Next Cover Song — Privacy Policy

Effective date: 13 October 2026 Publisher: High Peak Software ("we", "us") Contact: keerthi@highpeaksw.com Public URL: https://highpeak-games.web.app/next-cover-song/privacy/

Next Cover Song helps performers choose and practise their next cover song. It has no accounts, no login and no High Peak server. This policy explains what the app stores, what it sends to third parties, and the choices you have.

1. Data stored only on your device

The app keeps the following in local app storage on your phone. It is never uploaded to us:

• your practice mode (singing or instrument) and whether you finished onboarding;
• the YouTube channel link or song list you entered, and the song catalogue built from it;
• your history of suggested, performed and skipped songs;
• lyrics links and backing-track video IDs you saved;
• your YouTube Data API key, if you entered one (see section 3);
• a single "Premium active" flag (see section 4).

Deleting the app removes all of it. You can also clear history and the catalogue in Settings.

2. YouTube

• Embedded player. Practice videos play through YouTube's official embedded player. When a video plays, YouTube (Google) receives your request directly and may set cookies or collect usage data under the Google Privacy Policy. The app does not download, copy or re-host any audio or video.
• YouTube Data API. To import a channel or find trending songs, the app sends search terms, channel identifiers and video IDs to the YouTube Data API (googleapis.com). These requests do not include your name or contact details. By using these features you agree to the YouTube Terms of Service. Without an API key the app uses built-in sample data and makes no Data API calls.
• Links. Lyrics and karaoke searches open in your browser or the YouTube app; those sites' own policies apply.

3. Your API key

If you paste a YouTube Data API key in Settings, it is stored in the app's local storage on your device and sent only to Google's YouTube Data API with each request. We never receive it. You can remove it in Settings at any time.

4. In-app purchase (Premium)

Premium is a one-time, non-consumable purchase that removes ads. Payment is handled entirely by Apple (App Store) or Google (Google Play); we never see your card, payment details or store account. The app stores only a local "Premium active" flag so ads stay off while you are offline, and asks the store whether you own Premium when you tap Restore purchases.

5. Advertising (Google AdMob)

The free version shows banner ads from Google AdMob. To serve and measure ads, Google may collect your device's advertising identifier, IP address, approximate location, device and app information, and ad interactions, under the Google Privacy Policy and how Google uses information from apps.

• EEA, UK and Switzerland: before any ad request, the app shows Google's consent message so you can accept, refuse or manage personalised ads. You can change your choice later through the same message.
• iOS: the app asks permission through Apple's App Tracking Transparency prompt. If you decline, ads are not personalised using your advertising identifier.
• Android: you can reset or delete your advertising ID in your device's Google settings.
• Premium users see no ads and the ad SDK is not started.

6. What we do not do

We do not sell personal data, build profiles, run analytics of our own, or collect your name, email, contacts, microphone or location.

7. Children

The app is not directed to children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect their personal information.

8. Security and retention

Local data stays on your device until you delete it or the app. Data received by Google is kept under Google's own retention policies.

9. Your rights

Depending on where you live (for example under the GDPR or India's DPDP Act), you may have rights to access, correct or delete data. Because we hold no personal data on our side, most requests are met by clearing the app's data or uninstalling. For data held by Google, use Google's privacy tools. For anything else, email us.

10. Changes

We will update this page and its effective date if this policy changes.

11. Contact

High Peak Software — keerthi@highpeaksw.com