**Privacy Policy** Effective date: 11/10/2026 This Privacy Policy describes how **Local Notes & Sync** (the “App”) handles your information. In short: **your notes stay on your device** unless you choose to back them up to your own Google Drive. The App shows ads and, where you allow it, collects usage statistics. Neither ever includes the contents of your notes. The developer runs no servers of its own and never receives your notes or files. --- ### **1\. Your Notes and Files** ● Notes, to-do lists, folders and the images you add to notes are stored on your device, in the App’s private storage. ● Files you transfer between a browser and your phone are saved in the public **Documents/Local Notes Files** folder on your device, where other apps with storage access can also see them. ● If you export a backup file, it contains your notes and images unencrypted, and is saved wherever you choose. --- ### **2\. Google Drive Backup and Sync (optional)** If you sign in with Google and turn on backup, the App uploads your notes, folders and images to the hidden app-data folder of your own Google Drive, and downloads them from there to merge with another device. The App asks for access to that app-data folder only, not to the rest of your Drive. Your Google account’s email address is used only on your device, to connect to Drive. The backup is stored by Google under the Google Privacy Policy, and the developer cannot access it. You can stop syncing at any time by signing out in the App, and delete the backup in Google Drive under Settings → Manage apps → Delete hidden app data. --- ### **3\. Web Access (optional)** When you turn on Web Access, the App runs a small web server on your phone so that a browser on the same local network can view and edit your notes and exchange files with your phone. ● It is reachable only on your local network. Nothing passes through the internet or the developer. ● A browser can access nothing until you approve it on your phone. The App keeps, on your device only, a list of approved browsers: a scrambled (hashed) form of each browser’s sign-in token, a short session code, and a description such as “Chrome on Windows”. You can remove approved browsers in Settings. ● By default the connection uses plain HTTP, which is **not encrypted**: others on the same network could in principle see the traffic. You can switch on HTTPS in Settings to encrypt it. Use Web Access on networks you trust. --- ### **4\. Advertising** The App shows ads provided by Google AdMob. To show and measure ads and to prevent fraud, AdMob may collect information such as your device’s advertising ID, IP address, approximate location, device type and how you interact with ads. ● In the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, you are asked for consent first. Without it, only non-personalised ads are shown. ● In US states with privacy laws, you can opt out of the sale or sharing of your personal information for advertising under **Settings → Your privacy choices**. ● You can reset or delete your advertising ID in your device’s Android settings. Learn more: How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services – https\://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites --- ### **5\. Usage Statistics and Crash Reports** The App uses Google Analytics for Firebase to learn which features are used, so that development effort goes where it helps. It records events such as: ● a note was created (text or to-do, on the phone or from a browser); ● formatting, images, links, colours or folders were used, or a note was archived or deleted; ● search was used, or a backup or sync succeeded or failed; ● how long a Web Access session lasted. **These events never include the title, text or any other content of your notes, file names, or your Google account.** Firebase also automatically collects standard technical information: a random identifier for this installation of the App, device model, Android version, App version, language, country or region (derived from your IP address) and when the App is used. This information is not used for advertising, and is kept by Google for no longer than 14 months. In the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, usage statistics are collected only if you agree in the consent form. You can change your choice at any time under **Settings → Your privacy choices**. If the App crashes or runs into an error, a crash report is sent to Firebase Crashlytics so the problem can be found and fixed. It contains the technical details of the error, device model, Android and App version, and a random identifier for this installation of the App. **It never includes the content of your notes.** Crash reports are needed to keep the App working, are not used for advertising or profiling, and are kept by Google for 90 days. --- ### **6\. Permissions** The App may request the following permissions, used only for the features described above: ● **Notifications** – to show pinned notes, Web Access status, and requests from browsers to connect ● **Network access** – for Google Drive backup, ads, usage statistics and crash reports, and to run Web Access on your local network and announce it as notes.local ● **Foreground service** – to keep Web Access running while it is switched on ● **Storage** (Android 9 and older only) – for the file transfer folder ● **Folder access** – only if you choose to sync existing files into the file transfer folder, and only for that folder --- ### **7\. Third-Party Services** The App uses the following Google services, each under the Google Privacy Policy (https\://policies.google.com/privacy): ● **Google AdMob** – advertising ● **Google Analytics for Firebase** – usage statistics ● **Firebase Crashlytics** – crash reports ● **Google User Messaging Platform** – the consent form for ads and usage statistics ● **Google Sign-In and Google Drive** – backup and sync, only if you turn it on --- ### **8\. Data Sharing** The developer does not sell your data and never receives your notes or files. Information is shared only with the Google services listed above, as described in this policy. --- ### **9\. Your Choices** ● Change your consent for ads and usage statistics under Settings → Your privacy choices (shown where it applies). ● Stop Google Drive sync by signing out, and delete the backup from Google Drive as described in section 2\. ● Turn off Web Access, or remove approved browsers, in Settings. ● Uninstalling the App deletes all data it stores on your device, except files in the Documents/Local Notes Files folder and backup files you exported, which you can delete yourself. Because the developer holds no information that identifies you, requests about advertising or usage data collected by Google can be made to Google directly. You are welcome to contact the developer with any question. --- ### **10\. Security** Your notes are as safe as your device: protect it with a screen lock. Approve only browsers you recognise for Web Access, and switch on HTTPS when using it on a network you do not fully trust. Your Google Drive backup is protected by your Google account. --- ### **11\. Children’s Privacy** The App is not directed at children under the age of 13 and does not knowingly collect personal data from children. --- ### **12\. Changes to This Policy** This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time. Any changes will be posted on this page, and the effective date at the top will change. --- ### **13\. Contact** If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact: Email: argzstudios@gmail.com