Privacy Policy & Terms of Use

01 Who we are

The apps and websites covered by this policy are published by ABCOM Information Systems Pvt Ltd (“ABCOM”, “we”, “us”), a private limited company incorporated in India on 18 August 1997 (CIN U72200MH1997PTC110114), with its office at Unit #108, Laxmi Commercial Centre, J P Nagar, Road #1, Goregaon East, Mumbai - 400063, Maharashtra, India.

For the purposes of data-protection law, ABCOM is the data fiduciary (India) or data controller (EU/UK) for personal data processed by our apps, except where a third party such as Google acts as an independent controller, as explained in section 4.

02 Scope

This policy applies to:

• all mobile applications published by ABCOM on the Apple App Store (iOS and iPadOS) and Google Play (Android) — together, the “Apps”; and
• the website at abcom.com.

Some Apps have a short app-specific notice that adds detail for that App (for example, World Clocks). Where an app-specific notice and this policy differ, the app-specific notice applies to that App. Our sub-sites education.abcom.com and horoscope.abcom.com may publish additional terms for features such as registration.

By installing or using an App, you acknowledge this policy. Where the law requires your consent (for example, for personalised advertising), we ask for it separately and you can refuse it.

03 Information we collect

Our Apps are designed to work without an account. Unless an App's description says otherwise, the settings and content you create in it are stored only on your device.

3.1 Collected automatically (mainly by the advertising SDK)

3.2 Collected only with your permission

• Precise location — only in Apps with a feature that needs it (for example, local time or sunrise/sunset), and only after you grant the operating-system permission. It is used for that feature and is not passed to advertising partners.
• Notifications — if you allow notifications, the platform (Apple Push Notification service or Firebase Cloud Messaging) issues a device token used only to deliver them.
• Tracking permission (iOS) — see section 5.

Each App requests only the permissions its features need. The permissions are listed on the App's store page, and you can revoke them at any time in your device settings.

3.3 Information you give us

• Information you enter in an App — for example, cities in a clock app, or a date, time and place of birth in an astrology app. This stays on your device unless a feature needs to send it to our servers to calculate a result. In that case it is used only for that feature, is never used for advertising, and is never sold.
• Support messages — if you email us, we receive your email address and whatever you include in the message.

3.4 What we do not collect

Our Apps do not access your contacts, call logs, SMS, photos, microphone or camera, unless an App's core feature clearly requires it and you grant permission. We do not intentionally collect sensitive personal data such as health, financial, biometric or government-ID information.

04 Advertising — Google AdMob

Our Apps include the Google Mobile Ads SDK. When an App requests an ad, the SDK sends Google information such as your advertising identifier (where available), IP address, device and app information, and your ad interactions. Google uses this information to:

• select and show ads (banner, interstitial, rewarded or native), including image and video ads;
• show personalised ads based on your interests — only where permitted by your consent and settings — or otherwise non-personalised ads based on context such as the App and your approximate location;
• measure ad performance, limit how often you see an ad, and detect and prevent fraud and abuse.

Google processes this data under its own privacy policy and, for some purposes, acts as an independent controller. Learn more:

• Google Privacy Policy
• How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services
• How Google uses data for advertising
• My Ad Center — manage the ads Google shows you

If we add another advertising network in future (for example, through AdMob mediation), we will update this section to name it before it is used.

About the ads themselves. Ads are supplied by third-party advertisers through Google. We require ads to meet Google's publisher policies and we block categories we consider inappropriate, but we do not verify advertisers or the claims made in ads. Any dealings you have with an advertiser are solely between you and that advertiser, and ABCOM is not responsible for any loss or damage arising from them.

Data usage. Showing ads uses mobile data. To reduce repeated downloads, the SDK may temporarily cache ad content (including video) on your device.

05 Consent & tracking

EEA, UK and Switzerland

We use Google's User Messaging Platform (UMP), a consent management platform certified under the IAB Transparency & Consent Framework, to ask for your consent before personalised ads are shown or before information on your device is used for advertising where consent is required. You can accept, reject or customise your choices. If you do not consent, you may still see non-personalised or limited ads.

United States

Where required by US state privacy laws, the App shows a message that lets you opt out of the use of your information for targeted advertising (which some laws call “selling” or “sharing”).

iOS — App Tracking Transparency

On iOS 14.5 and later, our Apps ask your permission before accessing your device's advertising identifier (IDFA). If you tap “Ask App Not to Track”, the IDFA is not available to us or to Google, and ads will not be personalised using it. You can change this at any time in Settings › Privacy & Security › Tracking.

Changing your choices

Where an App offers it, open the App's settings and choose Privacy settings (or Privacy options) to view or change your consent. You can also use the device-level controls in section 13.

06 How we use information

• To provide the App and its features — for example, saving your settings on your device.
• To show advertising that keeps our Apps free, as described in sections 4 and 5.
• To keep things working — diagnosing crashes, improving performance and ensuring compatibility.
• To protect our Apps, users and advertisers against fraud, abuse and security threats.
• To respond to you when you contact support or make a privacy request.
• To comply with law and enforce our terms.

Where the EU or UK GDPR applies, we rely on: your consent (personalised ads, access to device identifiers, precise location, notifications); our legitimate interests in operating, securing and improving the Apps and funding them with non-personalised ads; and legal obligations. Under India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, we process personal data on the basis of your consent or for legitimate uses permitted by that Act.

07 Who we share it with

• Google (AdMob) — for advertising, measurement and fraud prevention, as described in section 4.
• Apple and Google (app stores) — which distribute our Apps, process in-app purchases, and provide us with aggregated statistics and crash reports.
• Service providers — such as hosting and email providers that process data on our behalf, under contract, for the purposes above only.
• Authorities — where we are required to by law, court order or government request, or to protect the rights, property or safety of ABCOM, our users or others.
• Business transfers — if ABCOM is involved in a merger, acquisition or sale of assets, subject to this policy continuing to protect your data.

