Privacy Policy

Gallery

This Privacy Policy explains how Gallery ("we," "us," or "this App") collects, uses, and protects your information when you use our Android application.

1. Information We Collect

1.1 Information Collected by the App Itself

Gallery is primarily a local gallery and media-management client. Unless explicitly described in this Privacy Policy (such as Firebase Analytics / Crashlytics, Google ML Kit model downloads, or Google Play In-App Review), preferences, album configuration, favorites, recycle-bin metadata, app-lock settings, and edit history are processed on your device. It does not require you to register or sign in, and it does not upload your photos or videos to our servers for an account or cloud gallery service. Specifically:

• We do not require your name, mailing address, national ID number, or similar information as mandatory collection items;
• App settings, included / excluded folders, favorites, recycle-bin records, widgets, app-lock / password-protection settings, and local edit history are primarily stored on your device (in the App's private storage / local database);
• Operations such as browsing albums, viewing photos and videos, editing images, creating collages, OCR, subject cutout, watermark tools, setting wallpapers, and managing folders are processed primarily on your device;
• We do not operate a user-account backend or cloud gallery service to store your photo library.

If you use the system "Share", "Set as", print, or similar features to send media to another app or service, the data flow is governed by the system and the destination app's policies. This App accesses such data only to the extent needed to perform the action you chose.

1.2 Information Related to Third-Party Services

This App does not integrate advertising SDKs (such as AdMob), and we do not use the Advertising ID to show personalized ads in the App. We do not operate a user-account backend or cloud service for storing users' personal account data or photo libraries. This App uses the following third-party services, which may collect certain information:

The Firebase-related data above is processed under Google's privacy policy. For more information, see: https://policies.google.com/privacy

General note: Data collected through Firebase is used primarily for analytics and app improvement. Google processes such data in accordance with its privacy policy. We do not upload your photos, videos, or gallery preferences through Firebase.

Important: We do not provide a user account system, and we do not operate our own servers for storing users' personal data. Data processed by Firebase is subject to Google's data retention and security practices; retention periods follow Google's rules.

2. Permissions Requested by the App

To provide the corresponding features, this App declares or may use the following permissions (subject to your device system and the final merged application manifest):

Permission	Purpose
android.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES android.permission.READ_MEDIA_VIDEO	Used to access photos and videos on your device so the App can provide its core gallery functionality: browsing all available media, organizing albums and folders, searching and filtering, detecting newly added media, managing favorites and the recycle bin, and performing edit, move, rename, and delete operations. The Android Photo Picker alone cannot provide this complete gallery-management experience.
android.permission.READ_MEDIA_VISUAL_USER_SELECTED	On Android 14 and above, if you grant access only to selected photos or videos, Gallery will operate with that limited access. Some features that require access to your complete media library may not be available until broader access is granted.
android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE (maxSdkVersion 32) android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE (maxSdkVersion 28)	Used on older Android versions for reading (and, where applicable, writing) media in shared storage before the newer media permissions model.
android.permission.ACCESS_MEDIA_LOCATION	Used to read location metadata embedded in media files (for example EXIF GPS) for features such as EXIF viewing or showing a photo on a map when you choose that feature. This is not continuous live GPS tracking of your device.
android.permission.MANAGE_MEDIA	Optional media-management access on Android 12 and above. Declared in the App manifest and checked at runtime. When this access is available, certain user-requested delete, rename, copy, and move operations may use MediaStore media-management APIs; otherwise the App uses alternative system prompts (such as the Storage Access Framework). This App does not declare MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE (All files access).
android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS	Optional (requested as required by the system on Android 13 and above). Used for progress or status notifications related to operations such as copy / move / batch processing when those features need to inform you.
android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED	Used after device reboot to re-scan MediaStore folders and refresh the App's local gallery index so albums and newly captured media can appear more reliably. This process uses media already on the device; it does not perform live GPS tracking.
android.permission.SET_WALLPAPER	Used when you set an image as the device wallpaper.
android.permission.INTERNET android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE (may be merged via libraries such as Firebase / Play services / ML Kit)	Used for Firebase Analytics / Crashlytics network transmission, optional ML Kit model downloads, and Google Play In-App Review related communication. Not used to upload your photo library to our servers or to run an in-app advertising network.

