FOR TECH-FREEDOM
Applicable to Android, iOS, Windows, Web-Connected Services, and Related Digital Services
Effective Date: 01 July 2026
Last Updated: 01 July 2026
This Privacy Policy is issued by V.I. Developers (“V.I. Developers”, “Company”, “we”, “us”, or “our”) in relation to the mobile, desktop, and digital application known as Tech-Freedom (“Tech-Freedom”, “Application”, “App”, “Platform”, or “Service”).
This Privacy Policy applies to all versions, editions, builds, releases, and deployments of Tech-Freedom, including but not limited to:
a. Tech-Freedom for Android;
b. Tech-Freedom for iOS;
c. Tech-Freedom for Windows;
d. Any web-connected, server-connected, beta, alpha, testing, internal, public, subscription-based, trial-based, or future version of Tech-Freedom; and
e. Any related support, cloud, artificial intelligence, text-to-speech, optical character recognition, document-processing, subscription, authentication, backup, communication, or account-related service operated by or on behalf of V.I. Developers.
ARTICLE 1: INTRODUCTION, PURPOSE, AND LEGAL CHARACTER
Clause 1.1 — Purpose of this Privacy Policy
1.1.1. This Privacy Policy explains, in a structured, transparent, and comprehensive manner, how V.I. Developers may collect, receive, access, process, use, store, disclose, transmit, protect, retain, erase, and otherwise handle information relating to users of Tech-Freedom.
1.1.2. This Privacy Policy is intended to inform users about:
a. the categories of information that may be processed through Tech-Freedom;
b. the purposes for which such information may be processed;
c. the legal and operational basis for such processing;
d. the circumstances in which information may be shared with third parties;
e. the safeguards adopted to protect information;
f. the rights and choices available to users;
g. the manner in which users may contact us regarding privacy, data protection, and security concerns; and
h. the treatment of sensitive, document-based, accessibility-related, subscription-related, artificial intelligence-related, and device-related information.
Clause 1.2 — Nature of Tech-Freedom
1.2.1. Tech-Freedom is designed as an accessibility-oriented application, primarily created to support users, including visually impaired users, in performing digital tasks more independently.
1.2.2. Depending on the platform, version, and user-selected features, Tech-Freedom may include services such as document reading, text extraction, optical character recognition, text-to-speech, voice-based assistance, artificial intelligence tools, image analysis, file processing, media tools, notepad functionality, link saving, password saving, app backup, subscription management, and other accessibility-enhancing utilities.
1.2.3. Tech-Freedom may process certain user information only when required to provide the relevant feature, maintain the Application, respond to support requests, secure user accounts, manage subscriptions, improve reliability, comply with applicable law, or protect users and the Company from misuse, fraud, abuse, or unlawful activity.
Clause 1.3 — Privacy by Design and Accessibility by Design
1.3.1. V.I. Developers recognizes privacy, accessibility, dignity, autonomy, and digital independence as important values.
1.3.2. We endeavour to design and operate Tech-Freedom in a manner that respects the principle of data minimisation, meaning that we aim to collect or process only such information as is reasonably necessary for lawful, specific, and disclosed purposes.
1.3.3. We also endeavour to provide privacy information in clear language, while maintaining legal completeness and transparency.
Clause 1.4 — No Legal Guarantee of Universal Compliance
1.4.1. Privacy laws differ across jurisdictions. This Privacy Policy is intended to provide a broad and good-faith privacy framework for users in India and internationally.
1.4.2. Where a local law grants a user additional rights, protections, notices, remedies, or choices, such local law shall apply to the extent required.
1.4.3. Nothing in this Privacy Policy is intended to limit rights that cannot lawfully be limited under applicable data protection, consumer protection, accessibility, platform, or information technology laws.
ARTICLE 2: DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
Clause 2.1 — Definitions
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy, unless the context otherwise requires:
2.1.1. “Account” means a user profile, registration, subscription identity, login credential, or other user-specific record created or used in connection with Tech-Freedom.
2.1.2. “Applicable Law” means any data protection, privacy, information technology, consumer protection, accessibility, cybersecurity, electronic commerce, platform, contractual, or regulatory law applicable to V.I. Developers, Tech-Freedom, or the user.
2.1.3. “App Store Provider” means Google Play, Apple App Store, Microsoft Store, or any other marketplace, distribution platform, billing platform, or operating-system provider through which Tech-Freedom is downloaded, purchased, updated, subscribed to, or accessed.
2.1.4. “Artificial Intelligence Feature” or “AI Feature” means any feature that uses artificial intelligence, machine learning, large language models, image understanding, summarisation, translation, text generation, document analysis, question answering, or similar computational processing.
2.1.5. “Cloud Processing” means processing performed on servers operated by V.I. Developers or by third-party service providers, instead of entirely on the user’s device.
2.1.6. “Content” means any document, file, image, audio, video, text, note, link, password entry, prompt, query, output, message, metadata, or other material provided by a user or generated through the Application.
2.1.7. “Controller”, “Data Fiduciary”, or equivalent term means the entity that determines the purposes and means of processing personal information, where such terminology is applicable under relevant law.
2.1.8. “Device Information” means technical information relating to a user’s device, operating system, application version, crash state, performance condition, configuration, language settings, permission state, or similar technical environment.
2.1.9. “Personal Information”, “Personal Data”, or “Personally Identifiable Information” means information that identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked directly or indirectly with a natural person.
2.1.10. “Processing” means any operation performed upon information, including collection, recording, organisation, structuring, storage, adaptation, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure, transmission, restriction, erasure, or destruction.
2.1.11. “Sensitive Personal Information” means information treated as sensitive under applicable law, which may include financial information, authentication credentials, health or disability-related information, government identification information, precise location information, biometric information, children’s information, or other protected categories.
2.1.12. “Subscription Information” means information relating to purchases, subscriptions, free trials, renewal status, expiry status, transaction identifiers, platform purchase tokens, invoice status, plan type, or entitlement verification.
2.1.13. “User”, “you”, or “your” means any person who downloads, installs, accesses, uses, registers for, subscribes to, tests, communicates with, or otherwise interacts with Tech-Freedom.
Clause 2.2 — Interpretation
2.2.1. Words importing the singular shall include the plural and vice versa.
2.2.2. References to “including” shall mean “including without limitation”.
2.2.3. Headings are for convenience and shall not affect interpretation.
2.2.4. Where a term used in this Privacy Policy has a specific meaning under applicable law, such meaning shall apply to the extent legally required.
ARTICLE 3: SCOPE OF APPLICATION
Clause 3.1 — Services Covered
3.1.1. This Privacy Policy applies to information processed through:
a. Tech-Freedom for Android;
b. Tech-Freedom for iOS;
c. Tech-Freedom for Windows;
d. Tech-Freedom beta, alpha, testing, pre-release, production, and future releases;
e. Tech-Freedom account, subscription, trial, and restoration services;
f. Tech-Freedom support communications;
g. Tech-Freedom cloud-connected AI, OCR, translation, text-to-speech, or document-processing services;
h. Tech-Freedom server-side APIs; and
i. any related service operated under the Tech-Freedom name.
Clause 3.2 — Services Not Covered
3.2.1. This Privacy Policy does not govern:
a. third-party websites, applications, stores, services, links, or platforms not controlled by V.I. Developers;
b. payment processing performed independently by Google, Apple, Microsoft, banks, card networks, UPI providers, payment aggregators, or other payment entities;
c. privacy practices of external AI, cloud, analytics, crash-reporting, hosting, or communication providers, except to the extent we use them as processors or service providers;
d. user content voluntarily shared by the user outside Tech-Freedom; or
e. information independently collected by operating systems or app stores under their own privacy policies.
