Gallery - Photo & Album Manager - Website


1. Introduction

Welcome to Gallery - Photo & Album Manager ("we," "our," or "us"). Your privacy is important to us.

This Privacy Policy explains how Gallery App accesses, uses, stores, and protects information when you use our application and its features.

By using Gallery App, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, please discontinue using the application.

2. Permissions We Request

Gallery App requests permissions only when they are necessary to provide specific features. The permissions used by the application may include the following:

2.1 Internet and Network Access

Permissions:

  • android.permission.INTERNET

  • android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE

Purpose:

These permissions allow Gallery App to:

  • Connect to internet-based services.

  • Display advertisements.

  • Communicate with third-party services used by the application.

  • Check network availability and improve application functionality.

Gallery App does not use internet access to upload your personal photos or videos without your knowledge or an action initiated by you.

2.2 Photos and Videos Access

Permissions may include:

  • android.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES

  • android.permission.READ_MEDIA_VIDEO

  • android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE (where applicable for supported Android versions)

  • android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE (where applicable for supported Android versions)

Purpose:

These permissions allow Gallery App to provide its core gallery functionality, including:

  • Displaying photos and videos stored on your device.

  • Browsing and organizing your media.

  • Selecting photos and videos.

  • Editing or processing media when you request these actions.

  • Saving or updating media when required by an app feature.

  • Managing media files according to actions initiated by you.

Your photos and videos remain stored on your device unless you explicitly choose to share, upload, or otherwise transmit them using a feature that provides such functionality.

2.3 Phone State and Calling Features

Permissions may include:

  • android.permission.READ_PHONE_STATE

  • android.permission.CALL_PHONE

Purpose:

If enabled and required by a specific feature, these permissions may be used to:

  • Detect the device's phone-call state.

  • Respond appropriately when a phone call starts or ends.

  • Allow you to initiate a phone call from a feature provided by the application.

We do not use these permissions to collect or store your phone number, call recordings, or call history unless explicitly stated otherwise in the application.

2.4 Display Over Other Apps

Permission:

  • android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW

Purpose:

If this feature is enabled by you, the permission may allow Gallery App to display certain application features or screens over other applications, such as a post-call screen.

The overlay functionality is used only for the feature that requires it and is subject to the permission and controls provided by your device.

You can manage or revoke this permission through your Android device settings.

2.5 Foreground Service

Permission:

  • android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE

Purpose:

Where applicable, Gallery App may use a foreground service to perform user-initiated or ongoing tasks that need to continue while you are using another application, such as:

  • Processing media.

  • Performing selected media operations.

  • Completing other supported background tasks.

When a foreground service is used, Android may display a system notification indicating that the service is running.

3. Advertising and Analytics

Gallery App may use third-party advertising and analytics services, including Google services.

Advertising ID

The application may use:

  • com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID

The Advertising ID may be used by supported advertising services for purposes such as advertising, measurement, fraud prevention, and attribution.

You can manage or reset your Advertising ID through your Android device settings, where supported.

User Consent

Where required by applicable law or Google's policies, Gallery App uses Google's User Messaging Platform (UMP) SDK or another appropriate consent-management solution to request user consent before personalized advertising is served.

Depending on your location and choices, advertisements may be personalized or non-personalized.

You can change your consent or advertising preferences where the available controls permit.

4. How We Use Information

Information accessed or processed by Gallery App may be used to:

  • Provide and maintain application functionality.

  • Display and manage photos and videos on your device.

  • Process media when you request an operation.

  • Save changes or edited media when applicable.

  • Improve application performance and reliability.

  • Detect, prevent, and resolve technical problems.

  • Diagnose crashes and application errors.

  • Understand application usage through analytics.

  • Display advertisements.

  • Measure advertising performance.

  • Maintain application security and prevent abuse.

  • Comply with applicable legal requirements.

We do not use your personal photos or videos for advertising purposes.

5. Third-Party Services

Gallery App may use third-party services to provide advertising, analytics, crash reporting, and other application functionality.

These services may include:

  • Google Play Services

  • Google AdMob

  • Google Analytics for Firebase

  • Firebase Crashlytics

  • Google User Messaging Platform (UMP)

These third-party providers may collect or process information according to their own privacy policies and applicable terms.

We encourage you to review the privacy policies of these services for additional information about how they handle data.

6. Information Sharing

We do not sell your personal information.

We may share limited information with third-party service providers when necessary to:

  • Provide application functionality.

  • Deliver advertisements.

  • Analyze application performance.

  • Diagnose crashes and technical problems.

  • Prevent fraud, abuse, or security issues.

  • Comply with legal obligations.

We may also disclose information if required by applicable law, regulation, legal process, or valid governmental request.

In the event of a merger, acquisition, restructuring, sale of assets, or similar business transaction, information may be transferred as part of that transaction, subject to applicable privacy requirements.

7. Photos and Videos

Gallery App is primarily designed to help you view, organize, and manage photos and videos stored on your device.

Gallery App does not claim ownership of your photos or videos.

Your media remains under your control. We do not intentionally upload or sell your personal photos or videos for advertising or commercial purposes.

If you use a feature that intentionally shares or uploads media, that action will be initiated by you and may be subject to the privacy policy of the service receiving the media.

8. Data Security

We take reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational measures to protect information processed through the application.

However, no method of electronic storage, processing, or transmission over the internet can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

While we work to protect information, we cannot guarantee absolute security.

9. Data Retention and Deletion

Gallery App does not retain your personal photos or videos on our servers unless a specific feature explicitly requires you to upload or transmit them.

Information collected by third-party services, such as advertising, analytics, and crash-reporting data, may be retained according to the respective provider's policies.

You may stop the application's access to device permissions by changing the relevant permissions in your Android device settings.

You may also uninstall Gallery App at any time. Certain information already processed by third-party service providers may be retained according to their respective policies and applicable legal requirements.

10. Your Privacy Rights

Depending on your location and applicable law, you may have certain privacy rights, which may include:

  • The right to access personal information.

  • The right to request correction of inaccurate information.

  • The right to request deletion of personal information.

  • The right to object to certain processing activities.

  • The right to withdraw consent where consent is the legal basis for processing.

  • The right to manage certain advertising or consent preferences.

To exercise applicable privacy rights or ask questions about your information, please contact us using the contact information provided below.

11. Children's Privacy

Gallery App is not intended for children under the age of 13.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

If we become aware that we have inadvertently collected personal information from a child under 13, we will take reasonable steps to delete that information.

If you believe that a child has provided personal information to us, please contact us using the information provided below.

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to:

  • Our application.

  • Our services.

  • Applicable laws and regulations.

  • Third-party services.

  • Our privacy practices.

When we make changes, we will update the Effective Date at the top of this Privacy Policy.

We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to remain informed about how we handle information.

13. Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or Gallery App's privacy practices, please contact us at:

Email:                  developer@sahajanandinfotech.com

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