Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

DailyReport is an India-focused product operated by the DailyReport team as a child product of Unitlabs (the parent company). In this Policy, “DailyReport,” “we,” “us,” or “our” means DailyReport / Unitlabs as they apply to this product. We provide short-form news reading with explainable trust and conflict signals. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, disclose, and protect information when you use:

• Our website at https://dailyreport.observer (the “Site”);
• Our Android application DailyReport, package observer.dailyreport.app (the “App”); and
• Related services and APIs hosted at https://api.dailyreport.observer (together, the “Services”).

By using the Services, you agree to this Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use the Services. Editorial content is curated by editors. Automated summarization may assist them and does not replace human publication decisions.

2. Data We Collect

We collect information in the following categories:

Account and identity (optional). If you sign in with Google, we receive identifiers such as your Google account ID, name (if provided), and email address to authenticate you, link purchases, and sync preferences.

App preferences and usage. Region preference, language preference, saved and liked articles, dismissals, custom RSS feeds you add, and similar settings stored to personalize your feed.

Device and technical data. Approximate device type, OS version, app version, IP address (processed by hosting providers), and diagnostic logs needed to operate and secure the Services.

Push tokens (optional). If you enable notifications, a Firebase Cloud Messaging device token so we can send digests or topic alerts you opted into.

Purchases. Subscription status and product identifiers via Google Play and RevenueCat (for example entitlement state for DailyReport Plus). We do not receive or store full payment card numbers.

Advertising (free tier). On the free tier, Google AdMob and related Google advertising services may process advertising identifiers, approximate location, and interaction data subject to your consent choices and Google’s Privacy Policy.

Communications. If you email us or open a support request, we keep the content of that correspondence to respond.

3. How We Use Data

• Provide and operate the Services (feed, saves, account, API).
• Personalize lanes, region, language, and recommendations.
• Verify Plus entitlements and remove ads for subscribers.
• Send optional push digests and product notices you enable.
• Show ads on the free tier where consent is required or obtained.
• Secure the Services (abuse prevention, debugging, uptime).
• Comply with law and enforce our terms.
• Improve product quality using aggregated, de-identified analytics where available.

Editors may use AI-assisted summarization tools when preparing short “bites.” Those tools process article titles and excerpts supplied to our API under our operator controls; they are not used to train models on your personal account data in the ordinary course of reading.

4. Legal Bases (EEA / UK and similar frameworks)

Where GDPR or UK GDPR applies, we rely on one or more of:

• Contract — to deliver the App and account features you request;
• Consent — for optional push, certain ads/cookies, and marketing;
• Legitimate interests — security, product improvement, and non-intrusive analytics, balanced against your rights;
• Legal obligation — where we must retain or disclose information.

You may withdraw consent where processing is consent-based, without affecting prior lawful processing.

5. Sharing of Information

We share information with processors who help us run DailyReport, including:

• Google — Sign-In, Play Billing, AdMob, Firebase (messaging / analytics if enabled);
• RevenueCat — subscription entitlement sync;
• Hosting & database — cloud VM, reverse proxy, and managed Postgres for api.dailyreport.observer;
• AI inference providers (operator-selected, e.g. Google Gemini) — only for editorial summarization jobs, not for selling your profile.

We may disclose information if required by law, to protect rights and safety, or in connection with a merger or sale of assets (with notice where required). We do not sell your personal information for money.

6. Cookies, Local Storage & Ads

The Site does not set tracking cookies. See our cookie policy. The App may store preferences on-device (for example region and theme). Free-tier ads via AdMob may use advertising IDs and similar technologies. Where required, we present a consent experience (UMP / Google consent messaging). You can reset advertising ID in Android settings and manage Play / Google ad personalization controls.

7. Data Retention

We retain account and preference data while your account is active and for a reasonable period afterward for backups, disputes, and legal compliance. Push tokens are removed when you unregister or uninstall. Server logs are rotated on a shorter schedule. When you request deletion, we delete or de-identify personal data unless we must keep it by law.

8. Your Rights & Choices

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to:

• Access, correct, or delete personal data we hold about you;
• Object to or restrict certain processing;
• Withdraw consent;
• Portability of data you provided;
• Opt out of sale/share of personal information where those concepts apply (we do not sell personal data for money).

In-app choices include region/language settings, notification opt-in, and signing out. To exercise privacy rights, use the contact method in Section 12 or our data deletion request page. We may need to verify your request.

9. Account & data deletion

You can request deletion of account and personal data we hold via https://dailyreport.observer/delete-data.html (or email [email protected]). We aim to complete verified requests within 30 days. Deleting our records does not cancel Google Play subscriptions — cancel those in Play Store. See the deletion page for what we erase versus what Google retains.

10. Children’s Privacy

DailyReport is not directed to children under 13, or under 16 in the EEA and the UK. We do not knowingly collect personal information from those children. If you believe a child has provided data, contact us and we will take appropriate steps to delete it.

11. International Transfers

We are building for India-first users. Infrastructure and processors (including Google and hosting providers) may process data in India, the United States, the EEA, or other locations. Where required, we use appropriate safeguards (such as standard contractual clauses or processor terms) for cross-border transfers.

12. Contact Us

The trust score and topic ranking describe stories and the order of a feed. They are not an automated decision about you that has a legal or similarly significant effect. If you are in the EEA or the UK, you may complain to the supervisory authority where you live. We are established in India and have not appointed a separate representative in the EEA or the UK. Email is how we receive those requests.

US state privacy choices, including a do-not-sell-or-share opt-out, are on the privacy choices page. Copyright notices and corrections have their own pages: copyright, corrections.

Questions about this Policy or privacy requests:

• Email: [email protected] (Unitlabs support);
• Site: https://dailyreport.observer;
• API: https://api.dailyreport.observer.

We may update this Policy from time to time. The “Last updated” date at the top will change when we do. Material changes will be highlighted on this page or in the App when appropriate.