Clause 3.3 — Platform-Specific Operation
3.3.1. Some features may be available on Android but not on iOS or Windows, or vice versa.
3.3.2. Some permissions, device APIs, storage methods, billing systems, accessibility functions, and operating-system controls vary by platform.
3.3.3. Accordingly, the actual categories of information processed may depend on the platform, version, user settings, enabled permissions, selected features, and applicable subscription status.
ARTICLE 4: IDENTITY OF THE COMPANY AND CONTACT DETAILS
Clause 4.1 — Data Controller / Data Fiduciary
4.1.1. For the purposes of applicable data protection laws, unless otherwise specified, the entity responsible for Tech-Freedom is:
V.I. Developers
App Name: Tech-Freedom
Registered Address: Khijadiya road, Tankara, Morbi, Gujarat, India, 363650
Country: India
Support Email: support@techfreedom.in
Privacy Contact Email: support@techfreedom.in
Website: https://techfreedom.in
Clause 4.2 — Data Protection Contact
4.2.1. Users may contact us for privacy-related requests, grievances, consent withdrawal, correction, deletion, access, or questions using the contact details stated above.
4.2.2. If applicable law requires appointment of a Data Protection Officer, grievance officer, or similar contact person, the details shall be provided through this Privacy Policy, the Application, the website, or other lawful notice.
Clause 4.3 — Grievance Redressal
4.3.1. Users may submit privacy grievances by email.
4.3.2. We may require reasonable verification of identity before acting upon a privacy request.
4.3.3. We shall endeavour to respond within a reasonable time and within the time period prescribed by applicable law, where such law applies.
ARTICLE 5: INFORMATION WE MAY COLLECT OR PROCESS
Clause 5.1 — General Statement
5.1.1. We do not collect every category of information from every user.
5.1.2. The information processed depends on the features used by the user, the permissions granted by the user, the platform in use, the subscription status, and whether cloud-connected services are invoked.
5.1.3. We may process information directly provided by the user, automatically generated by the device or Application, received from app stores, or generated through use of Tech-Freedom.
Clause 5.2 — Account and Identity Information
5.2.1. Where account-based features are used, we may collect or process:
a. name;
b. email address;
c. phone number, if provided;
d. username or account identifier;
e. password or authentication credentials, if account login is supported;
f. login tokens or session identifiers;
g. subscription account status;
h. user ID generated by Tech-Freedom;
i. communication preferences; and
j. support history associated with the account.
5.2.2. Passwords, where applicable, should not be stored in plain readable form. We endeavour to use reasonable technical safeguards for authentication credentials.
Clause 5.3 — Subscription, Billing, and Entitlement Information
5.3.1. If you purchase, restore, renew, cancel, or use a Tech-Freedom subscription, free trial, in-app purchase, add-on, or premium membership, we may process:
a. subscription plan name;
b. trial status;
c. activation date;
d. expiry date;
e. renewal status;
f. platform purchase token;
g. transaction identifier;
h. product identifier;
i. subscription identifier;
j. payment state;
k. purchase state;
l. refund or cancellation status;
m. entitlement verification result; and
n. limited app-store-provided purchase metadata.
5.3.2. We do not directly collect or store full credit-card numbers, debit-card numbers, UPI PINs, bank passwords, CVV numbers, or other full payment credentials where purchases are processed through Google, Apple, Microsoft, or other authorised payment providers.
5.3.3. Payment methods, invoices, tax collection, chargebacks, refunds, and financial compliance may be handled by the relevant App Store Provider or payment processor under their own terms and privacy policies.
Clause 5.4 — Device and Technical Information
5.4.1. We may collect or process technical information necessary for security, compatibility, debugging, support, analytics, and reliability, including:
a. device model;
b. operating system name and version;
c. application version;
d. build number;
e. package or bundle identifier;
f. installation source;
g. language and region settings;
h. screen reader or accessibility-related compatibility state, where technically available and necessary;
i. crash logs;
j. performance logs;
k. diagnostic logs;
l. error messages;
m. feature usage events;
n. network status;
o. device identifiers permitted by the operating system; and
p. security or fraud-prevention signals.
5.4.2. We do not intend to use technical information to identify a user unless necessary for account operation, subscription verification, security, fraud prevention, support, or compliance.
Clause 5.5 — Documents, Files, Images, Audio, Video, and User Content
5.5.1. Tech-Freedom may allow users to open, read, process, convert, analyse, summarise, translate, listen to, save, or otherwise interact with files and content.
5.5.2. Depending on the feature used, the Application may process:
a. text files;
b. PDF documents;
c. Word documents;
d. Excel spreadsheets;
e. PowerPoint presentations;
f. EPUB files;
g. images;
h. scanned documents;
i. audio files;
j. video files;
k. notes;
l. links;
m. passwords or saved credentials entered into a password-saver feature;
n. OCR output;
o. AI prompts and AI outputs;
p. translation input and translation output;
q. text-to-speech input and generated audio; and
r. metadata relating to such files, such as file name, size, type, extension, page number, line number, duration, or processing state.
5.5.3. Where processing occurs locally on the device, such content may not be transmitted to our servers.
5.5.4. Where the user invokes a cloud-connected feature, such as online OCR, AI analysis, online text-to-speech, cloud translation, subscription verification, server-side document processing, or support upload, relevant content may be transmitted to servers operated by us or by authorised service providers.
5.5.5. Users should avoid uploading or processing highly confidential, legally privileged, medical, financial, governmental, biometric, or sensitive personal documents through cloud-connected features unless they understand and accept the associated processing.
Clause 5.6 — Text-to-Speech and Voice-Related Information
5.6.1. Tech-Freedom may include text-to-speech functionality, including offline TTS, online TTS, mixed-language TTS, custom TTS settings, and voice configuration.
5.6.2. We may process:
a. text submitted for speech generation;
b. selected language;
c. selected voice;
d. selected TTS engine;
e. speech rate;
f. pitch;
g. provider preference;
h. generated audio files;
i. temporary audio segments; and
j. error logs related to TTS generation.
5.6.3. If offline TTS is used, processing may occur on the user’s device through installed system engines or supported local engines.
5.6.4. If online TTS is used, the text submitted for speech generation may be transmitted to the relevant online TTS service provider.
Clause 5.7 — OCR, Image Analysis, and Camera-Related Information
5.7.1. Tech-Freedom may include OCR, image reading, cash reading, image analysis, document scanning, or camera-based accessibility features.
5.7.2. Depending on the feature and platform, we may process:
a. images selected by the user;
b. camera frames captured by the user;
c. scanned documents;
d. extracted text;
e. detected currency information;
f. image labels or descriptions;
g. object-recognition output;
h. image metadata; and
i. related error logs.
5.7.3. Camera access is used only when the user grants permission and uses a feature requiring camera input.
5.7.4. Images may be processed locally or through cloud-connected OCR or AI services, depending on the feature selected and technical configuration.
Clause 5.8 — Artificial Intelligence Inputs and Outputs
5.8.1. If you use AI features, we may process:
a. your prompt or query;
b. selected text from a page or document;
c. full document text, where the user chooses full-document AI processing;
d. OCR text;
e. table content;
f. AI-generated answers;
g. summaries;
h. explanations;
i. study notes;
j. generated questions;
k. translation output;
l. conversation context necessary for the AI response; and
m. technical logs necessary to deliver or troubleshoot the AI service.
5.8.2. AI outputs may be inaccurate, incomplete, or unsuitable for legal, medical, financial, safety-critical, or professional decisions.
5.8.3. Users must review AI outputs before relying upon them.
5.8.4. We do not represent that AI-generated content is human-reviewed unless expressly stated.
Clause 5.9 — Notepad, Remarks, Link Saver, and Password Saver Data
5.9.1. Tech-Freedom may provide local or account-linked features such as Notepad, Remarks, Link Saver, and Password Saver.
