Privacy Policy
- Forest Companion, Voice Recorder, and My QR & Barcode scanner are provided by the same developer/company and are covered in this combined Privacy Policy.
- None of the Apps requires an account or asks you to submit your name, email address, phone number, address, or contacts to a developer-operated server.
- The Apps are designed to store their core app data locally on your device unless you choose to share, export, open, back up, or transfer data using device or third-party services.
- Forest Companion displays rewarded ads using Google Mobile Ads (AdMob). Voice Recorder does not currently upload recordings to a developer-operated server and may add AdMob advertising in a future version.
- My QR & Barcode scanner processes camera frames and selected images on your device, stores scan history locally, and does not currently include advertising or analytics SDKs.
1) Who we are
This Privacy Policy explains how we handle information when you use the Forest Companion, Voice Recorder, or My QR & Barcode scanner mobile application (each an "App" and together the "Apps").
2) Information you provide to us
The Apps do not include account registration or in-app forms that request personal information such as your name, email address, phone number, address, or contacts.
3) Forest Companion
3.1 Information stored locally on your device
Forest Companion stores certain settings and in-app status locally on your device to provide core functionality. This data is not intended to identify you and is not uploaded to our servers because the app does not operate its own backend service.
- Onboarding status, such as whether you completed the introduction.
- Language preference.
- Optional screen saver / lock screen display setting.
- In-app progression/state, such as which companion(s) are marked as gone and related UI state.
3.2 Advertising information (Google Mobile Ads / AdMob)
Forest Companion uses Google Mobile Ads (AdMob) to load and show rewarded advertisements, for example when you choose to revive a companion by watching an ad. When ads are shown, Google and its partners may automatically collect and process certain information in order to provide, personalize where permitted, measure, and protect advertising services.
- Device identifiers, such as the Advertising ID and other identifiers depending on your device settings and Google policies.
- IP address and coarse location inferred from IP, commonly used for basic ad delivery and fraud prevention.
- App interactions related to ads, such as ad impressions, clicks, reward events, and diagnostics.
- Device and app information, such as OS version, app version, language, and network type.
We do not receive your Advertising ID directly from you inside the app UI, but the advertising SDK may use it or other signals as governed by Google's policies and your device settings. Learn more about how Google uses information from apps that use its services: Google Privacy Policy.
3.3 How Forest Companion uses information
- Provide core features: keep your settings, onboarding completion, optional lock-screen display toggle, and certain in-app state on your device.
- Operate rewarded ads: load and display rewarded ads and grant in-app rewards after an ad is successfully completed.
- Security and integrity: advertising partners may use signals to prevent fraud and abuse and to ensure ads are delivered correctly.
3.4 Permissions and device features
Forest Companion uses certain Android system capabilities primarily to support an optional lock-screen / screen-saver-style display during a focus session. These capabilities are used for functionality, not to collect personal data.
- Wake lock: to keep the screen on or wake the device when the lock-screen display is active.
- Lock screen display controls: to show the companion display when the screen is locked and allow exiting by tapping.
- Screen on/off events: to start or stop the lock-screen display behavior during an active session when enabled.
Forest Companion does not request access to sensitive sensors such as your precise location, camera, microphone, contacts, call logs, or SMS.
4) Voice Recorder
4.1 Information Voice Recorder accesses or processes
Voice Recorder is designed as a local-first voice recording utility for recording, playing, renaming, sharing, exporting, and managing audio recordings on your device. It may access or process the following information to provide its core features:
- Microphone audio: the app uses microphone access only when you start a recording.
- Audio recordings: recordings created in the app are saved on your device in app storage.
- Recording metadata: local metadata such as recording title, date, duration, quality setting, and waveform information used for playback and display.
- App preferences: settings such as recording quality, auto-stop duration, and selected language.
- Network status: the app may check whether a network connection is available so it can show local connection state.
4.2 How Voice Recorder uses information
- Capturing audio when you choose to record.
