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Privacy Policy — Trace for Android

Effective 31 October 2026

In short

Trace shows you what your phone reveals to the apps on it. It reads that information on your phone and shows it to you there.
We don’t collect, store or sell your data. Trace has no account, no ads, no analytics and no tracking.
Only two things ever leave your phone, both to look up a place. They are described below.

Who we are

Trace is made by Node Media, Pune, India (“we”). This policy covers the Trace app for Android. Questions go to hello@nodemedia.in.

What Trace reads, without asking

Any app can read these without a permission prompt. Trace reads them to show you what they are:

Device and system details: model, Android version, build, display, hardware, sensors, battery, storage, audio, language and region, and system settings
Identifiers: Android ID, Advertising ID, App set ID, DRM ID, boot count and restart time
Network details: connection type, local IP addresses, DNS, VPN and carrier
The apps you have installed with a home screen icon, and your default apps
Your clipboard, only while Trace is open on screen. Android shows a notice when this happens.

What Trace reads, only if you allow it

Each of these stays locked until you tap Allow, or turn on the switch in Settings that Trace opens for you. You can take any of them back in your phone’s Settings at any time.

LocationShows your position, street address, Wi-Fi network name, router address and cell tower.

Physical activityShows the step count your phone keeps.

Nearby devicesShows your Bluetooth name, paired devices and Wi-Fi networks around you.

ContactsShows how many contacts you have, which apps they come from and which accounts sync them.

CalendarShows your calendars, how many events are coming up and your next event.

Notification accessShows the notifications on screen right now and what's playing. Codes are masked.

Usage accessShows your screen time, most used apps, longest break and unlocks today.

What leaves your phone

Your city, from your IP address. When Trace opens, it makes one request to ipinfo.io, which sees your public IP address (as every server you connect to does) and returns an approximate place and internet provider. The answer is kept in memory for 10 minutes and never saved. See ipinfo.io’s privacy policy.
Your street address, from your location. Only if you allow Location: Trace passes your coordinates to your phone’s built-in place lookup (Android’s Geocoder), which on most phones asks Google, to turn them into an address. See Google’s privacy policy.

Nothing else is sent anywhere. We run no servers for Trace and receive none of this information ourselves.

What you choose to share

Trace has Copy, Share and Export buttons. They only act when you tap them, and the text goes to the app or person you pick.

What Trace stores

Everything Trace shows is read fresh each time and kept in memory only. On your phone it saves two settings: whether you’ve finished the introduction, and which permissions it has already asked for. Uninstalling Trace deletes them. Trace is excluded from device backups.

Your rights

Because we don’t collect personal data, we hold nothing about you to access, correct, export or delete. You can withdraw any permission in Settings, and uninstall Trace to remove it completely. If you have a question or a request under the privacy law where you live, write to hello@nodemedia.in and we’ll answer.

Children

Trace is not directed at children under 13, and we don’t knowingly collect information from anyone, including children.

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new effective date. If a change means more information leaves your phone, the app will tell you before it happens.

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