Privacy Policy

This page applies to the news apps for Android published on Google Play by Beloud LLC.

This Privacy Policy explains how Beloud LLC, publishing on Google Play under the developer names Safe Apps Inc, Beloud.com and Safe Apps MVPs ("we", "us", "our"), collects, uses and shares information when you use our news apps for Android (together, the "Apps"). The Apps are personalized news aggregators: they show headlines and articles from third-party news publishers and let readers comment, react and discuss the news.

By using the Apps you agree to this policy. If you do not agree, please stop using the Apps. Questions can be sent to [email protected].

1. Information we collect

Information you give us

• Account information: when you sign in with Google or Facebook, or with your phone number, we receive your name, email address, profile photo and the identifier of that account. You can read most of the Apps without an account.
• Content you publish: comments, replies, posts, photos and videos you choose to upload, reactions and likes, your stance on an article (Agree / Disagree / Unsure), community notes and your ratings of notes, messages in live rooms, daily debate votes, and reports you send about content or users.
• Preferences: your country and edition, the city you choose, topics, sources and people you follow or mute, saved articles and notification settings.
• Messages to us: what you send us by email or through support.

Information collected automatically

• Location: only if you allow it, your approximate or precise device location, to show local news and weather for where you are. You can use the Apps without it by choosing a city yourself, and you can withdraw the permission at any time in Android settings.
• Device and app information: device model, Android version, language, app version, IP address, network type, and the advertising ID of your device.
• Usage information: the articles and pages you open, how long you read, notifications you open, and actions in the Apps, used to personalize your feed and improve the Apps.
• Notification token: an identifier from Firebase Cloud Messaging used to send you push notifications.
• Crash and performance data: technical reports when the App crashes or runs slowly.

Permissions

The camera and photo/video permissions are only used when you choose to take or attach a photo or video to a post or comment. The notification permission is used for breaking news and replies to you. We never access these without an action from you.

2. How we use information

• To provide the Apps: show news for your country, city and interests, run your account, comments and community features, and send the notifications you asked for.
• To personalize your feed and recommendations based on what you read and follow.
• To keep the community safe: detect spam, abuse and fake accounts, review reports, and enforce our Terms of Service.
• To measure and improve the Apps, fix crashes and understand which features are used.
• To show advertising that keeps the Apps free (see section 4).
• To comply with the law and respond to lawful requests.

Some features use automated processing, for example ranking comments, detecting spam, or writing the neutral question of the daily debate from public headlines. The daily debate question is generated from news headlines only; no personal information is sent for it.

3. What other people can see

Your name, profile photo, and what you publish (comments, replies, posts, community notes, live room messages) are public to other users of the Apps. Your stance on an article may be shown as a badge on your comments under that article. Debate votes and stances are only shown to others as totals, never with your name, except that stance badge. Please do not publish private information.

4. Sharing with service providers

We do not sell your personal information. We share information only with the providers that run parts of the Apps for us, under their own privacy policies:

• Google: Firebase (Analytics, Crashlytics, Performance Monitoring, Cloud Messaging, Remote Config, Authentication), Google Sign-In, Google AdMob and the Google User Messaging Platform for consent. Google Privacy Policy · How Google uses data from apps
• Meta: Facebook Login and Meta Audience Network (advertising). Meta Privacy Policy
• Hosting: our servers and their hosting and network providers, which store and deliver the Apps' data.

Advertising: AdMob and Meta Audience Network may use your device's advertising ID and similar information to show and measure ads, including personalized ads where allowed. Where the law requires it (for example in the EEA, the UK and Switzerland), we ask for your consent first through the Google consent form, and you can change your choice later in the App. You can reset or delete your advertising ID, or opt out of personalized ads, in your Android settings.

We may also disclose information if required by law, to protect the rights and safety of our users or of others, or as part of a merger or sale of our business, in which case this policy continues to apply.

5. News content and links

Articles are written by third-party publishers. When you open an article on the publisher's website, that website's own privacy policy applies. We are not responsible for the practices of other websites.

6. How long we keep information

We keep your account information while your account exists. When you delete your account, we delete or anonymize your personal information within 30 days, except what we must keep longer to comply with the law, resolve disputes or prevent abuse. Technical logs are kept for a limited time. Information that is not linked to an account (for example anonymous usage statistics) may be kept in aggregate form.

7. Your choices and rights

• Delete your account: in the App, open Settings → Delete My Account. You can also ask us by email at [email protected] with the subject "Delete my account" and the email or phone number of your account.
• Access, correct or export your information, or object to some uses of it, by writing to us. We answer within 30 days.
• Permissions: you can turn off location, notifications, camera and photo access in Android settings at any time.
• Ads: change your consent choice in the App, or limit personalized ads in Android settings.

Depending on where you live, you may have additional rights under local law, for example under the EU/UK GDPR, the California Consumer Privacy Act (we do not sell or share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising as defined by that law, other than through the advertising partners named in section 4), Korea's Personal Information Protection Act, or Japan's Act on the Protection of Personal Information. You may also complain to your local data protection authority.

8. Children

The Apps are not directed to children. You must be at least 14 years old to create an account (or older if your country requires it). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under that age; if you believe a child has given us information, contact us and we will delete it.

9. Security and international transfers

We use encrypted connections between the Apps and our servers and limit access to personal information to people who need it. No system is perfectly secure, so please use a strong password for the account you sign in with. Our servers are located in the European Union (Germany), and our service providers may process information in other countries, including the United States. We rely on appropriate safeguards for these transfers where the law requires them.

10. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy. The date at the top shows the latest version. If a change is significant, we will tell you in the App.

11. Contact

Beloud LLC (Safe Apps Inc), 5830 E 2ND St Pmb 8, Casper, WY 82609-4308, United States · [email protected] · +212 8 08 50 82 11 · Contact page