- Saving and displaying your recordings locally.
- Playing recordings back inside the app.
- Renaming, deleting, sharing, and exporting recordings at your request.
- Remembering app settings and language preferences.
- Supporting basic app reliability and user experience.
4.3 Local storage and sharing
The current version of Voice Recorder stores recordings locally on your device. We do not operate a cloud recording storage service for this app, and we do not intentionally collect your audio recordings on our servers.
If you use Android sharing, export, backup, file transfer, or other system features, your selected recording may be handled by the apps, services, or device features you choose. Those third parties process the file according to their own privacy practices.
4.4 Permissions and device features
- Microphone: required to record audio. If you deny microphone permission, recording is unavailable.
- Internet and network state: included for connection awareness and future service capabilities. The current app experience remains local-first.
4.5 Future advertising with Google AdMob
We plan to add Google AdMob advertising in a future version of Voice Recorder. When AdMob ads are enabled, Google and its advertising partners may collect and process data such as device information, advertising identifiers, IP address, approximate location, ad interactions, diagnostics, and related usage signals to provide, measure, personalize, and secure ads, depending on your settings and applicable law.
Before or when advertising is enabled, we will keep this Privacy Policy and the Google Play data disclosures aligned with the app's actual data practices.
5) My QR & Barcode scanner
5.1 Information processed to provide scanning and creation features
My QR & Barcode scanner is a local-first utility for scanning, creating, saving, sharing, and organizing QR codes and barcodes. The App does not require an account and does not upload camera frames, selected images, scanned values, or generated code content to a developer-operated server. It may access or process the following information on your device:
- Camera frames: live images are analyzed on your device to find supported QR codes and barcodes. Camera frames are not saved by the App.
- Images you select: the Android system photo picker lets you choose one or more images for on-device code detection. The App does not request broad access to your photo library on supported Android versions.
- Scanned and generated content: code values may contain text, website addresses, Wi-Fi credentials, contact details, phone numbers, email or SMS content, calendar details, locations, product identifiers, or other information encoded in a code.
- History and metadata: the App stores code values, display values, format and content type, source, creation time, favorite status, optional selected-image reference, generator template, and related metadata in its local database.
- Preferences: beep, vibration, automatic copy, search engine, appearance, language-selection status, and Android per-app language settings are stored locally.
- Clipboard content: the App reads clipboard text only after you choose the create-from-clipboard action. It may write a result to the clipboard when you tap Copy or enable automatic copying.
5.2 How My QR & Barcode scanner uses information
- Detecting QR codes and barcodes from the live camera or images you select.
- Displaying, classifying, and saving scan results in your local history.
- Creating QR codes from information you enter and exporting them as image files at your request.
- Providing favorites, search, filters, sorting, batch scanning, and history management.
- Remembering your app preferences and language choice.
- Preparing external actions that you explicitly request, such as opening a website, searching for a product, adding a contact or calendar event, connecting to Wi-Fi, opening a map, composing a call, email, or SMS, or sharing a code.
5.3 Permissions and device features
- Camera: used only while you use live scanning. If you deny permission, live camera scanning is unavailable, but you can still select images using the system photo picker.
- Internet and network state: allow secure web destinations or compatible external services to be opened at your request and support connection awareness. The current App does not use these permissions to upload scan history to our servers.
- Vibration: provides optional tactile feedback after a successful scan.
- Photo picker: provides access only to images you select for scanning; the App does not request broad storage or media permission on supported devices.
- File sharing and export: Android's system file and sharing interfaces are used when you save or share a generated code image.
5.4 Local storage, backup, and deletion
Scan and generated-code history is stored in the App's local database. App preferences are stored locally and may be included in Android cloud backup or device transfer according to your device and Google account settings. The App's current backup rules exclude scan-history databases from cloud backup, although local databases may be included in device-to-device transfer. You can delete individual records, selected records, or all history inside the App. Clearing app storage or uninstalling the App removes data kept in the App's private storage, subject to any backup or device-transfer copy controlled by Android or your service provider.
