Privacy Policy for Doom Saver

Doom Saver helps you see how long you spend in social apps by showing a timer on screen while you use them. This policy explains what the app collects, what it does not, and why.

Information kept on your device

The following is kept on your phone. Doom Saver never sends it to us or to anyone else, and the app has no way to sync or share it:

• How long you have spent in each tracked app today.
• A history of your sessions in tracked apps, kept for 90 days, which is what the Stats screen is worked out from.
• Which apps you have chosen to track.
• Which messages have already been shown, so they do not repeat.
• Any tasks you write, and whether you have ticked them off.
• Any phrases you write, and any built in phrases you have removed.
• A photo you choose for the mascot, if you choose one. Only a small square crop of it is saved, and it is used solely to draw the mascot's face on your own screen. There is no way to share or export it from the app, and it is never sent to us.

This information is deleted when you uninstall the app or clear its data. The one exception is Android's own automatic backup, described under Backup below: if it is on, Android can keep a copy in your Google account and put it back when you reinstall or move to a new phone.

Information we collect

• Account information. When you create an account or sign in with Google, our authentication provider (Google Firebase Authentication) receives and stores your email address and a unique account identifier. We use this only to sign you in.
• Usage analytics. We use Google Firebase Analytics to understand how the app is used. This includes when the app is opened, when you sign in and by which method, when a time threshold is reached, and when a reminder message is shown. Firebase Analytics also automatically collects standard technical information such as device model, operating system version, approximate region, and a randomly generated app instance identifier.

What we do not collect

• We do not see, read, record, or transmit the contents of your screen.
• We do not collect what you type, view, post, or search for.
• We do not collect your contacts, photos, location, or files.
• We do not sell your information to anyone.

About the permissions the app asks for

• Usage Access. Android grants this so the app can tell which app is currently in the foreground. It reveals only which app is open and when. It does not reveal anything about what is inside that app.
• Display over other apps. This lets the timer float on top of the app you are using. It does not read or capture what is underneath it.
• Photos. The app never asks for access to your photo library. Choosing a mascot photo uses Android's own photo picker, which hands the app the one image you picked and nothing else.
• Notifications. Android requires a visible ongoing notification while the app is monitoring in the background.

This website

The sections above describe the Doom Saver app. This section describes doomsaver.com, which is separate.

We use Google Analytics to understand which pages people find useful. It sets cookies in your browser and collects standard web analytics information such as the pages you visit, roughly where in the world you are, your browser and device type, and the site that referred you. We have turned off Google's advertising features, and IP addresses are shortened before being stored.

Analytics only runs if you agree to it. The first time you visit you are asked, and nothing is loaded unless you choose to allow it. If you decline, no analytics cookies are set and no data is sent. Your choice is remembered in your own browser, and you can change it at any time using the cookie choice link in the footer of any page.

The website does not have accounts. Apart from the launch waitlist described below, which is closed, it collects no personal details. It does not use advertising or tracking pixels from social networks, and does not sell anything directly. Nothing you do on this website is connected to your app account.

The waitlist

If you joined the waitlist on this website before Doom Saver launched, we store the name and email address you give us, the date you signed up, and which page you signed up from. They are kept in a private Google Sheet that only Doom Saver can open, and Google processes them for us under its privacy policy.

We use them for one thing: to email you that Doom Saver is available on Google Play. We do not add you to a newsletter, share your details with anyone, or connect them to anything you do on this website or in the app. We delete the list within three months of launch. To be removed sooner, email doomsaver.support@gmail.com from the address you signed up with and we will delete it.

Purchases

Doom Saver Pro is sold through Google Play. Google processes the payment and tells the app only whether this Google account owns the purchase. We never see or store your payment details, card number or billing address. If you buy the monthly subscription it renews until you cancel, and you can cancel at any time in the Google Play app.

Service providers

We use Google Firebase (Authentication and Analytics) to operate the app. Their handling of data is governed by Google's Privacy Policy at policies.google.com/privacy.

Data retention and deletion

You can delete your account at any time from inside the app: tap your initial at the top right of any screen to open your profile, then Delete account. Deleting your account permanently removes your authentication record and erases the usage history stored on your device. This cannot be undone.

Analytics events that were already sent before you deleted your account are not removed. They are not linked to your account or your email, only to a random app instance identifier, so they cannot be looked up or deleted individually. They expire under Firebase Analytics' data retention setting and are not used to identify you.

You can also request deletion by emailing doomsaver.support@gmail.com. On device information is removed by uninstalling the app or clearing its data in Android settings, and any copy in your Android backup by deleting that backup in your device settings.

Backup

Android's automatic backup may include the app's data in your own Google account backup: the information listed under "Information kept on your device" above, and your signed in state. This is a feature of Android, run by Google under your Google account. Doom Saver cannot see or open these backups, and nothing in them is sent to us. If you reinstall the app or set up a new phone, Android may restore this data. You can turn backup off, or delete a backup, in your device's backup settings.

Children

Doom Saver is not directed at children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect information from them.

Changes

If this policy changes we will update this page and the date at the top.

Contact

Questions about this policy: doomsaver.support@gmail.com