Sobriety Clock | Privacy Policy

SobrietyClock is as an advertiser supported app (hereinafter referred to as the 'SERVICE') for the Android platform. This SERVICE is provided at no cost and is intended for use AS IS.

This page is to inform and explain our policy regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information (also known as Personally Identifiable Information, or PII) in relation to the use of this SERVICE.

If you choose to use our SERVICE, 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.

This privacy policy has been compiled to better serve those who are concerned with how their 'Personally Identifiable Information' (hereinafter referred to as 'PII') is being used by this app (SobrietyClock, hereinafter referred to as 'SERVICE'). PII, as described in US privacy law and information security, is information that can be used on its own or with other information to identify, contact, or locate a single person, or to identify an individual in context. Please read our privacy policy carefully to get a clear understanding of how we collect, use, protect or otherwise handle your PII.

This document will be reviewed from time to time. Reviewed means the document was read, but that does not necessarily mean it was changed. This document was last reviewed on 31 May 2023.

This document may be revised from time to time. Revised means that the document was changed. This document was last revised on 31 May 2023.

Information Collection and Use

For a better experience, while using this SERVICE, we may require you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information, including but not limited to your name or pseudonym, the date of your sobriety, a sponsor or quick contact information, and Android advertising ID. The information that we request will be retained by us and used as described in this privacy policy.

Further detail about the information we collect is as follows:

