Privacy Policy

Effective Date: January 29, 2026

Digital Comrade ("we," "us," or "our") operates the website https://digitalcomrade.in and the AquaStock mobile application (hereinafter referred to as the "Service").

This page informs you of our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal data when you use our Service and the choices you have associated with that data. We use your data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy. Unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy, the terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms of Service.

We recognize that privacy is significant. This Privacy Policy applies to all of the products, services, and websites offered by Digital Comrade.

1. Definitions

  • Service: Service is the AquaStock mobile application operated by Digital Comrade.
  • Personal Data: Personal Data means data about a living individual who can be identified from those data (or from those and other information either in our possession or likely to come into our possession).
  • Usage Data: Usage Data is data collected automatically either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
  • Cookies: Cookies are small files stored on your device (computer or mobile device).
  • Data Controller: Data Controller means the natural or legal person who (either alone or jointly or in common with other persons) determines the purposes for which and the manner in which any personal information are, or are to be, processed. For the purpose of this Privacy Policy, we are a Data Controller of your Personal Data.
  • Data Processors (or Service Providers): Data Processor (or Service Provider) means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Data Controller. We may use the services of various Service Providers in order to process your data more effectively.
  • Data Subject (or User): Data Subject is any living individual who is using our Service and is the subject of Personal Data.

2. Information Collection and Use

We collect several different types of information for various purposes to provide and improve our Service to you.

Types of Data Collected

Personal Data

While using our Service, certain features may ask you to provide us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify you ("Personal Data"). Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:

  • Email address (for support or optional backups)
  • First name and last name
  • Phone number (for authentication or business profile)
  • Address, State, Province, ZIP/Postal code, City
  • Cookies and Usage Data

Usage Data

When you access the Service with a mobile device, we may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device you use, your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of your mobile device, your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser you use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data ("Usage Data").

Tracking & Cookies Data

We use cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on our Service and we hold certain information. Cookies are files with a small amount of data which may include an anonymous unique identifier. You can instruct your browser to refuse all cookies or to indicate when a cookie is being sent. However, if you do not accept cookies, you may not be able to use some portions of our Service.

3. Offline-First Architecture (Crucial)

AquaStock is fundamentally an "Offline-First" application. This is a core feature of our design philosophy to ensure privacy and reliability.

  • Local Storage: Your critical business data—including inventory lists, sales records, customer details, and invoices—is stored locally in a secure SQLite database residing on your device's internal storage.
  • No Automatic Cloud Sync: Unlike other SaaS products, we do not automatically upload your sensitive business metrics to our cloud servers. You retain 100% ownership and physical control over your data.
  • User Responsibility: Because data is stored locally, Digital Comrade cannot recover your data if you uninstall the application or clear the application data without manually creating a backup. You are solely responsible for exporting backups to external storage (like Google Drive) using the in-app "Backup & Restore" feature.

4. App Permissions Explained

To provide the specialized features of a Point of Sale (POS) and Inventory Management system, our Application requires specific permissions on your Android device. We are transparent about why we need them:

CAMERA (android.permission.CAMERA)

We use the Camera permission exclusively to scan Barcodes and QR Codes for products. This allows you to quickly add items to your inventory or scan items during the billing process. The visual data from the camera is processed in real-time within the app's memory to decode the barcode string and is not recorded, saved, or transmitted to any server.

READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE / WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE

We require storage permissions to: a) Generate PDF Invoices and Reports and save them to your device so you can share them. b) Create backup files of your database. c) Read backup files to restore your data. We only access the specific folders created by our application or selected by you.

READ_CONTACTS (Optional)

If you choose to use the "Import Customer" feature, we access your contacts to let you select a customer for billing. This data is copied to your local business database. We do not upload your phone book to our servers.

BLUETOOTH / BLUETOOTH_ADMIN / BLUETOOTH_CONNECT

These permissions are required to scan for and connect to Bluetooth Thermal Printers for printing physical receipts.

5. Use of Data

Digital Comrade uses the collected data for various purposes:

  • To provide and maintain our Service
  • To notify you about changes to our Service
  • To allow you to participate in interactive features of our Service when you choose to do so
  • To provide customer support
  • To gather analysis or valuable information so that we can improve our Service
  • To monitor the usage of our Service
  • To detect, prevent and address technical issues
  • To fulfill any other purpose for which you provide it

6. Retention of Data

Digital Comrade will retain your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.

Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of our Service, or we are legally obligated to retain this data for longer periods.

7. Transfer of Data

Your information, including Personal Data, may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of your state, province, country, or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ from those of your jurisdiction.

If you are located outside India and choose to provide information to us, please note that we transfer the data, including Personal Data, to India and process it there. Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by your submission of such information represents your agreement to that transfer.

8. Disclosure of Data

Legal Requirements

Digital Comrade may disclose your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:

  • To comply with a legal obligation
  • To protect and defend the rights or property of Digital Comrade
  • To prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
  • To protect the personal safety of users of the Service or the public
  • To protect against legal liability

9. Security of Data

The security of your data is important to us but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Data, we cannot guarantee its absolute security. Since the database is stored locally on your device, we strongly recommend that you secure your mobile device with a PIN, Pattern, or Biometric lock to prevent unauthorized access to your business data.

10. Service Providers

We may employ third party companies and individuals to facilitate our Service ("Service Providers"), provide the Service on our behalf, perform Service-related services or assist us in analyzing how our Service is used.

These third parties have access to your Personal Data only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.

Analytics

We may use third-party Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service.

Google Analytics for Firebase
Google Analytics for Firebase or Firebase Analytics is an analytics service provided by Google Inc. You may opt-out of certain Firebase features through your mobile device settings, such as your device advertising settings or by following the instructions provided by Google in their Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

11. Links to Other Sites

Our Service may contain links to other sites that are not operated by us. If you click a third party link, you will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of every site you visit. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.

12. Children's Privacy

Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 18 ("Children"). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 18. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your Child has provided us with Personal Data, please contact us. If we become aware that we have collected Personal Data from children without verification of parental consent, we take steps to remove that information from our servers.

13. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. We will let you know via email and/or a prominent notice on our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "effective date" at the top of this Privacy Policy.

You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

14. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us:

  • By email: contact@digitalcomrade.in
  • By visiting this page on our website: https://digitalcomrade.in/contact
  • By mail: Digital Comrade HQ, Muzaffarpur, Bihar, India - 842001