Privacy Policy for Depressometer

1. Who we are

Depressometer (“the app”, “we”, “us”) is an Android application distributed on Google Play. This policy explains what information the app processes, why, and the choices you have. By installing or using the app you agree to this policy.

2. Information the app processes on your device

• Camera frames. When you run a scan, the front or back camera captures frames that are analysed in memory on your device using Google ML Kit face detection. The frames are used only to compute a numeric mood score and are discarded immediately. No photo, video or image is stored, uploaded, or shared by us.
• Mood scores and history. The numeric score, its mood level and the time of the scan are saved in a private local file on your phone so you can see your history and trends. You can clear this at any time from the History screen.
• Points and cosmetics. Your points balance and unlocked items are stored locally on your device.
• App preferences. Settings such as your reminder time and preferred camera are stored locally.

We do not operate a server that receives your scans, scores, photos or personal details. Deleting the app removes the locally stored data described above.

3. Permissions and why we ask for them

• Camera — required for the mood scan itself. Without it the app cannot scan.
• Notifications (Android 13+) — only if you switch on the optional daily reminder.
• Internet — used to load advertising (see below).

4. Advertising and third parties

To keep the app free, the app shows optional rewarded video ads supplied by Google AdMob. To serve ads, the Google Mobile Ads SDK may collect and process information such as your device’s advertising identifier, IP address, approximate location derived from IP, device and app information, and ad interaction data. This processing is controlled by Google, not by us, and is used for ad delivery, measurement and fraud prevention.

• Viewing an ad is voluntary and only offered to earn in-app points.
• You can reset or limit your advertising identifier in your Android settings (Settings → Privacy → Ads).
• Google’s privacy practices: policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites and policies.google.com/privacy.

We do not sell your personal information. We do not receive your photos or your face data.

5. Children

Depressometer is not directed at children under 13 (or the minimum age in your country). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has used the app, contact us and we will help you remove locally stored data.

6. Data retention

Scan history, points and preferences stay on your device until you clear them or uninstall the app. We retain nothing on our systems because we do not collect it.

7. Your choices and rights

• Clear your scan history at any time from within the app.
• Uninstall the app to remove all locally stored data.
• Limit ad personalisation via your device’s ad settings.
• Depending on where you live (e.g. GDPR/UK GDPR, Quebec Law 25, CCPA), you may have rights to access, correct or delete personal data. Because we hold none of your personal data, most requests are best directed to Google for ad-related data.

8. Security

All face processing happens on-device. We do not transmit or store your images. Network traffic for ads is encrypted in transit (HTTPS) by the advertising SDK.

9. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. Material changes will be reflected by the “Last updated” date above and, where appropriate, an in-app notice.

10. Contact

Questions about this policy or your privacy? Contact us at privacy@depressometer.com.