Privacy policy

Last updated: 1 November 2026

NetPin is an Android app that shows whether your phone is on 5G, 4G or 3G and warns you when the phone's network type setting changes. This policy explains what information the app uses. The short version: the app reads only the network type and the network setting on your phone, and nothing leaves your phone.

Who is responsible

The data controller is Martin Scherbaum, an individual based in Ireland. Contact: support@getnetpin.com.

What the app uses, and why

• The type of mobile network the phone is on (for example 5G or 4G) and the phone's preferred network type setting, to show them and to warn you when they are not what you chose. Read on your phone only.
• Your choices (which network you want, whether the status bar icon is on), to apply them. Stored on your phone only.
• Whether you bought the full version, as reported by Google Play, to unlock the full version. Stored on your phone only.

The app does not read your calls, messages, contacts, location or phone number. We do not operate a server that receives any information from the app. The app has no advertising, no analytics and no tracking, and it does not require an account.

Permissions

• Phone (read phone state) – Android requires it to read the type of mobile network. The app uses it for nothing else.
• Notifications – for the status bar icon and for the warning when the network setting changes.
• Run in the background and start at boot – so the status bar icon and the warnings keep working after a restart.

Payments

The full version is sold and processed by Google Play. We never see your card or payment details. Google shares with the app only whether you own the full version. Google's handling of your data is described in the Google Privacy Policy.

Legal basis

The information is processed only on your device to provide the service you asked for (Article 6(1)(b) GDPR). We do not have access to it.

This website and email

This website uses no analytics and no cookies. Our hosting provider, OVHcloud (in the EU), keeps standard server logs, including IP addresses, for security and operation. If you email us, we use your message and address only to reply and keep them only as long as needed to help you.

Children

The app is not directed at children under 16.

Your rights

You have the right to access, correct and delete your personal data, to restrict or object to processing, and to data portability. As the app keeps everything on your device, you can delete it at any time by clearing the app's data or uninstalling it. For anything else, email support@getnetpin.com. You can also lodge a complaint with the Irish Data Protection Commission or the supervisory authority in your country.

Changes

If a future version needs to send any information off your phone, we will update this policy first and ask for your consent in the app where required.