BARETA CONNECT · UPDATED 24 OCTOBER 2026

Your privacy. Your choices.

Bareta Connect is provided by Bareta Media and Communications C.I.C. (BMC), a company registered in England and Wales, number 16872848. BMC is responsible for the app’s notification service. Contact us at info@baretamedia.co.uk about this notice or your information.

Using the app

You do not need an account. The app contains no advertising or analytics SDK and does not access your contacts or precise location. Saved stories, including article text and links, are kept on your device. Clear them in More → Privacy & your data. They are not synced to a BMC account.

Optional notifications

Notifications start off. You choose News, Publishing/Media and/or CleanPro offers, then save your choices and allow phone notifications. CleanPro offers have a separate, optional switch. We use your consent to deliver the topics you select.

When you opt in, BMC stores a notification token assigned to this app installation, an anonymous device-registration identifier, your phone platform, topic choices, consent version and dates of registration and activity. A secret credential stored securely on your device lets the app manage only its own registration; BMC stores a one-way hash of that credential. We do not attach this registration to your name, email address or a user account.

BMC uses its Cloudflare-hosted service and Expo’s push service to pass alerts to Google’s Firebase Cloud Messaging on Android, or Apple on iPhone and iPad, for delivery. These providers process the technical identifiers and message contents needed for delivery. Notifications can appear on your lock screen, depending on your phone settings.

Change your mind at any time

In More → Notification preferences, change your topics and save, or choose “Turn off & delete device registration”. An internet connection is needed to confirm server removal. If a change cannot be confirmed, the app shows an error and retries when reopened. You can also disable notifications immediately in your phone’s settings. The app reconciles that permission with BMC when it next opens online.

Deleting a registration removes its pending delivery records. Registrations inactive for 90 days expire, and delivery records are removed after 7 days during service maintenance. Public news and announcement entries in the Updates inbox are retained for 90 days. Uninstalling the app does not immediately notify BMC; unused registrations expire or are removed when the delivery provider reports them invalid.

Security and service information

To protect the notification service, BMC briefly stores a hashed network identifier derived from the connecting IP address and a server secret, with request counts. These rate-limit records expire within two hours and are removed during maintenance. We use this information for our legitimate interest in preventing abuse and keeping the service reliable. Hosting and delivery providers may process network information in their service logs.

News, images and external services

Loading news or images connects to BaretaNews and its image hosts. They receive ordinary network information, including an IP address. Opening websites, social channels, WhatsApp or book retailers connects you to those services, whose own privacy notices apply. BMC does not sell app registration data or use it to track you across other companies’ apps or websites.

Enquiries and email

The CleanPro form holds your draft during the app session and opens your email app. You review and send the message yourself; Bareta Connect does not send it automatically or take payment. Bareta CleanPro Group Ltd is a separate company and handles enquiries sent to it. Details sent to BMC by email or WhatsApp are used to respond to you and manage the requested service. We retain correspondence for as long as needed to handle the enquiry and meet applicable record-keeping obligations.

Service providers and international processing

Cloudflare, Expo, Google, Apple and external services may process information outside the UK. Their privacy information explains their processing and applicable protections: Cloudflare, Expo, Google Firebase and Apple.

Your rights and contact

You can withdraw notification consent at any time. Depending on the circumstances, you may also request access, correction, erasure, restriction or portability of personal information, or object to processing based on legitimate interests. Email info@baretamedia.co.uk. For anonymous app registrations, the in-app deletion option lets you remove your registration directly. You may complain to the UK Information Commissioner’s Office.

We will update this notice when the app’s handling of information changes. Material changes to notification consent will require you to review your choices again.