PRIVACY POLICY - GStep

Effective date: March 20, 2023

PLEASE READ THESE PRIVACY POLICY (THE ‘AGREEMENT’) BEFORE USING OR RECEIVING ANY SERVICES.

If you do not agree to the terms of this agreement or cannot make any of the foregoing representations, you are not permitted to use or receive any services from us.

This Privacy Policy applies to the GStep app that is built by us. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, store, use and disclose your information that could identify an individual (“Personal Data”), and what choices you have with respect to the information when you use our mobile applications, our services, our sites. The terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions, which is accessible at GStep unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy.

We may make changes to this Policy from time to time for example, to keep it up to date or to comply with legal requirements or changes in the way we operate our business. We encourage you to regularly check and review this policy so that you will always know what information we collect, how we use it, and who we share it with.

1. Permissions Requests

Permission Access

Purpose of Permission

Location

We use location for running tracker feature.  It's used for tracking map, distance, pace when users running or walking

Motion & Fitness

We use this feature for exactly step counter sensor

Camera

Users can take their photos and post them to the community in-app or change their profile picture

2. Information Collection and Use

Data storage helps users backup and restore their data when they accidentally delete or reinstall apps, we store information related to exercise activities:

- Email: Users log-in by email to sync and back up their data

- Indicators used for exercise analysis: step counts, exercise stats and profile info

We are committed not to use any of the user's information for any purposes outside this app and not related to any third party. All collected data is only for users to easily restore data that has been lost.

3. Third-Party Products and Integrations

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

+ To assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.

I want to inform users of this Service that these third parties have access to your 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.

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

+ Firebase Analytics’s privacy policy is available at: https://firebase.google.com/terms/analytics

+ Google AdMob’s privacy policy is available at: https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy

4. 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 We cannot guarantee its absolute security.

5. Children’s Privacy

These Services do not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. In the case we discover that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we 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 us so that We will be able to take necessary actions.

6. 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.

7. 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.

8. Contact & Complaints

If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, please contact us through email: support@gstep.app

We will attempt to resolve the issue as soon as possible. Thank you!