Privacy policy

This policy covers the USB-C to HDMI Cast Phone to TV app for Android (package tv.screen.cast.hdmi.usb.connector) and the website usbctohdmi.com. It is written to be read, not skimmed. If anything is unclear, email team@appcelerator.studio.

What the app does with your media

The app reads photos, videos and music stored on your phone so it can display them on a connected TV. The files are decoded on the phone and sent over the HDMI cable, or over your local Wi-Fi network in Browser Cast mode. Your media never leaves your phone to reach our servers. We do not upload, copy, index or analyse it.

Permissions

• Photos, videos and audio. Required to list and play your media. Denying it disables casting.
• Nearby devices and local network. Used only by Browser Cast to serve media to the TV browser on your network.
• Notifications. Used to show a persistent notification while casting so Android does not stop playback.

The app does not request location, contacts, camera, microphone or phone permissions.

Accounts

The app has no account system. We do not collect your name, email address or password.

Purchases

Paid features are sold through Google Play Billing. Google processes the payment and shares with us only a purchase token and order identifier so the app can unlock the feature and we can handle refunds. We do not receive your card details. We use RevenueCat to validate those purchase receipts and keep track of which features your device has unlocked; RevenueCat receives the purchase token, a randomly generated app-specific identifier, and basic device and app version information. It never receives your name or payment details.

Analytics

We use Google Analytics for Firebase and PostHog to understand how the app is used. They may collect a device identifier, device model and manufacturer, operating system version, app version, country derived from IP address, and events such as app opens, which casting mode you start, and how long a casting session lasted. We also record whether an external display was detected on your device model, which is how we build the phone compatibility information published on this site. This data is aggregated and is not used to identify you personally.

Advertising

The free version shows ads served by Google AdMob. AdMob may use the Android advertising ID to show relevant ads and to measure them. You can reset the advertising ID or opt out of personalised ads in Android settings under Google, Ads. Paid versions do not show ads.

Your consent choices

If you are in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, Switzerland or another region where the law requires it, the app asks for your consent before any ad is loaded, using Google's consent framework (the IAB Transparency & Consent Framework). You can decline personalised ads, or all ad-related data use, and the app will still work. Your choice is stored on your device and passed to the ad network with every request. You can review or change it at any time from the About screen under Ad privacy settings.

Where your choice does not allow personalised ads, any ads shown are non-personalised and are selected using only contextual information such as the app you are in and your approximate location derived from your IP address.

Who we share data with

The app relies on the following third-party services. Each is run by a separate company under its own privacy policy, and each receives only what it needs for the purpose listed:

• Google Play Billing — processes purchases and subscriptions.
• RevenueCat — validates purchase receipts and manages subscription entitlements. See the RevenueCat privacy policy.
• Google Analytics for Firebase — usage analytics, as described above.
• PostHog — product analytics and feature experiments. It receives app usage events, a randomly generated app-specific identifier, basic device and app version information, and the estimated revenue of ad impressions. It does not receive your name, email or the content you cast. Data is processed in the United States. See the PostHog privacy policy.
• Google AdMob — serves the ads shown in the free version.

Google's use of the data it receives through these services is described in How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services.

We do not sell your personal information, and we do not share it with anyone outside the services listed above.

The website

usbctohdmi.com is a static site hosted on Vercel. Server logs record IP address, user agent and requested pages for security and capacity purposes and are retained for a short period by the hosting provider. We may use privacy-preserving, cookie-less analytics to count page views. Links to Amazon are affiliate links and are governed by Amazon's privacy policy once you click through.

Children

The app and site are not directed at children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect data from them.

Data retention and deletion

Because we hold no account data, there is nothing to delete on request beyond aggregated analytics, which cannot be tied to you. Uninstalling the app removes all locally stored settings. To ask about any data connected to a purchase, email team@appcelerator.studio with your Google Play order number.

Your rights

Depending on where you live (for example the EU, UK or California) you may have rights to access, correct or delete personal data and to object to processing. Contact us at team@appcelerator.studio and we will respond within 30 days.

Changes

We will post any changes on this page and update the effective date. Material changes will also be noted in the app's release notes.

Contact

team@appcelerator.studio