Privacy Policy

1. Data the app stores (locally, on your device only)

• Cleaning statistics — total space freed, items cleaned, photos reviewed, compressions done.
• Progress & preferences — month-review progress, chosen theme, trash retention setting, onboarding status.
• Trash index — a local record of the files you moved to SpaceBack's trash bin, kept only so they can be restored.
• Purchase state — whether Premium/Supporter is unlocked (mirrored from Google Play).
• Monetization counters — number of ads shown, first-open date, daily free-use counters (compressions, duplicate batches), rewarded-ad credits and pass expiry times.

All of the above lives in the app's private storage on your device. Deleting the app deletes it. You can also export it yourself from Settings → Export backup — the export goes wherever you share it, and nowhere else.

2. Permissions and what they're used for

• Photos & videos (READ_MEDIA_IMAGES / READ_MEDIA_VIDEO) — to scan your library for months, duplicates, similar/blurry shots, screenshots and large media. Processing is 100% on-device.
• All files access (MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE) — used for the app's core file-management features: the deep junk scan (leftover APK/XAPK installers, empty folders, logs, thumbnail caches) and reliable one-tap cleaning — moving the files you select to trash, restoring them and deleting them without a system dialog for every single item. Never used to read the contents of personal documents.
• Usage access (PACKAGE_USAGE_STATS) — optional; only requested if you use the unused-apps feature, to rank apps by when you last opened them. Read locally, never transmitted.
• Removals are trash-first. Photos and videos go to Android's own system trash (restorable for ~30 days, also visible in Google Photos / Files by Google). Other files, such as downloads and documents, move to a hidden SpaceBack trash folder on your device's storage and are restorable from the in-app Trash for your chosen retention period (7/30/90 days, default 30). The one exception: APK/XAPK installer files are deleted permanently — the app labels this clearly before you confirm.

3. Advertising (free version only)

The free version shows ads served by Google AdMob. AdMob is operated by Google and may collect, as described in its own policies:

• Advertising ID (a resettable device identifier)
• Coarse location derived from IP address
• Device information (model, OS version, screen size)
• Ad interaction data (views, clicks)

This data is collected and shared with Google for advertising purposes and is encrypted in transit. See Google's Privacy Policy and AdMob data practices. In regions requiring consent, a consent form (Google UMP) is shown on first launch; you can revisit your choices any time via Settings → Privacy options in the app. Buying Premium removes all ads and with them all ad-related data collection.

4. Purchases

Premium and Supporter are one-time purchases processed by Google Play Billing. Google shares with the app only the information needed to verify your entitlement (purchase state and product ID) — never your payment details. Purchase history is handled per Google's Privacy Policy.

5. Notifications

SpaceBack sends no push notifications — there is no server to send them. The only notifications are generated locally on your device, and only by features you enable: the auto-clean result summary and Storage Guard's low-storage alert (both Premium, both optional). You can turn them off any time in Android's notification settings.

6. Children

SpaceBack is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect information from them.

7. Security

Since your data never leaves the device, the primary protection is your device itself: everything the app stores sits in Android's app-private storage, inaccessible to other apps. What little data third parties process (ads, billing — sections 3–4) is encrypted in transit by those providers.

8. Your rights

• Access / portability — Settings → Export backup gives you everything the app knows, as JSON.
• Deletion — uninstall the app, or clear its storage in Android settings; both remove all locally stored data. Ad-related data held by Google is governed by Google's own controls (My Ad Center).
• Consent — ad-consent choices can be changed in-app at any time (Settings → Privacy options).

9. We do not sell personal information

We never have and never will. There is no account, no profile, and no database of you on our side.

10. Changes

If this policy changes, the new version is published at this address with an updated date. Material changes will be noted in the app's update notes.

11. Contact

Questions or requests: [email protected]