Privacy Policy

Introduction & Scope

Welcome to Nova IPTV ("the app", "we", "our", or "us"). We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that your personal data remains strictly under your control. This policy explains our data practices in compliance with Google Play Developer Policies.

Crucial Disclaimer: Nova IPTV is exclusively a media player application. We do not host, provide, supply, or distribute any media content, channels, streams, or playlists. The application is entirely empty upon installation and is designed solely to play content from sources that you, the user, legally obtain and supply.

Data Processing & Zero Collection

Our stance on data collection is absolute: We do not collect, harvest, transmit, share, or sell any personal data to our own servers or any third parties.

This includes a strict policy against collecting hardware identifiers (such as IMEI, Android ID, or MAC addresses), browser history, contact lists, or location data.

The app processes the following data locally on your device to provide its features:

• User-Provided Content: M3U URLs, Xtream Codes / Stalker portal credentials, Jellyfin and Plex server addresses and logins, EPG/XMLTV feed URLs, and playlist names.
• Usage Data: Favorite channels, watch history (recents), playback progress, and EPG programme reminders you schedule.
• App Settings: Parental PINs, interface preferences, and network configurations.

None of this data is ever transmitted to the developer or any external entity. All processing occurs in real-time on your device to facilitate media playback.

Local Storage & Advanced Security

To function as a premium media player, Nova IPTV must store configurations locally. This data is strictly sandboxed by the Android operating system and is not accessible by other applications.

App Permissions

Nova IPTV requests only the permissions needed for the features you use. It does not request access to storage, location, camera, microphone, contacts, or phone.

• Internet & Network State: To connect to the sources you configure and to detect connectivity.
• Keep Awake (Wake Lock): To keep the screen and CPU active during playback.
• Vibrate: Optional haptic feedback on remote/tap input, controlled by the in-app Haptics toggle.
• Wi-Fi State & Multicast: Used only for local-network (LAN) discovery of Jellyfin media servers.
• Notifications: To show the EPG programme reminders you schedule (requested at runtime on Android 13+).

Importing a playlist file uses the Android system file picker, which grants access only to the single file you choose and requires no storage permission.

Proxy Disclosure

Nova IPTV includes an optional feature allowing you to route the app's own network requests through an HTTP or SOCKS5 proxy server that you configure. We provide the following disclosures:

• Purpose: The proxy is used solely to route this app's requests through a server provided and configured by you—for example, a SOCKS5 proxy on your own home network so the app can reach a media server there.
• No device-level tunnel: Nova IPTV does not use the Android VpnService API and does not create a device-level VPN. Only this app's own traffic is affected; every other app on your device is untouched.
• No Data Collection: We do NOT collect, monitor, log, or inspect any personal or sensitive user data.
• User Control: The proxy is disabled by default and is used only after you enter and apply a configuration.
• Kill Switch: The optional "Kill Switch" feature blocks all app traffic whenever no proxy is active, so nothing falls back to the direct connection. This is managed locally and transmits no data.

Optional Connected Features

Beyond simply playing your streams, the app offers several optional features. Each is off unless you choose to use it, and each connects only where you direct it:

• LAN Web-Admin Panel: The app can run a small web server on your local network so you can manage playlists and settings from a computer's browser (handy instead of typing on a TV remote). It is off by default, binds only while enabled, gates every action behind a 6-digit access code shown on the TV, and never returns stored passwords. It is reachable only by devices on your LAN—nothing is exposed to the internet or to us.
• Jellyfin Discovery: If you add a Jellyfin server, the app sends a local-network multicast probe (UDP) to find servers on your LAN. This stays entirely on your local network.
• Voice Search: If you tap the microphone button to search, the app hands off to your device's own speech-recognition service (for example Google's). That audio is processed by the system recognizer under its provider's policy, not by us; the app receives only the recognised text and never records audio itself.
• Enhanced Metadata (TMDB): If—and only if—you enter your own free TheMovieDB (TMDB) API key, the app queries TMDB to enrich movies and series with posters, ratings, cast, and trailers. Only the cleaned-up title (and year) is sent, using your key. With no key set, this feature is skipped entirely.
• Google Cast (Google Play version only): If you cast to a Chromecast-compatible device, the stream and playback details are sent to the device you choose, via Google's Cast framework (part of Google Play Services). The Amazon Appstore build does not include Cast.
• In-App Updates (Google Play version only): The Google Play build uses Google Play's in-app update mechanism to offer new versions, handled by Google Play Services under Google's policy.

Data Retention & Deletion

Since all data is stored locally, you have total control over its retention:

• Manual Deletion: You can delete specific playlists, clear your watch history, or remove your proxy configuration within the app settings at any time.
• App Uninstallation: Uninstalling Nova IPTV will automatically delete all locally stored data, including your playlists, favorites, and encrypted credentials.
• System Clear Data: Using the "Clear Data" option in Android System Settings will also reset the app to its factory state and remove all personal configurations.

User Rights

Under global privacy regulations and Google's standards, you have the following rights regarding your data in Nova IPTV:

• Right to Access: You can view all your stored playlists and history directly within the app's interface.
• Right to Portability: We provide a "Backup & Restore" feature that allows you to export your data into a JSON file for your own records or to move to another device.
• Right to Deletion: As noted above, you can purge all data via app settings or uninstallation.

Third-Party Services

Because you choose your own sources and optional features, the following parties may receive data as a direct result of your configuration. Nova IPTV merely connects to them on your behalf, and we cannot control their practices:

• IPTV / Media Providers: Your IP address, credentials, and request data are visible to the IPTV, Xtream, Stalker, Jellyfin, and Plex servers you connect to.
• Artwork / Logos: The app fetches logos and posters from URLs in your playlist or EPG. These requests may be logged by those image hosts.
• TheMovieDB (TMDB): Only if you provide your own TMDB API key, search titles are sent to themoviedb.org to retrieve metadata and images. Governed by TMDB's own privacy policy.
• Device Speech Recognizer: If you use voice search, your spoken audio is processed by your device's speech-recognition service (e.g., Google) under that provider's policy.
• Google Play Services (Google Play version only): Provides Google Cast and in-app updates, governed by Google's privacy policy.
• External Players: If you use the "Open in External Player" feature, the stream is passed to that third-party app (e.g., VLC or MX Player).

Children's Privacy

Nova IPTV is a utility application and is not directed at children under 13. The application contains no media content upon installation. We provide robust Parental Control features (via a secure PIN lock) to allow adults to restrict access to specific content categories.

Contact Information

If you have any questions regarding this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us:

Email: JbTecWiz@outlook.com