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Privacy policy
No account, no profile, no data resale. This page states what the app processes, why, and what you can require of it.
1Data used
DVFFrance creates no account and sends the developer no personal data. Location, requested only while you use the app, is used to open the map where you are, place the neighbourhood being described and measure distances to schools and shops. Sales you set aside or dismiss, recently viewed towns, language, theme and downloaded survey data all stay on the device. DVFFrance asks for neither contacts, photos, camera nor microphone.
2Advertising and purchases
The app is free and funded by Google AdMob advertising. On first launch in the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom, a Google form (UMP) asks for your consent, which you can change later in Settings › Ad choices; Apple’s tracking permission (App Tracking Transparency) is requested next and can be declined, in the iOS prompt or later in iOS Settings › Privacy & Security › Tracking. Without it, the device’s advertising identifier (IDFA) is not shared; with it, the IDFA is used for advertising tracking, and it is the only data the app declares to Apple as used for tracking. Ads shown: a banner at the bottom of the screen, an ad when the app opens, sometimes an ad within a detail page and, at most once every three detail pages viewed, a full-screen ad when leaving a page, at least two minutes apart. An “Ad-Free” subscription removes every ad while it is active; a rewarded video also gives 6 hours ad-free. The subscription is handled by StoreKit and your Apple account, renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period, and is managed in your Apple Account settings. The app never receives payment card data.
The Google Mobile Ads and User Messaging Platform kits send directly to Google, without going through the developer: the device advertising identifier (only if you allow tracking), the IP address and an approximate location derived from it, the device model and system, performance and diagnostic data, and your interactions with ads. Google uses them to show, measure and cap ads, personalize them if you consent and fight fraud, under its own privacy policy (policies.google.com/privacy).
3Notifications
An optional local notification, off by default, announces the publication of a new year of sales data. It is prepared by the iPhone: no server sends notifications. You manage it in iOS Settings › Notifications › DVFFrance.
4Writing to support
The Settings › Report a bug form prepares an e-mail in your mail app. It contains what you write, your contact address if you give one and, if you leave the technical information checked, the DVFFrance version, system, device model and language. Nothing is sent until you send the e-mail yourself; it is used only to reply to you and is never passed on to a third party.
5Children
On the App Store, DVFFrance is rated 4+. DVFFrance is not aimed specifically at children, asks them for no personal information and offers no messaging, no exchange between users and no sharing to social networks. In France, a minor under 15 cannot consent alone to personalized advertising: a parent can decline tracking in the iOS prompt or in iOS Settings › Privacy & Security › Tracking, and block tracking requests with Screen Time.
6Changes to this policy
This policy follows the app: it is revised whenever a processing changes, and the date at the top of the page shows its latest update. A significant change is also noted in the App Store release notes.
7Data sources
Prices come from the property transfer records published by the French public finances directorate and geocoded by Etalab. Added to these are the rent map of the Ministry of Housing, energy performance certificates from ADEME, hazards and natural-disaster orders from Géorisques, the cadastral plan from IGN, the schools directory and results indicators from the Ministry of Education, recorded offences published by the Interior Ministry statistical service, the INSEE IRIS boundaries, fibre broadband coverage and mobile masts published by Arcep, and shops and transport from OpenStreetMap. The address typed in the search is sent to the national address database (data.geopf.fr/geocodage). The other services contacted are geo.api.gouv.fr, public.opendatasoft.com (IRIS boundaries), files.data.gouv.fr and the OVH storage data-pipeline-open (DVF files). The App Store is queried for the latest app version. Apart from the address typed in the search, these requests contain no personal data; each service sees your IP address like any website.
8Retention
Local data remains on your device until you delete the app or reset settings. Advertising data follows Google AdMob rules and purchases follow Apple rules when they exist.
9Your rights
Under the GDPR, you may request access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability or objection regarding your personal data. You may also contact your data protection authority.
10Contact
DVFFrance is published by BodyCorp, an independent developer and the data controller, who personally answers any question about your data.