Privacy Policy — Chip

Last updated: 23 October 2026

Chip does one thing, and collects as little as possible to do it.

Data controller: MindContact di Luttino Roberto, Via Ivrea 41, 10016 Montalto Dora (TO), P.IVA 10699860010, reachable through the contact form on mindcontact.app.

In short

Chip creates no account, asks for no sign-up, and collects no name, email or contacts.
We run no servers: no app data is ever sent to us.
The only data leaving your device is what Google AdMob collects to serve ads.

Permissions and what they are for

Permission	Why	What leaves the device
Internet	ads	see “Advertising”
MIDI (system service, no permission)	to receive notes and controls from a connected MIDI keyboard	nothing: notes go from the keyboard to the audio engine, on the phone

Chip does not use the microphone and records nothing: the sound is computed on the phone and goes straight to the speaker or headphones.

Advertising

Chip shows ads through Google AdMob. AdMob may collect and process:

the device advertising identifier (Advertising ID / IDFA);
the IP address and technical device information;
ad interaction data.

Google processes this data as an independent controller. Policy and options: policies.google.com/technologies/ads

You can limit personalised ads from your system settings:

Android — Settings › Privacy › Ads
iOS — Settings › Privacy & Security › Tracking

In the EEA, the UK and Switzerland, Google's consent message appears on first launch; until you answer it, the app requests no ads at all.

Data that stays on the device

The sound on the panel, the presets you save, the MIDI controller assignments and the keyboard octave are stored on the device only and are removed when you uninstall the app.

Children

The app is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect their data.

Your rights

With no account and no backend, we hold no data about you and cannot identify you. For data processed by Google AdMob, exercise your rights directly with Google, using the contacts in its own policy.

Any question: write to us through the contact form on mindcontact.app.

Changes

Any change to this policy updates the date at the top. Previous versions remain in the history of the public repository mcma-docs.