5.5 External apps and services you choose
When you choose to open, search, share, save, email, call, message, map, add, or connect using scan or generated-code content, Android may pass the relevant content to the browser, search engine, Wi-Fi settings, contacts, calendar, maps, dialer, messaging, email, storage, social, payment, or other app you select. Those third parties process the information under their own privacy policies. Review encoded content and its destination before continuing, especially when it contains personal, network, location, or payment information.
5.6 Advertising, analytics, and purchases
The current version reviewed for this policy does not include Google Mobile Ads, analytics, attribution, account, cloud-sync, or Google Play Billing SDKs. If a future version adds advertising, analytics, cloud services, accounts, or purchases, we will update this policy and the applicable Google Play disclosures to reflect the App's actual data practices before or when those features are released.
6) Sharing of information
We do not sell your personal information. We do not share your recordings or QR/barcode history with third parties unless you choose to share, export, open, search, or otherwise transfer content through Android system actions, or unless sharing is required by law. The main case where information may be automatically shared or processed by a third party is advertising in Forest Companion:
- Google Mobile Ads (AdMob): used by Forest Companion to serve rewarded ads. Google may process device and usage information as described above.
7) Data retention and deletion
- Forest Companion local data: stored on your device until you clear the app's storage or uninstall the app.
- Voice Recorder recordings and metadata: remain on your device until you delete them in the app, uninstall the app, clear app data, or remove them using device storage tools.
- My QR & Barcode scanner history: remains in the local App database until you delete records in the App, clear app data, or uninstall the App. Exported or shared files remain wherever you chose to save or send them.
- Android backup or device transfer: app data may be included according to your device and Google account settings if those features are enabled.
- Ad data: retained and processed by Google according to Google's policies.
8) Your choices and controls
- Delete local app data: you can clear an app's storage in Android settings or uninstall the app.
- Manage recordings: in Voice Recorder, you can delete recordings in the app or remove them using device storage tools.
- Manage code history: in My QR & Barcode scanner, you can delete individual, selected, or all locally stored history records and control automatic clipboard copying in Settings.
- Camera access: you can deny or revoke camera permission in Android settings and continue using system-selected images where supported.
- Ad personalization: you can control ad personalization and reset or limit your advertising identifier through your device settings and Google settings, where available.
- Choosing not to watch ads: Forest Companion currently uses rewarded ads to unlock certain actions, such as reviving a companion. If you choose not to watch ads, you can still use other parts of the app that do not require rewarded ads.
9) International transfers
Because Forest Companion uses Google Mobile Ads, information processed by Google may be transferred to and processed in countries other than your own, according to Google's infrastructure and policies. Voice Recorder can be used in multiple languages and regions; your local recordings are stored on your device unless you choose to share, export, back up, or transfer them using device or third-party services. My QR & Barcode scanner processes scans locally; international transfer may occur only when you choose an external service or when your device provider processes settings backup or device transfer under its own terms.
10) Children's privacy
The Apps are not designed to collect personal information from children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 or the equivalent minimum age in your jurisdiction. If you believe a child has provided personal information to us, please contact us and we will take appropriate steps.
11) Security
We strive to use reasonable safeguards appropriate to each App's design. Most settings, in-app state, recordings, scan history, and related metadata are stored locally on your device. Data stored on your device is protected by your device operating system, app sandboxing, and any screen lock, backup, or account security controls you choose to use. However, no method of storage or transmission is 100% secure.
12) Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time as the Apps change, including when future features such as advertising, analytics, accounts, cloud services, or purchases are added. We will update the effective date or last updated date above when changes are made. Your continued use of the Apps after changes become effective means you accept the updated policy.
13) Contact us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, contact us via our website:
https://www.prymaxxinc.com
Email: chrisleemu27@gmail.com