Privacy

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Since the Lumia SensorCore SDK provides developers with access to users' private information from the past ten days, privacy is a critical aspect of the system.

For information about how apps should deal with Motion data settings, see the Essential practices section.

In devices that have motion data settings 2.0, steps and activities (except Biking and MovingInVehicle) do not depend on Motion data and location settings.

SensorCore SDK is also dependent on the Location capability to be present in the application manifest, and Store intake will enforce this by adding the capability to the application manifest.

In devices that have motion data 2.x settings, the Places visited setting clears only places and tracks information, but not steps and activities.

In case your application transfers any motion data outside of the device to the backend, it is strongly recommended for the app to seek permission from the user for this action.

Good practice is to:

  • Describe how the application handles motion data in the application's privacy policy.
  • Obtain the user's express permission in the app's user-interface before accessing, uploading, or sharing the information out from the device.
  • Create a mechanism for the user to later opt-out from sending this information out of the device.