Privacy Policy

App: Newsnote (바람잡이) · Package: com.korea919.news
Last updated: June 6, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how the Newsnote mobile app ("the App", "we") handles your information. Newsnote is a personal news clipping app. It is local-first: your clippings are stored on your own device, and we do not operate any server that collects or stores your content.

1. Summary

• Your scraps (links, images, headlines, memos, dates) are stored locally on your device.
• Backup to your own Google Drive is optional and only happens after you sign in and enable it. The data goes to your Drive, not to us.
• The App shows ads via Google AdMob, which collects some data as described below.
• We do not sell your personal information.

2. Information the App handles

(a) Content you create. Article links, images you add or capture, headlines, memos, and dates. This is stored only in the App's local database on your device.

(b) Google account & Google Drive (optional). If you choose "Sign in with Google" to back up, the App accesses your Google account email (to show who is signed in) and uses the drive.file scope to create and read only the backup file it creates in a "Newsnote" folder in your Google Drive. The App cannot see your other Drive files. We never receive a copy of this data.

(c) Advertising. The App uses Google AdMob (the Google Mobile Ads SDK) to display ads. AdMob may collect and process data such as a device advertising identifier, IP address, and ad interaction data to serve and measure ads. See Google's policy: policies.google.com/technologies/ads.

(d) Article metadata. When you paste an article link, the App requests that web page directly to read its title and preview image (Open Graph tags). This request goes from your device to that website.

(e) On-device text recognition (OCR). If you use "Recognize headline from image", text recognition runs entirely on your device (Google ML Kit). The image and recognized text are not sent to us or to any server.

(f) Permissions. The App may request access to photos/files so you can pick an image, and uses Internet access to fetch article previews, serve ads, and back up to Drive.

3. How information is used

• To store and display your clippings on your device.
• To back up and restore your data to/from your own Google Drive, when you enable it.
• To display and measure advertisements.

4. Sharing & third parties

We do not sell your data. Data is shared only with:

• Google AdMob — for showing ads (data described in 2(c)).
• Google Drive — only the backup file you create, in your own Drive, at your direction.

5. Data retention & deletion

Your content stays on your device until you delete it or uninstall the App. Backups remain in your Google Drive until you delete them. For step-by-step instructions, see our Data Deletion guide.

6. Children

The App is not directed to children under 13 and does not knowingly collect personal information from them.

7. Security

Your data is kept on your device and, if you enable backup, in your Google account, which is protected by Google's security. No method of transmission or storage is 100% secure.

8. Changes

We may update this policy. Material changes will be reflected here with a new "Last updated" date.

9. Contact

Developer: [DEVELOPER / PUBLISHER NAME]
Email: [CONTACT EMAIL]