ACR Phone by NLL APPS Privacy policy & Usage terms

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ACR Phone is an advanced phone app with many features such as call recording, call blocking, SIP calling. ACR Phone respects your privacy and does not collect or transfer any data to us or to any third party unless stated below.

When ACR Phone is NOT the default phone app

ACR Phone does not access any of your personal data and cannot be used without setting it as default phone app.

When ACR Phone is the default phone app

Phone call log access

ACR Phone acquires call log access when it is set as default phone app due to how Android grants access rights to 3rd party apps. ACR Phone uses phone call log to show and edit call history as required. It does not transfer any call log data outside your phone unless you setup a cloud service as described below.

Phone Number access

ACR Phone acquires phone number access when it is set as default phone app due to how Android grants access rights to 3rd party apps.

When granted, ACR Phone uses phone number to show which SIM calls are made from as well as which SIM you are going to call. ACR Phone does not collect or transfer your phone number to us or to any third party.

Contacts access

ACR Phone acquires contact access when it is set as default phone app due to how Android grants access rights to 3rd party apps. ACR Phone does not need contact access to function properly. However, providing contact access significantly enhances its usability.

When granted, ACR Phone uses your contacts to match call logs, incoming or outgoing caller information to contacts. ACR Phone does not collect or transfer any contact data to us or to any third party by default unless you enable optional feature called Enhanced caller ID.

When the optional feature called Enhanced Caller ID is enabled, ACR Phone collects and uploads your contact list until you disable Enhanced Caller ID feature. Uploaded contact list used to create a global contact database to identify callers and spam calls as further explained at Sync.me privacy policy. When you disable Enhanced Caller ID feature ACR Phone stops uploading and deletes your contact information from the service.

Text/SMS Message access

ACR Phone acquires Text/SMS Message access when it is set as default phone app due to how Android grants access rights to 3rd party apps.

When granted, ACR Phone uses Text/SMS message access to show and send Quick Response messages when you choose to decline a call with Text/SMS message. ACR Phone does not collect or transfer your Text/SMS messages to us or to any third party.

Calendar access

ACR Phone has an optional feature called Add to calendar allowing it to create a calendar event after each call. This feature requires Calendar Write Access permission.

When granted, ACR Phone uses that permission to create an event after each call with details of the call such as contact name, phone number and notes. ACR Phone does not collect or transfer your calendar data to us or to any third party.

Camera access

ACR Phone gains Camera Access permissions when it is set as default phone app. This permission is part of Default Phone App Role and is used for operator video calling or when you want to assign videos or photos to contacts. ACR Phone does not collect or transfer your Camera Data or Image Data to us or to any third party.

NLLApps Online Spam DB

NLLApps Online Spam DB is another optional service we offer. NLLApps Online Spam DB helps you to block incoming spam calls by utilising our community generated spam number database. You can read NLLApps Online Spam DB privacy policy here.

Microphone access

ACR Phone must use your phone's microphone to make and record (if device supports call recording) calls. ACR Phone does not automatically collect or transfer any audio or voice data to us or to any third party. If you use cloud services it will transfers recording of your calls to the cloud service of your choice.

Emergency Calling

You cannot make emergency calls with ACR Phone. Android system has its own emergency calling dialer and does not allow any 3rd party dialer to make emergency calls.

Android Auto

Android Auto does not allow 3rd party phone apps to be used as calling app on android Auto.

Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM)

FCM is part of the core of Android and used by Google and developers to communicate with your device via Google Play Services. ACR Phone may use FCM to deliver notifications about updates and promotions related to ACR Phone.

In order to do that ACR Phone sends information about your devices model, manufacturer, country and language to Google servers. This information does not contain any personal information whatsoever and cannot be used anywhere apart from ACR Phone. It is deleted as soon as you uninstall ACR Phone.

You can read more about FCM at https://firebase.google.com/docs/cloud-messaging/ and https://firebase.google.com/support/privacy

Diagnostic Usage data collection and Data Retention

Diagnostic data is important for providing a functional app. We may collect diagnostic and/or usage data related to ACR Phone. This data does not include any personal information.
We do not start collection diagnostic or usage data until you accept our terms and conditions. Some data collection such as crash log collection only happens if you allow it.
We do not share collected data with 3rd parties.
All data transfers between the app and servers are encrypted using HTTPS to prevent unauthorized access or interception.
We use secure and up-to-date communication protocols, regularly reviewed for compliance with industry standards.
You can request your data to be deleted

Advertising

ACR Phone may show adverts. ACR Phone uses Google's advertising platform Admob. ACR Phone complies with Admob privacy and developer's policy. Admob uses Google's Advertising ID API (which ACR Phone has no access) to provide adverts to you. These adverts can include targeted ones. You can access settings related to advertising under Google settings app on your phone. Those settings enabled and controlled by Google. You can read it https://www.google.com/intl/en/policies and http://www.google.com/intl/en/policies/privacy/partners/

You can also choose personalised or non-personalised advertising option in ACR Phone settings.

