This Privacy Policy explains how FirstAppUsers ("FirstAppUsers", "we", "us", or "our") collects and uses personal data when you use this website and its app-discovery service.
1. Who controls your data
FirstAppUsers is the controller of personal data processed through this service. Privacy questions and requests can be submitted through our contact form.
2. Data we collect
Depending on how you use the service, we may collect:
- Google account identifiers, name, and email address when you sign in with Google.
- A random guest identifier stored in a necessary cookie when you use a guest profile.
- App Store or Google Play links, app names, icons, platform information, active status, and download counters.
- Submitted screenshots, review status, points, and records of apps you have tried.
- Name, email address, and message content submitted through the contact form.
- Technical and security information such as page path, approximate country, browser user agent, cookie preference, and a protected hash derived from an IP address.
- Cookieless analytics measurements, plus optional analytics identifiers if you accept optional cookies.
3. Why we use the data
We use personal data to provide guest and signed-in profiles, add and display apps, manage points, process screenshot submissions, prevent duplicate or fraudulent activity, answer messages, maintain security, understand service usage, and improve FirstAppUsers.
Depending on the processing activity, we rely on performance of the service requested by you, our legitimate interests in operating and protecting the service, your consent for optional analytics, and compliance with legal obligations.
4. Cookies and local identifiers
Necessary cookies keep your session, guest profile, apps, points, submissions, and cookie preference working. Google Analytics may receive cookieless measurements while analytics storage is denied. Analytics cookies and persistent analytics identifiers are used only after you accept optional cookies. You can reject optional cookies without losing the core service.
5. Services that may receive data
We use service providers where necessary to operate FirstAppUsers. These may include our hosting and database providers, Google for sign-in and Google Analytics, and Telegram for operational notifications. Apple and Google receive data when you open their store links.
Contact messages and certain operational events may be included in Telegram notifications so that we can respond or administer the service. We do not sell personal data.
6. International transfers
Some providers may process data outside your country or the European Economic Area. Where data-protection law requires it, transfers must rely on a lawful transfer mechanism or another legally recognised safeguard provided by the relevant service provider.
7. How long we keep data
We keep data only for as long as reasonably necessary to provide the service, administer points and submissions, answer contact messages, prevent abuse, comply with legal obligations, and resolve disputes. Retention may also depend on whether your profile remains active and whether you request deletion. Limited data may remain temporarily in backups or security records.
8. Your rights
Depending on applicable law, you may request access to, correction of, deletion of, restriction of, or portability of your personal data. You may also object to certain processing and withdraw consent for optional processing. Withdrawal does not affect processing that occurred before consent was withdrawn.
You may submit a request through the contact form. You may also complain to the data-protection authority responsible for your location.
9. Security
We use reasonable technical and organisational safeguards intended to protect personal data. No online service or storage system can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
10. Children
FirstAppUsers is not intended for children under 16. Do not use the service or submit personal data if you are under 16.
11. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy when the service or legal requirements change. The updated version will be published on this page with a new revision date.
12. Contact
For privacy questions or requests, use the FirstAppUsers contact form.