Privacy Policy

This policy explains how Focused: Screen Time Control (“Focused”, “the app”, “we”), package com.techdev.focused, handles information.

1.What the app processes, and where

All processing happens on your device. The results are stored only in the app’s private storage (its local database and settings), which other apps cannot read.

We do not collect your name, e-mail address, phone number, contacts, messages, photos, files or browsing history. The only information sent off your phone is the crash and analytics data described in section 4.

2.Permissions and how they are used

Usage access required

Android lets the app read the phone’s own usage statistics: which apps you used and for how long, app opens, unlocks and how many notifications each app posted. This is the core of the app. The content of notifications is never read; they are only counted from Android’s usage statistics.

Accessibility service (“Focused blocking”) optional

Only active if you turn it on after an in-app explanation. It is used only to enforce the limits, schedules and blocks you set. It looks at:

• the app in the foreground and the name of its current screen (window class), to show the block screen;
• in supported short-video apps (such as Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts), known screen element IDs, to recognise and count short videos;
• in supported browsers, only the address bar, to match the websites you chose to block or limit. It is not read while you are typing in it. Only the domains of your own rules and the time spent are stored.
• if you turn on the optional content filter, the same address-bar text (including search words a browser shows there) is also checked, on your phone, against the list of adult sites built into the app and your own blocked words. When a page matches, only the fact that it was blocked is stored (as for websites); the address and the matching word are never stored or sent.
• the list of open windows, only to find a picture-in-picture window and its app's package name, so a blocked app can't keep playing in a floating window.

The service does not read any other text on your screen, never records what you type, passwords or messages, and its only actions are going Back or Home to leave a blocked app and closing a blocked app's picture-in-picture window. Nothing it sees leaves your phone. You can turn it off at any time in Android Settings → Accessibility.

Location

Focused does not ask for or use your location.

Do Not Disturb access optional

Used only to silence notifications during focus sessions if you turn on that option. Your previous setting is restored when the session ends.

Notifications

Used to show reminders, limit warnings, the focus timer, daily and weekly summaries, and other alerts you turn on.

Internet and network state

The app has no server of its own. Network access exists only for the Google components listed in section 4, including sending crash reports through Firebase Crashlytics and basic app events through Firebase Analytics.

Advertising ID (AD_ID)

The advertising ID is a resettable identifier that Google Play services provides on Android. Focused declares the advertising ID permission because Firebase Analytics collects it, together with the app instance ID, to measure how the app is used. Ads are currently turned off, so it is not used to show ads; if a future version shows ads, Google AdMob will also use it (see section 4). You can reset or delete your advertising ID, or opt out of ads personalisation, at any time in your phone’s settings (for example Settings → Google → Ads, or Settings → Privacy → Ads, depending on your phone). After you delete it, apps no longer receive an advertising ID.

3.Backups, exports and feedback

• Backups and CSV exports are created only when you ask for them and are saved to the location you pick in Android’s file picker (for example your phone storage or a cloud drive of your choice). We never receive these files. They contain your usage history and rules, so keep them somewhere safe.
• Android device backup: if Android’s own backup is turned on, Android may include the app’s database and settings in your encrypted Google account backup so they can be restored on a new phone. This is managed by Android and Google, not by us, and can be turned off in your phone’s settings.
• Share cards: if you share an achievement from the Achievements screen, the app draws an image on your phone (the achievement, your streak, average focus score and badge count, no other usage details) and hands it to the app you pick in Android’s share sheet. We never receive it.
• Feedback: if you use Contact us, your e-mail app opens with our address, a subject with the app version and, in the message, the app version, Android version and phone model to help us answer. You can remove them before sending. We use your e-mail only to reply to you.

4.Third-party services

The app includes these Google components, which are governed by Google’s Privacy Policy:

• Google Play In-App Review and In-App Updates — to rate the app and install updates.
• Firebase Crashlytics — if the app crashes or hits a serious error, a crash report is sent to Google (Firebase), acting as our service provider. It contains the error and stack trace, the device model, Android version, app version, the device state at the time of the crash (such as free memory and disk space, and screen orientation) and a random Crashlytics installation ID (not the advertising ID). It contains no usage data, rules or personal content. It is sent encrypted, used only to find and fix crashes, never used for ads and never sold. Firebase keeps crash data for about 90 days. See Firebase privacy and security.
• Firebase Analytics (Google Analytics for Firebase) — to understand how the app is used in general (for example how many people open it, which screens are viewed and which app versions are in use), so we can improve it. The app logs no events of its own; Firebase Analytics records only its automatically collected events, such as first open, session start, screen views, app updates, Android updates and in-app purchases. With them it collects the app instance ID, the advertising ID, device model, Android version, language, app version, approximate country or region (derived from your IP address) and engagement time. It never receives your usage statistics, the names of the apps you use, websites, rules or anything the accessibility service sees. Data is sent encrypted to Google (Firebase), acting as our service provider, is not sold, and is kept by Google for a limited time, as configured in Firebase (by default 2 months for user-level data). See Firebase privacy and security.
• Google Play Billing — for the optional “Remove ads” purchase when it is offered, and the optional paid early exit (a one-time purchase that ends a strict or Deep focus session, or lifts a strict limit until midnight). The purchase carries only an internal number of that session or limit (never its name or apps), so the app can end the right one. We never see your payment details; Google Play only tells the app whether a purchase was made.
• Google AdMob and the User Messaging Platform (UMP) — ads are currently turned off and no ads are requested. If a future version shows ads, you will be asked for consent where the law requires it (for example in the EEA, the UK and some US states) and can change your choice in the app. AdMob may then collect device identifiers such as the advertising ID, as described in How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services and Google’s advertising policy. You can reset or delete your advertising ID in your phone’s settings.

Firebase Analytics is the only analytics SDK in the app. The AdMob SDK is included but stays inactive while ads are turned off. None of these services receive your usage data.

5.Sharing and selling

We do not sell or rent your information, and we do not share it with third parties for their own purposes. Your usage data is never sent to us or to anyone else. Crash reports and analytics data are processed by Google (Firebase) as our service provider, only to help us fix crashes and understand how the app is used.

6.Children

Focused is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children. Because the app sends no usage data to us, we hold no such information.

7.Keeping and deleting your data

Your data stays on your phone until you delete it. You can:

• reset the app’s statistics archive in Settings → Reset statistics archive;
• delete individual limits, schedules, or website rules;
• remove everything by clearing the app’s storage (Android Settings → Apps → Focused → Storage → Clear storage) or by uninstalling the app.

The usage statistics themselves are kept by Android (not by Focused) according to Android’s own rules. Backup files you saved elsewhere are yours to delete. We store none of your usage data, so there is nothing for us to delete on a server. Crash reports are deleted automatically by Firebase after about 90 days. Analytics data is kept by Google for a limited time, as configured in Firebase (by default 2 months for user-level data). You can also reset or delete your advertising ID in your phone’s settings. To ask for earlier deletion, write to tecdroiddeveloper@gmail.com.

8.Security

Your usage data is kept in the app’s private storage, which other apps cannot read, and the app does not send it over the internet. Crash reports and analytics data are sent to Firebase over an encrypted (HTTPS) connection. Protect your phone with a screen lock and keep backup files somewhere safe.

9.Changes to this policy

We may update this policy when the app changes. The current version, with its effective date, is always available in the app (Me → Privacy policy) and on this page.

10.Contact

Questions or requests about privacy? Write to tecdroiddeveloper@gmail.com.