Your name of pseudonym: Providing the SERVICE with this PII is optional. You may provide your name or pseudonym when using this SERVICE in order to customize or personalize your experience, or you may choose to not enter this information and remain anonymous. If you choose to provide this information, then this information is stored by the SERVICE on your device ONLY, and is not transmitted or otherwise used by us for any other purpose. If you choose to delete or otherwise remove this SERVICE from your device, this information will also be deleted.
A sponsor contact: Providing the SERVICE with this information is optional. The SERVICE provides an optional "Quick Contact" feature which allows you to either initiate a phone call or send a text message by pressing a single button within the app to a person of your choice as a 'sponsor' or 'quick contact.' Or you may choose to not use this feature of the SERVICE, and opt NOT to choose a quick contact. If you choose to provide this information, then this information is stored by the SERVICE on your device ONLY, and is not transmitted or otherwise used by us for any other purpose. Furthermore, we do not allow unauthorized publishing or disclosure of people's non-public contacts. If you choose to delete or otherwise remove this SERVICE from your device, your choice of contact will also be deleted. (The Contact Information itself will be retained in your device's Contacts App.)
The date of your sobriety: Providing this information is required for the SERVICE to work. REASON that this information is required: The SERVICE tracks the time elapsed since the date of your sobriety to the present moment. Without this information, the SERVICE cannot function, by definition. This information is stored by the SERVICE on your device ONLY, and is not transmitted or otherwise used by us for any other purpose. If you choose to delete or otherwise remove this SERVICE from your device, this information will also be deleted.
The nature of your addiction: Providing this information is required for the SERVICE to work. REASON that this information is required: The SERVICE reminds you of your sobriety from your addiction of choice to the present moment. Without this information, the SERVICE cannot function, by definition. This information is stored by the SERVICE on your device ONLY, and is not transmitted or otherwise used by us for any other purpose. If you choose to delete or otherwise remove this SERVICE from your device, this information will also be deleted.
Notes you may enter into the app: Providing this information is optional and is not required for the SERVICE to work. Sobriety Clock provides a function that allows the user to enter their personal observations or thoughts into the app, for their own reflection or contemplation. This information is stored by the SERVICE on your device ONLY, and is not transmitted or otherwise used by us for any other purpose. If you choose to delete or otherwise remove this SERVICE from your device, this information will also be deleted.
Your photographs or other images: Providing this information is optional and is not required for the SERVICE to work. Sobriety Clock provides a function that allows the user to customize the app's background with a photo or other image stored on their device. This information is stored by the SERVICE on your device ONLY, and is not transmitted or otherwise used by us for any other purpose. If you choose to delete or otherwise remove this SERVICE from your device, this information will also be deleted. PLEASE NOTE: The original image file itself will NOT be deleted from the user's device, only the link or copy used to display the image as the app's background.
Your device's Android advertising identifier: This information is not generated, created, or stored by the SERVICE, but this information is accessed by the SERVICE for the following purposes. 1) Your device's Android Advertising ID is accessed and transmitted by the SERVICE to Google Admob, a third party, for the purpose of displaying advertising to you, in order to keep the SERVICE free for the end user. The SERVICE DOES NOT transmit or aggregate any other PII you may have provided to us when sending your device's Android Advertising ID to Google Admob. 2) Your device's Android Advertising ID or other Android device identifier is accessed and transmitted by the SERVICE to Google's Firebase Analytics service, a third party, for the purposes of use analysis (ie, how is the SERVICE being used by our users, what features are most used, etc) AND for the purpose of crash analysis (ie, in the event the SERVICE fails or experiences an error). (Further information about crash analysis is listed below, under Log Data).
Your device's Amazon advertising identifier: Sobriety Clock version 1.6.5 (version code 57) running on older Android devices (Android 2.0.1 to 4.2, aka Gingerbread, Honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich, and Jelly Bean) uses advertising services provided by Amazon Mobile Ads. This information is not generated, created, or stored by the SERVICE, but this information is accessed by the SERVICE for the following purposes. 1) Your device's Amazon Advertising ID is accessed and transmitted by the SERVICE to Amazon Mobile Ads, a third party, for the purpose of displaying advertising to you, in order to keep the SERVICE free for the end user. The SERVICE DOES NOT transmit or aggregate any other PII you may have provided to us when sending your device's Amazon Advertising ID to Amazon Mobile Ads. Amazon Mobile Ad Network sunsetted on 30 September 2021. Sobriety Clock version 1.6.6 and higher (version number 58 and higher) running on Android 4.3 and higher do not use Amazon Mobile Ad Network and do not have and associated Amazon Advertising ID.
Your email address: Sobriety Clock version 1.6.5 (version code 57) running on older Android devices (Android 2.0.1 to 4.2, aka Gingerbread, Honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich, and Jelly Bean) has a voluntary feedback feature which allows users to contact us about the SERVICE and share their feedback of the SERVICE. When you provide feedback, we collect your email address and text feedback. The collected data, including your email address and text feedback, is transmitted unencrypted across the internet as a regular email. We do not share the email addresses received through voluntary user feedback with third parties. We do not retain the email addresses received through voluntary user feedback. Any personally identifiable information (including but not limited to: name, nicknames, email address, personally identifying marks, etc) contained within the text of the feedback is immediately removed. The anonymized feedback content will be aggregated with other anonymized content and used for the purposes of feature evaluation and other analytics as the need may arise. The original email will not be copied or otherwise stored, and will be deleted within 90 calender days. Sobriety Clock version 1.6.6 and higher (version number 58 and higher) running on Android 4.3 and higher do not implement the feedback feature and do not collect the user's email address.

Encryption

Data sent to the following third parties: Google Play Services, Admob, and Firebase Analytics; is encrypted by default.

Data sent to Amazon Mobile Ads Network is not encrypted. Use of Amazon Mobile Ads Network has been discontinued in current versions of Sobriety Clock (1.6.14 and higher) and only affects a legacy version of Sobriety Clock (1.6.5).

Data sent via email using the SERVICE's in-app feedback feature may or may not be encrypted by TLS. This feature is not available in current versions of Sobriety Clock (1.6.14 and higher) and only affect a legacy version of Sobriety Clock (1.6.5)

Third-Party Service Providers

We 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 analyzing how our SERVICE is used.

We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your PII unless we provide users with advance notice. This does not include website hosting partners and other parties who assist us in operating our SERVICE, conducting our business, or serving our users, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. If for any reason we must provide a third party with a user's Personally Identifiable Information, we will make every reasonable effort to 1) limit the amount of PII shared with the third party to the absolute minimum necessary required, 2) insofar as is feasible, obtain guarantees (in whatever form we deem sufficient, ie, oral, written, contractual, etc) that any infromation provided to third parties is retained by them only for so long as is necessary, and that such information will not be further shared with OTHER third parties without our express consent. We may also release information when such release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others' rights, property or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.

