Privacy Policy

1. About This Policy

This Privacy Policy applies to the Android application Basic Step Counter. For questions or privacy requests, contact the developer at tomkri1976@gmail.com.

The app stores your step history on your device and does not send personal data to the developer or anyone else. It has no ads, analytics, tracking, or user accounts.

2. On-Device Storage

When you enable counting and grant the physical activity permission, the app reads your phone’s step-counter sensor. It uses this data to show your daily steps, history, progress toward your goal, and statistics.

The app saves the following in its private storage on your device:

• Daily step totals and their dates.
• Your daily goal, your counting preference, and whether the app has requested the physical activity permission.
• The latest sensor count, sensor timestamp, and device restart count, which are used to avoid counting the same steps twice.

This information is processed on your device, and the developer cannot access it. The app has no internet permission and does not upload or share your activity data. It does not access your location, contacts, advertising ID, or Health Connect records. It does not contain advertising, analytics, tracking, or third-party crash-reporting services.

3. Permissions

The app uses the following permissions:

• Physical activity: to read the step-counter sensor after you choose to start counting. Automatic counting requires this permission.
• Notifications: to show an ongoing notification with your step count. Depending on your Android settings, it may also be visible on your lock screen.
• Background service and restart: to continue counting when the app is closed, and to resume after a device restart or app update if you previously enabled counting.
• Google Play license check: to confirm the app was obtained from Google Play. Google Play performs this check, and it does not involve your step data.

You can turn off background counting in the app’s settings, or revoke the physical activity permission in Android’s app settings. Stopping counting does not delete your existing history.

4. Data Retention, Security, and Deletion

Your history and preferences remain in the app’s private storage until you delete them. Android’s app sandbox restricts other ordinary apps from accessing that storage. The app disables Android backup and excludes its stored data from Android cloud backup and device transfer.

To delete all data saved by the app, go to Android Settings → Apps → Basic Step Counter → Storage → Clear storage, or uninstall the app. The exact labels can vary by device. Clearing the cache alone does not delete your history.

There is no user account to delete, and your step history is not stored on any developer server. Deleting the app’s data does not delete Google Play’s purchase records.

5. Google Play Purchases

Basic Step Counter is a paid download. Google Play handles the purchase, and the app has no in-app purchases or subscriptions. The app’s own code does not ask for, access, or store your payment card details, billing address, purchase tokens, or Google account details.

Google processes payment information and keeps a record of your purchase under its own policies. Google Play handles purchase verification, including the license check described in Section 3, separately from the app’s step-counting data.

The developer can access order and sales information that Google makes available through Play Console and its reports. This can include:

• Order ID, purchase date, and order status.
• Amount, currency, and tax.
• Device model.
• Buyer country or region. Some reports may also include a city or postal code.

If you provide an email address for purchase support, it can be used to find your order.

The developer uses these records only to administer purchases, handle support and refunds, and meet accounting or legal obligations. They are not linked to the step history stored on your device, and they are not used for advertising. Any copies the developer keeps are retained only as long as needed for those purposes or as required by law. Google controls the retention of records in its own services.

For information about how Google handles payment and platform data, see the Google Privacy Policy and the Google Payments Privacy Notice.

6. Email Support

If you email the developer, the developer receives your email address, your message, and any attachments or order information you choose to include. This information is used to respond to and resolve your request. Email is handled through Gmail. You do not need to send your step history or payment card details.

Support correspondence is retained only as long as needed to handle the request and any related dispute or legal obligation. You can ask the developer for access to, or correction or deletion of, information you have provided, subject to any applicable record-keeping requirements. The developer does not sell your information or use it for marketing.

7. This Web Page

This page does not use analytics scripts, tracking pixels, cookies, or externally hosted fonts. The website’s hosting provider may process technical request information, such as your IP address and browser details, to deliver and secure the page. Visiting this page does not give it access to the step data stored by the app.

8. Policy Updates

If the app’s data practices change, the developer will update this policy and the date above, and provide any additional notice or consent request required for the change.

9. Contact

For privacy questions, contact the developer at tomkri1976@gmail.com.