I consider your privacy the way I'd like someone to consider mine.
That's why when I build products or services I only personally create data collection methods where you know you are sharing it (personal input style), or if in order to provide the best product or service, the information is required, then I do my best to limit it to only what is necessary.
As a privacy conscious person, I go to great lengths to find services and solutions that don't compromise privacy, (here's how I define privacy) very simply, no information is collected. Period.
I'd prefer to never collect any information that isn't explicitly input by you into a form you fill out.
However, there is some information that is challenging for humans to understand / provide that electronic systems can provide easily to help understand product usage, performance, and issues, so that they can be improved.
Because of this, I do use some analytics (this is information collection by the system or service, that provides me with details about the device manufacturer, model, software version, location, IP address,
I won't intentionally use your information in a way that compromises your privacy or freedom from junk mail and spam, but I make no guarantees that it won't happen without my knowledge.
I prefer to avoid collecting any information I wouldn't want collected from me, so I try to limit the information I collect to only what allows me to improve products or services that I offer.
Because I rely on other organizations and services for some of what I offer, additional information I'd prefer not to have collected at all, does unfortunately get collected through their services implemented by my apps.
Here's what some of that information is and to the best of my knowledge at least in part what their legitimate purposes are for collecting it:
The information may be used for marketing, promotions, and product improvements.
This is not comprehensive, but meant to give an idea of what is collected in a manner that doesn't require a law degree to decipher.
Full disclosure:
I'm using Google Mobile Ads, and their service collects a lot of stuff, I also have AppStore analytics enabled (but it's opt-in) via iOS settings.
That's why when I build products or services I only personally create data collection methods where you know you are sharing it (personal input style), or if in order to provide the best product or service, the information is required, then I do my best to limit it to only what is necessary.
As a privacy conscious person, I go to great lengths to find services and solutions that don't compromise privacy, (here's how I define privacy) very simply, no information is collected. Period.
I'd prefer to never collect any information that isn't explicitly input by you into a form you fill out.
However, there is some information that is challenging for humans to understand / provide that electronic systems can provide easily to help understand product usage, performance, and issues, so that they can be improved.
Because of this, I do use some analytics (this is information collection by the system or service, that provides me with details about the device manufacturer, model, software version, location, IP address,
I won't intentionally use your information in a way that compromises your privacy or freedom from junk mail and spam, but I make no guarantees that it won't happen without my knowledge.
I prefer to avoid collecting any information I wouldn't want collected from me, so I try to limit the information I collect to only what allows me to improve products or services that I offer.
Because I rely on other organizations and services for some of what I offer, additional information I'd prefer not to have collected at all, does unfortunately get collected through their services implemented by my apps.
Here's what some of that information is and to the best of my knowledge at least in part what their legitimate purposes are for collecting it:
- IP Address - used to identify a specific user, as well as the users location - this can be for intellectual property protection, regulatory purposes, etc.
- GPS Location - often used for regulatory stuff
- Device type, for measuring performance / optimizing experience to the specific device
- App crash/usage information for making improvements to products / services
- Contact information you provide to stay informed about products/services
The information may be used for marketing, promotions, and product improvements.
This is not comprehensive, but meant to give an idea of what is collected in a manner that doesn't require a law degree to decipher.
Full disclosure:
I'm using Google Mobile Ads, and their service collects a lot of stuff, I also have AppStore analytics enabled (but it's opt-in) via iOS settings.