Privacy Policy

Privacy Policy and App Permissions

I have never written a Privacy Policy before so this is going to be a work in progress!

• Hubitat Dashboard doesn't collect any user data

The following permissions are requested in the app

• LOCATION permission (optional)

  • necessary to use 'auto' cloud mode (app switches between local network and cloud.hubitat.com for remote access)

    • for more info

  • If granted, used to identify the connected Wifi SSID name and compare with the saved SSID to determine if the user is local or remote

  • required to use the location tracking (presence) feature of the app. This is a geofence which will notify your connected Hubitat Hub of your state (present/not present)

    • presence tracking also asks for REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS and ACTIVITY_RECOGNITION permissions to make location tracking more accurate

    • for more info

• CAMERA permission (optional)

  • Used to automatically turn the screen back on again when the app is in screensaver mode

  • If granted, will use the front-facing camera to detect motion

    • for more info

• QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES permission (optional)

  • Used to create an app shortcut tile to launch an installed app

    • for more info

• NFC (optional)

  • Used to scan NFC tags and have the app run an action

    • for more info