The app does use third party services that may collect information used to identify you.

Third Party Service Providers

Google Play Services (Google is a subsidiary of Alphabet, Inc.)
Admob (Admob is a subsidiary of Alphabet, Inc.)
Firebase Analytics (Firebase is a subsidiary of Alphabet, Inc.)
Amazon Mobile Ads Network

Link to privacy policy of third party service providers used by the SERVICE

Log Data

We want to inform you that whenever you use our SERVICE, in a case of an error in the SERVICE we collect data and information (through third party products) on your phone called Log Data. This Log Data may include information such as your device's Internet Protocol ("IP") address, device name, device manufacturer and device model, operating system version, the configuration of the app when utilizing our Service, the time and date of your use of the SERVICE, and other statistics. When used for the purposes of crash analysis, any Personally Identifiable Information which may have been provided to us by our third party partners (including, but not limited to, those listed above under Third Party Service Providers) will be used ONLY for the purpose of identifying and correcting errors in the SERVICE and will be retained ONLY IF, and ONLY SO LONG AS, that information is necessary to identify and correct errors or bugs with the SERVICE. Any PII used for the purpose of error identification and correction will be deleted immediately once the error necessitating such PII retention is corrected.

Cookies are files with a small amount of data that are commonly used as anonymous unique identifiers. These are sent to your browser (or device) from the websites (or other internet services) 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 these cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of this SERVICE, or its functions my be limited.

Security

We value your trust in providing us your Personal Information, thus we are striving to use commercially acceptable means of protecting it. But please be advised 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. In the event of a breach, we will make every reasonable effort to determine what information was compromised and who was affected, and make every reasonable effort to contact those affected as soon as is practically possible.

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 us. Therefore, we strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of these websites. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

Erroneous or unsolicited collection or receipt of PII

If PII is received in error or is recieved unsolicited, that infromation will be deleted as soon as possible once discovered.

California Online Privacy Protection Act

CalOPPA is the first state law in the United States to require commercial websites and online services to post a privacy policy. The law's reach stretches well beyond California to require any person or company in the United States (and conceivably the world) that operates websites collecting PII from California consumers to post a conspicuous privacy policy on its website stating exactly the information being collected and those individuals or companies with whom it is being shared. See more at
http://consumercal.org/california-online-privacy-protection-act-caloppa/#sthash.0FdRbT51.dpuf
http://consumercal.org/california-online-privacy-protection-act-caloppa/#sthash.0FdRbT51.dpuf

According to CalOPPA, we agree to the following:

Users can visit our site anonymously.
Once this privacy policy is created, we will add a link to it on our home page or as a minimum, on the first significant page after entering our website.
Our Privacy Policy link includes the word 'Privacy' and can easily be found on the page specified above.
You will be notified of any Privacy Policy change on our Privacy Policy Page.

Can users change personal information in their user account?

The SERVICE does not have user accounts.

How does our site handle Do Not Track signals?

We honor Do Not Track signals and Do Not Track, plant cookies, or use advertising when a Do Not Track (DNT) browser mechanism is in place.

Does our site allow third-party behavioral tracking?

Our website hosting provider uses third-party behavioral tracking. Our SERVICE uses Google Analytics for the following purposes: Demographics and Interests Reporting. Our SERVICE uses Admob for the following purposes: serving advertisements to our end users.

COPPA (Children Online Privacy Protection Act)

When it comes to the collection of personal information from children under the age of thirteen (13) years old, the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) puts parents in control. The Federal Trade Commission, United States' consumer protection agency, enforces the COPPA Rule, which spells out what operators of websites and online services must do to protect children's privacy and safety online.

We do not specifically market to children under the age of thirteen (13) years old.

