Privacy Policy — Vastu Compass

App: Vastu Compass & Directions
Published by: Moonfire Private Limited
Registered office: City Vista, Downtown, Fountain Road, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Contact: Info@moonfiregroup.com
Phone: +91 98812 21396

This Privacy Policy applies only to the Vastu Compass mobile application. It does not describe the practices of Moonfire Private Limited’s other products, services, or website, which are covered by their own separate policies. Where anything in this app-specific policy differs from a general Moonfire policy, this policy governs the Vastu Compass app.

Summary

Vastu Compass never collects your name, email address or phone number — on the free plan or on Pro. The free plan shows ads provided by Google AdMob, which uses your device’s advertising ID to serve and measure them (Section 9); Pro shows no ads and never starts the ad software. The only things that ever reach our own servers are an anonymous device ID, an optional purchase record and cloud report backup for Pro users, an optional “why are you checking” answer if you choose to give one, and, only if you opt in, a live location lookup used to personalise a daily tip. We do not send automated monthly digests or marketing emails. App store ratings go to Google Play only.

Scope

This policy applies to Vastu Compass version 1.3.0 and later. Versions up to and including 1.0.3 operated fully offline and collected, stored, and transmitted no data of any kind. Version 1.6.0 introduced advertising on the free plan (Section 9); earlier versions showed no ads. Version 2.0.0 showed ads on more screens of the free plan; what the ad software collects did not change.

1. What Happens for Every User — Free or Pro

The app creates an anonymous identifier for your install using Firebase Authentication. There is no sign-up, login, username, or password. This ID is used to check whether Pro is unlocked, look up current Pro prices from Google Play, and check whether a newer app version is available. If you never buy Pro, no purchase data is ever created.

2. What Additionally Happens If You Buy Vastu Compass Pro

Purchases are processed entirely by Google Play — we never see your payment details. Our server verifies the purchase and stores, tied only to your anonymous ID, the product purchased, Google’s order ID and purchase token, and the verified status. No name, email, address, or payment data is stored.

Pro also unlocks an optional cloud backup of your saved reports, so a reinstall or new phone does not lose them. It is deleted immediately if you delete a report, delete all reports, or delete your account. Pro also removes all ads.

3. Information Stored Only on Your Device

• Property details you enter (property type, configuration, floor, builder name, city — all optional)
• Room directions you record during a Vastu check
• Vastu reports you choose to save, and any notes you add
• A short record of the report PDFs you have already downloaded (file name and where it was saved), so the app can show you the existing file instead of creating the same report again
• App preferences — onboarding/disclaimer status, chosen app language, notification settings, and a local Pro-unlock flag (so Pro features and the Pro home-screen icon work offline)

This data is held in the app’s private storage on your device. We have no ability to access it on the free plan. On Android, unlocking Pro may also switch the app’s home-screen icon to a Pro-branded variant; that change is local to your device and does not transmit any data.

4. Optional: Daily Tips, Location, and Weather

Vastu Compass can send one optional local notification a day with a short, non-destructive Vastu tip — off by default, controllable from Settings → Notifications. Once in a while, outside a Vastu check, the app may show a short reminder that you can turn this on; you can dismiss it. If enabled, tips use the time of day and, only if you separately grant a second “use my location” toggle, your approximate (coarse) location read while the app is open in the foreground — never in the background — plus a live weather lookup for that location from Open-Meteo, a free weather service. None of this is stored on our servers, and none of it is shared with the ad network.

The app also checks for a newer version each time it is opened or brought back to the front. It does this through Google Play’s own update service, which shows Google’s standard “update available” dialog; the app may also show a one-time notification. This is unrelated to daily tips and does not use location.

5. Optional: Your Feedback and the “Why Are You Checking?” Question

The app may ask an optional, skippable question about why you’re checking Vastu. After saving a report, it may invite you to leave a public review on Google Play. If you answer the “why checking” question, the response is stored with your anonymous ID only — never used to identify or contact you, and never emailed to us as a monthly digest. Ratings and reviews you leave on Google Play are handled entirely by Google Play. “Report an issue” simply opens your own email app with a pre-filled draft.

6. Device Sensors

Vastu Compass reads your device’s compass (magnetometer) sensor in real time to calculate your report. Readings are never recorded, stored, or transmitted, and reading this sensor requires no permission and does not identify you.

7. Permissions

• Internet (required) — anonymous ID, price lookup, purchase verification, weather lookup, version check, and, on the free plan, loading ads.
• Google Play Billing (required) — to process Pro purchases.
• Advertising ID (free plan) — a standard Android permission that lets the ad software read your resettable advertising ID. It is granted at install, shows no dialog, and is not used on Pro. You can reset or delete your advertising ID at any time in your Android settings.
• Notifications, Android 13+ (optional) — requested only when you enable daily tips or a new version is available.
• Location, approximate, foreground only (optional) — requested only if you enable “use my location for tips.” We never request background location.

No other permission is ever requested — not camera, contacts, microphone, or device storage. On Android 10 and above, when you download a report as a PDF, the file is saved to your device’s Downloads folder using the operating system’s built-in media storage, which requires no permission. On older Android versions, the PDF is saved within the app’s private storage and offered to you through your device’s standard share option.

8. Third-Party Services

• Firebase (Google) — authentication (anonymous ID only), Cloud Firestore (Pro unlock status, optional Pro report backup, optional “why checking” responses), and Cloud Functions (server-side purchase verification and account deletion).
• Google Play Billing — to process Pro purchases.
• Open-Meteo — a live, anonymous weather lookup by approximate coordinates, used only if you enable location-based tips.
• Google AdMob (Google) — ads on the free plan only, including Google’s consent message where required by law. See Section 9.

