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====== c:geo contacts plugin ====== | ====== c:geo contacts plugin ====== | ||
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- | This is a contacts plugin for c:geo. It will only work with the c:geo app installed and allows direct access to your contacts when clicking | + | This is a contacts plugin for c:geo. It will only work with the c:geo app installed and allows direct access to your contacts when tapping |
The reason to provide this function as a plugin rather than in the c:geo main app was, that older Android versions could only present app | The reason to provide this function as a plugin rather than in the c:geo main app was, that older Android versions could only present app | ||
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- | ===== Data privacy statement | + | ===== Usage ===== |
- | ==== What information is collected by the c:geo contacts | + | When you tap on a username at various places in c:geo (e.g. in the [[.: |
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- | The contacts plugin needs the permission to access the contacts on your device. It will access your contacts in order to be able to find the contact data of other geocachers. The c:geo contacts plugin will access your contacts only on your demand if you select the menu item “Open contact card” in c:geo. As long as you don’t use that function the plugin will never access any data of your contacts. | ||
- | ==== How is the information used by the c:geo contacts plugin? ==== | ||
- | After you select “Open contact card” the c:geo contacts plugin will read your contact data to find a possible | + | In order for this function |
- | ==== With whom is the information shared? ==== | + | Alternatively |
- | Your contact data will neither by copied into c:geo nor shared with third parties. | ||
- | ===== Usage ===== | ||
- | When you click on a username in c:geo (e.g. in the cache logbook) the menu will contain an item to open the corresponding contact card in your phone contacts. This will allow you to directly call or message the user. | ||
- | The username of the person needs to be stored in the ‘name’ or ‘alias’ field of your contacts in order for the plugin to match the geocaching username to the contact. | + | ===== Data privacy statement ===== |
- | Please make sure you stored the geocaching name of the person like it is shown in c:geo in the ‘alias’ field of the contact in your contacts list. | + | |
- | Alternatively | + | ==== What information is collected by the c:geo contacts |
+ | The contacts plugin needs the permission to access the contacts on your device. It will access your contacts in order to be able to find the contact data of other geocachers. The c:geo contacts plugin will access your contacts only on your demand if you select the menu item “Open contact card” in c:geo. As long as you don’t use that function the plugin will never access any data of your contacts. | ||
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+ | ==== How is the information used by the c:geo contacts plugin? ==== | ||
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+ | After you select '' | ||
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+ | ==== With whom is the information shared? ==== | ||
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+ | Your contact data will neither by copied into c:geo nor shared with third parties. | ||