The TapCounter app is only available for people participating in an academic research study. The purpose of this research app is to continuously collect the timing patterns of screen touches. The data collected will be further processed to learn behavioral patterns and further explore the basic understanding of basic human behavior to gain a more comprehensive understanding of brain health. The core functionality of this research app depends on a foreground service that continuously collect the timing of screen touches throughout the day and physical activity for scientific research purposes. For this type of data collection, the app must always be running. We only collect the timing of the taps and the app in the foreground at the moment of the touches, no other user generated content is recorded. While the data collection process is always running, the battery and processor are minimally impacted since we are NOT recording any other sensor data. The foreground service shows the user that the data collection is running correctly. The app itself only shows minimal data to the study participant to avoid biased behavior.

Data and privacy protection: No personally identifiable information or content as text, images, browsing history, GPS or contact details are ever collected. All data is encrypted on the phone and stored securely in Microsoft Azure servers under anonymous codes. The data is transmitted from the user’s phone to the cloud in the presence of Wi-Fi connectivity.