This Privacy Policy applies to the Android mobile software application titled "Velixa: Internet Speed Test" (package identifier: com.velixa.speedtest), developed and published by Velixa Mobile Labs ("we," "our," or "us").

Velixa is a client-side network diagnostic application engineered to measure your internet connection's raw performance capabilities, including:

• Download Throughput: Sustained data transfer rate from global edge servers to your device (in Megabits per second, Mbps).
• Upload Throughput: Sustained data transfer rate from your device to global edge servers (in Mbps).
• Round-Trip Latency (Ping): Real-time packet round-trip time between your device and the nearest edge node (in milliseconds, ms).
• Packet Jitter: Variance in packet latency measurements to diagnose network instability (in ms).

By installing, accessing, or using Velixa, you acknowledge the terms outlined in this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with these technical realities, please discontinue use and uninstall the application.

Unlike most internet utilities, Velixa requires no registration, no user account creation, and no login credentials. The developer does not maintain any backend database containing Personally Identifiable Information (PII).

We do not track which websites you visit, what files you download, or which apps you open. Velixa is completely blind to your device's web traffic and general network activity.

To deliver accurate, high-bandwidth measurement results, Velixa utilizes Cloudflare's globally distributed Edge Network (specifically endpoints hosted at speed.cloudflare.com).

When you initiate a speed test inside the application:

1. Direct Client-to-Edge Connection: Your device opens direct, encrypted HTTPS/TCP connections directly to Cloudflare's closest server node. The test traffic does not route through any intermediary proxy servers owned or operated by Velixa.
2. Ephemeral IP Address Processing: Under fundamental Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) standards, transmitting data packets requires communicating your public IP address to the receiving edge node. Cloudflare processes this IP address strictly in transit to establish the socket, route packet bursts, determine the closest geographic data center, and return raw speed buffers.
3. No Logging by Velixa: Velixa has no proprietary server collecting or recording your IP address. We do not capture, log, store, or profile your IP address on any external database.

Cloudflare handles test traffic in accordance with Cloudflare's strict data security and privacy policies. For complete details on Cloudflare's technical commitments, please review the Cloudflare Privacy Policy.

Velixa is provided as a free utility. To finance continuous development, testing infrastructure, and maintenance, the application displays banner advertisements powered by the Google Mobile Ads SDK (Google AdMob).

Google AdMob may automatically collect and process certain technical data to serve, personalize, and measure the performance of advertisements. Such data may include:

• Advertising Identifiers: Your device's Google Advertising ID (GAID / AAID), which is a resettable unique string assigned by Google Play Services.
• Coarse Location Data: Approximate geographic region (country, state, or city level) inferred from your network IP address. Velixa never supplies high-accuracy GPS coordinates to AdMob.
• App Performance & Diagnostics: Ad impression events, click timestamps, SDK crash logs, and load latency metrics.
• Device & OS Specifications: Device model, manufacturer, Android OS version, language preferences, and telecom operator name.

All advertising data collection and processing is governed directly by Google's Privacy Policy. We encourage you to review:

• Google Privacy & Terms
• How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services

EEA / UK / Swiss Consent (Google UMP): For users residing within the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, and Switzerland, Velixa displays a certified Consent Management Platform (CMP) dialog powered by Google's User Messaging Platform (UMP). This allows you to granularly consent to or decline personalized advertising and cookies in compliance with GDPR and ePrivacy directives.

When you complete a test, Velixa records the diagnostic output strictly on your physical handset using Android's native private sandbox storage (SharedPreferences).

The stored local record consists exclusively of:

• Numerical Performance Values: Download Mbps, upload Mbps, ping ms, jitter ms.
• Network Connection Type: Indication of whether the test ran over Wi-Fi, Cellular (LTE/5G), or Ethernet.
• Local Timestamp: Date and time when the test was initiated on your phone.

User Autonomy & Permanent Data Purging: You have complete, granular control over this local record:

• Disable History Logging: You can turn off automatic history recording in the app's Settings at any time.
• Immediate Deletion: You can tap "Clear History" inside the app to instantly and permanently erase all saved test logs from device memory.
• App Uninstall: Clearing app storage via Android system settings or uninstalling the app permanently purges all sandboxed data from your device.

