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🔒 Privacy Policy — FormulaMate

FormulaMate is a productivity-focused Android app providing Excel formulas, scripts, and smart work tips.
This document explains how data is handled when you use the app.

📅 Last updated: December 13, 2025

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📌 Overview

FormulaMate (“the app”, “we”, “our”) is developed by Adil Khan.
We respect your privacy and are committed to transparency.

✅ No user accounts
✅ No forced sign-in
✅ No backend servers by default

By using FormulaMate, you agree to the practices described below.

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📥 1. Information We Collect

✉️ 1.1 Information You Provide

• FormulaMate does not require registration or login.
• We do not ask for your name, phone number, or address.
• If you contact us via email, your email address is used only to reply.

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📊 1.2 Automatically Collected (Non-Personal) Data

FormulaMate uses Google AdMob to show ads (banner, interstitial, rewarded).

Ad networks may collect:

• Advertising ID
• IP address & approximate location (non-GPS)
• App interaction & ad engagement data
• Crash reports & diagnostics

🔍 Why this data is used

• Serve and measure ads
• Prevent fraud
• Improve app performance & stability

🔗 Google Ads policy:
https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads

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🎥 1.3 Rewarded Ads

When you watch a rewarded ad:

• The ad network verifies ad completion
• Anonymous data may be processed for reward validation

🚫 FormulaMate does not track individual viewing behavior.

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🔔 2. Notifications

FormulaMate may send optional daily notifications to remind you about a featured formula or script.

🔔 Notification details:

• Notifications are scheduled locally on your device
• No personal data is sent to any server
• Notifications do not contain ads or tracking links

📱 Permissions:

• On Android 13+, notification permission is requested explicitly
• You can enable or disable notifications anytime from device settings

🚫 FormulaMate does not track notification opens or interactions.

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⚙️ 3. How We Use Information

Collected data is used only to:

• 📢 Display ads via Google AdMob
• 🔓 Unlock temporary Pro features (rewarded ads)
• ♻️ Restore Pro purchases via Google Play
• 🔔 Show optional daily notifications
• 🛠 Improve app performance and stability
• 🛡 Prevent abuse and fraud

❌ We do not sell, rent, or trade personal data.

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💳 4. One-Time Pro Purchase (In-App Purchase)

FormulaMate offers an optional one-time Pro upgrade using Google Play Billing.

✔ Secure payment handled by Google
✔ No payment details stored by FormulaMate
✔ Purchases linked to your Google Play account
✔ Pro can be restored after reinstall

🚫 We never see your card details, UPI info, or transaction IDs.

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🗂 5. Pro Features & Local Storage

When Pro is unlocked (rewarded ad or purchase):

• Minimal data (Pro status / expiry) is saved locally
• Stored using Android’s secure SharedPreferences

📍 This data:

• Lives only on your device
• Is never sent to our servers

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👶 6. Children’s Privacy

FormulaMate is not intended for children under 13.

We do not knowingly collect personal data from children.
If you believe a child has shared personal information, please contact us.

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🔐 7. Security Practices

We follow standard Android security practices:

• 🔑 No passwords or user accounts stored
• 💰 Payments handled entirely by Google Play
• 📱 Local data protected by Android OS security

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🎛 8. Your Choices

You are always in control:

• Disable personalized ads:
  👉 https://adssettings.google.com
• Enable or disable notifications from device settings
• Unlock features via rewarded ads or Pro purchase
• Uninstall the app to remove all local data

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🔄 9. Policy Updates

This Privacy Policy may be updated to reflect:

• New features
• Policy changes
• Legal requirements

🗓 Updates will be shown by changing the “Last updated” date above.

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📬 10. Contact Us

For questions, feedback, or requests:

Developer: Adil Khan
📧 Email: formulamate786@gmail.com

We welcome suggestions for new formulas, scripts, and features.

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✅ Summary

• Ads powered by Google AdMob
• Payments handled by Google Play Billing
• Optional daily notifications
• No login, no backend servers
• Privacy-first design

Thank you for using FormulaMate 🚀