Privacy Policy for 225 : SL Parliament Trust Meter

Effective Date: 2025-05-14

Welcome to 225 : SL Parliament Trust Meter. This privacy policy is designed to help you understand how we collect, use, store, and protect your personal information when you use our mobile application. We value your trust and are committed to ensuring transparency and safeguarding your privacy.

Information We Collect

When you use our app, we may collect the following information:

  • Name: You are asked to provide a name, which is displayed publicly alongside the opinions you share within the app. This allows for transparent, accountable, and respectful public discussion.
  • Email Address: Your email address is collected for the sole purpose of user authentication and verification. It helps us confirm that you're a genuine user and prevents abuse of the app's features. Your email is not shared or displayed publicly.

We do not collect sensitive personal data such as your address, phone number, payment information, GPS location, or health-related data.

How We Use Your Information

We use the personal information you provide in the following ways:

  • To create and manage your account: Your email is used to verify your identity and allow secure access to app features.
  • To display user opinions: Your name appears next to the opinions you share, helping to maintain a respectful and transparent community.
  • To send notifications: We use push notifications to alert users about new features, updates, or important community discussions.
  • To improve app functionality: Your information may help us understand user behavior (in a general, non-personalized way) to make improvements.

We do not use your data for advertising or marketing purposes.

Use of Third-Party Services

To provide essential app features securely and efficiently, we use the following Google Firebase services:

  • Firebase Authentication: Helps us verify and manage user identities using secure sign-in methods.
  • Firebase Realtime Database or Firestore: Stores user-submitted opinions and data in a secure, cloud-based environment.
  • Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM): Allows us to send timely notifications to users about important updates.
  • Firebase Storage Bucket: Used to store user profile images uploaded through the app. These images are securely stored and linked to the user’s account. We ensure that only authenticated users can upload or access their own images, and access to this data is protected with Firebase's built-in security rules.

Firebase may collect some technical metadata (like device ID, app version, or IP address) for service functionality. Firebase handles this information according to Google Firebase Privacy Policy. We do not use Firebase or any other third party for advertising, tracking, or profiling users.

Data Sharing and Disclosure

We are committed to protecting your personal data. Here's how we handle it:

  • No third-party sales or trading: We do not sell, trade, rent, or otherwise share your personal information with any outside party for marketing or commercial use.
  • Legal compliance: We may disclose personal information if required to comply with legal obligations, court orders, or law enforcement agencies.

Your data is only accessible to authorized team members for essential operational purposes.

Data Retention

We retain your personal data only for as long as it is necessary to fulfill the purposes described in this policy. If you choose to delete your account or request data deletion, we will permanently remove your data from our systems. You can request deletion by contacting us directly (see Contact section below). We may retain some non-personal or anonymized data for app analytics and performance improvements.

Children’s Privacy

Our app is designed for use by the general public and is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children.

If we become aware that we have unintentionally collected personal information from a child under 13, we will take steps to delete such information immediately.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect:

  • Changes in our data practices,
  • New features or functionality in the app,
  • Updates to applicable laws and regulations.

When we make changes, we will update the “Effective Date” at the top of this policy and may notify users via email or in-app alerts. We encourage you to review this policy regularly.

Still have Questions? Contact Us

If you have any questions, feedback, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or how we handle your data, please contact us via:

We are committed to responding promptly and respectfully to all inquiries related to your privacy.