms such as Facebook, WhatsApp, X (Twitter), Instagram, and others. Additionally, our app requires access to your device storage to download videos/photos and to display saved videos/photos. The downloaded videos are stored locally on your device, and the app does not send, share, or collect any personal information related to the downloaded content. These permissions are necessary for the proper functionality of the app. We do not exploit these permissions under any circumstances. By using our app, you agree to comply with our device permissions policy.
Your Choices:
You may control the media permissions granted to the app through your device settings. However, limiting these permissions may affect the functionality of the app.
Data Security and Storage
The privacy of your data is paramount to us. We adhere to universal accepted protocols to safeguard the data provided to us, both during transmission and following its receipt. However, no methodology of electronic transmission or storage can be 100% secure. Consequently, you acknowledge and accept that we cannot ensure the protection of your personal information transmitted to our applications or customer service capabilities and any such transmission is conducted at your own peril. We will utilize rigorous procedures and security measures to deter unauthorized access to it.
Data storage differs to types of the data：
Automatic Information Collection
Regarding the automatic information we collect, we only collect it for operating purposes, and we do not retain it and we will delete it as soon as we provide related services.
Information provided by users
If you do not sign in with a third party account, your data only stored on your device without backup, it will be irretrievably deleted upon uninstalling our app;
If you sign in with a third party account via our backup function, your data will be stored on our server only for as long as operating necessary, and we will delete it periodically for a month Or you can contact us to delete.
User’s Rights.
We offer the subsequent rights to safeguard your data for our global users:
(1) Right of Access. You possess the privilege to receive details about your personal data processed by us upon request.
(2) Right to Rectification. You possess the authority to amend or rectify your data if it is incorrect, inaccurate or incomplete.
(3) Right to Withdraw Consent. You maintain the power to reclaim consent granted to us at any juncture. Consequently, we are no longer authorized to proceed with the processing predicated on this consent hereinafter. This does not impact the legitimacy of the processing executed on the basis of the consent till the point of retraction.
(4) Right to Erasure. You possess the entitlement to procure from us, under the ensuing circumstances, the eradication of your data:
a . the specific processing objective has been attained;
b. we have illicitly processed your data;
c. you have retracted your consent without another legal rationale applying to the data processing;
d. you have against the data processing successfully;
e. in instances where there is an obligation to obliterate data on the basis of EU legislation or the law of an EU member state to which we are subject.
We might proffer other rights for inhabitants of certain territories subject to the locally applicable data protection law. We honor and consistently adopt multiple protocols to guard your data regardless of your location.
Should you have any inquiries about these rights or you would like to exercise any of them, please reach out to us by transmitting an email.
GDPR Privacy
Legal Basis for Processing Personal Data under GDPR
We may process Personal Data under the following conditions:
Consent: You have given your consent for processing Personal Data for one or more specific purposes.
Performance of a contract: Provision of Personal Data is necessary for the performance of an agreement with you and/or for any pre-contractual obligations thereof.
Legal obligations: Processing Personal Data is necessary for compliance with a legal obligation to which the Company is subject.
Vital interests: Processing Personal Data is necessary in order to protect your vital interests or of another natural person.
Public interests: Processing Personal Data is related to a task that is carried out in the public interest or in the exercise of official authority vested in the Company.
Legitimate interests: Processing Personal Data is necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Company.
In any case, the Company will gladly help to clarify the specific legal basis that applies to the processing, and in particular whether the provision of Personal Data is a statutory or contractual requirement, or a requirement necessary to enter into a contract.
You’re Rights under the GDPR
The Company undertakes to respect the confidentiality of Your Personal Data and to guarantee you can exercise your rights.
You have the right under this Privacy Policy, and by law if you are within the EU, to:
Request access to Your Personal Data. The right to access, update or delete the information We have on You. Whenever made possible, you can access, update or request deletion of Your Personal Data directly within Your account settings section. If you are unable to perform these actions yourself, please contact Us to assist You. This also enables You to receive a copy of the Personal Data We hold about You.
Request correction of the Personal Data that We hold about You. You have the right to have any incomplete or inaccurate information We hold about You corrected.
Object to processing of Your Personal Data. This right exists where We are relying on a legitimate interest as the legal basis for Our processing and there is something about Your particular situation, which makes You want to object to our processing of Your Personal Data on this ground. You also have the right to object where We are processing Your Personal Data for direct marketing purposes.
Request erasure of Your Personal Data. You have the right to ask Us to delete or remove Personal Data when there is no good reason for Us to continue processing it.
Request the transfer of Your Personal Data. We will provide to You, or to a third-party You have chosen, Your Personal Data in a structured, commonly used, machine-readable format. Please note that this right only applies to automated information which You initially provided consent for Us to use or where We used the information to perform a contract with You.
Withdraw Your consent. You have the right to withdraw Your consent on using your Personal Data. If You withdraw Your consent, We may not be able to provide You with access to certain specific functionalities of the Service.
Exercising of Your GDPR Data Protection Rights
You may exercise Your rights of access, rectification, cancellation and opposition by contacting Us. Please note that we may ask You to verify Your identity before responding to such requests. If You make a request, We will try our best to respond to You as soon as possible.
You have the right to complain to a Data Protection Authority about Our collection and use of Your Personal Data. For more information, if You are in the European Economic Area (EEA), please contact Your local data protection authority in the EEA.
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.
Children’s Privacy
These Services do not address anyone under the age of 13. I do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13 years of age. In the case I discover that a child under 13 has provided me with personal information, I immediately delete this from our servers. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact me so that I will be able to do the necessary actions.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
I may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Thus, you are advised to review this page periodically for any changes. I will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
This policy is effective as of 2024-06-19
Contact Us
If you have any questions or suggestions about my Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact me at coleracheal56@gmail.com