5.9.2. These features may process:
a. note titles;
b. note bodies;
c. document remarks;
d. page numbers;
e. saved URLs;
f. saved account names;
g. saved usernames;
h. saved passwords or secrets entered by the user;
i. labels, categories, or tags; and
j. timestamps.
5.9.3. Passwords and secrets are highly sensitive. Users are responsible for entering such information carefully and securing their device.
5.9.4. Where feasible, we endeavour to protect locally stored sensitive data using platform-supported safeguards. However, no software storage method can be guaranteed to be absolutely secure.
5.9.5. Users should not store passwords in Tech-Freedom unless they understand the security model of the relevant platform and version.
Clause 5.10 — Support and Communication Information
5.10.1. When you contact us, we may process:
a. your name;
b. email address;
c. phone number, if provided;
d. app version;
e. device details;
f. support message;
g. screenshots, recordings, logs, or attachments voluntarily provided;
h. subscription details necessary to resolve a billing issue; and
i. any other information you choose to provide.
5.10.2. Support communications may be retained for quality, accountability, dispute resolution, legal compliance, and future assistance.
Clause 5.11 — Verification or Eligibility Information
5.11.1. If any feature, benefit, verification process, trial, discount, accessibility-related eligibility, or community-specific service requires voluntary verification, we may process information submitted by the user for such purpose.
5.11.2. Such information may include documents, certificates, identity details, disability-related information, or other eligibility evidence, only where voluntarily submitted and required for the stated purpose.
5.11.3. Such information shall be treated with heightened care and shall not be used for unrelated purposes without lawful basis or consent.
Clause 5.12 — Information from Third Parties
5.12.1. We may receive limited information from:
a. App Store Providers;
b. payment processors;
c. crash-reporting services;
d. analytics providers;
e. hosting providers;
f. AI or OCR service providers;
g. text-to-speech providers;
h. authentication providers;
i. email or support platforms; and
j. fraud-prevention or security providers.
5.12.2. Such information is processed only for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy or as otherwise permitted by law.
ARTICLE 6: INFORMATION WE DO NOT INTENTIONALLY COLLECT
Clause 6.1 — No Intentional Sale of Personal Information
6.1.1. We do not intend to sell users’ personal information to third parties.
6.1.2. We do not intend to exchange users’ personal information for monetary consideration from advertisers, data brokers, or profiling companies.
Clause 6.2 — No Third-Party Advertising Profile
6.2.1. As of the Effective Date, Tech-Freedom is not designed as an advertising-based application.
6.2.2. We do not intend to use personal information to build third-party advertising profiles.
6.2.3. If this position changes in the future, we shall update this Privacy Policy and provide any legally required notice or choice.
Clause 6.3 — No Unnecessary Access to Private Files
6.3.1. Tech-Freedom does not intend to access user files unrelated to the feature selected by the user.
6.3.2. File access is generally initiated by the user through file picker, storage permission, document import, share sheet, drag-and-drop, or another platform-supported mechanism.
Clause 6.4 — No Intentional Collection of Children’s Data Without Legal Basis
6.4.1. Tech-Freedom is not primarily directed to children below the age prescribed by applicable law.
6.4.2. We do not knowingly collect children’s personal information without required consent or lawful basis.
ARTICLE 7: PURPOSES OF PROCESSING
Clause 7.1 — Provision of Core Features
7.1.1. We may process information to provide and operate Tech-Freedom features, including:
a. document reading;
b. OCR;
c. text-to-speech;
d. AI tools;
e. image analysis;
f. cash reading;
g. notepad;
h. remarks;
i. link saving;
j. password saving;
k. app backup;
l. media conversion or editing;
m. file opening and processing;
n. subscription access;
o. accessibility enhancements; and
p. user settings.
Clause 7.2 — Account and Subscription Management
7.2.1. We may process information to:
a. create and maintain accounts;
b. authenticate users;
c. verify subscriptions;
d. activate free trials;
e. restore purchases;
f. prevent duplicate or fraudulent subscription claims;
g. confirm entitlement status;
h. provide premium features;
i. process cancellations or refunds where applicable; and
j. maintain billing and compliance records.
Clause 7.3 — Security and Fraud Prevention
7.3.1. We may process information to:
a. detect unauthorised access;
b. prevent abuse of subscriptions;
c. protect the App from misuse;
d. investigate suspicious activity;
e. protect user accounts;
f. prevent spam, attacks, scraping, or automated misuse;
g. maintain system integrity; and
h. comply with platform security requirements.
Clause 7.4 — App Improvement and Reliability
7.4.1. We may process diagnostic and usage information to:
a. identify crashes;
b. fix bugs;
c. improve accessibility;
d. improve screen-reader behaviour;
e. optimise performance;
f. improve feature quality;
g. understand technical failures;
h. test compatibility across Android, iOS, and Windows; and
i. improve user experience.
Clause 7.5 — Communication and Support
7.5.1. We may process information to:
a. respond to support requests;
b. investigate user complaints;
c. provide subscription assistance;
d. send service notices;
e. send security alerts;
f. communicate major changes;
g. provide account-related information; and
h. maintain records of support interactions.
Clause 7.6 — Legal Compliance
7.6.1. We may process information to comply with:
a. applicable data protection laws;
b. taxation requirements;
c. accounting obligations;
d. consumer protection laws;
e. court orders;
f. lawful government requests;
g. app-store obligations;
h. cybersecurity requirements; and
i. contractual obligations.
Clause 7.7 — Protection of Rights and Interests
7.7.1. We may process information where necessary to:
a. enforce our terms;
b. protect intellectual property;
c. prevent harm to users;
d. defend legal claims;
e. investigate policy violations;
f. respond to misuse of the App; and
g. protect the rights, safety, property, and legitimate interests of V.I. Developers, users, and the public.
ARTICLE 8: LEGAL BASES FOR PROCESSING
Clause 8.1 — Consent
8.1.1. We may rely on consent where the user voluntarily grants permission, enables a feature, submits information, uploads content, activates cloud processing, subscribes to a service, or otherwise agrees to processing.
8.1.2. Examples may include:
a. camera access;
b. microphone access;
c. file access;
d. notification permission;
e. cloud OCR;
f. online TTS;
g. AI document analysis;
h. support attachments;
i. marketing communications, where applicable; and
j. processing of sensitive information, where legally required.
Clause 8.2 — Performance of Contract
8.2.1. We may process information where necessary to provide Tech-Freedom, maintain user accounts, deliver subscription benefits, verify purchases, respond to support requests, or perform obligations under our terms.
Clause 8.3 — Legitimate Interests
8.3.1. Where permitted by law, we may process information for legitimate interests, including:
a. app security;
b. fraud prevention;
c. reliability improvement;
d. debugging;
e. product development;
f. misuse prevention;
g. legal defence; and
h. service continuity.
8.3.2. We shall not rely on legitimate interests where such interests are overridden by the user’s fundamental rights under applicable law.
Clause 8.4 — Legal Obligation
8.4.1. We may process information where required by law, regulation, court order, tax rule, platform rule, consumer protection requirement, or legally binding authority.
Clause 8.5 — Vital or Public Interest
8.5.1. In rare circumstances, we may process information where necessary to protect life, safety, or public interest, to the extent permitted by law.
ARTICLE 9: DEVICE PERMISSIONS AND PLATFORM ACCESS
Clause 9.1 — General Permission Principle
9.1.1. Tech-Freedom may request device permissions only where reasonably necessary for a feature.
9.1.2. Users may grant, deny, disable, or revoke permissions through device settings, subject to platform limitations.
9.1.3. If a required permission is denied, the relevant feature may not function properly.
Clause 9.2 — Storage and File Access
9.2.1. Storage, file picker, media, or document access may be required to open, read, import, export, convert, process, save, or share files.
9.2.2. Tech-Freedom does not intend to access user files unless selected by the user or required for a user-enabled feature.
