NEXSINC

BARC India NexSinc – Digital Audience Measurement Platform

NexSinc is a secure and trusted mobile application developed by Broadcast Audience Research Council (BARC) India for registered members of its voluntary digital research panel.

BARC India is promoted by leading industry associations and guided by recommendations of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (MIB) to develop reliable audience measurement systems for India.

By participating in the BARC India research panel and installing the NexSinc application on your Android smartphone or tablet, you help improve the understanding of digital media consumption and audience behaviour across India. The application is available only to registered panel members who have been invited by BARC India.

The NexSinc app securely collects usage information from your device, with your explicit consent, to support audience measurement and market research. The information collected is used solely for research and analytics purposes and is handled in accordance with BARC India's Privacy Policy.

Features

• Secure OTP-based login for registered panel members
• Background audience measurement for digital research
• Secure transmission of research data to BARC India
• Privacy-focused design with user consent
• Reliable operation with minimal user interaction

Accessibility Service Disclosure

NexSinc uses the Android Accessibility Service with the user's explicit consent as part of BARC India's voluntary digital audience measurement research panel.

The Accessibility Service is used to identify the application currently in use and the media content being played on the device. This may include the name of the foreground application and metadata about the media being played, such as the channel, program.

The Accessibility Service is used to:

• Identify supported media applications and the content being played.
• Measure digital audience behaviour for audience measurement and research.
• Improve the accuracy of audience measurement and research reports.

Information collected through the Accessibility Service is transmitted to BARC India's servers and may be used for audience-measurement.

The Accessibility Service is not used to collect personal messages, passwords, photos, contacts, payment information.

The Accessibility Service operates in the background while it is enabled and is used only for the audience measurement functionality described above. Users can disable the Accessibility Service at any time through Android Settings > Accessibility. Disabling the service stops the related data collection.

For more information about how BARC India handles data, please refer to BARC India's Privacy Policy.

To know more about BARC India, visit:
https://www.barcindia.co.in

Recent changes:
Fixed session time tracking.
Improved data synchronization.