AdCare Privacy Policy

🛡 AdCare Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 2025

1. Introduction

Welcome to AdCare — your personal privacy and ad protection companion.

AdCare helps users enjoy a cleaner, safer, and distraction-free online experience by applying DNS-based filtering directly on the user’s device.

This Privacy Policy explains how AdCare handles information when you use our app.

We take your privacy seriously and are fully committed to complying with Google Play’s Developer Program Policies and VPNService requirements.

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2. About AdCare’s Technology

AdCare uses Android’s official VPNService API to establish a local, encrypted DNS tunnel.

👉 This tunnel never connects to external or third-party servers controlled by AdCare.

👉 The app does not reroute, sell, or monetize user traffic.

👉 The purpose of the service is solely to apply DNS filtering — blocking ads, trackers, and unsafe websites.

All network activity remains between the user’s device and the selected DNS resolver (e.g., AdGuard, Cloudflare, or CleanBrowsing).

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3. Data We Do Not Collect

We value your privacy, and therefore:

❌ We do not collect or store any personally identifiable information (PII).

❌ We do not log browsing history, DNS queries, or app usage.

❌ We do not access device storage, contacts, messages, or photos.

❌ We do not use analytics SDKs or third-party advertising trackers.

Your internet activity remains 100% private and never leaves your device.

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4. Permissions Used

AdCare requests only the VpnService permission (android.permission.BIND_VPN_SERVICE)

This permission is required to create a local DNS filter on your device.

No network traffic is redirected to AdCare servers or shared with others.

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5. Optional Paid Features

Some versions of AdCare offer subscription-based premium features, such as:

Custom DNS profile selection (Ad Blocking, Family Filter, Security DNS)

Auto-start protection

Faster DNS sync

All payments are handled securely via Google Play Billing — AdCare does not process or store your payment information.

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6. Children’s Privacy

AdCare includes optional Family Protection DNS profiles that automatically block adult or inappropriate content.

AdCare itself does not collect any data from children or minors under 13 years old.

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7. Data Security

All DNS requests are encrypted using DNS-over-HTTPS (DoH) or DNS-over-TLS (DoT) protocols, depending on the selected provider.

AdCare does not intercept or modify user traffic beyond DNS filtering.

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8. Third-Party Services

When using AdCare, you may select a DNS service (e.g., AdGuard DNS, Cloudflare DNS, CleanBrowsing DNS).

Each of these providers has its own privacy policy governing how DNS queries are handled.

We recommend reviewing your chosen DNS provider’s policy for more information.

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9. Transparency

We operate under full transparency.

AdCare is not a proxy, VPN tunnel, or traffic rerouter.

AdCare is not an ad-monetized service.

AdCare’s code behavior is consistent with the declared functionality in this policy.

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10. Policy Updates

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to comply with new laws or platform requirements.

Any updates will be published within the app and on our official website.

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11. Contact Us

If you have questions or privacy concerns, you can reach out to us at:

📧 aliaslamprogrammer@gmail.com

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✅ Compliance Summary

Fully compliant with Google Play’s VPNService Declaration Policy

No traffic rerouting or monetization

No data collection or tracking

Transparent DNS-based privacy tool only