Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes how LocatorLink：Safety Tracking ("we," "us," or "our") handles information when you use our application. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that your data is handled responsibly, especially regarding location-related information central to our services. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully before using the App.

1. Introduction

LocatorLink：Safety Tracking (the "App") is a location-based application designed to help users share location information, locate authorized devices, access real-time location updates, and manage safety connections with ease. All location-related services are provided only with the explicit mutual consent of connected users.

Our core features include:

• Real-Time Location: Track and share the real-time location of authorized devices or contacts after mutual consent.

• Phone Number Location: Locate authorized devices associated with registered phone numbers with explicit consent from the device owner.

• Geofencing: Set virtual boundaries on a map; receive notifications when authorized devices enter or exit these predefined areas with mutual authorization.

• SOS Alert: Enable quick SOS alerts to be sent to connected trusted contacts with the user's current precise location when triggered.

2. Information We Collect

We only collect information necessary to provide and improve our core location-based features, and all collection is based on your explicit consent.

2.1 Location Information

• Shared Location: With mutual authorization between connected users, we collect and process location information shared by you and other authorized users to enable features like real-time location, phone number location verification, geofencing alerts, SOS alert delivery, and location history viewing (if enabled). This information includes precise or approximate location data, depending on your device settings and consent.

• Device Location: When you authorize the App to access your device's location, we collect location data to help locate your device when needed, as well as to support real-time updates, phone number location, geofencing, and SOS features.

All location information is processed only as permitted by your consent and is not collected without your explicit authorization.

2.2 Device and Usage Information

The App may collect basic technical data to maintain compatibility, stability, and optimize performance, including:

• Device model, operating system version, and unique device identifiers (e.g., GAID)

• General usage statistics, such as feature interaction frequency, connection history with other users, and session duration

This information is anonymized where possible and used solely to improve the App's functionality and user experience.

2.3 Permission Requests

To enable core features, the App may request the following permissions with your explicit consent:

• Location Permission (Precise/Approximate): Required to collect and share location data for features like real-time location, phone number location, geofencing, and SOS alerts. We may request background location access to ensure continuous location updates and SOS functionality when the App is running in the background, as needed for your intended use.

• Contact Access (Optional): To help you easily connect with contacts who also use the App and set up SOS alert recipients, you may grant permission to access your device's contacts. We do not store or share your contact information without your consent.

3. How We Use Information

We use collected information only for the following purposes, aligned with our core features:

• To provide location sharing services between mutually authorized users, facilitating meetups, trips, and daily coordination

• To help locate authorized devices associated with registered phone numbers when requested with explicit consent

• To deliver real-time location updates, geofencing alerts, and SOS alerts to trusted contacts

• To maintain and improve the App's performance, stability, and user experience, including troubleshooting technical issues

• To ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations

We do not use your location data or personal information for unrelated purposes such as targeted advertising without your explicit additional consent.

4. Data Storage and Security

• Location information shared between users, including data used for real-time location, geofencing, and SOS alerts, is stored temporarily on our secure servers only for the duration necessary to provide the requested service (e.g., until location sharing is disabled, a geofence is deleted, or the connection between users is terminated). After this period, the data is deleted from our servers.

• Device and usage information may be stored on our servers in anonymized form for analytics and performance improvement purposes, with strict access controls in place.

• We implement industry-standard security measures, including encryption (TLS/SSL for data transmission, AES for stored data), to protect your information from unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.

• You can also manage how long your location history is stored through the App's settings, and delete your location history at any time.

5. Third-Party Services

The App may integrate third-party services to support functionality and improve performance. These services may collect limited technical or usage data in accordance with their own privacy policies. We do not control how third parties process such data.

Third-party services we may use include:

• Google Firebase (for analytics, crash reporting, and stability monitoring)

• Google Maps SDK (to provide location mapping and visualization features)

Please review the privacy policies of these third-party services for details on their data practices.

6. Data Sharing

We do not sell, rent, or share your personal information or location data with third parties except in the following circumstances:

• With mutually authorized connected users: Your location information is shared only with users you have explicitly connected with and who have authorized location sharing with you, as part of the App's core features. SOS alerts are sent only to pre-selected trusted contacts you have approved.

• With third-party service providers: As described in Section 5, limited technical data may be shared with our service providers to support App functionality, and these providers are bound by confidentiality agreements.

• To comply with applicable laws, regulations, or legal processes: We may disclose information if required to do so by law, or to protect our rights, property, or safety, or the rights, property, or safety of others.

7. User Rights and Choices

You have full control over your data and permissions, including the right to:

• Manage or revoke app permissions (e.g., location access, contact access) through your device settings at any time. Disabling location permission will limit access to core location-based features.

• Control location sharing preferences within the App, including choosing which users to share your location with, enabling or disabling real-time updates, setting or removing geofences, and configuring SOS alert recipients.

• Request access to, correction of, or deletion of your personal information processed by us.

• Stop using the App and uninstall it at any time, which will terminate all ongoing location sharing and prompt us to delete your location data from our servers.

8. Children's Privacy

LocatorLink：Safety Tracking is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information, including location data, from children under 13. If we become aware that we have collected such information without appropriate guardian consent, we will take immediate steps to delete it.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in functionality, legal requirements, or service improvements. Any updates will be published within the App or on the app listing page. Continued use of the App constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: 📧 leelovsupporte@proton.me