Privacy policy.
Throw It Away is an iPhone app provided by Yucong Du. This policy explains the app and this support website.
Your words
The text you enter is kept in memory for the current app session so it can appear on the paper. We do not store a journal, upload your text, or share it with Google or other advertising providers. The text is cleared after the release ritual or when the app session ends. The app obscures its view when it becomes inactive. Your device, keyboard and Apple services have their own privacy practices.
Settings and purchases
Sound levels, haptic preferences, control preferences and your last selected scene are stored on your device. Apple processes in-app purchases. The app uses StoreKit to verify purchase entitlements and restore access. We do not receive your payment card information and do not operate an account system or a purchase server.
Advertising
The free app uses Google AdMob to display a bottom banner outside the ritual. We request non-personalized ads, disable the publisher first-party ID, and do not request access to the advertising identifier through App Tracking Transparency. Non-personalized ads still involve data processing.
Google’s Mobile Ads SDK may collect IP addresses (which can indicate approximate location), device or app-scoped identifiers, ad impressions and interactions, other product interactions, crash information and performance diagnostics for advertising, measurement, fraud prevention and service operation. Google’s processing and retention are described in Google’s privacy policy and how Google uses information from apps. We do not send your written thoughts to the SDK. We do not integrate third-party mediation adapters or our own analytics SDK.
Google’s User Messaging Platform displays applicable consent or opt-out choices based on region. Where required, advertising waits for the consent flow to permit ad requests. You can revisit available choices through Ad privacy choices in Settings. You may decline optional choices and continue using the app. Purchasing Complete Experience removes banners; on subsequent launches, the app checks entitlements before starting the advertising SDK.
Support and this website
If you email support, we receive your email address and whatever information you choose to send. We use this only to respond and resolve the request, retaining it only as needed for support and applicable obligations. Do not email the private text you wrote in the app. This static website has no analytics scripts, advertising or tracking cookies. GitHub Pages hosts it and may process connection logs under GitHub’s privacy statement.
Your choices
You can stop using the app or remove it to remove its local preferences. Contact us to request access to, correction of or deletion of support correspondence. Rights and available choices depend on your location. Apple and Google manage information they process independently; their policies explain additional controls.
Children
The app is intended for a general audience and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect children’s personal information directly. Contact us if you believe a child has sent us personal information.
Changes and contact
We may update this policy as the app changes and will update the date above. For privacy or support questions, contact Yucong Du at yucongdu@yahoo.com.