Water Tracker - Drink Reminder

 # Privacy Policy for Water Tracker

**Effective Date:** September 5, 2026  

**Last Updated:** September 5, 2026  

This Privacy Policy explains how **Water Tracker - Drink Reminder** ("we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, and protects your information when you use our Android mobile application ("App").

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### 1. Information Collection and Storage

#### A. Personal and Health Information (Stored 100% Locally on Your Device)

- **What is collected:** Daily water intake logs, beverage choices, daily hydration targets, and optional personal metrics (weight, gender, physical activity level, climate) entered into the Body Hydration Goal Calculator.

- **Where it is stored:** All hydration logs and profile preferences are stored **exclusively on your device** using local SQLite/Room database storage.

- **No external account required:** You do not need to register, create an account, or log in with an email address to use the App. We do not transmit, sync, or store your health or hydration data on any external servers.

#### B. Automatically Collected Technical Data

When you use the App, third-party services integrated for advertising may collect limited technical diagnostic information to serve ads and comply with privacy regulations, including:

- Device identifiers (e.g., Google Advertising ID).

- General non-precise location data (such as country or city derived from IP address).

- Device model, operating system version, and mobile network carrier.

- App interaction and ad performance metrics (e.g., ad impressions, clicks).

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### 2. Advertising and Third-Party Services

This App uses **Google AdMob** to display advertisements (banner ads, interstitial ads, and opt-in rewarded ads). Google AdMob may use device advertising identifiers and cookies or similar technologies to serve personalized or non-personalized advertisements based on applicable privacy regulations (such as GDPR, CCPA/CPRA).

- **Google AdMob Privacy Policy:**  

  You can review Google’s privacy practices at:  

  [https://policies.google.com/privacy](https://policies.google.com/privacy)

- **Google Ad Technology Partners:**  

  [https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites](https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites)

You can manage or reset your Google Advertising ID or opt out of personalized advertising at any time by navigating to your Android device settings:  

`Settings > Google > Ads > Delete advertising ID` or `Reset advertising ID`.

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### 3. Permissions Requested by the App

The App requests only the permissions necessary to function:

- **`android.permission.INTERNET`**: Required to request and display ads through Google AdMob.

- **`android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE`**: Used to verify network connectivity status prior to loading ads.

*Note: The App does NOT request sensitive runtime permissions such as camera, contacts, microphone, precise GPS location, or external storage.*

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### 4. Children’s Privacy (COPPA Compliance)

Our App is designed for general audiences and is not directed to children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal identifiable information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided personal information to third-party ad networks through our App, please contact us so we can take appropriate action.

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### 5. Data Security and Retention

- Because your hydration logs and calculator metrics reside solely on your device’s internal sandbox storage, your data remains under your full control.

- You can permanently delete all logged data at any time by clearing the App’s data in your Android system settings (`Settings > Apps > Water Tracker > Storage > Clear Data`) or by uninstalling the application.

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### 6. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy periodically to reflect app updates or regulatory changes. Any updates will be posted on this page with an updated "Last Updated" date.

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### 7. Contact Us

If you have any questions or suggestions regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact:

- **Developer / Publisher:** Madhav Aneraye

- **Email:** maddytech11@gmail.com  

- **App Name:** Water Tracker - Drink Reminder