Privacy Policy
This policy describes how the AI Social mobile application (the App) and the promotional website hosted on GitHub Pages (the Site) handle information. AI Social is an open-source project; the canonical source code and issue tracker live at https://github.com/chartmann1590/AI-Social.
Summary
- The App does not operate a first-party account system and does not collect analytics or crash reporting on behalf of the project maintainer.
- The App displays ads through Google AdMob. The Google Mobile Ads SDK may collect and share device, interaction, diagnostic, IP address, and advertising identifier data for ads, analytics, and fraud prevention.
- When you use remote or hybrid mode and supply an Ollama server URL, prompts for generation are sent to that server only, under your control.
- When you use on-device mode on a supported Android build, inference runs locally; prompts are not sent to the maintainer infrastructure.
- The Site is static HTML served by GitHub; normal GitHub and browser telemetry may apply as described in GitHub documentation.
Who we are
The App is distributed as open source. For privacy inquiries related to this policy or the open-source project, open a public issue or discussion on the GitHub repository linked above, or contact the maintainer through channels listed on their GitHub profile. This policy is informational and not a substitute for legal advice.
Information the App processes
AI Social generates synthetic social posts and comments. Text you enter in the App (for example, prompts or composed posts) is processed by the inference path you select:
- On-device: processed on the device by the bundled native LLM runtime when enabled.
- Remote or hybrid fallback: sent as HTTP requests to the Ollama-compatible base URL and model name you configure.
The project maintainer does not receive copies of that content through the App itself. Your Ollama operator (which may be you, on your LAN) is responsible for their own logging and retention.
Data collection (App)
AI Social does not collect or transmit personal data or analytics from the device to a project-operated backend. There is no sign-in, no user identifier assigned by the App itself, and no central AI Social server. The App does include the Google Mobile Ads SDK for AdMob advertising, and that SDK may collect and share data as described in the advertising section below.
Advertising
The App uses Google AdMob to show banner, interstitial, native, and rewarded ads. Ads are requested as non-personalized ads in the current App build, but Google may still process information needed for ad delivery, frequency capping, aggregated reporting, analytics, and fraud prevention.
According to Google's Google Mobile Ads SDK disclosures, the SDK may automatically collect and share IP address (which can estimate general location), app interactions such as app launches, taps, and ad video views, diagnostic information, and device or account identifiers including the Android advertising ID and app set ID. Google states that this data is encrypted in transit. You can reset or delete your Android advertising ID in Android system settings under Privacy > Ads.
Users in regions where consent is required may see a Google consent message before ads are requested. AdMob and participating ad technology providers process advertising data under their own policies, including the Google Advertising Policy.
Third parties and network destinations
Depending on features you use, the App may contact:
- Google AdMob / Google Mobile Ads SDK - to load and measure ads, including banner, interstitial, native, and rewarded ad formats.
- Hugging Face (huggingface.co and related CDN hosts such as cas-bridge.xethub.hf.co) - only when you explicitly start a model download from the Models screen.
- DiceBear (api.dicebear.com) - to fetch generated avatar artwork used as placeholders in synthetic posts and comments.
- Your Ollama server - only when Remote or Hybrid mode is enabled and you have entered a server URL.
Review each provider privacy policy if you need enterprise or compliance guarantees.
Local storage (App)
- Downloaded model task files are stored in the App private internal storage.
- Settings (theme, LLM mode, model path, remote fallback toggle, Ollama URL, and related options) are stored with AsyncStorage and remain on-device.
- The synthetic feed is held in memory during use; it is not synced to a project-operated cloud database.
Permissions (Android)
The App requests INTERNET for AdMob ads, optional model downloads, and optional Ollama access. The Google Mobile Ads SDK may also use the Android advertising ID where available. The App does not require camera, contacts, location, microphone, or broad storage permissions for its core functionality as documented in the repository.
This website (GitHub Pages)
The Site consists of static files (HTML, CSS, images). When you visit, GitHub, Inc. processes requests as the hosting provider. That may include IP addresses, TLS metadata, and access logs under GitHub policies. This Site does not set first-party cookies for tracking, embed third-party advertising trackers, or run proprietary analytics scripts controlled by the AI Social project.
Children privacy
The App and Site are not directed at children under 13 (or the age required in your jurisdiction). If you believe a child has provided personal information through a channel you control (for example, a public GitHub issue), contact the maintainer to request removal where feasible.
International users
Because inference may occur entirely on your device or on a server you operate, data residency is largely under your control. GitHub-hosted content may be served from GitHub global infrastructure; see GitHub terms and privacy statement for details.
Changes to this policy
This document may be updated when features or disclosures change. The Last updated date at the top reflects the latest substantive revision. Continued use of the App after an update means you accept the revised policy to the extent permitted by law.
Open source and transparency
You are encouraged to review play-store/listing/data-safety.md in the repository, which mirrors the Play Console data safety narrative, and to build the App from source if you require additional assurance.