Privacy Policy for WiFi TV Remote
WiFi TV Remote (the "app") lets you control Android TV, Google TV, Samsung, LG and Roku TVs from your Android phone over your Wi‑Fi network. This policy explains what information the app uses, where it goes, and the choices you have.
The short version: the app has no accounts and no servers of its own. Everything about your TVs stays on your phone. The only third party that receives data is Google AdMob, which shows the ads in the app.
Information that stays on your phone
To find and control your TVs, the app stores the following on your device only:
- The TVs you connect to: their IP address, brand, name, and (when the TV reports it) MAC address, so they appear in your list and can be switched on with Wake‑on‑LAN.
- Pairing keys, access tokens and TV security certificates, so you do not have to pair again every time. These are excluded from Android backups and never leave your phone.
- Simple app settings, such as the last IP address you entered and counters used to limit how often full‑screen ads appear.
If you have Android backup turned on, your list of TVs and app settings may be included in your device backup to your Google account, as Android does for most apps. Pairing keys and tokens are not.
Your local network and your TV
- When you tap Scan, the app checks devices on your current Wi‑Fi network for the ports that supported TVs use, to find them. This happens only on your local network.
- Button presses, app shortcuts (such as Netflix or YouTube) and any text you type with the keyboard feature are sent directly from your phone to your TV over your local network. The developer never receives them.
- The app does not use your location, contacts, camera, microphone, photos or files.
Advertising (Google AdMob)
The app is free and shows ads provided by Google AdMob. To show and measure ads and to prevent fraud, the Google Mobile Ads SDK collects and shares with Google information such as:
- Device identifiers, including your device's advertising ID
- IP address, from which an approximate location may be derived
- Interactions with ads and basic app usage, and diagnostic information such as crash and performance data
Google uses this information as described in How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services and the Google Privacy Policy.
Your choices
- Consent (EEA, UK and Switzerland): the first time you open the app, you are asked whether ads may use your personal data. You can change your choice at any time with the Privacy and ad settings button on the app's main screen.
- Advertising ID: you can reset or delete your advertising ID in your phone's settings (Settings › Privacy › Ads, or Settings › Google › Ads). After that, ads are no longer personalised with it.
- Deleting your data: removing a TV from the list (long‑press it) deletes its saved details and pairing. Uninstalling the app, or clearing its storage in Android settings, deletes everything the app stored on your phone.
Sharing and selling of data
The developer does not collect your personal information on any server and does not sell it. Apart from the ad data handled by Google AdMob as described above, no data is shared with third parties.
Security
Connections to TVs that support encryption (Android TV, Google TV, and newer Samsung and LG TVs) are encrypted, and the app remembers each TV's security certificate so that another device cannot pretend to be your TV.
Children
The app is not directed at children under 13, and the developer does not knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe a child has provided personal information through the app, please contact us and we will help remove it.
Changes to this policy
If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted on this page with a new effective date.
Contact
Questions about this policy or your data: [email protected]