Applies to: Days Together Counter for Android (com.veloxapp.daystogether)
Provided by: VELOX APP LTD (company no. 17186614), 128 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, United Kingdom
1. Who we are
Days Together Counter ("the app") is published on Google Play by VELOX APP LTD ("we", "us"), a company registered in England and Wales under company number 17186614, with its registered office at 128 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, United Kingdom. This policy covers the app only; our company privacy policy covers this website. Contact: [email protected].
2. Summary
The app has no ads and no accounts. Your counters, dates and photos stay on your phone. If you invite a partner, a small shared record (described below) is stored in Google Firebase so both phones can show the same counter. We also collect limited usage statistics and crash reports. We do not sell your data and do not share it with third parties for their own use.
3. What stays on your device
- Your counters: titles, names, start dates, themes and settings.
- Your photos. You choose a photo with Android's system Photo Picker; the app has no gallery permission and sees only the photo you pick. Photos are copied into the app's private storage and are never uploaded.
- Backup files you export (a JSON file with your counters and, if they are small enough, your photos). They are written only where you choose; the app never uploads them. Android system backup of the app's data is turned off.
- The privacy lock uses your phone's own screen lock or biometrics; the app never sees your fingerprint or face.
- Uninstalling the app deletes all of this from the device.
4. Partner invite and sync (cloud, only for paired counters)
If you tap "Invite partner" on a counter, the app creates a shared record for that one counter in Google Firebase (Cloud Firestore). It contains only: the counter title, the partner name(s) you entered, the start date, the theme, the milestone on/off flag, the anonymous identifiers of the paired phones, a one-time invite token, and technical version and time stamps. Photos are never uploaded. Counters that you do not share never leave your phone.
The app signs in to Firebase with Anonymous Authentication: a random identifier is created for your installation, without email address, phone number or name. Security rules allow only the paired phones to read or change their shared record, and records cannot be listed or searched. An invite link works for one partner only.
Either partner can leave at any time and keeps a local copy; after leaving, that phone no longer syncs and its identifier is removed from the shared record. When the last remaining partner removes the pairing, the shared record is deleted. Uninstalling the app or clearing its data does not delete the shared record, so use the app's unpair option first if you can. If a shared record remains for any reason, or you want it removed sooner, email us and we will delete it.
5. Usage statistics and crash reports (Firebase)
The app uses Google Firebase Analytics, Crashlytics and Remote Config. They are on by default in the release app. You can turn analytics and crash reporting off at any time in the app under Settings, "Share anonymous usage data"; the choice is saved on your phone and works offline. We collect:
- App interactions, for example that a counter was created, which widget size was placed, which action opened the Pro screen, purchase steps, whether a backup or an invite was made, and where the app was left during the first session. Counter titles, names, dates and photos are never sent in analytics.
- Crash logs and diagnostics: stack traces, device model, Android version, app version and performance information.
- A random app-instance identifier generated by Firebase. The advertising ID is not used.
- Purchase events (that a Pro purchase happened).
Google processes this data on our behalf as our service provider, and we do not share it with anyone else. Analytics data is kept for 2 months. Remote Config only downloads settings to the app.
6. Purchases (Google Play Billing)
Pro is a one-time purchase (not a subscription) processed entirely by Google Play. A partner who joins through an invite link is offered a lower one-time price. We never see your payment details. The app asks Google Play whether Pro was purchased and keeps that yes/no answer on your device. The app also remembers on your device that you joined through an invite, so it can offer the lower price.
7. Notifications and sharing
Milestone notifications are created on your phone. If you allow notifications (Android 13 and later), the app uses that permission only for milestones. The app also asks Android to restart its scheduled reminders after the phone reboots. If you share a counter card, the picture goes only to the app you pick in Android's share sheet. No notification content is sent to us.
8. Contacting us
The help buttons open your own email or messaging app with a prepared message that includes the app version, phone model and Android version. Nothing is sent unless you press Send.
9. Children
The app is not directed at children. Its target audience is adults aged 18 and over, and we do not knowingly collect data from children. If you believe a child has used the pairing feature, contact us and we will delete the shared record.
10. Data retention and deletion
Analytics and crash data are kept for 2 months and then deleted automatically. Data inside the app stays on your device until you delete it or uninstall the app. Shared records are handled as described above. To have shared data deleted, or to ask what we hold, email [email protected]. Because there are no accounts, we may ask you for the counter title or invite link to find the right record.
11. Your rights
Under the UK GDPR and EU GDPR you may ask for access to, correction of, deletion of or a copy of your personal data, object to processing, or complain to your data protection authority (in the UK, the ICO). Under the CCPA and similar laws you may ask what we collect and ask us to delete it. We do not sell personal information. Write to the email above and we will answer within one month. Our legal basis for analytics and crash reports is our legitimate interest in keeping the app working; for the shared record it is providing the feature you asked for.
12. Changes and contact
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new date. Questions: [email protected].
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