Privacy Policy

1. Overview

Viso Apps is an independent Android app and game studio based in Johar Town, Lahore, Pakistan. We design, build, and publish free, ad-supported applications on Google Play, including apps such as AR Sketching: Sketch & Trace and Navigation & Maps: GPS PRO. This Privacy Policy explains, in plain language, what information is and is not gathered when you download and use any application we publish, who else may be involved in collecting information, why that information is collected, and what choices you have about it.

This policy applies to every Viso Apps application currently on Google Play and to any application we publish in the future, unless a specific app displays a separate policy inside the app itself. We wrote this policy to be read by anyone — no legal background required — and we've tried to explain not just what happens with data, but why it happens and who is responsible for it at each step.

By downloading, installing, opening, or otherwise using any Viso Apps application, you acknowledge that you have read this policy and agree to the collection and use of information as described here. If you do not agree with this policy, please do not use our applications.

2. Information we do not collect

We built our apps so that you can use them without ever creating an account, entering your name, or handing over your personal identity to us. To be specific about what this means in practice, Viso Apps does not:

• Ask you to register, sign up, or log in to use core app features
• Collect your name, home address, phone number, or government ID
• Access, read, or store your contacts, call logs, or SMS messages
• Read or upload your personal photos, files, or documents from your device, beyond what a specific feature needs in the moment it runs (for example, a photo you actively choose to trace in AR Sketching is processed on your device and is not uploaded to our servers)
• Operate our own user-account database, analytics dashboard of individual users, or customer relationship system that stores your personal profile
• Sell personal data to third parties, because we do not collect personal data to sell in the first place

In short, Viso Apps itself has no servers or systems where your personal identity is stored. The only place data collection can occur is through the third-party advertising and analytics tools described in Section 3 below, and — separately — through Google Play's own billing system if you make a purchase, described in Section 6.

3. Advertising & the data ad networks may collect

Our apps are free to download and free to use, and the way we keep them that way is by showing ads. Rather than build our own advertising system, we integrate software development kits (SDKs) from established third-party advertising and analytics companies. These SDKs run inside our apps and communicate directly with each network's own servers — Viso Apps sits in between only to display the ad they return, not to inspect or store the data itself.

To choose which ad to show you, and to measure whether ads are working, these networks may automatically collect the following categories of information directly from your device:

• Advertising identifiers — such as the Google Advertising ID (GAID), a resettable, non-permanent ID Android assigns for advertising purposes, not tied to your name or email
• Location data — approximate location derived from IP address, and, only if you separately grant the app's location permission, more precise GPS location
• Device & technical information — device model, manufacturer, screen size, operating system version, language and region settings, time zone, and network carrier or connection type
• App interaction data — which ads were shown, viewed, clicked, or dismissed, how long an ad session lasted, and general in-app engagement used to measure ad performance
• IP address — used for approximate location, fraud detection, and to route ad requests to the nearest server
• Cookies & similar technologies — some networks use SDK-level identifiers analogous to cookies, mainly to avoid repeating the same ad and to measure how many unique devices saw a campaign

Importantly, this information is collected and processed by each advertising network under that network's own privacy policy — not under a policy we write or control. Once the data reaches a network's servers, how long they keep it, whether they combine it with data from other apps, and how they use it for their own advertising business is governed entirely by that company. We choose our advertising partners carefully and only work with established, widely used networks, but we do not have visibility into their internal data systems.

None of this advertising data is ever sent to Viso Apps' own servers, because we don't operate any servers that receive it — it flows directly between your device, the advertising network, and (for measurement purposes) analytics tools like Firebase.

4. Our advertising network partners

We may work with any of the following mobile monetization, advertising, and analytics networks across our apps, depending on the app and your region. Each one publishes and maintains its own privacy policy explaining exactly what it collects and how it's used — we've linked directly to each one below so you can read the source rather than take our summary of it. This list can change at any time — networks may be added or removed without prior notice — so treat it as representative of who we typically work with, not as a permanently fixed list.

Company privacy policies are updated by their owners from time to time, and URLs occasionally change — if a link above doesn't load, we'd recommend searching for the company's name plus "privacy policy" directly, or letting us know at the contact details in Section 16 so we can fix it. Because networks are added or removed as we update our apps, a network you see mentioned inside a specific app's ad settings may not always match this list exactly; the in-app ad settings (where available) are the most current source for that particular app.

