🔒 Privacy Policy

📱About DotLife

DotLife is a productivity tracking and live wallpaper application that helps you visualize your year or goals through an interactive dot grid. You can track your daily productivity across various life areas and see your progress reflected beautifully on your phone's wallpaper.

📊Information We Collect

Data You Provide

• Daily Ratings: Your productivity scores for each life area (Health, Work, Study, etc.)
• Life Areas: Custom life area names you create
• Goals: Goal names, start dates, and end dates
• Preferences: App settings like theme, notification times, and wallpaper customization

Automatically Collected Data

• Device Information: Screen resolution (for wallpaper generation), Android version
• Usage Analytics: Anonymous app usage statistics to improve the app experience

💾How Your Data is Stored

• Local Storage: All your productivity data, ratings, goals, and settings are stored locally on your device using a secure SQLite database
• Cloud Backup (Optional): If you enable cloud backup, your data is encrypted and stored securely in your personal Google Drive account. We do not have access to your Google Drive data
• No External Servers: Your personal productivity data is never sent to our servers

🎯How We Use Your Information

We use your information to:

• Generate your personalized wallpaper with the dot grid visualization
• Display analytics, insights, and progress tracking
• Send you optional daily reminders to rate your day
• Calculate streaks and achievements
• Provide cloud backup and restore functionality (when enabled)
• Improve the app through anonymous usage analytics

📢Advertising

DotLife uses Google AdMob to display advertisements. AdMob may collect and use certain data to provide personalized ads. This may include:

• Device identifiers (Advertising ID)
• General location (based on IP address)
• App usage information

You can opt out of personalized advertising through your device's settings. For more information, please review Google's Privacy Policy.

💳In-App Purchases

DotLife offers premium features through in-app purchases and subscriptions processed via Google Play Billing.

• Payment Processing: All payment transactions are handled securely by Google Play. We do not collect, store, or have access to your payment card details or financial information
• Purchase History: We receive confirmation of your purchase status (e.g., active subscription) from Google Play to unlock premium features, but not your payment details
• Subscription Management: You can manage or cancel your subscription through the Google Play Store app on your device

For more information about how Google handles your payment data, please review Google Payments Privacy Notice.

🔐Data Security

We take the security of your data seriously:

• All local data is stored in your device's protected app storage
• Cloud backups are encrypted during transfer and storage
• We use industry-standard security practices
• We do not sell or share your personal data with third parties

🤝Third-Party Services

DotLife uses the following third-party services:

• Google AdMob: For displaying advertisements
• Google Play Billing: For processing in-app purchases and subscriptions. Google handles all payment information securely - we never see or store your payment details
• Google Drive API: For optional cloud backup (requires your explicit permission)
• Google Sign-In: For authentication when using cloud backup features

Each of these services has their own privacy policies that govern their use of your data.

📲Permissions We Request

• SET_WALLPAPER: To set your customized wallpaper
• INTERNET: For cloud backup, loading preset wallpapers, and displaying ads
• POST_NOTIFICATIONS: To send daily rating reminders (optional)
• RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED: To reschedule notifications after device restart
• SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARM: To deliver notifications at your preferred time

👶Children's Privacy

DotLife is not directed to children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us.

✏️Your Rights

You have the right to:

• Access: View all your data within the app
• Export: Export your data as JSON or CSV files
• Delete: Clear all your data from Settings
• Modify: Edit any past ratings or life areas
• Opt-out: Disable notifications and personalized ads

🔄Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any significant changes by displaying a notice within the app. Your continued use of DotLife after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.