Stickar Privacy Policy

Effective date and last updated: . Replaces the earlier version that was hosted on Google Drive.

This policy explains what information the Stickar app uses, why, who receives it, and your choices. It covers Stickar for Android and iPhone/iPad: “Stickar: AR Stickers & GIFs” on Google Play (com.secundumreality.stickar) and the App Store (ID 6497066147).

The short version

  • Stickar has no account. We never ask for your name, email or phone number.
  • Your photos and videos are made and saved on your device. We never receive them.
  • GIFs and stickers come from GIPHY, which receives what you search for.
  • The free app uses third-party services for ads, usage statistics and crash reports.
  • We do not sell your personal information.

Questions or requests: contact@homevism.com.

1. Who we are

Stickar is published by Secundum Reality, Islamabad, Pakistan. Secundum Reality is operated by HOMEVISM SMC-PRIVATE LIMITED, which is responsible for the information described in this policy (the "controller"). Contact us at contact@homevism.com. On the App Store, the app is listed under the developer name Osman Ahsan Sheikh. This policy goes with the Stickar Terms of Use.

2. What we do not collect

Stickar does not ask for, and we do not collect:

  • your name, email address, phone number or postal address;
  • an account, password or sign-in of any kind;
  • your contacts, messages or precise (GPS) location;
  • payment details. The app has nothing to buy.

3. What stays on your device

  • Camera and microphone. Stickar uses the camera to show the AR view and capture photos and videos, and the microphone so videos can include sound. On Android it uses Bluetooth and audio settings so recording works with a connected headset. All of this happens on your device.
  • Your photos and videos. What you capture is saved on your device (on Android, in your gallery, using the storage permission). We do not upload, see or keep it. When you share a creation through another app, that app's privacy policy applies to what you share.
  • AR. On Android, Stickar places stickers in the camera view using Google Play Services for AR (ARCore), which is provided by Google and governed by the Google Privacy Policy.

4. GIFs and stickers from GIPHY

When Stickar loads GIFs and stickers, your device requests them from GIPHY. GIPHY receives your IP address, basic device and app information, and the words you search for or the GIFs you choose. GIPHY handles this information under the GIPHY Privacy Policy.

5. Ads, usage statistics and crash reports

To pay for the free app and keep it working, Stickar includes third-party software (SDKs) for ads, usage statistics and crash reports. These SDKs collect information directly from the app:

  • how the app is used (app interactions);
  • crash logs and other diagnostics;
  • device identifiers, including on Android the device's advertising ID;
  • approximate location (country or region), worked out from your IP address;
  • information about other apps installed on the device, used for analytics;
  • on Android, the Google Play install referrer, which shows which store page or campaign led to the install.

This information is used for ads, analytics and fixing problems. It is not used to identify you by name. Ads may be personalised where the law allows it. You can limit this with your device's ad settings (see "Your choices" below). See how Google uses information from apps that use its services.

6. Device permissions

Stickar asks for or uses these permissions:

  • Camera: to show the AR view and capture photos and videos.
  • Microphone, plus Bluetooth and audio settings on Android: to record sound with videos.
  • Storage (Android): to save your photos and videos.
  • Internet and network state: to load GIFs, ads and analytics.
  • Advertising ID and install referrer (Android): used by the ads and analytics SDKs described above.

You can change permissions at any time in your device settings.

7. Why we use information, and our legal bases

Where data protection laws such as the GDPR or UK GDPR apply, we rely on these legal bases:

  • Showing the camera view, AR and GIFs: performing our agreement with you (the Terms of Use).
  • Usage statistics and crash reports: our legitimate interest in understanding how the app is used and fixing problems.
  • Showing ads: your consent for personalised ads where the law requires it; otherwise our legitimate interest in funding a free app.

8. Who we share information with

  • the service providers named in this policy, which receive information directly from the app or process it for us;
  • authorities, courts or others when the law requires it, or when it is needed to protect the rights, safety or property of our users, the public or us;
  • a buyer or successor if our business or this app is transferred, under the same protections.

We do not sell your personal information for money, and we do not share it with anyone else for their own marketing. Where the law treats showing personalised ads as "sharing" or "targeted advertising", you can opt out with the choices below.

9. International transfers

The service providers in this policy, and our own server, may process information in countries other than yours, including the United States, India (our server is hosted by Amazon Web Services in Mumbai) and Pakistan. Where the law requires it, these transfers are protected by safeguards such as the European Commission's standard contractual clauses, which Google and other providers use.

10. How long information is kept

  • We do not keep your photos, videos or searches. Information collected by GIPHY and by the ads, analytics and crash-reporting providers is kept under their own retention policies.

11. Your rights and choices

You can:

  • Allow or deny camera and microphone access in your device settings (capturing needs them).
  • Reset or delete your advertising ID (Android: Settings › Privacy › Ads (or Settings › Google › Ads) › Delete advertising ID), or on iPhone keep "Allow Apps to Request to Track" off.
  • Stop all collection by deleting the app.

Depending on where you live, you may also have the right to access, correct or delete personal information about you, to object to or restrict its use, to data portability, and to withdraw consent at any time (this does not affect what was done before). To use these rights, email contact@homevism.com and tell us that your request is about Stickar and which device you use. Because Stickar has no account, we may need details from your device to find the right information. We will answer within the time the law allows. For information held by Google or other providers, you can also use their own tools.

If you are in the European Economic Area or the UK, you can also complain to your local data protection authority.

12. Children

Stickar is rated for general audiences but is not directed at children under 13 (or the minimum age in your country). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has given us personal information, contact us at contact@homevism.com and we will delete it.

13. Security

Information sent to our server and to the Google services in the app travels over encrypted connections (HTTPS). No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, but we take reasonable steps to protect the information we handle.

14. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy when Stickar or the law changes. We will change the date at the top of this page and, for material changes, mention them in the app's release notes.

15. Contact

Secundum Reality (HOMEVISM SMC-PRIVATE LIMITED) · Islamabad, Pakistan · contact@homevism.com

See also: Stickar Terms of Use · About Stickar