5. Your choices & how to opt out

You are in control of how much advertising personalization you receive, and you can adjust or reverse these choices at any time. Here's exactly how, step by step:

• Opt out of ads personalization on Android: open Settings → Google → Ads, then turn on "Opt out of Ads Personalization." This tells every app on your device, including ours, to serve only non-personalized, generic ads rather than ads based on your interests or activity.
• Reset your Advertising ID: from the same Settings → Google → Ads screen, choose "Reset advertising ID." This replaces your device's current ad identifier with a brand-new one, effectively disconnecting your device from any advertising profile built up under the old ID.
• Opt out through each network directly: most of the networks listed in Section 4 offer their own dashboard or web form where you can request that your data not be used for personalized ads, view what categories of data they hold, or request deletion — follow the "Privacy policy" link next to each network to find their specific process.
• Use industry-wide opt-out tools: organizations such as the Digital Advertising Alliance and the Network Advertising Initiative let you opt out of interest-based advertising across many networks at once from a single page.
• Turn off location access: open your device's Settings → Apps → [app name] → Permissions → Location, and set it to "Don't allow" or "Ask every time." Disabling location will not stop an app like AR Sketching from working, but it will disable location-dependent features in apps like Navigation & Maps: GPS PRO, since that app needs your location to provide directions.
• Uninstall at any time: as with any app, uninstalling a Viso Apps application from your device stops any further data collection by that app going forward.

None of these choices require contacting us directly, though you're always welcome to reach out if you'd like help — see Section 16.

6. In-app purchases & payments

Some of our apps may offer optional in-app purchases — for example, removing ads, unlocking a feature, or a one-time or recurring purchase. When you tap "buy" inside any Viso Apps application, you are handed off to Google Play's own secure checkout screen, running as part of the Android operating system itself, not as part of our app's own code.

This means:

• Your payment method (card, carrier billing, gift balance, etc.) is entered into, and stored by, Google Play — never typed into or seen by our app
• Viso Apps never receives your card number, expiry date, CVV, billing address, or bank details
• We only receive a basic purchase confirmation (that a purchase was made and for which item) so that we can unlock the relevant feature in the app — no financial details are included in that confirmation
• Refunds, subscription cancellations, and billing disputes are all handled through Google Play's own refund and support tools, under Google's Payments Privacy Notice and Terms of Service, since Google — not Viso Apps — is the merchant of record

If you ever have a billing question, the fastest path is usually Google Play's own "Order history" and refund request tools, though you're welcome to contact us as well and we'll help however we can.

7. Device permissions

Android requires apps to explicitly ask for your permission before accessing certain sensitive device features. We only request the permissions each specific app genuinely needs to function, and we explain what each one is for below:

• Camera: used in apps like AR Sketching: Sketch & Trace to power the live augmented-reality overlay. The camera feed is processed on your device in real time to draw the tracing guide and is not recorded, saved, or uploaded to us.
• Storage / Photos: used when you choose to import a photo to trace, or save a finished sketch — the app reads or writes only the specific file you select or create, not your entire gallery.
• Location: used in apps like Navigation & Maps: GPS PRO to show your position on the map and calculate directions. As explained in Section 5, this can be turned off at any time, which will limit that app's core navigation feature.
• Network / Internet access: used by virtually every app to load maps, fetch ads, and check for updates.

A permission is only ever used for the feature it's named for. We do not use camera, storage, or location permissions to silently build a profile of you outside of what's needed for the visible feature you're using — any separate collection for advertising purposes happens through the ad SDKs described in Sections 3–4, governed by their own permissions and policies, not by repurposing app permissions behind the scenes.

8. Children's privacy & COPPA

We do not knowingly collect any personal information from children, and our general-audience apps are not directed at, marketed to, or designed for children under 13. We take children's privacy seriously and structure our apps and ad settings around that principle:

• Our general-audience apps do not ask for a birthdate, name, or any other information that could identify a child, and do not include account creation or social features aimed at children.
• We do not knowingly permit personalized or behaviorally-targeted advertising to be shown to a user we know to be a child.
• If any Viso Apps title is specifically listed under Google Play's Designed for Families program, that app follows Google Play's additional child-directed requirements — limiting ads to non-personalized, kid-safe formats, disabling ad tracking and behavioral profiling, and restricting data collection to what's strictly necessary for the app to function — in line with the U.S. Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and equivalent Google Play family policies.
• We do not require parental consent flows for our general-audience apps because they are not intended for use by children without a parent or guardian present, consistent with COPPA's treatment of general-audience apps not directed at children.

If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, or that a child has used one of our apps in a way that concerns you, please contact us using the details in Section 16 and we will investigate and remove what we can as quickly as possible.

9. Regulatory compliance

We built Viso Apps around a simple standard: don't collect what you don't need, and be transparent about what happens through the tools you do use. In practice, that approach is intended to line up with the major privacy laws and frameworks that apply to mobile apps around the world, including:

• COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, United States) — governing data collection from children under 13, addressed in Section 8 above.
• GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation, European Union / EEA) and the UK GDPR — giving individuals rights over personal data, including access, correction, deletion, and objection to processing, addressed in Section 13.
• CCPA / CPRA (California Consumer Privacy Act / California Privacy Rights Act, United States) — giving California residents rights to know, delete, and opt out of the "sale" or "sharing" of personal information. Viso Apps does not sell personal data, and does not directly collect the kind of data these laws primarily regulate.
• PIPEDA (Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act, Canada) — governing how organizations handle personal information in commercial activity.
• Google Play Developer Policies, including the User Data policy, Families policy, and Ads policy — which govern how every app on Google Play, including ours, must handle permissions, disclosures, and advertising.
• Other regional frameworks such as Pakistan's data-protection rules, and similar laws in other countries where our apps are downloaded, to the extent they apply to an ad-supported app that does not directly collect personal data.