Apart from AdMob, the app contains no analytics SDK, no crash reporting, no other advertising network, and no social integrations.

9. Advertising (Free Plan Only)

The free plan of Vastu Compass is supported by ads provided by Google AdMob (Google). Pro shows no ads: for a Pro user the ad software is never started and nothing is sent to AdMob.

Where ads appear

• Banner and native ads on a number of screens — including Home, Tools, FAQ, the daily tip screen, the Learn and My Reports lists, the room, direction and yantra guides, the checklists, Settings, the end of a result, the report-saved message and the notification reminder. Each is marked as an advertisement, and a note beneath it says that Pro removes ads.
• Full-screen (interstitial) ads at natural breaks — for example after you download a PDF report or leave a result. Never when the app opens, never during compass capture, and limited in frequency.
• Optional rewarded ads. You can choose to watch a short video ad to open a Pro feature for the current session. Nothing is shown unless you tap that button.

What AdMob collects. To serve, limit, measure and secure ads, the AdMob software running inside the app collects and sends to Google: your device’s advertising ID; your IP address (from which an approximate location can be derived); device and app information such as model, operating system version, language, app version and time zone; and ad interaction and diagnostic data such as impressions, clicks and load errors. Vastu Compass does not give AdMob your name, email, property details, saved reports, notes, room directions, scores, or any location used for daily tips, or anything else you enter in the app. Google’s use of this data is governed by Google’s own policies: How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services and the Google Privacy Policy.

Personalised ads and your choices

• In the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, Google’s consent message is shown before any ad is requested. If you do not consent, ads are limited to non-personalised ads or not shown at all, as Google’s rules require. You can review or change your choice at any time in the app under Settings → Ad privacy choices.
• Elsewhere, ads may be personalised using your advertising ID. You can opt out of personalised ads, or reset or delete your advertising ID, in your Android settings (usually Settings → Privacy → Ads, or Settings → Google → Ads). If you delete your advertising ID, the ad software receives a blank ID.
• The app asks AdMob to keep ads suitable for a general audience. We do not choose individual advertisers and cannot promise what any ad will say.

We do not receive the data AdMob collects. In the AdMob dashboard we see only aggregate figures such as impressions, clicks, estimated earnings and country. We never link the advertising ID to your anonymous device ID, your purchase record or your reports.

If you buy Pro, ads stop as soon as your Pro status is confirmed. If Pro later ends (for example a subscription lapses or a purchase is refunded), the free plan and its ads return.

10. Sharing and Exporting Reports

PDFs are generated entirely on your device — saved to Downloads (Android 10+) or shared via the system share sheet (Android 9 and below). When you share a report, it is handed to whichever app you select (for example WhatsApp, Gmail, or Drive); we never receive a copy and have no involvement in that transfer. Once shared, the file is governed by the privacy policy of the app you shared it through.

11. Data Retention and Deletion

On-device data is removed by deleting a report or uninstalling the app. Server-side data (anonymous ID, purchase record, optional cloud backup, optional “why checking” response) can be deleted at any time via Settings → Delete account in the app, or by emailing us. This does not remove your Google Play purchase history, which Google retains under its own policies. Data that Google AdMob collects is held by Google under its own policies and is not held by us; to limit it, use the choices in Section 9.

12. Children’s Privacy

Vastu Compass is not directed at children and collects no personal information from anyone, including persons under 18. Ads are configured for a general audience, and the app does not knowingly show personalised ads to children.

13. No Personal Consultations

Vastu Compass does not provide, broker, or arrange personal consultations with any Vastu expert, astrologer, contractor, or similar professional. We will never contact you, or ask you to contact anyone, offering such a service. All guidance is generated automatically by the app.

14. Your Rights

Contact Info@moonfiregroup.com, or use Settings → Delete account in the app, to request what data we hold, its correction, or its erasure. For data held by Google as the ad provider, use the controls described in Section 9 or Google’s own privacy tools.

15. Disclaimer

Vastu Compass provides information based on traditional Vastu Shastra principles and approximate compass readings. It is intended for educational and informational purposes only and is not professional, structural, engineering, financial, medical, or legal advice. Please consult a qualified Vastu consultant and a licensed structural engineer or architect before making any construction, demolition, renovation, or purchase decision.

16. Language and Translations

The app, its reading content (guides, remedies and room-by-room explanations) and its PDF reports are available in English and ten Indian languages: Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Punjabi, Tamil and Telugu (Settings → Language).

Text in any language other than English is machine-translated. It may contain errors or inexact wording, and it has not yet been reviewed by native speakers. This Privacy Policy, the Terms of Use and the full Disclaimer are shown in English whichever language you choose. Ads are supplied by Google and may not appear in your chosen language.

If a translation differs in meaning from the English text, the English text prevails. Your choice of language is stored on your device only and is never transmitted to us.

17. Changes to This Policy

If a future version of the app changes what information it handles, this policy will be updated on this page with a revised Effective Date before that version is released, and material changes will be reflected in an app update before the new functionality becomes active.

18. Contact

Moonfire Private Limited
City Vista, Downtown, Fountain Road, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Email: Info@moonfiregroup.com
Phone: +91 98812 21396

This policy is published at https://moonfiregroup.com/vastu-compass-privacy for the Vastu Compass app listing and in-app reference. The app’s Terms of Use are at https://moonfiregroup.com/vastu-compass-terms.