Assam News: Live TV & News - Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy describes how Borluit.tech ("we", "our", or "us") collects, uses, shares, and protects information when you download, install, and use the mobile application Assam News: Live TV & News (Package Name: com.kazirangalabs.assamnews), hereinafter referred to as the "App". This policy applies to all users of the App, regardless of location.

1. Consent and Acceptance

By downloading, installing, or using the App, you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to the terms outlined in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with any part of this policy, please discontinue use of the App and uninstall it from your device. Continued use of the App constitutes your acceptance of this Privacy Policy and any updates thereto.

2. Information We Collect

Depending on the App's features and your interactions, we may collect and process the following categories of data:

No personal account details required
Device ID for push notifications
Streaming telemetry logs (anonymous)

We adhere to the principle of data minimisation and only collect data that is necessary for the App to function as described and to improve user experience.

3. How We Use Your Information

The information we collect is used for the following purposes:

Core Functionality: To provide, operate, and maintain the App's features, including course content delivery, quiz functionality, progress tracking, and user profiles.
Authentication: To verify your identity and manage your user account through Firebase Authentication and Google Sign-In.
Cloud Synchronisation: To sync your learning progress, quiz scores, bookmarks, and settings across devices using Firebase Firestore.
Analytics and Improvement: To understand how users interact with the App, identify popular features, and improve the overall experience using Firebase Analytics.
Stability and Diagnostics: To detect, investigate, and resolve crashes, errors, and performance issues using Firebase Crashlytics.
Advertising: To display in-app advertisements through Google AdMob. Ad personalisation may be based on your Advertising ID and is subject to your device-level ad preferences.
Communications: To respond to support requests, feedback, and data deletion inquiries you submit.

4. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)

For users located in the European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom (UK), or other jurisdictions where the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) applies, we process personal data on the following legal grounds:

Consent: You provide consent when you sign in with Google and agree to this Privacy Policy. You may withdraw consent at any time by deleting your account or contacting us.
Contractual Necessity: Processing is necessary to deliver the services you request, including quiz scoring, progress syncing, and profile management.
Legitimate Interest: We have a legitimate interest in collecting analytics data and crash reports to maintain and improve App stability and quality.
Legal Obligation: We may process data to comply with applicable laws, regulations, or legal proceedings.

5. Required Device Permissions

To deliver its services, the App requests the following permissions from your Android operating system. You can review or revoke these permissions at any time through your device's system settings:

INTERNET (To load articles and video streams)
ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE (To adjust video resolution)
WAKE_LOCK (To prevent screen sleep during live TV playback)

6. Third-Party Services and SDKs

The App integrates third-party software development kits (SDKs) to provide essential functionality, analytics, crash diagnostics, and advertising. These services may independently collect and process data in accordance with their own privacy policies. We recommend reviewing these policies:

Google Play Services
Firebase Cloud Messaging
Firebase Crashlytics

Relevant third-party privacy policies:

7. Advertising

The App uses Google AdMob to display advertisements. AdMob may use your device's Advertising ID to serve personalised ads based on your interests, browsing activity, and app usage patterns. You can opt out of personalised advertising by adjusting your device's ad settings:

Android: Navigate to Settings → Privacy → Ads and enable "Opt out of Ads Personalisation" (or "Delete advertising ID" on Android 12+).

Even if you opt out of personalised ads, you may still see non-personalised (contextual) advertisements within the App.

8. Analytics and Crash Reporting

We use Firebase Analytics to collect aggregated, anonymised usage data such as feature engagement frequency, session duration, and user flow patterns. This data does not personally identify individual users and is used solely to improve the App.

We use Firebase Crashlytics to automatically collect crash reports, stack traces, and device state information when the App encounters errors. This data is essential for diagnosing and resolving stability issues and may include device manufacturer, OS version, and app state at the time of the crash.

9. Children's Online Privacy Protection (COPPA)

The app provides news content and targets adult audiences. We do not track or collect personal data from minors.

If you are a parent or guardian and believe that your child has provided personal information through the App without your consent, please contact us at support@borluit.tech and we will take prompt steps to remove such data from our systems.

10. Data Retention and Erasure

FCM registration tokens are updated periodically. No personal logs or user browsing histories are saved or retained.

In compliance with Google Play Developer policies and applicable data protection laws (including GDPR and CCPA), users have the right to request data erasure at any time. For more information or to submit a deletion request, visit our dedicated Data Deletion Portal.

11. International Data Transfers

Your information may be transferred to and processed on servers located outside your country of residence, including servers operated by Google LLC in the United States and other global data centres. By using the App, you consent to such transfers. We ensure that all data transfers comply with applicable legal frameworks, including GDPR standard contractual clauses where applicable.

12. Data Security

We implement industry-standard security measures to protect your information from unauthorised access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. These measures include:

All data transmissions between the App and our servers are encrypted using TLS (Transport Layer Security).
User authentication is managed through Firebase Authentication with secure OAuth 2.0 token exchange.
Cloud-stored data in Firebase Firestore is protected by Firebase Security Rules that restrict access to authenticated users only.
Local data stored on-device uses encrypted Room databases where supported.

However, no method of electronic transmission or storage is 100% secure. While we strive to protect your personal information, we cannot guarantee absolute security.

13. Your Rights

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have the following rights regarding your personal data:

Right to Access: Request a copy of the personal data we hold about you.
Right to Rectification: Request correction of inaccurate or incomplete personal data.
Right to Erasure: Request deletion of your personal data (subject to legal retention obligations).
Right to Restrict Processing: Request that we limit our processing of your personal data.
Right to Data Portability: Request a portable copy of your data in a structured, machine-readable format.
Right to Object: Object to data processing based on legitimate interests, including profiling for advertising.
Right to Withdraw Consent: Withdraw consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of prior processing.

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at support@borluit.tech. We will respond to your request within 30 days.

14. California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA)

If you are a California resident, you have additional rights under the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA):

The right to know what personal information is being collected and how it is used.
The right to request deletion of your personal information.
The right to opt out of the sale of personal information. We do not sell your personal information.
The right to non-discrimination for exercising your CCPA rights.

15. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our practices, legal requirements, or Google Play Developer policies. When we make material changes, we will update the "Last Updated" date at the top of this page. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically. Your continued use of the App after any changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.

16. Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices for Assam News: Live TV & News, please contact us at:

Developer: Borluit.tech
Email: support@borluit.tech
Website: https://borluit.tech
Data Deletion: https://borluit.tech/data-deletion