# Privacy Policy for AgriPulse

**Last updated: March 22, 2026**

## Overview

AgriPulse is a commodity news aggregator app that collects and displays publicly available news articles from various sources. Your privacy is important to us.

## Data Collection

**AgriPulse does not collect, store, or transmit any personal data.** Specifically:

- **No account or login required** — The app works without any sign-up or authentication.
- **No personal information collected** — We do not collect names, email addresses, phone numbers, or any other personally identifiable information.
- **No analytics or tracking** — We do not use any analytics SDKs, tracking pixels, or third-party analytics services.
- **No advertising** — The app does not display ads and does not share data with advertising networks.
- **No location data** — The app does not access or collect your location.

## Data Stored on Device

The following data is stored **locally on your device only** and is never transmitted to any server:

- **News articles** — Fetched from publicly available RSS feeds (Google News, PIB.gov.in, etc.) and cached on your device for offline reading.
- **Bookmarked articles** — Articles you save are stored in the app's local database on your device.
- **Commodity preferences** — Your selected commodities and settings are stored locally.

## Network Requests

The app makes network requests to the following public services to fetch news:

- **Google News RSS** — To aggregate commodity and market news
- **PIB.gov.in** — For government press releases
- **IMD** — For weather advisories

These are standard HTTP requests to publicly available feeds. No personal data is sent with these requests.

## Data Sharing

We do not share any data with third parties. All data stays on your device.

## Data Retention

All app data is stored locally on your device. You can delete all app data at any time by uninstalling the app.

## Children's Privacy

AgriPulse does not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13.

## Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. Any changes will be reflected in the "Last updated" date above.

## Contact

If you have questions about this privacy policy, please contact us at:
- GitHub: https://github.com/pradeeppeddineni/AgriPulse
- Email: pradeeppeddineni1@gmail.com