Note: This App requests only the permissions needed for its features. You may manage or revoke some permissions in system settings; revocation may affect related features (for example, inability to display your library, show EXIF location, or show notifications).

3. Widgets, Local Security, and Other On-Device Features

This App may provide a home screen widget that displays a folder or media shortcut using data already available on your device.

This App may offer local app lock using a pattern or PIN for opening the App or protecting certain actions. Those credentials or protection settings are stored and verified on your device; we do not operate a remote account login for this feature. Biometric unlock is currently not offered as an in-app option.

Optional tools such as OCR, cutout, collage, watermark, compare, stitch, and image repair process selected media on your device (ML Kit features may download models as described above).

This App does not provide cloud sync of your photo library, online social feeds, or personalized advertising recommendations. The App uses Firebase Analytics and Crashlytics as described in Section 1.2.

4. How We Use Information

We use related information only for the following purposes:

• To provide and improve this App's gallery browsing, viewing, editing, organizing, wallpaper, widget, and related media features;
• To display EXIF / media details and optional map actions based on media metadata when you use those features;
• To keep preferences, favorites, recycle-bin metadata, and local edit history available between sessions on your device;
• To protect local access with optional app-lock features you enable;
• To analyze aggregated app usage and diagnose crashes through Firebase Analytics and Crashlytics, in order to improve stability and product quality;
• To enable optional on-device ML Kit features and Google Play In-App Review as described above.

5. Data Sharing and Disclosure

We do not sell, trade, rent, or share personal information for advertising purposes. Technical data may be transmitted to the third-party providers described in this Policy solely for analytics, crash reporting, ML Kit model delivery, or Play review functionality. Data processing or disclosure may occur only in the following circumstances:

• Google Firebase: analytics events and crash diagnostic data are processed by Google under Google's privacy policy, as described in section 1.2;
• Google ML Kit / Google Play services: model downloads or Play In-App Review flows are handled under Google's applicable terms and privacy policy;
• Sharing initiated by you: when you use system share, set-as, print, or open-with actions, the data is received by the destination you choose;
• Legal requirements: where required by law, or upon a lawful request by a court or other competent authority, we may disclose necessary information as required.

6. Data Security

We take the security of your information seriously. Data related to this App's core gallery and media-management features is processed primarily on your device. When Firebase Analytics / Crashlytics transmissions occur, or when ML Kit downloads models / Play services communicate with Google, network transmission typically uses secure protocols such as HTTPS/TLS. We will not sell your data or use it in ways inconsistent with this Policy. We do not operate a user-account backend or cloud gallery service for storing your photo library.

Please note: if Android Auto Backup is enabled on your device, some app preferences or private app data may be included in device backups according to system rules. That visibility results from your device / account backup settings, not from upload by us to a separate gallery-account service. Your photos and videos in shared storage remain subject to Android's media / storage model.

7. Children's Privacy

This App is not directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe there is a related issue, please contact us.

8. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be posted on this page (or the same in-app link), and the "Last updated" date will be revised. For material changes, we will provide notice in an appropriate manner as required by applicable law. We encourage you to review this Policy periodically.

9. Your Rights

To the extent permitted by applicable law, you may have the right to know about, access, correct, delete, or restrict processing of information related to you. Because this App is primarily local, you can usually manage local data through in-app features such as deleting favorites / recycle-bin items / settings, clearing app storage, or uninstalling the App in system settings. You may also revoke media, notification, or related permissions in system settings. You may uninstall this App at any time to stop using it; after uninstall, data in the App's private directory is deleted according to system rules, but device backups may retain copies until expired or deleted by you or the backup provider. Media files that remain in shared storage are not deleted solely by uninstalling the App unless you deleted them earlier.

Because we do not store your photo library on our servers as a cloud account, there is no server-side request for access, correction, or deletion of that local media from "our cloud." For information processed by Google Firebase, ML Kit, or Play services, please see Google's privacy policy.

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