PhantomGuard Privacy Policy

Last updated: September 2, 2026

PhantomGuard is an owner-operated device-protection and lost-device recovery service provided by ZoneWatch Social Media Monitoring, LLC. It is not designed for secret monitoring of another person.

Data PhantomGuard may collect

• Account/contact data you provide: owner email, optional account name, optional alert email addresses, salted password hash, login session identifier, and device name.
• Device data: model/manufacturer, Android version, a PhantomGuard device identifier, battery/charging status, network type, lock/screen status, and an optional Firebase push token.
• Location: precise or approximate location when protection is enabled. If you separately enable Android background location, location may be collected even when the app is closed or not in use so lost-device recovery can continue.
• Security events: failed-unlock or SIM-state events and commands issued from the authenticated dashboard.
• Photos/audio: when requested by the authenticated owner after camera or microphone access was granted during device setup. Android foreground-service notifications and privacy indicators remain visible where required.

How data is used

Data is used to provide device protection, lost-device recovery, location history, security alerts, owner-requested commands, and the authenticated PhantomGuard dashboard.

Where data goes

The Android app sends protection data over HTTPS to the PhantomGuard server URL configured by the device owner. A deployment may use Cloudflare for application/database/object storage, Cloudflare Workers AI for optional recovery assistant replies, Firebase for optional push delivery, and SendGrid for optional email alerts. The included PhantomGuard source contains no advertising SDK and does not implement sale of user data.

Camera and microphone

Camera and microphone access is requested from the owner during initial setup. Later authenticated owner requests do not use a separate PhantomGuard approval dialog, but the Android permission must remain granted and sensor use occurs in a visible foreground-service flow with required system indicators.

Background location

PhantomGuard collects location data to enable lost-device recovery and location history even when the app is closed or not in use only when the device owner explicitly enables Android background location. The owner can leave background location disabled.

Security and retention

Device credentials are encrypted in release builds when Android secure storage is available. Backend requests use device credentials and HTTPS. Customer passwords are stored as salted hashes, not plain text, and browser sessions use secure HttpOnly cookies. Server-side retention is controlled by the operator of the configured PhantomGuard server; records should be deleted when no longer needed.

Your choices

You can disable Protection, deny permissions during setup or revoke them later in Android settings, disable Device Administrator access, and uninstall PhantomGuard.

Children

PhantomGuard is not directed to children under 13.

Contact and deletion requests

PhantomGuard is provided by ZoneWatch Social Media Monitoring, LLC. For support, privacy questions, or requests to access or delete account and device data, email zonewatchx4@gmail.com.