Clause 9.3 — Camera Permission
9.3.1. Camera access may be used for OCR, image reading, cash reading, scanning, image analysis, or related accessibility features.
9.3.2. Camera data is processed only when the user uses a feature requiring such access.
Clause 9.4 — Microphone Permission
9.4.1. Microphone access may be used where voice input, audio recording, speech-related tools, or media features are available.
9.4.2. We do not intentionally activate the microphone without user action or platform permission.
Clause 9.5 — Notification Permission
9.5.1. Notification permission may be used to send service alerts, processing updates, reminders, subscription information, or other user-relevant notifications.
9.5.2. Users may disable notifications through device settings.
Clause 9.6 — Internet and Network Access
9.6.1. Internet access may be required for:
a. account login;
b. subscription verification;
c. cloud OCR;
d. AI tools;
e. online TTS;
f. updates;
g. support;
h. crash reporting;
i. analytics;
j. security; and
k. cloud-connected services.
Clause 9.7 — Accessibility-Related Access
9.7.1. Tech-Freedom may interact with accessibility features, screen readers, speech engines, and platform accessibility services to improve usability for visually impaired users.
9.7.2. We do not use accessibility-related access for surveillance, unauthorised control, credential theft, or unrelated monitoring.
Clause 9.8 — Install Package Permission on Android
9.8.1. Where Tech-Freedom offers an App Backup or installation-related feature, Android may require permission to request installation of application packages.
9.8.2. Such permission is used only to support user-directed installation or restoration of backed-up application files.
9.8.3. We do not intend to install applications without user action and system confirmation.
Clause 9.9 — Clipboard, Sharing, and External Apps
9.9.1. Tech-Freedom may allow users to copy, share, open, or export content through clipboard, share sheet, browser, dialer, email, or other external applications.
9.9.2. Once content is shared with an external application, the external application’s privacy practices apply.
ARTICLE 10: LOCAL PROCESSING AND CLOUD PROCESSING
Clause 10.1 — Local Processing
10.1.1. Certain features may process information entirely or primarily on the user’s device.
10.1.2. Local processing may include offline TTS, local file reading, locally saved notes, locally saved remarks, local settings, certain document operations, and platform-based accessibility functions.
10.1.3. Locally stored information may remain on the device unless exported, backed up, synced, shared, uploaded, or processed through a cloud-connected feature.
Clause 10.2 — Cloud Processing
10.2.1. Cloud processing may occur when the user uses features requiring server-side computation or third-party services.
10.2.2. Cloud processing may include:
a. AI tools;
b. cloud OCR;
c. online TTS;
d. translation;
e. subscription verification;
f. authentication;
g. crash reporting;
h. support diagnostics;
i. cloud-based document processing; and
j. server-side security checks.
Clause 10.3 — User Choice
10.3.1. Where the Application provides offline and online options, users may choose the option that best suits their privacy and functionality needs.
10.3.2. Some advanced features may not be available without cloud processing.
Clause 10.4 — Transmission of Content
10.4.1. When cloud processing is used, the relevant content may be transmitted over the internet.
10.4.2. Users should review the nature of the content before sending it to AI, OCR, TTS, or other cloud-connected features.
ARTICLE 11: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FEATURES
Clause 11.1 — AI Processing
11.1.1. Tech-Freedom may provide AI-powered features such as summarisation, explanation, study notes, exam notes, table explanation, question generation, translation, content extraction, and document assistance.
11.1.2. AI features may require transmission of prompts, selected text, document text, image-derived text, or other user-selected content to AI service infrastructure.
Clause 11.2 — User Responsibility
11.2.1. Users should not submit information to AI features that they are not authorised to process or disclose.
11.2.2. Users should avoid submitting confidential, privileged, highly sensitive, regulated, or third-party personal information unless necessary and lawful.
Clause 11.3 — AI Output Limitations
11.3.1. AI outputs may contain errors, omissions, hallucinations, inaccuracies, or outdated information.
11.3.2. AI outputs are provided for assistance and convenience and should not be treated as professional legal, medical, financial, academic, or safety-critical advice.
Clause 11.4 — Human Review
11.4.1. Unless expressly stated, AI outputs are not reviewed by human experts before being shown to the user.
11.4.2. Users are responsible for verifying AI outputs before use, submission, publication, or reliance.
Clause 11.5 — AI Provider Processing
11.5.1. Where we use third-party AI providers, such providers may process submitted content in accordance with their contractual obligations, technical requirements, and privacy terms.
11.5.2. We endeavour to use providers that offer reasonable security and data protection commitments.
ARTICLE 12: DOCUMENT READER, OCR, AND CONTENT ANALYSIS
Clause 12.1 — Document Reader
12.1.1. Tech-Freedom may allow users to open and read documents in various formats.
12.1.2. The Application may process document content to provide:
a. text extraction;
b. page navigation;
c. line navigation;
d. search;
e. table navigation;
f. text-to-speech;
g. remarks;
h. AI tools;
i. summaries;
j. translations; and
k. accessibility-enhanced reading.
Clause 12.2 — OCR
12.2.1. OCR features may process images, scanned pages, screenshots, or camera captures to extract text.
12.2.2. OCR may occur locally or through cloud-connected OCR providers depending on platform capability, selected feature, and technical implementation.
Clause 12.3 — Tables and Structured Data
12.3.1. When users open spreadsheets or table-based documents, Tech-Freedom may process row content, column content, cell content, sheet names, and table structure to improve accessibility.
Clause 12.4 — Document Search and Remarks
12.4.1. Search queries entered by the user may be processed to locate text within documents.
12.4.2. Remarks created by the user may be stored locally or, if account sync is later introduced, processed in accordance with the relevant sync notice.
Clause 12.5 — Confidential Documents
12.5.1. Users are solely responsible for deciding whether to open, process, or submit confidential documents through Tech-Freedom.
12.5.2. We recommend using offline features for highly sensitive documents where feasible.
ARTICLE 13: PASSWORD SAVER AND HIGHLY SENSITIVE USER ENTRIES
Clause 13.1 — Nature of Password Saver
13.1.1. If Tech-Freedom includes a Password Saver feature, it may allow users to store account names, usernames, passwords, notes, URLs, and related credential information.
13.1.2. Such information is inherently sensitive.
Clause 13.2 — User Caution
13.2.1. Users should ensure that their device is protected by a strong password, PIN, biometric lock, or other platform-supported security mechanism.
13.2.2. Users should not store passwords on shared, rooted, jailbroken, compromised, malware-infected, or untrusted devices.
Clause 13.3 — Security Measures
13.3.1. We endeavour to apply reasonable safeguards to protect sensitive entries.
13.3.2. Such safeguards may include local storage controls, access restrictions, encryption where technically implemented, secure platform APIs, or other protective measures.
13.3.3. We do not guarantee absolute protection against all unauthorised access, particularly where the user’s device is compromised.
Clause 13.4 — No Independent Password Recovery Guarantee
13.4.1. If password entries are stored locally and not synced, we may not be able to recover them if the user deletes the App, clears data, loses the device, or forgets device credentials.
ARTICLE 14: SUBSCRIPTIONS, FREE TRIALS, AND IN-APP PURCHASES
Clause 14.1 — Platform Billing
14.1.1. Tech-Freedom subscriptions, premium memberships, trials, and in-app purchases may be processed through Google Play, Apple App Store, Microsoft Store, or other authorised billing systems.
14.1.2. Payment information is handled by the relevant billing provider.
Clause 14.2 — Entitlement Verification
14.2.1. To activate or restore premium features, we may verify purchase or subscription status using platform-provided purchase tokens, transaction identifiers, product identifiers, subscription identifiers, and expiry information.
14.2.2. Such information is used to determine whether the user has an active subscription, expired subscription, cancelled subscription, trial, refund, or entitlement.
