1. Scope of this Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy applies to the Mobile NT App Assist application made available by National Technology for compatible Android and iOS mobile devices. It is intended to provide the information normally requested by application stores, including Google Play and Apple App Store, regarding the application's data practices, permissions and purpose.
Mobile NT App Assist is a companion/helper application. It is not intended to operate as a standalone consumer service, social network, advertising product or data-collection platform. Its primary role is to enable selected National Technology products to recognize the mobile device and communicate with supported printers through the mobile device.
2. Owner and Data Controller
National Technology
18 Ahmed El Zomor St., Nasr City, Cairo, Egypt
Owner contact email: [email protected]
Web Site: https://nationaltechnology.net
For the limited information processed directly by Mobile NT App Assist for its own operation, National Technology acts as the owner/controller of the application. Where Mobile NT App Assist is used together with another National Technology product operated by a customer organization, that customer organization may separately determine the purposes and retention of records held in that other product.
3. What Mobile NT App Assist Does
Mobile NT App Assist is designed to support compatible National Technology products by providing the following functions:
- Generate and/or maintain a unique identifier for the Mobile NT App Assist installation or device.
- Allow compatible National Technology products to recognize the App Assist installation and communicate with it.
- Discover supported Bluetooth printers and communicate with printers paired with the user's device.
- Discover or communicate with supported Wi-Fi/local-network printers.
- Allow the user to select and configure a supported printer.
- Receive print jobs initiated by compatible National Technology products.
- Send barcode, report or document content to the selected printer.
- Support silent printing when this feature is enabled and allowed by the relevant National Technology product.
4. General Data-Collection Principle
Mobile NT App Assist follows a data-minimization approach.
The application is not designed to collect information from the user's mobile device except where the information is technically required for the app's printing, connectivity or device-identification functions.
The application does not use mobile-device information for advertising, behavioral profiling, marketing segmentation, cross-app tracking, sale of personal information or other unrelated purposes.
5. Types of Information Handled by the Application
Depending on how the application is configured and which functions are used, Mobile NT App Assist may process the following limited categories of technical information.
| Category | Examples | Purpose | Storage / Handling |
|---|---|---|---|
| Unique application/device identifier | A unique ID generated or maintained for the Mobile NT App Assist installation/device. | Allows compatible National Technology products to identify and communicate with the correct App Assist installation. | May be stored locally and may be communicated to the relevant National Technology product for service identification. It is not used for advertising or cross-app tracking. |
| Printer identification and configuration | Printer name, manufacturer, model, Bluetooth identifier, Wi-Fi/local-network address, supported print language and selected-printer preference. | Allows the app to discover, identify, configure, remember and communicate with supported printers. | Configuration may be stored locally on the mobile device so the user's selected printer can be remembered. |
| Connectivity information | Whether Bluetooth, Nearby Devices, Wi-Fi/local network or the selected printer connection is available. | Allows the app to determine whether printer communication is possible and display operational status. | Used for app operation and connection status. It is not used to build a user profile. |
| Print-job content | Barcode values, labels, reports or other document content provided by a compatible National Technology product for printing. | Allows the app to send the requested output to the selected printer. | Processed as part of the print operation. Mobile NT App Assist is not designed to keep a separate long-term archive of print-job content after printing has completed. |
| Operational state | Whether App Assist is active, whether a printer is selected, whether silent printing is enabled, and whether the printer is ready. | Allows the application to operate correctly and show the user the current service state. | May be stored locally as application configuration. |
6. Information the Application Is Not Designed to Collect
For its normal printer-assist functions, Mobile NT App Assist is not designed to collect or upload the following mobile-device content:
- Contacts or address-book entries.
- SMS or MMS messages.
- Call history or call recordings.
- Calendar content.
- Photos, videos or media libraries.
- Microphone recordings.
- Camera images or videos.
- Browsing history.
- Advertising identifiers for targeted advertising.
- Precise or approximate physical location for tracking or profiling.
If a future version introduces a feature that genuinely requires access to a new data category, National Technology will update this policy and the relevant app-store privacy disclosures as required.
7. Device Permissions
Mobile NT App Assist may request operating-system permissions that are necessary for printer discovery, printer communication and operation of the helper service. The exact permission name can vary by Android or iOS version.
