1. Who We Are
This policy applies to the Wardha News Android app (package com.wani.wardhacity), published on Google Play by developer Sahyadri Media, and related backend services. Contact: wanicity.com@gmail.com.
2. Information We Collect
- Mobile number: collected at registration for Firebase phone sign-in, identification, security, and support.
- Profile name: shown with your account and posts.
- User-generated posts: titles, descriptions, categories, city/district, dates, uploaded images, and submitted links.
- Photos/images: only when you choose to upload images for posts.
- Device/app identifiers: Firebase Cloud Messaging token, app/session token, and device token for login, notifications, and reliability.
- Advertising identifiers: collected by Google AdMob to show and measure ads.
- Reports/support/deletion requests: used to moderate content and process user requests.
- Technical logs: server logs, timestamps, errors, and request information for security and debugging.
3. Permissions
- Camera/photos: used only when you create a photo post.
- Notifications: used for local updates and app notifications if enabled.
- Internet/network: used to load posts, images, links, categories, account data, and ads.
4. How We Use Data
We use data for app functionality, account management, user-generated post display, notifications, moderation, fraud prevention, security, support, diagnostics, showing and measuring ads, and legal or Google Play compliance.
5. Public Content
Posts you publish may be visible to other app users and can include your profile name, post text, image, link, category, and date. Do not post sensitive personal information.
6. Content Sources and Government Information
Wardha News is not a government app and does not represent any government entity. The app may display local public updates and user-submitted posts. Any government-related information should be checked with the relevant official government website or department before relying on it.
7. Third-Party Services
We use Firebase Authentication (phone number sign-in), Firebase Cloud Messaging, Google AdMob, Branch deep links, Google Play services, and backend hosting/storage providers. We do not sell personal information. Google AdMob may use advertising identifiers to show personalized or non-personalized ads; see Google's Privacy Policy at https://policies.google.com/privacy for how Google handles this data.
8. Google Play Data Safety
Personal info: name, email, phone numberPhotos/videos: uploaded post imagesApp activity: posts, reports, searchesDevice or other IDs: Firebase/app/advertising tokensDiagnostics: logs/errors
9. Account and Data Deletion
You can delete your account from inside the app (Profile > Account Deletion Options) or request deletion at https://app.smartchandrapur.info/wardha/account-deletion. Account deletion removes your account record and associated posts unless limited retention is required for security, legal compliance, fraud prevention, disputes, or backup recovery.
10. Children
Wardha News is not directed to children under 13. Users must not upload or share content that exploits, endangers, or sexualizes children. See our Child Safety Standards.
11. Security and Data Handling
We apply technical and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal and sensitive user data throughout collection, transmission, storage, and deletion: data is transmitted over HTTPS/TLS-encrypted connections; access to personal data on our servers and databases is restricted to authorized personnel; account passwords and session tokens are not stored in plain text; we only collect the categories of data described in Section 2; we monitor our systems for unauthorized access; and deleted account data is removed from active systems subject to the limited retention described in Section 9. No method of transmission or storage is 100% secure.
12. Contact
For privacy, support, deletion, or child safety concerns, contact wanicity.com@gmail.com.