Privacy Policy for ShareIt India
Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy applies beginning on May 29, 2020.
This Privacy Policy (the “Policy”) explains how your information is collected, used, stored, and shared by us with respect to your access and use of our services. By using or accessing our App or our Service, you agree to the privacy policies outlined below.
What information do we collect?
Device Information
We collect your device and network connection information for the analytical purposes only when you use our App. This information includes your device brand, the model of your device, your network status, etc. The device information that we collect does not contain any user sensitive information, such as device ID or anything that can be used to permanently identify a user or device.
Information collected by Third-Party SDKs from our Monetization Partners
Some of the third-party monetization SDKs integrated into our app may access your information for the purpose of ad optimization. Such information includes GAID (Google Advertising ID on Android devices) or IDFA (Identifier for Advertising on iOS devices), region (defined as the location where a given language is used), location information, and IP address. This Policy does not govern our third-party monetization partners, as they have their own privacy policies which can be viewed on their websites. We have no access to or control over such third parties. However, we have a routine procedure to scan all third party SDKs to detect if they collect sensitive user information. The partners we select to work with include but are not limited to Google AdMob (monetization platform of Google LLC), DoubleClick Ad Exchange (monetization platform of Google LLC), DoubleClick for Publishers (monetization platform of Google LLC), Facebook Audience Network (monetization platform of Facebook, Inc.), MoPub (monetization platform of Twitter, Inc.), Amazon, Fyber, Smaato, etc.
Information collected by Third-Party Analytical Tools
Our app integrates SDKs from several analytical service providers for app optimization purposes. These third-party SDKs may also collect your information such as GAID (Google Advertising ID on Android devices) or IDFA (Identifier for Advertising on iOS devices), region (defined as the location where a given language is used), location information and IP address. This Policy does not govern our third-party analytical tools. You can find their privacy policy on their websites. The partners we select to work with include but are not limited to Flurry (Oath Inc.), AppsFlyer (Appsflyer Inc.), and Firebase (analytical platform of Google LLC), etc. The information they provide to us is aggregated analytical data.
How do we use this information?
To provide services
We may use this information to provide service or features in our App. For example, we may access the apps installed on your phone to detect whether there is malware or virus and give you 24/7 real-time protection.
To improve our product
As mentioned above, we collect your information for analytical purposes. This analytical data is only for app optimization. Some third-party monetization partners such as Facebook and Google may use the information they collected to optimize advertisement experience. Their use of information is governed by their privacy policy. We don’t have access to any such information they collected.
How is your information stored?
For the information we collect, some are only stored on your device locally and some is stored safely in encrypted format in our servers located in AWS. We have strict policies to control access and usage of such data.
How is your information shared?
We never share your information with third parties. All the information we collect is only for the purpose of optimizing our product and is safely stored in our server in an encrypted format. The information will not be disclosed to any third party.
What important permissions we request
Here we explain all important permissions that our app requests. These permissions are necessary for our app to perform certain features.
ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE
– This permission is used to monitor the data's consumption.
ACCESS_WIFI_STATE
– This permission allows you to test your Wi-Fi speed.
BATTERY_STATS
– We use this permission to let users know how much power battery be used by different apps.
CALL_PHONE
READ_CONTACTS
– We only use these permissions to detect which phone call should be blocked.
CAMERA
– For the phone's safety, we only use this permission to snap on intruders.
PACKAGE_USAGE_STATS
– We need this permission to know whether to lock the app which just opens.
DISABLE_KEYGUARD
– This permission is used in Toggle, in order to support a quick entrance of some functions.
EXPAND_STATUS_BAR
– This permission only used to guide users when using a notification organizer for the first time.
FLASHLIGHT
– This permission allows you to turn on/off flashlight in our toggle bar.
GET_TASKS
– This permission is used in Memory Booster to get usage of memory.
INTERNET
– This permission is used in Antivirus to download Virus Database.
KILL_BACKGROUND_PROCESSES
– This permission is used in Phone Boost to clean useless background processes.
READ_PHONE_STATE
– We Only use this to prevent the App Locker screen from popping up during a call.
RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED
– This is used to activate App Locker and Phone Boost to ensure normal use after the boot
SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW
– This is used to ensure the normal use of App Locker and display clean progress when using Battery Saver
Device_ID
– This is used to find out the valid license in the license verification process
USE_FINGERPRINT
– Allow using a fingerprint to unlock apps
VIBRATE
– This permission allows you to get vibrate feedback after the wrong password input.
WAKE_LOCK
– This permission is used to keep the phone awake during scanning viruses and junk.
READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
WRITE_INTERNAL_STORAGE
WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
CLEAR_APP_CACHE
MOUNT_UNMOUNT_FILESYSTEMS
GET_PACKAGE_SIZE
– These Permissions are used in Junk clean to get external junk information, also used in Photo Vault and Duplicate Photos to access the gallery
BIND_ACCESSIBILITY_SERVICE
-This is used in BatterySavert force stop the apps that are consuming the power in the background
-This is also used in the App Locker to reduce the power consumption
REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES
– This is only used in App Manager to install apps for phone
ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION
ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION
– These permissions are only used in App Locker to locate the intruder who has tried to peek at the locked apps
AUTHENTICATE_ACCOUNTS
GET_ACCOUNTS
MANAGE_ACCOUNTS
READ_SYNC_SETTINGS
WRITE_SYNC_SETTINGS
– We need these permissions to help the users reset the password of App Locker when it's forgotten.
Changes to the Policy
Any information that is collected is subject to the Policy in effect at the time such information is collected. We may, however, modify the Policy from time to time. If we make changes to our Privacy Policy, we will provide you additional forms of notice of modifications or updates as appropriate under the circumstances. Your continued use of our App or Services following the posting of changes will mean you accept those changes.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Policy, you can contact us at email: [email protected]