7.1 Bluetooth / Nearby Devices
Bluetooth or Nearby Devices permission may be requested so the application can discover, pair with or communicate with supported Bluetooth printers. The application uses this access only for supported device/printer communication.
7.2 Nearby Wi-Fi Devices / Local Network
The application may request access to nearby Wi-Fi devices or the local network so it can find and communicate with supported printers available on the same network as the mobile device.
7.3 Network / Internet Access
Network access may be used for communication with compatible National Technology products and for application functions that depend on that communication. Mobile NT App Assist does not use network access to send mobile-device personal content to advertising or analytics platforms.
7.4 Android Location-Permission Compatibility
Some older Android versions may associate Bluetooth discovery with a location permission at operating-system level. If such a permission is requested solely because it is technically required for Bluetooth compatibility, Mobile NT App Assist does not use that permission to determine, store, track or transmit the user's physical location.
7.5 Permissions Not Required for the Core Function
The core Mobile NT App Assist printer-helper functions do not require access to the user's contacts, calendar, camera, microphone, call log, SMS content, or personal photo/video library.
Users can revoke permissions at any time through the Android or iOS device settings. Revoking a required permission may prevent the related printer-discovery or printer-communication feature from working.
8. Purposes of Processing
The limited technical information described in this policy is used only for purposes directly related to the operation of Mobile NT App Assist, including:
- Providing the core Mobile NT App Assist service.
- Identifying the correct App Assist installation/device to compatible National Technology products.
- Discovering supported printers.
- Pairing with or connecting to a selected printer.
- Remembering the user's selected printer and relevant printer configuration.
- Receiving print requests from compatible National Technology products.
- Sending barcode, report or document content to the selected printer.
- Supporting silent printing when enabled.
- Displaying connection, readiness and service status to the user.
- Providing technical support for the operation of the application where requested.
9. Legal Basis of Processing
Where data-protection law requires a legal basis, processing may be based on one or more of the following, depending on the context in which Mobile NT App Assist is used:
- Performance of a service or contract: processing is necessary to provide the Mobile NT App Assist functionality requested by the user or organization.
- Legitimate interests: processing may be necessary for the secure and effective operation of National Technology products and supported printing functionality, provided those interests are not overridden by applicable user rights.
- Consent: where the mobile operating system or applicable law requires permission or consent, the user can grant or deny the relevant permission.
- Legal obligation: information may be processed where required by applicable law or a valid request from a competent authority.
10. Mode and Place of Processing
10.1 Methods of Processing
Mobile NT App Assist processes technical information using the mobile device and its operating-system services. The app is designed so that printer communication and printer configuration occur primarily on the device and through direct communication with the selected printer or relevant National Technology product.
10.2 Local Processing
Printer configuration, selected-printer information and operational state may be stored locally on the mobile device. The application is not designed to upload the user's personal mobile content to a third-party cloud service.
10.3 Communication with National Technology Products
The application/device identifier and information necessary to execute the requested service may be communicated to compatible National Technology products. This is first-party operational communication needed for App Assist to perform its intended function.
10.4 Communication with Printers
Print content and printer commands are transmitted to the printer selected by the user using Bluetooth, Wi-Fi or local network communication, depending on the printer and configuration.
12. No Advertising, Profiling or Cross-App Tracking
Mobile NT App Assist does not use information handled by the app for the following purposes:
- Targeted or personalized advertising.
- Advertising measurement.
- Behavioral profiling.
- Tracking users across unrelated applications or websites.
- Sale or licensing of personal data to data brokers.
- Marketing segmentation based on mobile-device activity.
13. Data Storage and Retention
13.1 Local Application Configuration
Technical configuration such as selected-printer details, connection preference, app state and the generated application/device identifier may remain stored locally on the user's mobile device for as long as needed for the app to work correctly.
13.2 Print-Job Content
Print-job content is processed for the purpose of completing a print request. Mobile NT App Assist is not designed to create a separate long-term archive of barcode, report or document content after the requested print operation is completed.
13.3 Records in Other National Technology Products
A compatible National Technology product may separately store its own business records, reports, documents or device registration information. Such records are not created as a separate archive by Mobile NT App Assist and are subject to the privacy, security and retention rules applicable to that National Technology product and the organization operating it.
13.4 Removal of Local Data
Users can remove local Mobile NT App Assist data by:
- Removing or changing a configured printer where the application provides that function.
