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PingWatch Privacy Policy
Effective date: 6 October 2026 · Last updated: 6 October 2026
PingWatch is developed by FDE5 Digital. For privacy questions, contact info@fde5.dk. This policy describes the Android app and its optional interactions with external services.
Local network access
PingWatch scans and monitors your local Wi-Fi or Ethernet network. Only scan networks you are authorised to use. It accesses the active network interface, local IPv4 address and subnet, and checks private IPv4 addresses within that network. Checks may use reachability probes, TCP connections, or local HTTP/HTTPS requests. Local network devices can see and log these requests, including your phone’s local IP address.
Depending on available responses and the features you use, PingWatch accesses device IP addresses, advertised hostnames and service names, selected service/model information from local mDNS discovery, responding TCP ports, response times, check results, HTTP response codes and last-seen times. The optional “Identify device” feature reads bounded local HTTP page titles/server headers, SSH banners and RTSP responses. It does not log in to devices or play streams. Device-type suggestions are not verified hardware identities.
Data stored on your phone
PingWatch stores saved device records in a local database: network/subnet identifiers, IP addresses, discovered names and services, identification summaries, ports, your labels and favourites, monitoring methods and options, configured HTTP paths, check results, last-seen times, status history and availability samples. Settings include monitoring interval, scan timeout, theme and language. Full HTTP page bodies are not stored as device records.
External transmission and optional exports
The reviewed app code contains no automatic upload of network inventories or monitoring records to FDE5 Digital or a cloud backend. Its scanning and monitoring traffic is directed to the local network. There are no user accounts, advertising, analytics, tracking SDKs or automatic crash-reporting services configured in the reviewed app and declared dependencies.
You can explicitly export an unencrypted configuration backup using Android’s file picker. It contains device addresses, names, labels and monitoring options, plus app settings; it does not include status history or availability samples. You choose the destination, which may be a cloud document provider. That provider can receive and retain the exported file under its own policy. Imports read the file you select. Copying an IP address also places it on Android’s clipboard. Treat backups and shared copies as potentially sensitive.
Opening this policy launches your browser and contacts fde5.dk over HTTPS. The link does not include your device inventory or monitoring records. The website and its hosting infrastructure may process ordinary request information such as IP address, browser headers and access logs. Contacting us by email shares the information you choose to send with us and the email providers involved. Android, your browser and any document provider have their own privacy practices.
Permissions and notifications
The app declares Internet/network-state permissions for local connections and network detection, and notification permission on supported Android versions. Background scheduling uses Android WorkManager. PingWatch does not request location, contacts or camera permission in its app manifest.
Notifications are generated locally when configured monitoring detects a status transition and the relevant alerts are enabled. There is no remote push-notification server configured. Notifications may show a device name, IP address and last-seen information, including on the lock screen depending on your Android settings. You can disable individual alerts, background monitoring, or notifications in Android settings. Android scheduling and battery restrictions can delay checks.
Retention
Saved devices and preferences remain locally until you remove them, clear the app’s storage or uninstall it. Availability samples older than 90 days are pruned when new check samples are recorded. Status history older than 90 days is pruned after a completed background monitoring pass on the matching local network. These are operation-triggered cleanups, not guaranteed deletion at an exact time; old records may remain if the relevant operation does not run.
Android automatic backup is disabled in the app configuration, and backup/data-transfer rules exclude app data. This is not a promise about every device manufacturer’s behaviour. Explicitly exported files remain wherever you saved or shared them until you delete those copies.
Deleting your data
Use “Remove device” to delete a saved device and its associated status history and availability samples. A later scan may discover the device again. To remove all local app records and preferences, use Android Settings → Apps → PingWatch → Storage & cache → Clear storage/Clear data, or uninstall PingWatch. Menu labels vary by device. Separately delete exported backups, cloud copies and shared files; clearing or uninstalling the app does not delete them.
Changes and contact
We will update this page and its last-updated date when these practices change. Questions can be sent to info@fde5.dk.