Pathic Privacy Policy

1. Scope

This Privacy Policy explains how Pathic collects, uses, stores, and shares information when you access or use the Pathic website, applications, and related services.

2. Information Pathic collects

Pathic may collect the following categories of information when you use the app:

• Account information, such as identifiers required to authenticate you through Google Sign-In.
• Profile and contact information you choose to provide through the Service.
• Device and usage information, such as device name, model, operating system version, app version, and logs.
• Location history, including coordinates and timestamps sent by your device when location permissions are enabled.
• Operational metadata such as sync timing, diagnostics, and tracking status used to keep the Service working.

3. How Pathic uses this information

• To provide, operate, maintain, and improve the Service.
• To sign you in and associate your devices with your Pathic account.
• To build and display your personal timeline, location history, places, and related insights.
• To personalize the Service and remember your preferences.
• To monitor, troubleshoot, secure, and support the Service.
• To comply with legal obligations and enforce our terms.

4. Location permissions

Pathic requests location access, including background location where supported, because the core purpose of the app is to maintain a continuous personal timeline. Without background location, Pathic cannot reliably record visits, trips, and routines when the app is not open on screen.

5. How Pathic shares information

Pathic may share information with service providers that help host, secure, analyze, or support the Service. Pathic may also disclose information when required by law, to protect rights and safety, or in connection with a merger, acquisition, financing, or sale of assets. Pathic does not sell personal information or use Google user data for advertising.

6. Data retention

Pathic retains information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide the Service, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, enforce agreements, and maintain business records.

7. Security

Pathic uses reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect information. However, no method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and Pathic cannot guarantee absolute security.

8. Your choices

• You may choose not to provide certain information, though some features may not function without it.
• You can stop future location collection by disabling location permission in your device settings.
• You can sign out of the app, which stops tracking from that signed-out device.
• You can stop using the app at any time.

9. Children's privacy

Pathic is not intended for children under 13, and Pathic does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

10. International processing

Pathic may process and store information in countries other than your own. By using the Service, you understand that information may be transferred to and processed in jurisdictions that may have different data protection laws.

11. Policy updates

Pathic may update this privacy policy from time to time. Material updates will be reflected by posting a revised version at this URL with a new effective date.

12. Contact

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact the Pathic team through the support channel made available within the Service.