Clause 14.3 — Restore Subscription
14.3.1. If the user selects a restore subscription option, we may query the relevant platform and verify the entitlement with our server.
14.3.2. This may involve processing the user’s email address, subscription token, purchase status, and expiry time.
Clause 14.4 — No Direct Card Storage
14.4.1. We do not directly receive or store full payment card details where transactions are completed through App Store Providers.
Clause 14.5 — Taxes, Refunds, and Disputes
14.5.1. Refunds, chargebacks, tax invoices, billing disputes, and payment-method issues may be handled by the App Store Provider or payment processor according to their policies.
ARTICLE 15: CRASH REPORTING, ANALYTICS, AND DIAGNOSTICS
Clause 15.1 — Crash Reports
15.1.1. We may use crash-reporting tools to identify and fix technical errors.
15.1.2. Crash reports may include:
a. app version;
b. device model;
c. operating system version;
d. crash time;
e. stack trace;
f. feature state;
g. logs;
h. installation identifier; and
i. limited diagnostic information.
Clause 15.2 — Analytics
15.2.1. We may use analytics to understand feature usage, improve usability, identify performance issues, and prioritise development.
15.2.2. We endeavour to avoid collecting unnecessary personal information through analytics.
Clause 15.3 — User Identifiers in Diagnostics
15.3.1. In some cases, an account identifier or email address may be associated with diagnostics to resolve account-specific subscription, crash, or support issues.
15.3.2. Such use shall be limited to support, security, and reliability purposes.
ARTICLE 16: SHARING AND DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION
Clause 16.1 — General Rule
16.1.1. We do not disclose personal information except as described in this Privacy Policy, as authorised by the user, or as permitted or required by law.
Clause 16.2 — Service Providers
16.2.1. We may disclose information to service providers who assist us in operating Tech-Freedom, including:
a. cloud hosting providers;
b. database providers;
c. AI service providers;
d. OCR providers;
e. text-to-speech providers;
f. analytics providers;
g. crash-reporting providers;
h. email providers;
i. customer support providers;
j. payment verification providers;
k. security providers; and
l. infrastructure providers.
16.2.2. Such providers are expected to process information only for authorised purposes and subject to appropriate confidentiality and security obligations.
Clause 16.3 — App Store Providers
16.3.1. We may exchange limited information with Google, Apple, Microsoft, or other App Store Providers for:
a. app distribution;
b. purchase verification;
c. subscription management;
d. crash diagnostics;
e. app review;
f. fraud prevention;
g. refund processing; and
h. compliance with store policies.
Clause 16.4 — Legal and Regulatory Disclosure
16.4.1. We may disclose information if required to do so by:
a. law;
b. court order;
c. government authority;
d. law enforcement request;
e. regulatory obligation;
f. tax authority;
g. platform compliance process; or
h. legal dispute.
16.4.2. Where legally permitted, we may seek to limit disclosure to what is necessary.
Clause 16.5 — Protection of Rights
16.5.1. We may disclose information where reasonably necessary to:
a. investigate misuse;
b. enforce terms;
c. detect fraud;
d. protect users;
e. protect the Company;
f. respond to security incidents; or
g. defend legal claims.
Clause 16.6 — Business Transfer
16.6.1. If V.I. Developers undergoes a merger, restructuring, transfer, acquisition, reorganisation, asset sale, or similar transaction, user information may be transferred as part of that transaction.
16.6.2. We shall take reasonable steps to ensure that the receiving entity continues to protect information in accordance with this Privacy Policy or a substantially equivalent policy.
Clause 16.7 — With User Direction
16.7.1. We may disclose information where the user instructs us to do so, such as when sharing content through another app, sending files, exporting notes, opening links, contacting support, or using third-party integrations.
ARTICLE 17: INTERNATIONAL DATA TRANSFERS
Clause 17.1 — Cross-Border Processing
17.1.1. Tech-Freedom may be used globally.
17.1.2. Information may be processed in India or in other countries where V.I. Developers, service providers, infrastructure providers, or third-party processors operate.
Clause 17.2 — Safeguards
17.2.1. Where required by applicable law, we endeavour to use appropriate safeguards for cross-border transfers, which may include contractual protections, data processing agreements, standard clauses, security controls, access restrictions, and purpose limitation.
Clause 17.3 — User Acknowledgement
17.3.1. By using cloud-connected features, the user acknowledges that information may be transmitted outside the user’s country of residence, subject to applicable law.
ARTICLE 18: RETENTION OF INFORMATION
Clause 18.1 — General Retention Principle
18.1.1. We retain personal information only for as long as reasonably necessary for the purposes described in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.
Clause 18.2 — Account Information
18.2.1. Account information may be retained while the account remains active and for a reasonable period thereafter for legal, security, support, audit, and dispute-resolution purposes.
Clause 18.3 — Subscription Records
18.3.1. Subscription and purchase verification records may be retained for as long as necessary to provide subscription access, resolve billing disputes, prevent fraud, comply with tax or accounting rules, and maintain entitlement history.
Clause 18.4 — Support Records
18.4.1. Support communications may be retained for quality assurance, future support, dispute resolution, and accountability.
Clause 18.5 — Crash and Diagnostic Logs
18.5.1. Crash logs and diagnostics are generally retained for a limited period necessary for debugging, security, and reliability, unless longer retention is required for investigation or legal purposes.
Clause 18.6 — Local Data
18.6.1. Data stored locally on the user’s device may remain until the user deletes it, clears app data, removes the App, resets the device, or uses an in-app delete function.
Clause 18.7 — AI and Cloud Processing Records
18.7.1. AI, OCR, TTS, or cloud-processing data may be retained temporarily or as required by the service provider’s operational, abuse-prevention, security, or legal obligations.
18.7.2. We endeavour not to retain user content longer than necessary for the relevant processing purpose.
Clause 18.8 — Deletion Requests
18.8.1. Users may request deletion of personal information by contacting us.
18.8.2. We may decline or limit deletion where retention is required for legal compliance, fraud prevention, dispute resolution, security, accounting, or legitimate operational purposes.
ARTICLE 19: SECURITY MEASURES
Clause 19.1 — General Security Commitment
19.1.1. We adopt reasonable administrative, technical, and organisational measures designed to protect information against unauthorised access, disclosure, alteration, loss, misuse, or destruction.
Clause 19.2 — Security Measures May Include
19.2.1. Depending on the system and feature, safeguards may include:
a. access control;
b. authentication;
c. server-side permission restriction;
d. encrypted transmission where technically feasible;
e. secure cloud infrastructure;
f. logging and monitoring;
g. least-privilege access;
h. credential protection;
i. secure development practices;
j. regular bug fixing;
k. platform-supported storage protections; and
l. internal confidentiality measures.
Clause 19.3 — User Responsibilities
19.3.1. Users are responsible for:
a. securing their devices;
b. using strong device locks;
c. protecting account credentials;
d. avoiding installation from untrusted sources;
e. keeping the App updated;
f. not sharing passwords;
g. avoiding use on compromised devices; and
h. reviewing content before cloud processing.
Clause 19.4 — No Absolute Security
19.4.1. No application, network, server, device, or data transmission method is completely secure.
19.4.2. We cannot guarantee absolute security, but we endeavour to maintain reasonable protections proportionate to the nature of the information processed.
ARTICLE 20: USER RIGHTS AND CHOICES
Clause 20.1 — General Rights
20.1.1. Subject to applicable law, users may have rights to:
a. access personal information;
b. correct inaccurate information;
c. update account details;
d. delete personal information;
e. withdraw consent;
f. restrict processing;
g. object to processing;
h. receive a copy of information;
i. request portability;
j. opt out of certain processing;
k. complain to a supervisory authority; and
l. nominate or authorise another person to act where law allows.
