Privacy Policy
This policy explains how the TapLock app for Android ("the app", "we") handles information. The app is published by Varian.
Summary
- TapLock has no accounts, no sign-in and no server of its own. We do not collect, store or sell your personal data.
- The app is free and shows ads from Google AdMob. Google may collect some data to show and measure ads, as described below.
- The Accessibility service and Device Admin permission are used only to lock the screen when you tap the button. They do not read or collect anything.
1. Data the app keeps on your device
TapLock stores a few small settings on your phone only:
- A counter and a time stamp used to limit how often a full-screen ad is shown.
- Whether you finished the lock setup.
These never leave your device. Uninstalling the app deletes them.
2. Ads (Google AdMob)
The app uses the Google Mobile Ads SDK to show a banner and occasional full-screen ads. To deliver, measure and prevent fraud on these ads, Google may collect and process:
- Your device's advertising ID (you can reset or delete it in Android Settings → Privacy → Ads).
- Your IP address, from which an approximate location (country or city) can be derived.
- Device and app information, such as device model, operating system version and app version.
- Ad interactions (which ads were shown or tapped) and diagnostic data such as crash logs from the SDK.
This data is sent directly from your device to Google and handled under Google's Privacy Policy. You can learn more at How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services. We do not receive data that identifies you; we only see total ad statistics.
3. Your consent choices (EEA, UK and Switzerland)
If you are in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom or Switzerland, the app asks for your consent through Google's consent message before personalised ads are shown. You can accept, refuse, or choose individual purposes. If you refuse, you may still see non-personalised ads.
You can change your choice at any time: open TapLock, go to Setup and tap Privacy settings.
Wherever you live, you can turn off ad personalisation for your device in Android Settings → Privacy → Ads.
4. Accessibility service
TapLock includes an Accessibility service. You choose whether to turn it on. It is used for one thing only: to lock your screen (the same as pressing the power button) when you tap TapLock's lock button, so fingerprint and face unlock keep working.
The service does not observe what you do, does not read the content of your screen or other apps, and does not collect, store or share any data. You can turn it off at any time in Android Settings → Accessibility.
5. Device Admin permission
As an alternative way to lock the screen, TapLock can use Android's Device Admin permission. It requests only the "lock the screen" policy. It cannot erase your device, change your password or read any data. You can turn it off in Android Settings → Security → Device admin apps.
6. Children
TapLock is not directed at children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect information from them.
7. Data sharing and selling
We do not sell or share personal data. The only third party that receives data from the app is Google, for ads, as described in section 2.
8. Security and retention
Data stored by the app stays on your device until you uninstall the app. Data collected by Google is kept according to Google's own retention policies. Connections to Google's ad servers are encrypted.
9. Your rights
Depending on where you live (for example under the GDPR or CCPA), you may have the right to access, correct or delete personal data and to object to its processing. Because we do not hold personal data about you, most requests are handled by Google; you can manage your Google ad settings at My Ad Center. For any question, contact us below.
10. Changes to this policy
If this policy changes, we will update this page and the effective date above.
11. Contact
Questions about privacy: maximumunlimiteds@gmail.com