Privacy Policy
Effective Date: September 15, 2025
Dear Universe (“the App”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and protect your information when you use the App.
1. Information We Collect
Locally Stored Data
- The App allows users to create diary entries using text, audio, photos, and videos.
- This data is stored locally on your device and is not transmitted to our servers or the internet.
Google Drive Backup & Sync
- If you enable backup, the App creates and uses its own folder in your Google Drive.
- Backups include your database data (entries and days) and any media files (photos, audio, videos) referenced in your entries.
- The App cannot access, view, or modify any other files or folders in your Google Drive.
Anonymous Crash Reports
- We use Sentry to collect anonymous, non-sensitive crash reports to improve the App’s performance.
Anonymous Usage Analytics
- We use Aptabase to collect anonymous usage events. No personal or diary content is collected.
- Events tracked include:
- Export to Google Drive (number of entries, days, media files, size of media, deleted files).
- Import from Google Drive (created/updated/deleted days & entries, media files downloaded or deleted).
- Daily reminder being set and reminder time.
- Automatic export being enabled or disabled.
- Onboarding completion or skipping.
- Entry creation (type of data included: text, audio, photo, video — but not the content itself).
- App open events.
- Lock setup (with or without biometrics).
Advertising Data
- The App displays advertisements, which may involve third-party ad networks that collect data for personalized or non-personalized advertising.
2. How We Use Information
- To back up and restore your data when you choose to use Google Drive sync.
- To improve the stability, performance, and usability of the App through anonymous analytics and crash reports.
- To display ads and generate revenue to support development.
3. Third-Party Services
The App uses third-party services that may collect data as described below:
- Google Drive – used only for storing your personal backup data in the App’s private folder.
- Sentry – collects anonymous crash reports.
- Aptabase – collects anonymous usage analytics as described above.
- Ad Networks – third-party services such as Google AdMob may collect information to serve personalized or non-personalized ads.
4. Your Choices
- You may choose not to enable Google Drive backup. In this case, all your data remains only on your device.
- You may disable ad personalization through your device settings.
5. Security
- We prioritize your security. Your diary content is stored only on your device or in your personal Google Drive if you enable backup.
- We do not and cannot access your diary entries, photos, audio, or videos.
6. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Updates will be reflected with a new “Effective Date.”
7. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at info@dearuniverseapp.com.
Last updated: September 15, 2025