Find My Phone by Clap Launcher

"We shall collect your clap sounds (categorized as 'Audio, Electronic, Visual, Thermal, Olfactory, or Similar Information' under CCPA) to enable the app's functionality. The app utilizes the device's microphone to detect clap sounds... Data we collect automatically: IP address and phone number, device data (such as the brand and model of the device), operating system, browser version, device dimensions and settings, user agent, your advertising ID and data regarding your interaction with the Find My Phone by Clap Launcher."

The app collects audio via the microphone, phone numbers, advertising IDs, and extensive device metadata — far beyond what a simple 'find my phone by clapping' utility would require.

"We collect your precise geolocation data (categorized as 'Sensitive personal information' under CCPA) to provide you with the weather widget. Data you share with us: Any data element voluntarily shared including without limitation non-identifiable data and Personal Data such as your name, email address where applicable, geolocation."

The app collects precise GPS geolocation data, justified by a weather widget that is unrelated to the app's core 'find phone by clap' functionality — a classic example of unnecessary location tracking.

"Data we collect automatically: ...your advertising ID (a unique, resettable code assigned to you for ad personalisation) and data regarding your interaction with the Find My Phone by Clap Launcher. Additionally, we, our affiliates, service providers, and other third parties may place cookies, tracking pixels (web beacons), and similar technologies to measure the performance of Find My Phone by Clap Launcher."

The app collects advertising IDs and allows third parties to place cookies and tracking pixels, enabling cross-service user identification and ad personalization across apps and websites.

"We may disclose your data to entities that are owned and/or operated by us ('Affiliates') and our business partners who are acting on behalf of or working with Find My Phone by Clap Launcher... Some of our service providers may place their own tracking technologies (including cookies and web beacons) on Find My Phone by Clap Launcher to gather data which may include Personal Data for their own research, analysis, and reporting purposes."

Data is shared with affiliates, business partners, and third-party SDKs (Google Ads, Adjust, Yahoo, OpenWeather), and the company disclaims responsibility for those third parties' data practices including breaches.

"We retain your data including your Personal Data (i) till necessary for the purposes listed in the Policy; (ii) if such retention is permitted under applicable law(s); or (iii) when you explicitly consent to such retention. We may also use any aggregated data derived from or incorporating your Personal Data after you update or delete it."

There is no specific retention period — data is kept indefinitely as long as it serves broadly defined purposes, and aggregated data derived from personal data survives deletion requests.

"Find My Phone by Clap Launcher reserves the right to make Privacy Policy updates at any time at its sole discretion, without the need for prior notice. We invite you to review this Policy frequently to keep yourself abreast of any changes. Your continued use of Find My Phone by Clap Launcher constitutes your unconditional acceptance of and agreement to be bound by any and all changes made to this Policy."

The company can change the privacy policy at any time without notifying users, and continued use is treated as unconditional acceptance of whatever new terms are imposed.

"To exercise these rights, please submit a verifiable request by writing to us at the contact information provided under Section 'Contact Information' or click here. In certain cases, we may request for additional information to verify your identity and validate the request. Subject to verification of your requests, we will try to process your request within forty five (45) days of its receipt. However, we reserve the right to request an extension of forty five (45 additional days)."

Data deletion requires submitting a verifiable request via email, with identity verification steps and a processing timeline of up to 90 days — there is no self-service in-app deletion option.