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[FREE][THEME]The back of the girl

Editha

Editha

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The back of the girl theme,free, beautiful, stylish Android theme, is specially designed for APUS Launcher. This theme includes unified HD icon pack, beautiful wallpaper and helps make your phone personalized and stylish.


★ Introduction

1. This theme is free but only compatible with APUS Launcher. To apply, please make sure you have installed APUS Launcher in your phone.

2. Choose and install an APUS Launcher theme.

3. Apply theme in the APUS theme page.


★ About APUS Launcher

APUS Launcher is a small, fast, stylish launcher app for Android. This free launcher provides more than 10,000 wallpapers, themes, and HD icons for users to personalize Android phone and make phone stylish. Easy, simple, APUS Launcher give users access to real time information, news, and other contextual service. Even better, APUS Boost will make your phone faster.
 
"2 Non-Personal Information
We may collect Non-Personal Information about users whenever they interact with our apps. Non-Personal Information may include the information about your devices, including the list of installed apps on your devices, and technical information about users means of connection to our apps, such as the versions of phone model and other similar information."

2.2 Non- Personal Information
We may use Non-Personal Information for any purpose as below:

  • To personalize user experience. We may use your Non- Personal Information to understand demographics, customer interest, and other trends among our users;
  • To help develop our service. We may use Non- Personal Information to provide, maintain, improve and modify the Applications, Services and the Site and develop new services;
  • To further develop APUS Theme business. We may use Non- Personal Information for promotion and marketing purposes.
 
What I can't understand is why something that's intended to make a phone look pretty even need a privacy policy? What else is it doing in the background?

How is this "free" app monetized?
 
psionandy said:
"2 Non-Personal Information
We may collect Non-Personal Information about users whenever they interact with our apps. Non-Personal Information may include the information about your devices, including the list of installed apps on your devices, and technical information about users means of connection to our apps, such as the versions of phone model and other similar information."

2.2 Non- Personal Information
We may use Non-Personal Information for any purpose as below:

  • To personalize user experience. We may use your Non- Personal Information to understand demographics, customer interest, and other trends among our users;
  • To help develop our service. We may use Non- Personal Information to provide, maintain, improve and modify the Applications, Services and the Site and develop new services;
  • To further develop APUS Theme business. We may use Non- Personal Information for promotion and marketing purposes.
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mikedt said:
Yet more "free" spyware from Beijing. :thumbsdowndroid:
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Editha said:
Hi, I actually disagree with you. I've found the Privacy Policy of APUS Launcher. And I think you can find it at http://static.themes.apusapps.com/theme/privacypolicy.html.
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In my previous post, I quoted directly from the theme's policy in the google play store.

Its clear by using the theme you are agreeing to the policy, and hence you are agreeing to letting the theme spy on information about your phone and use that information for commercial gain.

@Editha I don't understand what you are disagreeing with @mikedt about.
 
Of course, it is worth pointing out, that the privacy policy we were talking about relates to this specific theme only...

In order to use it, you would also need to agree to the (looser) privacy policy of Apus Launcher

http://static.appbox.apuslauncher.com/upload/fe/privacypolicyen.html?v=2017

The combination of both of those, doesn't look like an appealing combination.

@Editha does the producer of the theme have any agreement/contract/financial relationship with Apus themselves? is information shared between yourselves and Apus in any way?
 
psionandy said:
@Editha I don't understand what you are disagreeing with @mikedt about.
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I guess the statement that it's "spyware", but as you helpfully pointed out, in the much broader APUS launcher privacy policy, it clearly needs permissions to search into a lot of personal data contained on your device.
 
Editha said:
APUS do not collect Personal Information， more detail you can check this web package：http://static.themes.apusapps.com/theme/privacypolicy.html.
The only way to make a profit for APUS is to implant user-friendly ads.
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THAT ISN'T THE PRIVACY POLICY OF APUS LAUNCHER, Its the one attached to the people who make the theme. In the playstore the call themselves Flashteam? here they call themselves Apus-Themes Are they really part of APUS as well? or are they a separate entity?

If the theme and the launcher are both part of APUS why the separate names and Privacy policies?
Is this an attempt to make people think they are separate? is this an attempt to confuse the public?

. in the course of this discussion even you have been confused by this, and have quoted the wrong policy
 
psionandy said:
THAT ISN'T THE PRIVACY POLICY OF APUS LAUNCHER, Its the one attached to the people who make the theme. In the playstore the call themselves Flashteam? here they call themselves Apus-Themes Are they really part of APUS as well? or are they a separate entity?

If the theme and the launcher are both part of APUS why the separate names and Privacy policies?
Is this an attempt to make people think they are separate? is this an attempt to confuse the public?

. in the course of this discussion even you have been confused by this, and have quoted the wrong policy
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APUS has thousands of themes, APUS couldn’t announce all the themes in one account, Flashteam is one of APUS theme accounts.
In Google play, every app need upload the privacy policy. A theme is an independent app; however every theme adapts a launcher. So this is normal that launcher and theme has different privacy policy.
 
Editha said:
APUS has thousands of themes, APUS couldn’t announce all the themes in one account, Flashteam is one of APUS theme accounts.
In Google play, every app need upload the privacy policy. A theme is an independent app; however every theme adapts a launcher. So this is normal that launcher and theme has different privacy policy.
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In the interest of Honesty and transparency, could this be made clear in the google play store entry...

(also I still don't understand, if APUS launcher, and Apus Themes are made by APUS, why they don't share a common privacy policy... as its impossible to use the theme without the launcher, as you've demonstrated in this thread, even you get confused by this, and you work for APUS!)
 
psionandy said:
In the interest of Honesty and transparency, could this be made clear in the google play store entry...

(also I still don't understand, if APUS launcher, and Apus Themes are made by APUS, why they don't share a common privacy policy... as its impossible to use the theme without the launcher, as you've demonstrated in this thread, even you get confused by this, and you work for APUS!)
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The display page of APUS clearly show that the app has ads in Google play. Google ask every app need upload the privacy policy, APUS is trying that APUS theme can adapt all the launcher. Obviously, APUS launcher need more privacy compare to APUS themes. when you install APUS launcher， you can see the privacy policy. I think this is not contradictory, but can reflect the profession of APUS.
 
And as APUS representative Editha has chosen not to answer my questions,I'll leave it with the rest of the people reading this to make up their own minds about the honesty, transparency , integrity, professionalism and of APUS and the other company names that it hides behind.
 
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