This privacy policy document is to provide information on what, how, and why personal data or information is collected, used, and disclosed, when this software is utilized, and the choices you have associated with that data.

The objective of this policy document is to provide an open environment between developer and users of this software by openly stating what information the developer collects or not. By utilizing this software, it means you accept all the terms and conditions of the developer peculiar to only Panic Trigger software. This Policy applies to this software only, and the developer would not be held responsible for the content or privacy practices on any third party app not operated by the developer to which this software links or that links to this software, therefore it is advisable to read up the privacy policies of third party services that may be linked to this software.

For a better and enhanced utilization, the software is designed to request provision of certain personally identifiable information. Which is the enablement of several permissions, for it to work properly on the device on which the software's services are intended.

Panic Trigger requires the enablement of the following permissions;

- Location.

- SMS.

- Storage.

- Telephone.

Here are what these permissions do in details;

- ```android.permission.RECEIVE_SMS``` is needed to receive the keyword for triggering your alarm.

- ```android.permission.SEND_SMS``` is needed to send the keyword for triggering their alarm.

- ```android.permission.ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION``` is needed for a quick discovery where you are.

- ```android.permission.ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION``` if set, try to discover your exact location.

- ```android.permission.CALL_PHONE``` is needed to call the sender of the "Panic"-SMS.

- ```android.permission.CALL_PRIVILEGED``` is needed for calling emergency services.

- ```android.permission.READ_CONTACTS``` is needed for picking contacts (Not used yet).

- ```android.permission.INTERNET``` is needed for downloading map tiles (osmdroid).

- ```android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE``` (osmdroid).

- ```android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE``` is needed for writing to the tile cache (osmdroid).

The information that may be collected with the enablement of these permissions are stored locally on the device and the developer has no access to that information.

These permissions can be revoked when it is not needed, this is privy to only devices running Android 6.0 upward.

Your personal information cannot be collected by the developer when the services of the software are utilized. But, the developer collects crash logs when the app crashes. When some actions are performed, some data(usage data) may be collected by the software but not shared.

Panic trigger is stable and works fine but you may still experience a few errors and crashes. The information about these crashes is important to the developer so the issues can be fixed immediately and the software is running efficiently again. Although the developer is able to get reports when the app crashes, you can also speed up the process by informing the developer. If you encounter a bug during the use of this software, please open an [issue](https://github.com/tacticalDevC/PanicTrigger/issues/new?template=bug_report.md) on GitHub and it will be fixed in due time. When submitting a crash report, please provide a logcat to help the developer pinpoint the cause of the crash quickly and fix it accordingly.

Panic Trigger depends on the services of third-party services to facilitate its operations and to perform service-related services or to assist in analyzing how the services of the software are used.

These third-party tools may have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on the developer's behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

With these third-party libraries contained in the software, your information, including personal data, may be transferred to computers located outside of your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from your jurisdiction. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

The security of your data is important, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure therefore the developer doesn't guarantee its absolute security.

This software is intended for general use and has no restrictions on utilization by children except otherwise stated in a law governing that locale.

Panic Trigger does not contain links to any other service provider. The software works independently on its own.

The developer reserves the right to make modifications to the policy statement at any time without any notice. This privacy policy may be updated from time to time as the functionalities of the software are further developed and improved and may likely contain disparities that will nullify this current policy. Endeavour to check this document occasionally for any of such changes.

Your contact(s) can trigger your alarm with a simple SMS and vice versa. If your opponent doesn’t have this app he will only see an SMS with the text “Panic” (by default) and your current GPS coordinates. This makes this app useful regardless of your contact has this app installed or not.

PanicTrigger is an Android app which can help you in case of an emergency situation. In case of an emergency, you tap on a big red button which causes the app to send out SMS to your pre-configured contacts without comfirmation.

PanicTrigger runs in the background and listens for incoming SMS. If an incoming SMS contains a specific word and is from a specific number, then an alarm will go off and call the sender of the SMS in one minute.

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For further inquiries, regarding this privacy policy, you can contact the developer by opening an [issue](https://github.com/tacticalDevC/PanicTrigger/issues/new/choose) on the project's repository. You can also check out the developer's profile [here](https://github.com/tacticalDevC).