Fair Information Practices

The Fair Information Practices Principles form the backbone of privacy law in the United States and the concepts they include have played a significant role in the development of data protection laws around the globe. Understanding the Fair Information Practice Principles and how they should be implemented is critical to comply with the various privacy laws that protect personal information.

In order to be in line with Fair Information Practices we will take the following responsive action, should a data breach occur:

We will notify you via email within 7 (seven) business days of the discovery of the breach.

We also agree to the Individual Redress Principle which requires that individuals have the right to legally pursue enforceable rights against data collectors and processors who fail to adhere to the law. This principle requires not only that individuals have enforceable rights against data users, but also that individuals have recourse to courts or government agencies to investigate and/or prosecute non-compliance by data processors.

CAN SPAM Act

The CAN-SPAM Act is a law that sets the rules for commercial email, establishes requirements for commercial messages, gives recipients the right to have emails stopped from being sent to them, and spells out tough penalties for violations.

We collect your email address in order to:

So that we may respond to your feedback our inquiries. User may choose not to provide their email address when sending feedback.

Our Statement of Compliance with (United States) The CAN-SPAM Act of 2003

The CAN-SPAM Act of 2003 establishes the United States' first national standards for the sending of commercial e-mail and requires the Unites States Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to enforce its provisions. We do not send unsolicited commercial emails. Any emails sent by us will be in reply or response to a user-initiated interaction and will be clearly stated in the email.

App Permissions

SobrietyClock is an advertiser supported app (hereinafter referred to as the 'SERVICE') for the Android platform. This SERVICE is provided at no cost and is intended for use AS IS.

Android PERMISSIONS are security measures that grant or restrict access to certain features and data on a user's device. When you install an Android app, it may request various PERMISSIONS to access specific functionalities or resources on your device. These PERMISSIONS serve as a way to protect your privacy, data, and device security by ensuring that apps have limited access to sensitive information.

PERMISSIONS are crucial for several reasons:

User Privacy: PERMISSIONS help protect your privacy by allowing you to control what information an app can access. For example, an app may request access to your device's camera, microphone, contacts, or location. By granting or denying these PERMISSIONS, you have the ability to safeguard your personal data and ensure that apps are only accessing what they truly need.
Security: PERMISSIONS also play a vital role in ensuring the security of your device. They prevent malicious apps from gaining unauthorized access to sensitive areas or performing potentially harmful actions. By carefully reviewing and approving PERMISSIONS, you can reduce the risk of your device being compromised or your data being misused.
Data Protection: PERMISSIONS help protect your data by limiting an app's access to specific resources or functionalities. For instance, an app may request permission to access your storage, allowing it to read or modify files. By controlling these PERMISSIONS, you can prevent apps from accessing or manipulating data without your knowledge or consent.
App Integrity: PERMISSIONS are essential for maintaining the integrity of the Android ecosystem. They help ensure that apps adhere to a set of predefined rules and limitations, preventing them from misusing device capabilities or engaging in malicious behavior. App developers must declare the PERMISSIONS their apps require, and users have the ability to review and approve these PERMISSIONS before installing an app.

It's important to note that PERMISSIONS are granted at the time of installation, and Android versions before Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) required users to grant all requested PERMISSIONS upfront. However, since Marshmallow, Android introduced a permission model that allows users to grant or revoke specific PERMISSIONS individually, even after installing the app.

When installing apps, it's a good practice to review the requested PERMISSIONS and consider whether they align with the app's intended functionality. If an app requests PERMISSIONS that seem excessive or unnecessary for its purpose, it's worth questioning the app's trustworthiness and considering whether you should proceed with the installation.

By understanding and managing permissions on your Android device, you can maintain better control over your privacy, security, and data, ensuring a safer and more secure app experience.

This page is to inform you what PERMISSIONS the SERVICE uses, and why the SERVICE requires these PERMISSIONS to function. If you choose to use our SERVICE, then you agree to grant the SERVICE access to the PERMISSIONS. If you decide to deny or revoke a PERMISSION, the Service may not work properly.

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