Privacy policy

Effective 10 November 2026.

Qanary is run by SHYGUY LLC, an Idaho limited liability company doing business as Meex ("we", "us"). This policy covers the Qanary Android app, the Qanary SDK that developers add to apps under test, and qanaries.com. Questions: qanary@meex.work.

What we collect

From your Google sign-in: your name, email address and profile photo address, and Google's account identifier.

From your phone, when you sign up (no special permissions needed): device make and model, memory size, Android version and security patch level, screen size, density and refresh rate, language, time zone, the country of your SIM card, font size, dark mode, whether a screen reader is on, network type, and whether battery saver is on. We use these to match you to tests and to give developers context for bugs, so you never have to type them in.

Your reports: your answers, ratings, bug descriptions and any screenshots you choose to add.

During a test, from the SDK in the app under test: which screens you visited and for how long, repeated taps in one place, how often you focused, edited, cleared or abandoned an input field (counts only, never the text), crashes and freezes (error type and code location only), failed network requests, task markers, and a daily check-in for stay-installed tests. The SDK records only during a Qanary test session.

Payments: your earnings and payout history, and which payout method you chose. Bank details, gift-card delivery and tax forms are handled by our payout provider. For developers, card and bank payments are handled by our payment provider; we never see card numbers.

What we do with it

• Run the service: match testers to tests, deliver reports, check that a report meets the bar, and pay testers.
• Prevent fraud, such as duplicate accounts or fake test sessions.
• Meet legal obligations, including tax reporting.

We don't sell personal information, use it for advertising, or share it for cross-context behavioral advertising.

Who sees it

• Developers see your report answers, your session data and your phone's technical details for the tests you take. They see you by an anonymous test id, never by your name, email or photo.
• Service providers who process data for us: Cloudflare (hosting and database), Google (sign-in), our payment provider (developer payments) and our payout provider (tester payouts). Each receives only what its job needs.
• Authorities, when the law requires it.

How long we keep it

• SDK behavior data: 180 days, then deleted.
• Account details and reports: while your account is open.
• Earnings and payout records: as long as tax law requires, even after you delete your account.

How we protect it

Personal details and report answers are encrypted before they're stored, sign-in tokens are kept only as hashes, and every connection uses HTTPS. See our security page for details.

Your choices and rights

• See it: everything we hold about you is under You → See what we know in the app.
• Delete it: delete your account in the app, or email us. We erase your personal details and sign you out everywhere; earnings records stay only for tax purposes.
• Correct it: email us.

Depending on where you live, you may have further rights, such as getting a copy of your data or objecting to some uses. Email qanary@meex.work and we'll respond within 30 days.

Age

Qanary is for people 18 and older. We don't knowingly collect data from anyone younger. If you think we have, email us and we'll delete it.

Changes

If we change this policy in a way that matters, we'll tell you in the app before the change takes effect. The date at the top shows the current version.