Privacy Policy

Thank you for using Fake My Location.

This policy explains how the Android app handles location, search, and advertising data.

1. Information the App Handles

You do not need an account. The app handles the mock location you choose, including coordinates and a place name, to display and simulate that location. We do not sell your personal information.

2. Device Location and Place Search

Android requires approximate location permission for the mock-location foreground service. If you grant that permission and tap the current-location button, the app also reads your device's approximate location and uses it as the selected location. The app does not use your current location to choose a mock location unless you request it.

When you search for a place, the app sends the search term to our API at api.fml.codemeoww.com so it can return matching places. The app does not add your IP address, name, account details, or current or mock coordinates to the search data. Our API is hosted on Cloudflare. Cloudflare automatically receives source-IP connection metadata, and the API uses it for rate limiting. This connection metadata is not part of the search term and is not forwarded to LocationIQ. The API forwards the search term to LocationIQ and returns its results. LocationIQ processes the search under its own privacy practices. The API may cache a response for up to 48 hours using a hashed request key; it does not maintain a user-linked search history.

Cloudflare Privacy Policy: https://www.cloudflare.com/privacypolicy/

The app uses the device's geocoding service to look up an address for selected coordinates. Your device's service provider may process those coordinates under its own privacy policy.

3. Data Stored on Your Device

The app may store the following locally on your device:

You can delete this local data by clearing the app's storage or uninstalling the app.

4. Permissions

Fake My Location uses these Android capabilities for its core features:

5. Advertising

Fake My Location uses Google AdMob for interstitial and rewarded ads. The app requests non-personalized ads, but this does not mean the ad SDK processes no data. The Google Mobile Ads SDK may collect and share information such as your IP address, app interactions, diagnostic information, and device or account identifiers such as the Android advertising ID or App Set ID when available. Google and its advertising partners may use this information for ad delivery, measurement, analytics, security, and fraud prevention. Google controls how its ad systems collect, use, retain, and share this information under its own privacy terms. Codemeoww does not operate those ad systems or store their SDK data on our servers.

Google Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Google Mobile Ads SDK data disclosure: https://developers.google.com/admob/android/privacy/play-data-disclosure

The app does not explicitly pass your selected mock coordinates or place searches to AdMob. You can watch a rewarded ad to remove ads for the rest of the current day; the app stores the completion date on your device.

6. Maps and Third-Party Services

The app uses Leaflet to display interactive maps. OpenStreetMap contributors provide standard map data and tiles. Esri and its contributors provide dark map tiles and satellite imagery. The app loads map tiles from OpenStreetMap and Esri; those providers may receive your IP address, device information, and the tile coordinates needed to show the area you view.

LocationIQ provides place search through our backend. Leaflet runs within the app and does not receive your search or location data as an online service.

7. Data Sharing and Retention

The search term is sent to our Cloudflare-hosted API and forwarded to LocationIQ to return place results. Cloudflare receives connection metadata, including the source IP address, and our API uses it for rate limiting; the IP address is not forwarded to LocationIQ. Search results may be cached for up to 48 hours under a hashed request key, without a user-linked search history. Map requests reach OpenStreetMap or Esri when you view their tiles. Google AdMob and its partners may receive ad-related data through the SDK. Saved locations and other local app data remain on your device until you clear them, clear app storage, or uninstall the app. Cloudflare, LocationIQ, Google, OpenStreetMap, and Esri handle information they receive under their respective privacy practices.

8. Children's Privacy

Fake My Location is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

9. Security

We take reasonable steps to limit the information handled by the app. However, no method of electronic transmission or storage is completely secure.

10. Your Choices

You can stop location simulation, decline the current-location request, disable notifications in Android settings, enter coordinates instead of searching, clear saved locations, or uninstall the app. Android requires some permissions for location simulation to work.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy as the app changes. The revised policy will be posted on this page with a new Last Updated date.

12. Contact

If you have questions about this privacy policy, contact [email protected].