Privacy Policy

Summary

• No registration or account. The app does not ask for your name, phone, e-mail, contacts, location, camera or microphone.
• Favorites, reminders, theme and other settings are stored only on your device.
• Ads are served by the Yandex Mobile Ads SDK, which processes the advertising ID and technical device data under Yandex rules.
• The app may send anonymous usage statistics and crash reports; this can be turned off in Settings.

Scope

The “METR: Mari El TV & Radio” Android app (ru.pirogovlab.metrtv) of the METR TV channel and radio (Mari El TV and Radio). Developer and Google Play publisher: PirogovLab (Mikhail Pirogov).

Data stored on the device

Favorite shows, show reminders, selected radio station, theme, notification and data-saver settings, cached schedule and news. This data is not sent to the developer and is removed when you uninstall the app or clear its data.

Anonymous statistics and crashes

To help the newsroom understand what is watched and listened to and to fix bugs, the app sends anonymous data to the app server (tv.metr12.ru, Russia): a random installation number (not linked to your name or any account), phone model and Android version, language, network type, opened sections, viewing and listening time, in-app search queries, favorites and reminders (not linked to identity), and technical crash reports. Only city and region are derived from the IP address; the IP address itself is not stored. The data is not sold or shared with third parties. You can turn it off at any time in Settings → “Send anonymous statistics”.

Advertising

The app shows ads from the Yandex Advertising Network via the Yandex Mobile Ads SDK (Yandex LLC): ad cards in lists and occasionally a full-screen ad when switching sections (at most once every 5 minutes, not in the first minute, never on the live screen or during a video). To serve, select and measure ads and prevent fraud, the SDK may process:

• the device advertising identifier (Android Advertising ID, AD_ID permission);
• device and system information: model, Android version, language, screen resolution;
• network information: connection type, carrier, IP address (used for approximate region);
• ad impressions and interactions, SDK diagnostics.

This data is received and processed by Yandex under the Yandex Privacy Policy. You can reset the advertising ID and opt out of ad personalisation in Android settings.

Video, news and radio

Live TV, videos and the show archive are played by the embedded VK Video player (VK LLC), which processes technical data under its privacy policy. News is loaded from metr12.ru, the TV schedule from programma-peredach.com via the app server, radio from metr12.ru servers. For cover art, the track title is sent to Apple iTunes Search. “Open on the website” and links inside articles open in your external browser.

Notifications

With your permission (Android 13+) the app shows notifications: important news, new episodes of favorite shows, show reminders and radio controls. Notifications are generated by the app on the device; no third-party push services are used. Each type can be turned off in the app or Android settings.

Android permissions

Internet and network state — for live TV, news, radio and ads; notifications — for news and reminders; exact alarms and start after reboot — so reminders fire on time; foreground media playback and wake lock — for radio with the screen off; AD_ID — advertising ID for Yandex Mobile Ads.

Children

The app is intended for an adult audience (TV channel news and broadcast), is not directed to children, and the developer does not knowingly collect children’s data.

Retention and deletion

There are no accounts, so there is no profile to delete. On-device data is removed with the app. Anonymous statistics are kept only as long as needed for newsroom reports; sending can be turned off in Settings. Requests to delete statistics for an installation number can be sent via the contacts below.

Contact

PirogovLab, Mikhail Pirogov: mihail.pirogov@gmail.com, Telegram @mihailpirogov.

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