- Clearing the application's data/storage through the mobile operating system settings.
- Uninstalling Mobile NT App Assist.
14. Security of Information
National Technology applies reasonable technical and organizational safeguards intended to protect information handled by Mobile NT App Assist against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure or loss.
Security-related measures include, where applicable:
- Using operating-system permission controls for Bluetooth, Nearby Devices and local-network access.
- Limiting application access to information required for its technical purpose.
- Keeping printer configuration separate from unrelated mobile-device personal content.
- Using supported communication mechanisms provided by Android and iOS.
- Encouraging users to connect only to trusted printers and trusted local networks.
No method of electronic transmission or storage can be guaranteed to be completely secure. Users should keep their device operating system and Mobile NT App Assist updated and should protect their mobile device against unauthorized use.
15. System Logs, Diagnostics and Maintenance
Mobile NT App Assist is not designed to send user-behavior analytics or advertising telemetry to third-party services. Any technical information used by the application for operation or troubleshooting should be limited to what is necessary to diagnose connectivity or printing problems.
If a future version introduces crash reporting, remote diagnostics, analytics or another external technical service, National Technology will review the associated privacy impact, update this Privacy Policy where necessary and update the corresponding Google Play and Apple App Store privacy disclosures.
16. Children's Privacy
Mobile NT App Assist is a professional/business utility intended for use with National Technology products. It is not directed to children and is not designed to knowingly collect personal information from children.
17. User Choices and Data-Protection Rights
Depending on applicable law and the context in which Mobile NT App Assist is used, users may have rights regarding personal information that is processed by National Technology.
These rights may include the right to:
- Obtain information about whether personal information is being processed.
- Request access to personal information where applicable.
- Request correction of inaccurate information.
- Request deletion where the law provides such a right.
- Object to or restrict certain processing where applicable.
- Withdraw consent where processing relies on consent.
- Lodge a complaint with a competent data-protection authority where applicable.
Because Mobile NT App Assist is designed to store only limited technical configuration locally, some requests may instead relate to records held by another National Technology product or by the organization operating that product. In such cases, the request may need to be addressed to that organization or handled through the relevant National Technology product.
18. How to Exercise Your Rights or Request Information
Requests concerning this Privacy Policy, Mobile NT App Assist data practices or applicable privacy rights can be sent to: [email protected].
National Technology may need sufficient information to understand and verify a request. Requests will be handled in accordance with applicable law.
19. International Data Transfers
Mobile NT App Assist itself is designed primarily around local device, printer and National Technology product communication. If information is processed by a National Technology system located in a different country from the user, the transfer and processing of that information will be governed by the privacy and security arrangements applicable to that National Technology product and the organization using it.
The application does not intentionally transfer mobile-device personal content internationally for advertising, profiling or data-broker purposes.
20. Google Play and Apple App Store Privacy Disclosures
National Technology intends the privacy declarations submitted to Google Play and Apple App Store for Mobile NT App Assist to be consistent with the actual behavior of the released application.
The final store declarations should be reviewed whenever the application adds a new permission, SDK, analytics service, crash-reporting tool, remote-storage function or other feature that changes how information is collected, transmitted, shared or retained.
21. Information Not Contained in This Policy
Additional information concerning Mobile NT App Assist privacy or data handling may be requested from National Technology at any time using the contact information in this document.
22. Changes to This Privacy Policy
National Technology may update this Privacy Policy when Mobile NT App Assist functionality, permissions, technical architecture, data practices, legal requirements or app-store requirements change.
The current version will be published on the designated privacy-policy page, and the "Last updated" date will be revised. Where legally required, additional notice or consent will be obtained.
23. Contact Information
24. Definitions
Mobile NT App Assist / Application
The mobile helper application described in this Privacy Policy, used to identify the mobile device/application instance, connect to supported printers and perform printing functions requested by compatible National Technology products.
National Technology Product
A compatible software product, web application or service provided by National Technology that can communicate with Mobile NT App Assist for supported operational functions such as printing.
Printer Data
Technical information required to identify, configure or communicate with a supported printer, such as model, name, Bluetooth identifier, network address, connection type or print language.
Print-Job Content
Barcode, report, label, document or other output data sent by a compatible National Technology product to Mobile NT App Assist for transmission to the printer selected by the user.
Personal Data / Personal Information
Information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person, as defined by applicable data-protection law.