Velixa features an on-device rendering engine that allows you to generate and share high-resolution result cards (standard 1080x1080 PNG format).

To protect your privacy when posting or sending these cards across messaging apps or social networks, our rendering engine implements an automated sanitization protocol:

• Automatic IP Masking: Neither public IP addresses nor local network subnets are ever printed on the generated share image.
• No Geographic Coordinates: Specific GPS latitudes, longitudes, or street-level addresses are strictly excluded.
• Only Benchmark Metrics: The card exclusively visualizes your measured speeds, latency, jitter, the generic network type (Wi-Fi or Mobile), and the official Velixa badge.
• Native Android Share Sheet: The generated image file is handled directly via Android's secure FileProvider interface. It is delivered solely to the application you personally choose in the system share menu.

In compliance with Google Play Developer Program Policies, here is the full, explicit breakdown of all permissions requested in the AndroidManifest.xml of Velixa:

Zero Sensitive Permissions Guarantee: Velixa deliberately avoids asking for any sensitive Android runtime permissions:

• ❌ NO Location Permissions: No ACCESS_FINE_LOCATION or ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION.
• ❌ NO Camera or Microphone: No CAMERA or RECORD_AUDIO.
• ❌ NO Contacts or Accounts: No READ_CONTACTS or GET_ACCOUNTS.
• ❌ NO Broad Storage Access: Result cards are shared using modern Android content URIs without requiring broad external storage permissions.
• ❌ NO Phone State Access: No READ_PHONE_STATE (no IMEI, IMSI, or phone number reading).

Velixa complies with the United States Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and applicable global child safety standards.

Our application is designed for a general audience and is not directed at children under the age of 13 (or under 16 where specified by local European member state law). We do not knowingly solicit, collect, or process personal information from children.

If a parent or legal guardian discovers that their child has provided personal information or interacted with advertising without parental consent, please contact us immediately at support@velixa.app. We will take prompt measures to investigate and resolve the situation.

Depending on your location (including the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, and the State of California), you hold specific statutory privacy rights:

• Right to Access & Portability: You have the right to know what personal data is processed. In Velixa, all stored test benchmarks are visible directly in the in-app History view.
• Right to Erasure ("Right to be Forgotten"): Because Velixa maintains no user databases or cloud servers, your test history exists solely on your phone. You execute complete and irreversible erasure by tapping "Clear History" in the app or uninstalling the app.
• Right to Opt-Out of the "Sale" or "Sharing" of Personal Data: Under California's CCPA/CPRA, delivering targeted digital advertisements may be categorized as a "sale" or "share". You can exercise your opt-out right at any time by resetting/deleting your Google Advertising ID or declining non-essential ad personalization via our in-app consent prompt.
• Right to Non-Discrimination: We will never discriminate against you, alter application performance, or charge different prices for exercising any of your statutory privacy rights.

We implement comprehensive technical and administrative safeguards to protect data integrity:

• Transport Layer Security (TLS): All active network measurement transmissions and ad delivery requests utilize encrypted TLS 1.3 / HTTPS protocols to prevent eavesdropping and man-in-the-middle attacks.
• Android OS Application Sandboxing: Stored preferences and history files are stored strictly within the private app container. Under the Android security architecture (SELinux), other installed applications on your device cannot access Velixa's private sandbox storage.
• No Central Attack Surface: By choosing not to store user profiles, passwords, or IP logs on central cloud servers, Velixa eliminates the risk of centralized data breaches or unauthorized database leaks.

We may revise this Privacy Policy periodically to reflect enhancements to the application, modifications in our advertising integrations, or changes in global data privacy legislation.

Whenever revisions occur, we will update the "Last Updated" date displayed at the top and bottom of this page. For significant changes, we will provide additional notice within the application's About or Settings interface. We advise reviewing this page periodically to remain informed of our privacy commitments.

If you have inquiries, feedback, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or Velixa's technical data handling practices, you may reach out to our compliance team directly: