Lifin Privacy Policy

1. Information Stored in the App

Lifin does not require registration or account creation. Your financial records are stored locally on your device by default.

Information you enter or create in the App may include:

• Expense and income amounts
• Currencies
• Categories
• Dates and times
• Payment methods
• Notes or entry descriptions
• Budgets and budget periods
• Information about fixed and variable expenses and income
• Recurring expense and income settings
• Places and location information you select
• Photos you attach

Lifin currently does not provide user accounts, its own server, or cloud synchronization.

2. Photos and Camera

When you attach a photo to an expense entry, you can choose a photo with Android's system photo picker or take one with your device's camera app. Lifin does not request broad access to your photo library or camera permission for this.

Photos you select or take are copied into Lifin's local app storage. They are not automatically uploaded to a server operated by Lifin.

Using photos is optional.

3. Location Information and Place Search

Lifin may request permission to access your location when you search for an expense location or use map features. You can choose precise or approximate location.

Location permission may be used for features such as:

• Finding places near your current location
• Selecting an expense location
• Moving the map to your current location

If you save a location for a particular expense, that location information may be stored on your device as part of the expense entry.

Lifin does not store your location information on its own server.

Place search. When you search for a place by name, the text you search for and, if you have allowed location access, your current coordinates (used only to rank nearby results) are sent to Geoapify, a third-party geocoding service, together with the App's service key. Geoapify returns matching places. Geoapify processes this information in accordance with its own privacy policy. If you do not search for places, nothing is sent to Geoapify.

Geoapify Privacy Policy:
https://www.geoapify.com/privacy-policy/

4. Maps

Lifin displays maps using the Google Maps SDK for Android. When a map is shown, Google may receive information such as your IP address, device information, and the map area being viewed, and processes it in accordance with the Google Privacy Policy.

Google Privacy Policy:
https://policies.google.com/privacy

5. Advertising and Google Mobile Ads

Lifin uses Google AdMob and the Google Mobile Ads SDK to display advertisements.

The Google Mobile Ads SDK may process the following information to serve ads, measure ad performance, perform analytics, and improve services:

• IP addresses and approximate location inferred from them
• Device identifiers
• The Android advertising ID, if you have not reset or deleted it in your device settings
• Ad impressions and ad interaction information
• App usage and user interaction information
• Crash logs
• Performance and diagnostic information

Google may process this information in accordance with its Privacy Policy and related policies.

Lifin uses Google's User Messaging Platform (UMP) to provide advertising-related privacy choices and obtain consent in regions where required. You can review your choices again from the privacy options in the App's settings where they are available.

You can reset your advertising ID or opt out of ads personalization in your Android device settings.

You can continue to use Lifin's core financial record features even if you do not consent to personalized advertising.

Google Privacy Policy:
https://policies.google.com/privacy

6. Sharing Information with Third Parties

The developer of Lifin does not transmit your financial records to its own server or sell them.

However, third-party services included in the App, such as Google AdMob, Google Maps, and Geoapify, may process data in accordance with their respective privacy policies, as described above.

7. Data Export and Backup Files

When you use an export feature, the App may create a file on your device containing the financial data you select.

You can share the generated file with a destination you choose using features such as the Android share sheet.

Lifin does not upload these files to its own server without an explicit action from you.

The App can also export a backup file. A backup file contains your expenses, incomes, recurring settings, budgets, and the photos attached to your entries. You choose where the file is saved, such as on your device or in a cloud storage service you use, through the Android file picker.

Lifin does not send a backup file to its own server. Once you save or share a backup file, how it is stored and handled is governed by the location you choose and that service's own terms and privacy policy, so please keep it in a safe place.

When you import a backup file, Lifin reads the file you select on your device. Your current data is kept, and only entries that are not already in the App are added.

8. Backup, Data Retention and Deletion

Financial records, photos, budgets, and other app data are stored on your device by default.

Android's backup service may back up Lifin's app data to your Google Account, and restore it when you set up a new device, if backup is enabled in your device settings. This backup is managed by Google and is not operated by Lifin. Temporary photo files that have not been saved to an entry are excluded from backup.

You can delete individual entries in the App, or delete all Lifin data from the App's settings.

If you uninstall the App, Android removes Lifin's local app data from your device. Backups already stored in your Google Account follow your Google Account's backup settings.

The retention and deletion of data processed by third parties, such as Google AdMob, Google Maps, and Geoapify, are governed by their respective privacy policies.

9. Permissions

Lifin may request the following permission only when needed to provide its features:

• Location access (precise or approximate)

Lifin also uses network access to display maps, search for places, and show ads, and the advertising ID permission used by Google Mobile Ads.

You can change or revoke the location permission at any time in Android Settings.

10. Changes to This Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be revised to reflect changes to the App's features, applicable laws, or third-party services.

If there are significant changes, the effective date on this page will be updated.

11. Contact

For inquiries about the Lifin Privacy Policy:

Email: sehwani87@gmail.com