Clause 20.2 — Exercising Rights
20.2.1. Users may exercise rights by contacting us at the privacy contact details stated in this Privacy Policy.
20.2.2. We may request information necessary to verify identity and protect the account from unauthorised requests.
Clause 20.3 — Consent Withdrawal
20.3.1. Where processing is based on consent, the user may withdraw consent at any time.
20.3.2. Withdrawal of consent shall not affect processing already completed before withdrawal.
20.3.3. Some features may stop working after consent is withdrawn.
Clause 20.4 — Permission Controls
20.4.1. Users may manage camera, microphone, storage, notification, and other permissions through device settings.
Clause 20.5 — Account Deletion
20.5.1. Where account deletion is supported, users may request deletion of their account.
20.5.2. Deletion may not immediately remove information retained for legal, security, billing, accounting, fraud-prevention, dispute-resolution, or backup purposes.
Clause 20.6 — Local Data Deletion
20.6.1. Users may delete local data by using in-app delete options, clearing app data, or uninstalling the App, subject to platform behaviour.
Clause 20.7 — Marketing Choices
20.7.1. If we send marketing communications, users may opt out using the method provided in the communication or by contacting us.
20.7.2. Service, security, subscription, or legal notices may still be sent where necessary.
ARTICLE 21: RIGHTS OF USERS IN INDIA
Clause 21.1 — Indian Privacy Framework
21.1.1. Where Indian data protection law applies, users may have rights as data principals, including rights relating to notice, consent, correction, grievance redressal, erasure, and other rights recognised under applicable law.
Clause 21.2 — Clear Notice
21.2.1. We endeavour to provide notice of processing in a clear and understandable manner.
Clause 21.3 — Consent and Withdrawal
21.3.1. Where consent is required, we endeavour to obtain consent in a lawful and transparent manner.
21.3.2. Users may withdraw consent by contacting us or using available settings, subject to technical and legal limitations.
Clause 21.4 — Grievance Officer
21.4.1. If applicable law requires a grievance officer or data protection contact, the details shall be published by the Company.
Grievance Contact: V.I. Developers Privacy and Grievance Contact — support@techfreedom.in
ARTICLE 22: RIGHTS OF USERS IN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AREA, UNITED KINGDOM, AND SIMILAR JURISDICTIONS
Clause 22.1 — GDPR-Style Rights
22.1.1. Where GDPR, UK GDPR, or similar laws apply, users may have the right to:
a. be informed;
b. access personal data;
c. rectification;
d. erasure;
e. restriction;
f. portability;
g. objection;
h. withdraw consent;
i. object to automated decision-making; and
j. lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.
Clause 22.2 — Legal Bases
22.2.1. Our legal bases may include consent, contract performance, legitimate interests, legal obligations, and other lawful bases recognised by applicable law.
Clause 22.3 — International Transfers
22.3.1. Where personal data is transferred outside the EEA, UK, or similar jurisdiction, we endeavour to rely on legally recognised transfer mechanisms where required.
ARTICLE 23: RIGHTS OF CALIFORNIA AND UNITED STATES USERS
Clause 23.1 — California Privacy Rights
23.1.1. Where California privacy law applies, California users may have rights to know, access, correct, delete, and opt out of certain uses of personal information.
Clause 23.2 — No Sale Statement
23.2.1. We do not intend to sell personal information.
Clause 23.3 — No Cross-Context Behavioural Advertising Statement
23.3.1. We do not intend to share personal information for cross-context behavioural advertising.
Clause 23.4 — Sensitive Personal Information
23.4.1. We do not intend to use sensitive personal information for purposes other than those reasonably necessary to provide requested services, ensure security, comply with law, or as otherwise permitted.
Clause 23.5 — Non-Discrimination
23.5.1. We shall not unlawfully discriminate against a user for exercising privacy rights.
ARTICLE 24: CHILDREN’S PRIVACY
Clause 24.1 — General Position
24.1.1. Tech-Freedom is intended for a general audience and is not primarily directed to children below the age prescribed by applicable law.
Clause 24.2 — Parental or Guardian Consent
24.2.1. Where a child uses Tech-Freedom and applicable law requires parental or guardian consent, such consent must be obtained before use.
Clause 24.3 — Removal of Children’s Data
24.3.1. If a parent or guardian believes that a child has provided personal information without required consent, they may contact us for review and deletion, subject to verification and legal requirements.
Clause 24.4 — Educational or Accessibility Use
24.4.1. If Tech-Freedom is used in an educational, accessibility, or assisted environment, the responsible adult, institution, or guardian must ensure lawful use and appropriate supervision.
ARTICLE 25: ACCESSIBILITY, DISABILITY-RELATED INFORMATION, AND DIGNITY
Clause 25.1 — Accessibility Purpose
25.1.1. Tech-Freedom is designed to promote accessibility, digital inclusion, and independent use of technology.
Clause 25.2 — Disability-Related Information
25.2.1. We do not require users to disclose disability-related information merely to use ordinary features unless a specific verification, benefit, support, or eligibility process lawfully requires it.
25.2.2. If a user voluntarily provides disability-related information, we shall process it only for the purpose for which it was provided, unless otherwise permitted by law.
Clause 25.3 — Respectful Processing
25.3.1. We shall endeavour to process accessibility-related information with dignity, confidentiality, and purpose limitation.
Clause 25.4 — Assistive Technology
25.4.1. Tech-Freedom may interact with screen readers, speech engines, magnification tools, and other assistive technologies.
25.4.2. Information processed by such third-party assistive technologies may be governed by their respective providers.
ARTICLE 26: THIRD-PARTY SERVICES AND SDKs
Clause 26.1 — Use of Third-Party Services
26.1.1. Tech-Freedom may use third-party software development kits, APIs, cloud services, or integrations for functions such as:
a. analytics;
b. crash reporting;
c. authentication;
d. cloud hosting;
e. AI processing;
f. OCR;
g. translation;
h. text-to-speech;
i. subscription verification;
j. payment processing;
k. push notifications;
l. email communication; and
m. security.
Clause 26.2 — Third-Party Privacy Terms
26.2.1. Third-party services may process information according to their own privacy policies and contractual obligations.
26.2.2. Users should review the privacy terms of relevant third-party providers where applicable.
Clause 26.3 — Service Provider Control
26.3.1. We endeavour to use reputable service providers and to limit information shared with them to what is necessary for the relevant purpose.
Clause 26.4 — Platform Provider Data
26.4.1. Google, Apple, Microsoft, and device manufacturers may collect information independently through their operating systems, app stores, billing systems, analytics, security services, and platform APIs.
26.4.2. Such independent processing is not controlled by V.I. Developers.
ARTICLE 27: EXTERNAL LINKS AND THIRD-PARTY CONTENT
Clause 27.1 — External Links
27.1.1. Tech-Freedom may identify, open, save, or allow interaction with external links, email addresses, phone numbers, websites, or applications.
27.1.2. Opening external links may transfer the user outside Tech-Freedom.
Clause 27.2 — No Control Over External Services
27.2.1. We are not responsible for the privacy, security, accessibility, content, or practices of external websites, applications, services, or platforms.
Clause 27.3 — User Responsibility
27.3.1. Users should exercise caution before opening links, sharing information, downloading files, or entering credentials on external services.
ARTICLE 28: USER-GENERATED CONTENT AND RESPONSIBLE USE
Clause 28.1 — User Responsibility for Content
28.1.1. Users are responsible for the legality, accuracy, ownership, confidentiality, and appropriateness of content they process through Tech-Freedom.
Clause 28.2 — Third-Party Personal Data
28.2.1. Users should not upload, process, or disclose personal information of another person unless they have lawful authority or consent to do so.
Clause 28.3 — Prohibited Content Processing
28.3.1. Users must not use Tech-Freedom to process unlawful, harmful, abusive, exploitative, infringing, or unauthorised content.
