DiscoTorch Privacy Policy

1. Information we collect

We do not require an account. The App does not ask for your name, email address, or password, and we do not knowingly collect any information that directly identifies you. We do run one shared backend service across our apps, described below, that this App pings once per session to count installs — everything else is either kept entirely on your device or handled by our ad partner.

• Microphone audio.Beat Sync, Bass Pulse, and Volume Reactive modes listen to ambient audio through your device’s microphone to detect the beat. This audio is analyzed live, entirely on your device, and is never recorded, saved to a file, or transmitted anywhere. Nothing about what the App hears ever leaves your phone.
• App settings. Your chosen mode, sensitivity, and brightness preferences are stored locally on your device so the App remembers them between sessions. We never see this data.
• Advertising and device identifiers, collected by our ad partner.The App displays ads served by Google AdMob, which may automatically collect your device’s advertising identifier, general device information, IP address, and approximate location to show relevant ads. See Advertising & Google AdMob below.
• A pseudonymous device identifier, sent to us once per session.The App derives an id from your device’s own platform identifier (Android ID or iOS identifierForVendor), one-way hashed before it ever leaves your device, and registers it with our shared backend so we can count how many devices use the App. This id is never linked to microphone audio, is not a name or account, and is the same mechanism our other apps use. See Advertising & Google AdMob below.
• Basic technical data. If you contact us by email for support, we receive whatever personal information you choose to include in that message.

2. How we use information

Microphone audio is used for exactly one purpose — detecting the beat, bass energy, or volume to drive the flashlight in real time — and for nothing else. It is never used to serve ads, never sent anywhere, and never linked to the device identifier described above. Advertising identifiers collected by AdMob are used only to show and measure ads. The pseudonymous device identifier is used only to count installs. We do not sell your information, and the App has no crash-reporting SDK or third-party analytics beyond what’s described in this policy.

3. Camera and flashlight access

DiscoTorchdoes not request or use camera access. Controlling the flashlight goes through your device’s flash-only torch APIs (not the camera itself), which do not require a camera permission — Android’s CameraManager.setTorchMode and iOS’s AVCaptureDevice.torchMode. The App never captures a photo, video, or any camera frame.

4. Advertising & Google AdMob

DiscoTorchis ad-supported and shows ads served by Google AdMob. AdMob may automatically collect your device’s advertising identifier, general device information, IP address, and approximate location to show and measure ads. This is the only third-party advertising service the App uses. Beat detection itself is entirely offline and never uses this SDK.

Google’s own data practices for AdMob are described in the Google Privacy Policy and Google’s EU User Consent Policy.

Separately, once per app session, DiscoTorchsends a pseudonymous device identifier to a shared backend service we operate for all of our apps (the same one our other apps use to count installs), so we know how many devices use the App. This id is a one-way hash of your device’s own platform identifier — never the raw identifier itself, never a name, and never linked to microphone audio. It is not used to show ads and is not shared with Google or any other third party.

5. Your ad choices

• Android: Settings → Privacy → Ads, to reset your advertising ID or opt out of personalized ads.
• iOS:Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking, to decline or change your tracking choice at any time.
• You can also review ad personalization at adssettings.google.com.

6. Data safety at a glance

7. Permissions the App requests

• Microphone. Used by Beat Sync, Bass Pulse, and Volume Reactive modes to detect the beat in real time (see above). Requested contextually the first time you start one of those modes, with an in-app explanation shown before the OS prompt. The manual Strobe mode does not need this permission at all.
• Internet. Required by the Google AdMob SDK to request and display ads, and by the once-per-session device-registration ping described above. Beat detection itself never uses this permission — it runs entirely offline.

The App does not request camera, location, contacts, storage, or notifications access.

8. Subscriptions & payment

DiscoTorch does not currently offer any in-app purchases or subscriptions, and includes no payment or billing SDK.

9. Delete your data

Your locally stored settings are never sent to us in the first place — uninstalling the App, or clearing its storage in your device settings, erases them immediately and completely. Microphone audio is never stored anywhere; it is analyzed frame by frame and discarded immediately, on-device.

Outside your device, two things exist: the advertising identifier Google AdMob collects to show ads, and the pseudonymous device id we hold to count installs. We don’t control the AdMob side — see Your ad choices above for how to reset or opt out of it directly, and Google’s own retention practices linked there. For the device id, since it’s a one-way hash we can’t reverse it back to your device on request, but you can email us at rpapps25@gmail.com and we’ll delete the row for the device id you provide.

For any other question about your data, email rpapps25@gmail.com.

10. Children’s privacy

DiscoTorch is designed for a general audience and does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone, including children under 13 — the App has no mechanism to collect personal information from any user. If you have a concern, contact us at rpapps25@gmail.com.

11. Your privacy rights

Depending on where you live (for example, under the GDPR in the EU/UK or the CCPA in California), you may have the right to request access to, correction of, or deletion of personal information. Because DiscoTorch has no account system, the only data tied to your device is the advertising identifier AdMob collects and the pseudonymous device id described above — see Delete your data above for how to reset or opt out of it. For any other question, email us at rpapps25@gmail.com.

12. Security

Your locally stored settings are protected by the security protections provided by your device’s operating system. Beat detection itself makes no network request of any kind. Ad requests to Google AdMob, and the device-registration ping to our own backend, are both made over an encrypted (HTTPS) connection. We rely on Google’s own security practices for anything processed on their side.

13. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Material changes will be reflected by updating the effective date at the top of this page. Continued use of the App after a change means you accept the revised policy.

14. Contact us

Questions about this policy or how DiscoTorch handles information? Email AI Apps at rpapps25@gmail.com.