Because Viso Apps itself does not operate servers that collect or store personal data, most of the direct regulatory obligations around personal data (such as responding to a formal data-subject access request) fall on the third-party advertising and analytics networks named in Section 4, each of which maintains its own compliance program for these laws — you can find their commitments in the "Privacy policy" links provided there. Where an obligation does fall on us directly — for example, honoring an email request to delete a message you sent us — we will act on it in line with applicable law. If you believe we are not meeting a legal obligation that applies to us, please contact us at the details in Section 16 so we can look into it.

10. Data security

Security is a shared responsibility across everyone involved in running our apps. On our side, because Viso Apps does not operate servers that store personal user data, there is no central Viso Apps database of personal information that could be breached — a common risk with apps that do maintain accounts is simply not present here.

For the advertising and analytics data that does exist, primary responsibility sits with each third-party network, which is required under its own privacy policy and applicable law to maintain reasonable administrative, technical, and physical safeguards. We reduce risk on our end by only integrating established, well-known advertising networks with public security and privacy commitments, rather than smaller, unvetted providers, and by keeping our apps' underlying software up to date.

That said, no method of transmission or storage is ever 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security of any data handled by a third party.

11. Third-party links & services

Our apps may contain links, buttons, or redirects to third-party websites, app stores, or services — most commonly Google Play itself, but potentially also links to our advertising partners' sites, social media, or a rate-and-review prompt. Once you leave our app through one of these links, you are subject to that third party's own privacy policy and terms, which we do not control and are not responsible for. We encourage you to review the privacy practices of any third-party site or service before sharing information with it.

12. Data retention

Because Viso Apps does not collect or store personal data on our own systems, there is, in effect, no personal user data on our end to retain or delete — there's nothing in a Viso Apps database tied to your identity that could be kept "too long." Any advertising or analytics data collected by our third-party partners is instead retained according to each network's own retention schedule, which is generally described in that network's privacy policy (linked in Section 4). If you'd like to understand how long a specific network retains data, that network's policy is the authoritative source, and we're glad to help you find the right page if you're not sure where to look.

13. Your rights

Depending on where you live, privacy laws such as the EU/UK GDPR, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA/CPRA), or similar regional laws may give you specific rights over data collected about you. In general, these can include the right to:

• Know what categories of data have been collected about you and by whom
• Access a copy of the data held about you
• Correct inaccurate data
• Delete data held about you, subject to certain exceptions
• Object to or restrict certain processing, including personalized advertising
• Data portability — receiving your data in a portable format, where applicable

Because the data these rights typically apply to (advertising identifiers, device data, ad interaction data) is collected directly by our third-party advertising networks rather than by Viso Apps, the most direct way to exercise these rights is usually through the relevant network's own privacy tools, linked in Section 4. That said, you're always welcome to contact us first if you're not sure where to start — we'll do our best to point you to the right place, and we'll action anything that is within our own control (for instance, if you've emailed us directly and want that email deleted from our inbox).

14. Changes to this policy

Our apps, and the advertising and analytics tools we use, evolve over time — so this policy needs to be able to evolve with them. We may revise this Privacy Policy whenever we add a new app, change an advertising partner, or need to reflect a change in law. Updates may be made at any time and take effect immediately upon being posted to this page, without any separate notice to you — we do not send emails or push notifications announcing policy changes, since we don't collect the contact details that would be needed to do so.

The "Last updated" date at the top of this page always reflects the most recent revision, so checking that date is the quickest way to know if anything has changed. We'd encourage you to revisit this page occasionally, especially before making an in-app purchase. Continuing to use any Viso Apps application after an update is posted means you accept the policy as revised.

15. Disputes

We would much rather resolve a concern directly with you than have it escalate, so if anything about this policy or how your data is handled troubles you, please reach out first using the details in Section 16. Any dispute, disagreement, or claim arising from or relating to this Privacy Policy, or to your use of a Viso Apps application, is intended to be raised with us directly and resolved internally between you and Viso Apps wherever possible, rather than through external escalation.

As noted in our Terms & Conditions, we recognize that in some jurisdictions this kind of internal-resolution approach may not override statutory rights you have to bring a claim through a formal regulator or court — if that applies to you and you'd rather pursue that route, this policy is not intended to stop you from doing so under your local law.

16. Contact us

Whether it's a question about this policy, a specific data-collection concern, a request related to your rights under Section 12, or simply feedback on how we could explain something more clearly, we'd genuinely like to hear from you. You can reach us at:

• Email: admin.visoapps@gmail.com
• Email: Nadeemsaqib866@gmail.com
• Address: Johar Town, Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan

We typically respond within 2–3 business days. For the fastest response, please mention which app you're asking about and, if relevant, your device model and Android version.