Payments

One time payment on Google Play

One time payment is valid for the life time of the app. Google Play refund policy is 48 hours. However, we might be able to extend it to 14 days depending on your country and circumstances.

Subscription on Google Play

Your subscription renews automatically at the end of each period until you cancel. Note that deleting the app does not cancel your subscriptions.

Subscription Cancelation on Google Play

Your subscription renews automatically at the end of each period until you cancel. Note that deleting the app does not cancel your subscriptions.
You may cancel a free trial or a subscription anytime by turning off auto-renewal through your Google Play account settings. To avoid being charged, cancel the subscription in your account settings at least 24 hours before the end of the trial or the current subscription period. You alone can manage your subscriptions. Learn more about managing subscriptions (and how to cancel them) on Google''s support page.

Free or paid trial

We may offer a free or paid (for a small payment) trial subscription for the service. Unless you cancel before the end of the trial, you will be automatically charged a price indicated on the payment screen or/and payment pop-up screen for a chosen subscription period. Please note that if a trial is offered, this will be explicitly stated on the price screen before the checkout. If this is not the case, you will purchase our subscription without a trial. We may also from time to time offer discounted offers that renew at the full not discounted price and other offers that may be interesting for you.

Support

We are happy to provide support as long as needed. We will do anything we can to fix issues you might have with ACR Phone. Unfortunately, some features such as call recording depends on the phone and Android version.
Please try ACR Phone free before upgrading to paid version.

Cloud Services

ACR Phone can be linked to the following cloud services for backup and (if device supports call recording) call recording upload purposes.

Google Drive

When you link your Google Drive account ACR Phone can see your email adress and access files created by ACR Phone. Access can be revoked by disconnecting from Google Drive Settings under ACR Phone Cloud Service settings or from Google website. ACR Phone uses given authorisation to upload and store your call logs or (if device supports call recording) call recordings and backups to the cloud service. It can delete or re-upload them on your request within ACR Phone cloud services setting. ACR Phone does not automatically collect or transfer any information to us or to any third party.

Dropbox, Box and others

When you link your your account ACR Phone can see your email adress and access files created by ACR Phone. Access can be revoked by disconnecting from service settings under ACR Phone Cloud Service settings or from Service website. ACR Phone uses given authorisation to upload and store your call logs or (if device supports call recording) call recordings and backups to the cloud service. It can delete or re-upload them on your request within ACR Phone cloud services setting. ACR Phone does not automatically collect or transfer any information to us or to any third party.

OneDrive

ACR Phone can see your email adress and can access all files on your OneDrive once you link your cloud service account. Access can be revoked by disconnecting from OneDrive Settings under ACR Phone Cloud Service settings or from OneDrive website. ACR Phone uses given authorisation to upload and store your call logs or (if device supports call recording) call recordings and backups on the cloud service and can delete or re-upload them on your request within ACR Phone cloud services setting. ACR Phone does not automatically collect or transfer any information to us or to any third party.

Auto Email (AE), WebDAV, FTP, SFTP, WebHook

ACR Phone requires you to save your login details for the service in ACR Phone settings, which is only accessible to ACR Phone and it not stored or transferred outside your phone. ACR Phone uses stored login information to auto login to the service and upload your call logs, recordings or backups according to your choices. ACR Phone does not automatically collect or transfer any information to us or to any third party.

NLL APPS Messaging

In order to check new updates and messages ACR Phone tries to connect to this site. We do not record these requests.

SIP Push Proxy

The main purpose of our SIP Push Proxy is to wake-up ACR Phone when a new call is received. This improves availability and reduces battery usage because ACR Phone does not need to be always on.

When you enable optional SIP Push option in SIP Account settings, ACR Phone adds our SIP Push Proxy server address as proxy server for that account. Our SIP Push Proxy then act as a proxy between ACR Phone and your SIP server providing push notification support to ACR Phone by transparently forwarding the SIP protocol commands.

  • We store account name and actual SIP server details in order to match calls to your account. We delete such information if ACR Phone does not connect to our SIP Push Proxy for a while.
  • We do not store passwords.
  • SIP signalling communication between ACR Phone and your SIP server ephemerally stored in the memory of our SIP Push Proxy server.
  • Audio data transfer happens directly between ACR Phone and your SIP server. No audio data goes through our SIP Push Proxy server.
  • Time to time, we may investigate stored or ephemeral data going through our server in order to fix bugs or prevent attacks.
  • We do not share or transfer stored information to 3rd parties.

Legal

You agree to not to use ACR Phone in any way that might be illegal or unlawful under local and international laws. If device supports call recording you are responsible to check legality of call recording in your country and disable call recording if it is not permitted by law.

Limited Liability

You accept that; we (NLL APPS including developer(s), owner(s), contactor(s), director(s), providers and apps) do not have any sort of liability what so ever for anything that may arise from the use of our properties including our apps and/or our communications.

Contact

Please email us (cb [at] nllapps.com) at anytime if you need help or further information.


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