Clause 28.4 — Sensitive Content
28.4.1. Users should exercise heightened caution when processing sensitive content, including identity documents, medical records, financial records, passwords, legal documents, examination papers, confidential business documents, or private communications.
ARTICLE 29: AUTOMATED PROCESSING AND PROFILING
Clause 29.1 — No Harmful Profiling
29.1.1. We do not intend to use Tech-Freedom to create harmful profiles about users based on disability, health, race, religion, political opinion, sexuality, or other protected characteristics.
Clause 29.2 — Functional Automation
29.2.1. Some processing may be automated, including OCR, AI response generation, document summarisation, text-to-speech generation, subscription verification, crash detection, and fraud-prevention checks.
Clause 29.3 — No Solely Automated Legal Decision
29.3.1. We do not intend to make decisions producing legal or similarly significant effects on users solely through automated processing, except where necessary for subscription entitlement, security, or compliance and permitted by law.
ARTICLE 30: COOKIES, LOCAL STORAGE, AND SIMILAR TECHNOLOGIES
Clause 30.1 — Local Storage
30.1.1. Tech-Freedom may use local storage, databases, preferences, cache, temporary files, and platform storage to operate features and preserve settings.
Clause 30.2 — Cache and Temporary Files
30.2.1. The App may temporarily store files, text, audio segments, OCR results, AI outputs, logs, or processing artifacts to deliver features.
30.2.2. Temporary files may be deleted automatically, manually, or through operating-system cleanup processes.
Clause 30.3 — Cookies on Web Services
30.3.1. If Tech-Freedom uses web-based dashboards, support pages, payment pages, or websites, cookies or similar technologies may be used for security, login, analytics, preferences, or session management.
Clause 30.4 — User Controls
30.4.1. Users may manage cookies and local storage through browser, device, or app settings, subject to platform limitations.
ARTICLE 31: BACKUPS, EXPORTS, AND DEVICE-LEVEL SYNC
Clause 31.1 — Platform Backups
31.1.1. Depending on the operating system, some app data may be included in device-level backups, such as Google backup, iCloud backup, Windows backup, manufacturer backup, or other system-level sync.
31.1.2. Such backups are controlled by the user’s platform provider and device settings.
Clause 31.2 — User Exports
31.2.1. If the user exports notes, files, audio, documents, backups, or other content, the exported copy may be stored outside Tech-Freedom.
31.2.2. Users are responsible for protecting exported content.
Clause 31.3 — App Backup Feature
31.3.1. If Tech-Freedom includes an App Backup feature, it may access application package files or backup files selected or generated by the user.
31.3.2. Users are responsible for ensuring that they have lawful rights to backup, store, install, or transfer such files.
ARTICLE 32: DATA ACCURACY
Clause 32.1 — User Responsibility
32.1.1. Users are responsible for providing accurate account, support, and subscription information.
Clause 32.2 — Correction
32.2.1. Users may request correction of inaccurate personal information, subject to verification and legal limitations.
Clause 32.3 — AI and OCR Accuracy
32.3.1. OCR, AI, translation, image analysis, and speech-related features may produce imperfect results.
32.3.2. Users should verify extracted text, generated content, translated content, and analytical output before relying upon it.
ARTICLE 33: DATA BREACH AND SECURITY INCIDENTS
Clause 33.1 — Incident Response
33.1.1. If we become aware of a security incident affecting personal information, we shall take reasonable steps to investigate, contain, mitigate, and remediate the incident.
Clause 33.2 — Notification
33.2.1. Where required by applicable law, we shall notify affected users, regulators, or other authorities within the required time period.
Clause 33.3 — User Cooperation
33.3.1. Users should promptly notify us if they suspect unauthorised account access, subscription misuse, data exposure, or security vulnerability.
ARTICLE 34: GOVERNMENT, LAW ENFORCEMENT, AND LEGAL REQUESTS
Clause 34.1 — Legal Compliance
34.1.1. We may disclose information in response to lawful requests from courts, regulators, law enforcement, government authorities, or legally authorised entities.
Clause 34.2 — Review of Requests
34.2.1. Where reasonably possible and legally permitted, we may review legal requests to ensure that they are valid, specific, and proportionate.
Clause 34.3 — User Notice
34.3.1. Where legally permitted and practical, we may notify affected users of legal requests involving their information.
ARTICLE 35: CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
Clause 35.1 — Right to Update
35.1.1. We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in law, technology, platform requirements, features, third-party services, business operations, or privacy practices.
Clause 35.2 — Notice of Material Changes
35.2.1. Where changes are material, we may provide notice through the App, website, email, release notes, app store listing, or other reasonable means.
Clause 35.3 — Continued Use
35.3.1. Continued use of Tech-Freedom after the effective date of an updated Privacy Policy constitutes acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy, to the extent permitted by law.
Clause 35.4 — Previous Versions
35.4.1. We may maintain previous versions of this Privacy Policy for reference, compliance, or audit purposes.
ARTICLE 36: APP STORE AND PLATFORM DISCLOSURES
Clause 36.1 — Google Play Data Safety
36.1.1. For Android distribution through Google Play, we may provide Data Safety disclosures describing data collection, sharing, security practices, and deletion options.
36.1.2. The Google Play Data Safety section is a summary and may not contain every detail contained in this Privacy Policy.
36.1.3. In the event of inconsistency, we shall endeavour to correct the relevant disclosure.
Clause 36.2 — Apple App Privacy Details
36.2.1. For iOS distribution through Apple App Store, we may provide App Privacy details in App Store Connect.
36.2.2. Such details may disclose data categories collected, whether data is linked to the user, and whether data is used for tracking, as applicable.
Clause 36.3 — Microsoft Store Privacy Policy
36.3.1. For Windows distribution through Microsoft Store, we may provide a privacy policy URL and required declarations in Partner Center.
Clause 36.4 — Accuracy of Platform Disclosures
36.4.1. We endeavour to keep app-store privacy disclosures consistent with this Privacy Policy and actual App behaviour.
36.4.2. Because features may vary by platform and version, users should review the applicable store listing and in-app notices.
ARTICLE 37: DATA MINIMISATION AND PURPOSE LIMITATION
Clause 37.1 — Minimisation
37.1.1. We endeavour to collect only information reasonably necessary for specific, lawful, and disclosed purposes.
Clause 37.2 — Purpose Limitation
37.2.1. We endeavour not to use information for materially different purposes without lawful basis, user consent, or updated notice.
Clause 37.3 — Access Limitation
37.3.1. We endeavour to limit internal access to personal information to persons or systems requiring such access for legitimate operational purposes.
ARTICLE 38: SPECIAL CATEGORY AND SENSITIVE INFORMATION
Clause 38.1 — Sensitive Information Warning
38.1.1. Some content processed by Tech-Freedom may contain sensitive personal information, even if Tech-Freedom does not specifically request such information.
38.1.2. Examples include disability certificates, identity documents, medical records, bank documents, passwords, educational records, personal communications, legal papers, and private photographs.
Clause 38.2 — User Control
38.2.1. Users should carefully choose whether to process sensitive information through local or cloud-connected features.
Clause 38.3 — Processing of Sensitive Information
38.3.1. Where we process sensitive information, we endeavour to do so only for the feature requested by the user, with appropriate safeguards, and in accordance with applicable law.
Clause 38.4 — No Unnecessary Use
38.4.1. We do not intend to use sensitive information for advertising, profiling, or unrelated commercial exploitation.
ARTICLE 39: DE-IDENTIFIED, AGGREGATED, AND ANONYMISED INFORMATION
Clause 39.1 — Aggregated Information
39.1.1. We may use aggregated or de-identified information for analytics, reporting, product improvement, accessibility research, reliability monitoring, or public communication.