We do not sell your personal information for money. We do not share information you enter in our Apps with advertisers.

08 In-app purchases

Some Apps offer an optional in-app purchase, such as a one-time “Remove Ads” upgrade. Payments are handled entirely by Apple or Google; we never receive your card or bank details. We receive only a purchase confirmation that lets the App unlock the feature and restore it on your other devices. Once ads are removed, the App stops requesting ads from AdMob. Refunds are handled under Apple's or Google's refund policies.

09 Retention & deletion

• On your device: data stored by an App remains until you clear it in the App or uninstall the App.
• Support emails: kept for as long as needed to resolve your request, and then for up to 24 months for record-keeping, unless you ask us to delete them sooner.
• Data held by Google: retained under Google's retention policies. You can manage it through your Google account and My Ad Center.

Requesting deletion: email support@abcom.com with the subject “Data deletion request” and the name of the App. Because our Apps don't use accounts, we may ask for details that help us find any data related to you (for example, the email address you used to contact us).

10 Security

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures to protect information against unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure or destruction. These include encryption in transit (HTTPS/TLS), keeping the data we handle to a minimum, restricting access, and reviewing our collection and storage practices regularly. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, but we work to protect your information and will notify you and the relevant authorities of a personal-data breach where the law requires it.

11 International transfers

ABCOM is based in India, and Google processes data in many countries. When personal data is transferred across borders, it is protected by appropriate safeguards — for Google, these include standard contractual clauses and its data-processing terms — and transfers are made in accordance with applicable law.

12 Children

Our Apps are intended for a general audience and are not directed at children under 13 (or the minimum age required in your country). We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. In India, we do not knowingly process the personal data of anyone under 18 without verifiable parental consent, and we do not track, behaviourally monitor or target advertising at children.

If an App is ever designed for children or families, its store listing will say so, and it will request only family-appropriate, non-personalised ads in line with Google Play Families and Apple App Store rules. If you believe a child has given us personal data, contact us and we will delete it.

13 Your rights & choices

Device and ad controls

• Android: Settings › Google › Ads (or Settings › Privacy › Ads) — reset or delete your advertising ID, which stops it being used for personalised ads.
• iOS: Settings › Privacy & Security › Tracking — allow or deny tracking for each App, or turn off “Allow Apps to Request to Track”.
• In the App: use Privacy settings where available to change your consent choices.
• Permissions: revoke location or notification access in your device settings at any time.
• Uninstall: deleting the App stops all further collection by it.

Your legal rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to:

• access the personal data we hold about you and get a summary of how it is processed;
• correct, complete or update it;
• have it erased;
• withdraw consent at any time, without affecting processing that happened before you withdrew it;
• object to or restrict certain processing, and receive your data in a portable format (EU/UK);
• opt out of targeted advertising, “sale” or “sharing” of personal information (some US states), without being discriminated against for using your rights;
• nominate another person to exercise your rights if you die or become incapacitated (India);
• raise a grievance with us, and complain to a supervisory authority — such as the Data Protection Board of India, or your local data protection authority in the EU or UK.

To exercise any of these rights, email support@abcom.com with the subject “Privacy request”. We will acknowledge your request within 7 days and respond within 30 days, or sooner if the law requires. We may need to verify your identity before acting on a request.

14 This website

abcom.com is a static website. It does not use advertising or analytics cookies, and does not ask you to sign in. It stores your light/dark theme choice in your browser's local storage only. Like any website, our hosting provider (Cloudflare) processes technical data such as IP addresses to deliver and secure the site. Fonts are loaded from Google Fonts, which receives your IP address when the page loads. The contact form on this website opens your own email app; nothing you type into it is sent to or stored on our servers.

15 Terms of use

Please read these terms before using our Apps and services. By using them, you agree to these terms and to this privacy policy. Your use of the Apple App Store or Google Play is also governed by Apple's or Google's own terms. If you do not agree, please do not use our Apps.

• Licence. We grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to use our Apps for your own, non-commercial purposes. All copyrights and other intellectual property rights in the Apps and their content belong to ABCOM Information Systems Pvt Ltd or its licensors.
• Acceptable use. You must not reverse-engineer, copy, resell or misuse the Apps, interfere with their advertising (for example, by generating artificial clicks or impressions), or use them for anything unlawful.
• Information in the Apps. Content such as time, astronomical, astrological or educational information is provided for general information only. We do not warrant that it is complete, timely or accurate, and it should not be relied on as professional advice.
• No warranty. The Apps and services are provided “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE”. To the fullest extent permitted by law, ABCOM makes no warranty that the service will meet your requirements, be uninterrupted, timely, secure or error-free, or that results obtained from it will be accurate or reliable, or that errors will be corrected.
• Limitation of liability. To the fullest extent permitted by law, ABCOM will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, special or consequential damages arising from the use or misuse of the Apps, their information, or any advertisement shown in them. Nothing in these terms limits liability that cannot be limited by law.
• Changes to the service. We may update, change or discontinue any App or feature at any time.
• Support. We provide support on a reasonable-efforts basis at support@abcom.com.
• Governing law. These terms are governed by the laws of India. Subject to any mandatory consumer-protection rights you have where you live, the courts at Mumbai, Maharashtra have jurisdiction.

16 Changes to this policy

We may update this policy as our Apps, our partners or the law change. The current version will always be available at abcom.com/policy, with its “Last updated” date at the top. If we make a material change — such as adding a new advertising partner or using data for a new purpose — we will tell you through the App or this page and, where required, ask for your consent again.

17 Contact & grievances

When contacting us about an App, please include the App name and your platform (iOS or Android).

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