AVG AntiVirus for Android

Data we collect

We use data to provide our products and services; improve our products and services; provide support; send notifications, offers, and promotions; and to make money from our free offerings using non-personal data. We’ve included below the principal data elements we think are important for you to know that we may collect, and how we use them, as well as some of the key things we don’t collect that we think may be of interest to you.

Phone or Text Logs

We do not read private phone logs or text messages. But if AVG AntiVirus finds that a message may contain suspicious code, we send the message to our servers for a thorough machine analysis in order to protect you better. If the SMS Shield feature is active and you receive any URL through Short Messaging Service, we send that URL (and only that URL, without any content of the message or any other information related to the message, to its sender or to you) to our server. If the URL is a known threat, we display an alert warning you not to open the link received.

Location

When activated by you, our Anti-Theft feature uses location tracking to help you find your lost or stolen device.

User Files and Other Information

If AVG AntiVirus cannot determine if a file is safe, it sends the suspicious file to our servers for a thorough analysis in order to protect you better. If the AppInfo feature is active, it collects information about all apps on your device, including installs, uninstalls, updates, usage and resource consumption. We use this information to identify abnormal behavior and provide features and promotions that are relevant to you.

Data we do NOT collect

Biometrics

(information about your body, including fingerprints, facial recognition, signatures and/or voice print)

Browser History

(information about websites visited)

Contact Info

(including list of contacts, social networking connections or their phone numbers, postal, email and text addresses)

Financial Info

(includes credit, bank and consumer-specific financial information such as transaction data)

Medical Info

(including health claims and other information used to measure health or wellness)

Data we share

Except in limited circumstances described in our full privacy policy, AVG AntiVirus for Android does NOT share any data that can be used to personally identify you. We do use and share non-personal data to improve our products and services; provide support; send notifications, offers, and promotions; and to make money from our free offerings using non-personal data.

We do NOT share your personal data with