Clause 39.2 — No Reasonable Identification
39.2.1. Aggregated or de-identified information is not intended to identify individual users.
Clause 39.3 — Re-Identification
39.3.1. We shall not intentionally re-identify de-identified information except where necessary for security, debugging, legal compliance, or as permitted by law.
ARTICLE 40: OPEN-SOURCE, LIBRARIES, AND SOFTWARE COMPONENTS
Clause 40.1 — Third-Party Libraries
40.1.1. Tech-Freedom may include third-party software libraries, open-source components, SDKs, codecs, parsers, speech engines, media libraries, or document-processing libraries.
Clause 40.2 — Technical Processing
40.2.1. Such components may process data locally within the App to provide technical functionality.
Clause 40.3 — External Transmission
40.3.1. Third-party libraries do not necessarily transmit data externally merely because they are included. However, SDKs connected to cloud, analytics, crash-reporting, AI, or other services may transmit data as required for their function.
Clause 40.4 — Notices
40.4.1. Open-source licences and third-party notices may be provided inside the App or through related documentation.
ARTICLE 41: LIMITATION OF LIABILITY REGARDING PRIVACY RISKS
Clause 41.1 — User-Controlled Processing
41.1.1. Many privacy risks depend on the content selected by the user, device security, third-party services, operating-system behaviour, and user sharing decisions.
Clause 41.2 — External Services
41.2.1. We are not responsible for privacy practices of third-party websites, apps, app stores, payment providers, operating systems, TTS engines, browsers, email clients, or sharing targets not controlled by us.
Clause 41.3 — No Absolute Warranty
41.3.1. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not warrant that Tech-Freedom will be free from every privacy risk, security vulnerability, third-party failure, platform defect, or unauthorised attack.
ARTICLE 42: HOW TO CONTACT US
Clause 42.1 — Privacy Requests
42.1.1. For privacy-related questions, requests, complaints, corrections, deletion requests, consent withdrawal, or data access requests, users may contact:
V.I. Developers
Privacy Contact: V.I. Developers Privacy and Grievance Contact
Email: support@techfreedom.in
Alternative Email: support@techfreedom.in
Address: Khijadiya road, Tankara, Morbi, Gujarat, India, 363650
Website: https://techfreedom.in
Clause 42.2 — Support Requests
42.2.1. For technical support, subscription issues, restore subscription problems, crash reports, or feature issues, users may contact:
Support Email: support@techfreedom.in
Clause 42.3 — Required Information for Requests
42.3.1. To process a privacy request, we may ask the user to provide:
a. name;
b. email address associated with the account;
c. description of request;
d. platform used;
e. app version;
f. relevant subscription information; and
g. reasonable proof of identity, where required.
Clause 42.4 — Abuse of Request Process
42.4.1. We may refuse, limit, or charge a reasonable fee for requests that are manifestly unfounded, excessive, repetitive, fraudulent, technically impossible, or legally restricted, where permitted by law.
ARTICLE 43: FINAL PROVISIONS
Clause 43.1 — Entire Privacy Statement
43.1.1. This Privacy Policy represents the primary privacy statement for Tech-Freedom unless a feature-specific notice expressly states otherwise.
Clause 43.2 — Feature-Specific Notices
43.2.1. Certain features may include additional notices, consent screens, permission prompts, or terms.
43.2.2. Such notices supplement this Privacy Policy.
Clause 43.3 — Conflict
43.3.1. If there is a conflict between this Privacy Policy and a mandatory legal requirement, the legal requirement shall prevail.
Clause 43.4 — Severability
43.4.1. If any provision of this Privacy Policy is found invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall remain in effect to the fullest extent permitted by law.
Clause 43.5 — Language
43.5.1. This Privacy Policy may be translated into other languages for user convenience.
43.5.2. In case of conflict between translations, the English version shall prevail unless applicable law requires otherwise.
Clause 43.6 — Effective Date
43.6.1. This Privacy Policy shall be effective from 01 July 2026.
SCHEDULE A: SUMMARY OF DATA CATEGORIES
1. Account Data: name, email, login identifiers, account status.
2. Subscription Data: product ID, purchase token, transaction ID, trial status, expiry date.
3. Device Data: device model, OS version, app version, crash logs.
4. Document Data: files, text, pages, tables, OCR text, remarks.
5. AI Data: prompts, selected text, document content, AI outputs.
6. TTS Data: text for speech, language, voice, speech settings, generated audio.
7. OCR/Image Data: images, camera captures, extracted text, image descriptions.
8. Local User Data: notes, saved links, saved passwords, preferences.
9. Support Data: emails, attachments, issue descriptions, diagnostic details.
10. Security Data: fraud signals, logs, authentication events.
SCHEDULE B: SUMMARY OF PURPOSES
1. To operate Tech-Freedom.
2. To provide accessibility features.
3. To read and process documents.
4. To provide OCR and image analysis.
5. To provide AI tools.
6. To generate speech or audio.
7. To manage accounts and subscriptions.
8. To restore purchases.
9. To provide support.
10. To fix crashes and bugs.
11. To improve reliability and accessibility.
12. To prevent fraud and misuse.
13. To comply with law.
14. To protect users and the Company.
SCHEDULE C: SUMMARY OF USER CHOICES
1. Users may deny or revoke device permissions.
2. Users may choose offline features where available.
3. Users may avoid cloud processing for sensitive content.
4. Users may delete local data.
5. Users may request account deletion where applicable.
6. Users may request access, correction, or deletion.
7. Users may withdraw consent where processing is consent-based.
8. Users may opt out of marketing communications where applicable.
9. Users may uninstall the App.
10. Users may contact support for privacy concerns.
SCHEDULE D: PLATFORM-SPECIFIC NOTES
Android
1. Android permissions may include storage, camera, microphone, notification, internet, install package, media, and other permissions depending on features.
2. Google Play billing may process purchases and subscriptions.
3. Google Play Data Safety disclosures may summarise data practices.
4. Android device settings may allow users to manage permissions, app data, notifications, and storage.
iOS
1. iOS permissions may include files, camera, microphone, notifications, speech, and other platform permissions depending on features.
2. Apple App Store may process purchases and subscriptions.
3. Apple App Privacy details may summarise data practices.
4. iOS settings may allow users to manage permissions, app data, notifications, and privacy controls.
Windows
1. Windows permissions may include file access, microphone, camera, notifications, network, and other platform permissions depending on features.
2. Microsoft Store may process purchases, subscriptions, and app distribution where applicable.
3. Microsoft Store may require a privacy policy URL for apps that process personal information.
4. Windows settings may allow users to manage permissions, app storage, privacy controls, and notifications.
SCHEDULE E: PUBLICATION CHECKLIST BEFORE RELEASE
Before publishing this Privacy Policy, V.I. Developers should complete the following details:
1. Registered address: Khijadiya road, Tankara, Morbi, Gujarat, India, 363650.
2. Official privacy contact / grievance contact: V.I. Developers Privacy and Grievance Contact, support@techfreedom.in.
3. Official website URL: https://techfreedom.in.
4. Confirm exact third-party SDKs used in Android, iOS, and Windows builds.
5. Confirm whether analytics is enabled.
6. Confirm whether crash reporting is enabled.
7. Confirm whether AI providers store or train on submitted content.
8. Confirm whether OCR is local, cloud, or both.
9. Confirm whether TTS is local, cloud, or both.
10. Confirm whether Password Saver data is encrypted and how.
11. Confirm whether cloud sync exists for notes, links, passwords, or remarks.
12. Confirm whether user account deletion is available inside the App.
13. Confirm whether children are permitted to use the App.
14. Confirm exact subscription billing providers for Android, iOS, and Windows.
15. Ensure Google Play Data Safety, Apple App Privacy, and Microsoft Store declarations match this Privacy Policy.