Effective Date: [Insert Effective Date]

PathLife (“we”, “our”, or “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it. Because PathLife is built to be your private sanctuary, we believe in being completely transparent about how we collect, use, and safeguard your personal information.

This Privacy Policy explains our practices regarding the information we collect when you use the PathLife mobile application, website, and related services (collectively, the “Service”).

1. Information We Collect

To provide you with a chronological timeline and a secure environment to connect with your inner circle, we collect the following types of information:

A. Information You Provide to Us Directly:

  • Account Information: When you sign up, we collect your email address, username, password, and profile picture.
  • User Content: We collect the content you create and share on your private timeline. This includes photos, status updates, moods, relationship statuses, and any other text or media you choose to upload.
  • Communications: If you contact us for customer support, we collect your email address and the contents of your message.

B. Information Collected Automatically:

  • Device Information: We collect information about the device you use to access PathLife, including hardware model, operating system version, unique device identifiers, and mobile network information.
  • Usage Data: We collect log data about how you interact with the Service, such as access times, features used, and performance diagnostics.
  • Location Data: If you choose to tag your location (e.g., to show where you are currently sleeping or visiting), we collect your location data based on your device settings. You can control this via your device’s operating system permissions.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

  • To create, maintain, and secure your PathLife account.
  • To operate and deliver the Service, including displaying your chronological timeline to your approved connections.
  • To communicate with you, including sending technical notices, security alerts, and support messages.
  • To monitor and analyze trends, usage, and activities to improve our app’s performance and user experience.
  • To detect, investigate, and prevent fraudulent transactions, unauthorized access, and other illegal activities.

3. How We Share Your Information

Your privacy is our priority. We do not sell your personal information or user content to third-party data brokers or advertisers. We only share your information in the following limited circumstances:

  • With Your Approved Connections: The core function of PathLife is sharing. Your content is only shared with the specific users you have approved to be in your inner circle.
  • Service Providers: We may share data with trusted third-party vendors who perform services on our behalf, such as cloud hosting (e.g., server infrastructure), database management, and email delivery. These providers are bound by strict confidentiality agreements.
  • Legal Compliance and Harm Prevention: We may disclose your information if we believe it is reasonably necessary to comply with a law, regulation, or valid legal process (such as a subpoena or court order); to protect the safety of any person; to address fraud, security, or technical issues; or to protect our rights or property.

4. Data Retention and Deletion (User Rights)

In compliance with Google Play Developer Policies, you have full control over your data:

  • Data Retention: We store your personal data only for as long as it is necessary to provide the Service or to comply with legal obligations.
  • Data Deletion: You can request the complete deletion of your account and associated data at any time. [Important: Insert a link here to your Data Deletion form/page, e.g., pathlife.info/data-deletion]. Upon receiving a verified request, we will delete your account, profile, and all user content (photos, statuses, timelines) from our active databases within a commercially reasonable timeframe.

5. Data Security

We implement commercially reasonable technical, administrative, and physical security measures designed to protect your information from unauthorized access, loss, misuse, or alteration. However, please be aware that no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure.

6. Children’s Privacy

PathLife is not directed to, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from, children under the age of 13. If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected personal information from a child under 13, we will take immediate steps to delete such information from our records.

7. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make material changes, we will notify you by revising the “Effective Date” at the top of this policy and, where required by law, by providing an in-app alert or sending an email. Your continued use of the Service after any changes indicates your acceptance of the updated policy.

8. Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or your data, please contact us at: Email: [Insert your support email, e.g., privacy@pathlife.info] Website: https://pathlife.info