Privacy Policy

CAFESSIO: Tea & Matcha Brewer (package com.cafessio.specialtytea) is a tea and matcha brewing timer and journal for Android. This policy explains what happens to your information. The short version: your tea data is never sent to us or to anyone else. We have no server and no account system. The only network activity comes from Google Play’s billing library, for the optional CAFESSIO Pro purchase.

What we collect

Nothing.

The app’s own code never opens a network connection, and we have no server, no account system and no analytics, so we never see your data. Since version 0.2.0 the app includes Google’s Play Billing Library to sell the optional one-time CAFESSIO Pro upgrade. That library adds Android’sINTERNETand network-state permissions so it can talk to Google Play, and it sends Google its own diagnostic logs, under Google’s privacy policy. Your teas, sessions and notes are never part of that.

What the app stores on your device

Everything you create stays in the app’s private storage on your phone:

• Your teas and matcha tins, including origin, cultivar, harvest, price and remaining grams
• Your teaware and water profiles
• Recipes you create or save from a session
• Your brew sessions and journal: every infusion time, ratings, tags and tasting notes
• Your settings and preferences (units, theme, language)

Uninstalling the app, or clearing its storage in Android settings, deletes all of it.

Android device backup

The app allows Android’s standard device backup. If you have turned on backup for your phone, Android may include this app’s data in the backup it stores in your own Google account, so it can be restored when you set up a new phone. That backup is made by Android and Google, not by us, under Google’s privacy policy, and we cannot access it. You can turn device backup on or off in your phone’s settings.

What we do not collect or request

• No account, sign-in, name or email address
• No location, contacts, camera, microphone or photos
• No advertising identifier
• No analytics, tracking or crash reporting
• No advertising

We do not sell, share, rent or broker your information. There is nothing to sell.

Permissions and why

The app declares these permissions for its timers:

• Notifications: to show the running steep and alert you when it ends. On Android 13 and newer you are asked before any notification is shown
• Exact alarms: so a steep or a cold brew alerts at the exact moment you set, even with the screen off
• Promoted notifications: on Android 16, to show the running steep as a live update
• Vibration: for steep and whisk alerts
• Run at startup: only so a steep that was running when the phone restarted gets its finish alert back; if nothing is brewing, the app does nothing at startup

Google Play’s billing library, used only for the optional Pro purchase, adds three more: Google Play billing, internet access and network state. They let the library reach Google Play to show the price, complete a purchase and restore it on a new phone.

Payments

The app is free. CAFESSIO Pro is an optional one-time in-app purchase (USD 9.99, or the local price Google Play shows) that adds insights, brew comparisons, water profiles and an unlimited collection. There are no subscriptions and no ads. The purchase is handled entirely by Google Play: we never see, receive or store your payment details. The app keeps only one fact on your phone: whether Pro is unlocked.

Google Play collects information about app downloads and purchases independently of this app, under Google’s own privacy policy.

Children

The app is not directed at children, and it collects no information from anyone, children included.

Your rights

Because your data never reaches us, there is no request to make of us:

• To see your data: open the app
• To delete it:delete individual records, clear the app’s storage, or uninstall the app

We cannot access, correct or delete your information on your behalf, because we do not have it.

Changes to this policy

If the app ever changes in a way that affects this document — adding analytics, crash reporting, accounts or any transfer of your data — this policy will be updated before that version is released, and the date above will change.

Contact

Questions about this policy: info@veememedia.com