GlobalSDR: Shortwave SDR Radio for Android
Privacy Policy
In short: GlobalSDR for Android has no account and no server of ours, and your memories, logbook and location stay on your device. The app is free because it shows ads from Google AdMob; Google's ads software collects some device data to show and measure those ads. Section 8 says exactly what that involves and how to choose.
1. Data we collect
We, ORIENTPRO, collect none. GlobalSDR has no server of its own and no analytics. We do not receive your memories, logbook, location, settings or listening history. The only third-party SDK that collects data is Google Mobile Ads (AdMob) with Google's User Messaging Platform, described in section 8.
2. Data stored on your device
Memory channels, logbook entries, scan groups, favorite receivers, notes, reminders and settings are stored locally on your device. They are not synced to us or to any third party. You can edit or delete any entry in the app, clear the app's storage in Android settings, or remove everything by uninstalling the app. If backup is turned on in your Android device settings, Android may include the app's data in your device backup to your Google account; that backup is handled by Google under your account, and we cannot read it.
3. Location
Location access is optional and approximate only (GlobalSDR never asks for precise location). If you allow it, your location is used on your device to sort receivers by distance, to show you on the receiver map and to calculate sunrise, sunset and the greyline for band conditions. GlobalSDR never sends it to us, to a receiver or to a data source. You can use the app fully without it, or choose a listening region instead. Separately, Google's ads software may estimate an approximate location from your IP address (section 8).
4. Listening to a receiver
Receivers are radios operated by independent volunteers, not by us. When you press play, your device connects directly to the receiver you chose and the audio and spectrum stream straight to you. Like any website you visit, the receiver's operator can see your IP address while you are connected. GlobalSDR sends the receiver nothing that identifies you; it identifies itself only as "GlobalSDR". The operator's own rules, published on the receiver's page, apply to your session. Audio keeps playing in the background with a media notification until you stop it.
5. Requests the app makes to public data sources
These requests are made from your device and never include an account, an identifier, your location or your library.
| Source | What it provides |
|---|---|
| KiwiSDR public receiver list (via rx.linkfanel.net) | Which KiwiSDR receivers exist and how many listener slots are free |
| Receiverbook (receiverbook.de) | The public directory of OpenWebRX receivers |
| NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center | Space-weather data for band conditions |
| OpenFreeMap (tiles.openfreemap.org) | Map tiles for the receiver map (OpenStreetMap data) |
The shortwave schedule (EiBi) is bundled inside the app and needs no connection.
6. Notifications
Reminders and band-condition alerts are local notifications created on your device. No push service and no notification token is used, and nothing is ever sent for marketing. Android asks for your permission first; you can turn notifications off in Android settings at any time.
7. Purchases and the 24-hour unlock
The Android app has no in-app purchases and no account. A few extra features (unlimited memories, logbook entries and scan groups, logbook export, your own receivers, best receiver and spectrum sonification) open for 24 hours when you choose to watch two short rewarded ads. Whether they are open is stored only on your device.
8. Ads and Google services
Advertising (Google AdMob). GlobalSDR for Android (package com.orientpro.globalsdr, from Google Play) shows ads served by Google AdMob: a banner on the Servers and Memories screens, native ads in some lists and pages, full-screen ads at natural breaks and when you return to the app, and rewarded ads only when you choose to watch them. Full-screen ads never appear while the radio is playing or connecting, and an ad never plays over the station you are listening to. To show, limit, measure and protect these ads, Google's SDK collects and shares with Google:
- Device identifiers: the Android advertising ID and the app set ID;
- Approximate location, estimated from your IP address;
- App interactions and diagnostics: ad views and taps, app launches, crash and performance data related to ads;
- Device and network information: device model, Android version, language, network type.
This data is sent encrypted (TLS). Google uses it to show and measure ads, for analytics, and to prevent fraud and keep ads secure, as described in How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services and the Google Privacy Policy. Google's own disclosure for the SDK: Google Mobile Ads SDK data disclosure. Your memories, logbook and location are never shared with advertisers.
Your choices. In the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, Google's consent message appears before any ad is requested, and you can change your choice at any time in Settings › Ad privacy choices. Everywhere, you can reset or delete your advertising ID in Android settings (Privacy › Ads); ads are then not personalized with it. Ad content is limited to the T (teen) rating.
9. Receiver pages
Links to a receiver's own page, rules or donation page open in your browser. Those pages belong to the receiver operators and have their own privacy practices.
10. Widgets, Quick Settings tiles and Wear OS
Home-screen widgets and Quick Settings tiles read what you are listening to from the app's storage on your device. The Wear OS app is a remote for the phone: the phone sends the watch what is playing, your first memory channels and the band conditions, and the watch sends back commands (play, stop, tune, log), all over the Wear OS connection between your own devices. The Wear OS app shows no ads and collects no data.
11. Children
GlobalSDR is not directed to children and is intended for adults. We collect no data from anyone, including children.
12. Your rights
Because we hold no personal data about you, there is nothing for us to access, correct, export or delete on your behalf. All data the app keeps is on your device and under your control. For data Google processes for ads, see the Google Privacy Policy and your Google account settings.
13. Changes
If this policy changes, we will update this page and its effective date. A change in what the app collects would also be reflected in the app's Google Play data safety section before it ships.
14. Contact
ORIENTPRO — info@orlproducts.com