GPS Location Tracker — Locator

"Device Data. Includes model, OS version, language, and time zone. Unique device identifiers (including GAID). ... Device functions. Includes your camera. ... Files and folders are placed on your device. Access to the gallery photos."

The app collects Google Advertising IDs and accesses the camera and full photo gallery, justified broadly under 'performance of a contract' rather than being limited to core functionality.

"Precise location data. User geolocation (GPS). Your consent. For marketing and analytical purposes. To provide, improve, and develop the App. Approximate location data. Internet protocol (IP) address and location. Performance of a contract with you. Your consent. Necessary for our legitimate interests."

The app collects both precise GPS location and approximate IP-based location, using it not only for app functions but also for marketing and analytical purposes.

"External Third Parties: Google LLC, Meta Platforms Inc., Amplitude Inc., Firebase Inc., Namecheap Inc, Velia.net Internetdienste GmbH, Hetzner Online GmbH, Appfigures Inc., Cloudflare Inc., Amazon Web Services Inc. These parties help us with the storage of Personal Data, analyze or keep your data, and show relevant information about the app to us when you use the app to understand how you use the app."

User data is shared with a wide range of third parties including Meta and Amplitude (analytics/advertising platforms), going beyond what's needed for basic app functionality.

"Device Data. Includes model, OS version, language, and time zone. Unique device identifiers (including GAID). ... For marketing and analytical purposes. To provide, improve and develop the application."

Collection of Google Advertising ID (GAID) combined with sharing data with Meta and Amplitude enables cross-service tracking and user profiling across apps and platforms.

"We reserve the right to and may change this privacy notice occasionally. If we make any material changes, we will notify you through our App or email or by presenting you with a new version of this privacy notice for you to accept. Your continued use of the App after the effective date of an updated version of the privacy notice will indicate your acceptance of the modified privacy notice."

While they mention notification, continued use is treated as acceptance of modified terms, meaning users may be bound by changes they never actively agreed to.

"We will only retain your data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes for which we collected it, including satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements. ... In some circumstances, we may anonymize your data (so that it can no longer be associated with you) for research or statistical purposes, in which case we may use this information indefinitely without further notice to you."

There is no specific retention period defined, and anonymized data can be kept indefinitely without notice, leaving users without clarity on when their data is actually removed.

"In some circumstances, you can ask us to delete your data. To send an email to our address: [email protected]. In some circumstances, we may anonymize your data (so that it can no longer be associated with you) for research or statistical purposes, in which case we may use this information indefinitely without further notice to you."

There is no in-app self-service deletion option; users must email support to request data deletion, and the company may choose to anonymize rather than delete the data.