Privacy Policy

1. Overview

FanScreen is an offline-first mobile application. We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data. This privacy policy explains what data the app collects, how it is used, and your rights.

2. Data We Do NOT Collect

• No personal data. We do not collect names, email addresses, phone numbers, or any other personally identifiable information (PII).
• No advertising. The app contains no ads and no ad networks.
• No user accounts. The app does not require registration or login.
• No server-side storage of your content. We do not operate any servers that store your flags, images, or library data.
• No device advertising ID. We do not collect IDFA (iOS) or GAID (Android).

2a. Anonymous Crash Reports & Usage Analytics

FanScreen uses Firebase Crashlytics and Firebase Analytics (by Google) to collect:

• Crash reports: Automatic, anonymous crash diagnostics including device model, OS version, app version, and stack traces. These help us fix bugs and improve stability.
• Anonymous usage events: Which features are used (e.g., “fullscreen started”, “scene created”) and how often. Events contain no personal data — only anonymous counters and category labels.

This data is:

• Fully anonymous — no user IDs, no names, no email addresses, no location data.
• Not linked to you — we cannot identify individual users from this data.
• Processed by Google under their Firebase Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.
• Used solely to fix crashes and understand which features are popular.

3. Data Stored Locally on Your Device

FanScreen stores the following data exclusively on your device using standard platform storage (SharedPreferences / NSUserDefaults):

• App preferences: Theme, language, playback mode, display duration, font size settings.
• Library data: Your favorite flags, text animations, custom color patterns, and custom images.
• Usage statistics: App launch count, total display time, per-flag display counts. This data never leaves your device.
• Onboarding state: Whether you have completed the first-launch tutorial.

This data is not transmitted to any server and is deleted when you uninstall the app.

4. Camera Access

FanScreen requests camera access for two purposes:

• QR Code scanning: To scan QR codes for sharing flag configurations and group sync.
• Photo capture: To take photos for use as custom fullscreen images.

Camera access is requested at runtime and can be denied without affecting other app functionality. No camera data is transmitted or stored beyond the images you explicitly choose to save.

5. Photo Library Access

FanScreen requests photo library access to allow you to import images for fullscreen display. Selected images are copied to the app's private storage. No photo library data is transmitted externally.

6. Internet Access

FanScreen uses internet access for:

• Crash reports & analytics: Anonymous crash diagnostics and usage events are sent to Firebase (Google) servers. See Section 2a.
• Web Image Search: An optional in-app browser for searching and downloading images from the web. Only HTTPS connections are allowed.
• App Store / Play Store links: For the in-app rating prompt and app download links.

No personal data is sent from the app to any server.

7. Feedback Feature (Voluntary)

When you use the in-app feedback feature, the app assembles a diagnostic report containing:

• Device model and operating system version
• App version and settings
• App usage statistics (launch count, display time)

This report is opened in your email client via a mailto: link. You have full visibility of the content and must explicitly send it yourself. No data is transmitted without your action.

8. Multi-Phone Sync (QR Codes)

The Leader Mode and Group Start features use QR codes displayed on-screen for device-to-device synchronization. Data is encoded in the QR code itself and scanned directly by other devices. No data passes through any server.

9. Home Screen Widgets

FanScreen offers optional home screen widgets (iOS and Android) that display your top 4 library favorites. Widget data is shared between the app and widget via the platform's secure App Group mechanism and never leaves your device.

10. Children's Privacy

FanScreen does not knowingly collect personal information from children. The app is rated 4+ / Everyone and contains no objectionable content.

11. Third-Party Services

FanScreen integrates the following third-party services:

• Firebase Crashlytics (Google): Collects anonymous crash reports to help us fix bugs. Firebase Privacy.
• Firebase Analytics (Google): Collects anonymous usage statistics (feature usage counters). No personal data is collected. Firebase Privacy.

No other third-party SDKs that collect user data are included. All other dependencies are open-source Flutter packages used for local functionality only.

12. Data Retention

All data is stored locally on your device for as long as the app is installed. Uninstalling the app permanently deletes all stored data.

13. Your Rights (GDPR)

FanScreen collects only anonymous crash and usage data via Firebase (see Section 2a). This data cannot be linked to you as an individual. You have the right to:

• Access: All your local data is visible within the app itself. Anonymous analytics data is aggregated and cannot be individually retrieved.
• Deletion: Uninstall the app to delete all local data, or use the in-app reset options.
• Portability: Your local data exists only on your device in standard formats.

14. Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. The latest version will always be available at:
https://fanscreen.app/privacy

15. Contact

If you have questions about this privacy policy, visit our contact page at:
https://simatik.com