This policy applies to the DailyDrop Android app. DailyDrop ("the app") is a news reading app. This page explains what information the app touches, and what it doesn't.
What we collect
DailyDrop does not run its own user database or server that stores your personal information. Specifically:
Saved articles & app settings: if you choose to sign in with Google, the articles you save and your app preferences are stored in a private folder inside your own Google Drive account (an "app data" folder that only DailyDrop can access, and that you can revoke access to at any time from your Google Account settings). We never see or store a copy of this data ourselves.
Data stored on your device: if you use the app without signing in, your saved articles and your reading-interest counts (see "Personalized feed" below) are kept only on your phone, in the app's own storage. Uninstalling the app normally removes them from the phone, and "Delete my data" removes them too.
Google Sign-In: if you sign in, Google shares your basic profile info (name, email, profile photo) with the app, used only to show you're signed in and to label your saved-articles folder in Drive. This follows Google's own privacy policy for their sign-in service.
News content: headlines, images, and summaries shown in the app are provided through NewsData.io, a licensed third-party news API, via DailyDrop's own backend service. Reading the news does not require an account.
Advertising: DailyDrop shows ads via Google AdMob. AdMob may collect device identifiers and usage data to serve and measure ads, governed by Google's own privacy policy. You can manage ad personalization in your device's Google settings. To make sure ads are counted correctly, the app also sends our own small counting service (hosted on Cloudflare) a record each time an ad is shown: the ad format, the ad unit ID, the time, and a random ID for that one event. This record contains no name, email, device ID or IP address, and is used only to compare ad counts with the AdMob dashboard.
Personalized feed: the app keeps a simple count of which news categories (for example Tech or World) you open, and uses it only to order the "All" feed. These counts are stored on your device, or in your private Google Drive folder if you are signed in. They are never sent to us or to advertisers.
Related videos: when you open an article, the app may look up a related video via YouTube; this lookup happens through DailyDrop's own backend, not your device directly.
What we don't do
We don't sell your data to anyone.
We don't run analytics that identify you personally.
We don't require an account to read the news — signing in is optional, only needed for saving articles across devices.
Deleting your data
In Settings, "Delete my data" permanently removes your saved articles, settings and category counts from your Google Drive app folder (if signed in), clears everything DailyDrop has stored on your device, and signs you out. The ad-counting records described above contain nothing that identifies you, so they are not linked to you and cannot be looked up or deleted individually.
Children's privacy
DailyDrop is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect information from children under 13.
Your choices
You can sign out at any time from the app's profile menu, which stops any further syncing. You can revoke DailyDrop's access to your Google account entirely at myaccount.google.com/permissions, which stops the app from reading or writing your Drive. Revoking access alone may not erase the data already saved, so to erase it use "Delete my data" in Settings, or in Google Drive go to Settings > Manage apps > DailyDrop > Delete hidden app data. You can also use "Delete my data" in Settings at any time.
Changes to this policy
If this policy changes, the "Last updated" date at the top of this page will change. Continued use of the app after an update means you accept the revised policy.