Chargio Privacy Policy
Chargio is designed to help users estimate home EV charging costs, compare charging costs against gasoline costs, track charging history, and view savings insights. This Privacy Policy explains what information may be collected, how it is used, and the choices available to users.
1. Information We Collect
Chargio may collect or store information that you enter into the app, including:
- Vehicle information, such as selected EV model, battery size, or estimated efficiency.
- Charging information, such as charge percentage, charging duration, electricity rate, and estimated charging cost.
- Gas price, monthly mileage, and other values used to estimate savings compared to gasoline.
- App settings, preferences, and charging history saved locally on your device.
This information is used to calculate charging costs, estimate savings, display insights, and improve the app experience.
2. Information Collected Automatically
The app may collect limited technical information automatically through your device, the app platform, or third-party services. This may include:
- Device type, operating system version, and app version.
- Crash reports, performance data, and diagnostic information.
- Advertising identifiers or similar device identifiers where permitted by your device settings and applicable law.
- Approximate usage data, such as ad impressions, feature usage, or general app interactions.
3. Advertising and Third-Party Services
Chargio uses third-party advertising services, including Google AdMob, to display ads such as banner ads, interstitial ads, and rewarded ads.
Google AdMob and related advertising partners may collect or receive certain information from your device to provide, measure, and improve advertising. This may include device identifiers, advertising identifiers, IP address, app interaction data, and other information described in Google’s privacy policies.
You can learn more about how Google uses information from apps and sites that use its services by visiting: Google’s partner sites policy.
4. App Tracking Transparency and Ad Personalization
On iOS, the app may request permission to use your device’s advertising identifier for personalized ads, where required by Apple’s App Tracking Transparency framework. You may allow or deny this permission at any time through your device settings.
If you deny tracking permission, ads may still appear, but they may be less personalized.
5. How We Use Information
Information may be used to:
- Calculate estimated EV charging costs.
- Estimate savings compared to gasoline costs.
- Display charging history, monthly insights, and shareable summaries.
- Maintain, troubleshoot, and improve the app.
- Show ads and measure ad performance.
- Comply with legal, platform, or security requirements.
6. Data Storage
Charging history and app preferences may be stored locally on your device. If future versions of the app add cloud sync, accounts, or additional online features, this Privacy Policy may be updated to explain those changes.
7. Sharing of Information
We do not sell your personal information. Information may be shared with third-party service providers only as needed to operate the app, display ads, analyze performance, comply with legal requirements, or protect the app and its users.
8. Children’s Privacy
Chargio is not intended for children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that such information has been collected, we will take reasonable steps to delete it.
9. Your Choices
You may control certain data and privacy settings through your device, including:
- Limiting ad tracking or resetting your advertising identifier.
- Managing App Tracking Transparency permissions on iOS.
- Deleting the app to remove locally stored app data from your device.
10. Security
We use reasonable safeguards to protect information associated with the app. However, no method of electronic storage or transmission is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
11. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Updates will be posted on this page with a revised effective date. Continued use of the app after changes are posted means you accept the updated policy.
12. Contact Us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or Chargio, contact us at:
Email: support@thecreatorsyndicate.com