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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
Telzo creates no account and sends the developer no personal data. The app looks for your TVs, boxes and speakers on the local Wi-Fi network (iOS Local Network permission, through Bonjour and a scan of your subnet) and sends them commands directly, without any server. The list of paired devices (name, model, IP address) and your preferences are stored in the app; pairing authorizations (tokens, codes, passwords (Kodi, PJLink), certificates) stay in the device Keychain, without iCloud sync. The widget, the Control Center control and Siri only open Telzo or have it send a button press. Telzo asks for neither location, contacts, photos, camera nor microphone.
2Advertising and purchases
Telzo is free and every button stays free. It is funded by Google AdMob advertising: a banner at the bottom of the remote and an ad when the app opens (from the third launch, or when you return after a minute in the background), never a full-screen ad while you are pressing a button. An optional video gives 6 hours ad-free. The optional “Ad-Free” subscription (monthly or yearly, with a 7-day free trial) removes every ad while it is active; it 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. On first launch in the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom, a Google form (UMP) asks for your consent, which you can change in Settings › Legal › 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 Telzo declares to Apple as used for tracking.
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).
3Writing 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 Telzo 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.
4Children
On the App Store, Telzo is rated 4+. Telzo 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.
5Changes 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.
6Data sources
No external data source: Telzo only talks to devices on your local network. Only the Google Mobile Ads and Google User Messaging Platform kits, for advertising and consent, and the App Store, for the subscription, use the Internet. The developer adds no analytics tool.
7Retention
Data stays on the device as long as the app is installed. Forgetting a device (swipe in “My TVs”) erases its pairing and its Keychain authorizations. Deleting the app erases the list and preferences; iOS may keep Keychain items after the app is deleted, so forget your devices first to erase everything. Advertising data follows Google’s retention rules.
8Your 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.
9Contact
Telzo is published by BodyCorp, an independent developer and the data controller, who personally answers any question about your data.