Privacy Policy for Heart Sutra (般若心経)
Last Updated: August 2026
Welcome to Heart Sutra (般若心経).
This Privacy Policy explains how the application collects, uses, stores, and protects information when you use the app.
By using this app, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
Information We Collect
The app does not require users to create an account and does not directly collect personal information such as:
- Name
- Email address
- Phone number
- Home address
However, the app may collect or process certain information automatically through third-party services used in the app, as described below.
Advertising
The app may display advertisements provided by third-party advertising partners, including:
- Google AdMob
- Unity Ads
- Appodeal
These advertising services may automatically collect certain information, including:
- Device information
- IP address
- Advertising identifiers (such as Google Advertising ID)
- App usage information
- Approximate location derived from IP address
This information may be used to:
- Display advertisements
- Show relevant or personalized advertisements where permitted
- Measure advertising performance
- Limit repeated advertisements
- Prevent fraud, abuse, and invalid traffic
- Improve advertising services
Advertising partners process this information according to their own privacy policies.
In-App Purchases and Donations
The app may offer optional donations or purchases through Google Play Billing.
Payment information is securely processed by Google Play.
The developer does not collect, store, or have access to users':
- Credit card information
- Debit card information
- Bank account information
- Payment credentials
Local Storage
The app may store certain information locally on the user's device, including:
- User preferences
- Reading settings
- Audio playback position
- Bookmarks
- Downloaded audio files (if available)
- App settings
This information remains only on the user's device.
Users may remove this information by:
- Clearing app data
- Deleting downloaded content
- Uninstalling the app
Analytics and Remote Configuration
The app may use Firebase services provided by Google, including:
- Firebase Analytics
- Firebase Remote Config
Firebase Analytics helps the developer understand how users interact with the app in order to:
- Improve app features
- Improve app performance
- Measure app usage
- Enhance user experience
Information collected may include:
- Screen views
- App interactions
- Session information
- Device information
- App version
- Approximate location derived from IP address
- Advertising identifiers
- In-app purchase events (where applicable)
Firebase Remote Config may be used to:
- Enable or disable features
- Adjust application settings
- Display announcements
- Manage advertisement configuration
- Improve user experience without requiring an app update
Firebase services may automatically collect technical information such as:
- Country code
- Language code
- Time zone
- Operating system version
- Platform version
- Firebase Installation ID
- Firebase App ID
- SDK version
- App package name
The developer does not directly collect:
- Names
- Email addresses
- Phone numbers
- Home addresses
- Payment information
Firebase processes information according to Google's Privacy Policy.
Third-Party Services
The app may use third-party services including:
- Google Play Services
- Google Play Billing
- Google AdMob
- Unity Ads
- Appodeal
- Firebase Analytics
- Firebase Remote Config
Please review the privacy policies of these providers for additional information.
Third-Party Privacy Policies
Google Privacy Policy
https://policies.google.com/privacy
Google Play Services
https://developers.google.com/android/guides/overview
Google Play Billing
https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/9858738
Google AdMob
https://support.google.com/admob/answer/6128543
Unity Ads
https://unity.com/legal/privacy-policy
Appodeal
https://appodeal.com/privacy-policy/
Firebase Analytics
https://firebase.google.com/docs/analytics
Firebase Remote Config
https://firebase.google.com/docs/remote-config
Data Sharing
The developer does not sell users' personal information.
Certain automatically collected information may be shared with third-party service providers for purposes such as:
- Advertising
- Ad measurement
- Analytics
- Remote configuration
- Payment processing
- Security
- Fraud prevention
- App functionality
- App improvement
These providers process information according to their own privacy policies.
Children's Privacy
The app is intended for a general audience.
It is not specifically directed toward children.
The developer does not knowingly collect personal information from children.
If you believe that a child has provided personal information through the app, please contact the developer.
Data Security
Reasonable measures are used to protect information processed by the app and third-party service providers.
However, no method of electronic storage or transmission over the Internet is completely secure.
Therefore, absolute security cannot be guaranteed.
Data Retention
Information stored locally remains on the user's device until the user:
- Deletes app data
- Removes downloaded files
- Uninstalls the app
Information collected by third-party services is retained according to their own retention policies.
User Choices and Controls
Users may control certain privacy settings through their device, including:
- Resetting the Google Advertising ID
- Limiting ad personalization
- Clearing app data
- Removing downloaded content
- Uninstalling the app
Disabling certain services may affect some app functionality.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy may be updated periodically.
Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated Last Updated date.
Users are encouraged to review this Privacy Policy regularly.
Contact Us
If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact:
Developer
Pyae Phyo Chit