Privacy Policy
The app helps you block distracting apps and websites and stay focused. This policy explains what information the app uses, what leaves your device, and the choices you have.
1. Information that stays on your device
- Your rules, groups, schedules, break sessions, settings and usage numbers (screen time per app, minutes on sites with a daily limit) are stored only on your device. We do not receive or upload them.
- We do not ask you to create an account and we do not collect your name, email address, contacts, location, photos or files.
2. Permissions and how they are used
- Usage Access – used on the device to detect which app is on screen, enforce your rules and show screen time. The data is not sent anywhere.
- Accessibility service (optional website blocker) – reads only the address bar of supported browsers to compare the website with your block list in memory. Page content is never read or stored, no browsing history is kept, and nothing is transmitted. For sites with a daily limit, only today’s minutes are kept on your device.
- Display over other apps – shows the blocking screen when a blocked app is opened.
- Notifications – shows the ongoing status notification and break reminders.
- Foreground service and Run at startup – keeps blocking active and restores it after a restart.
- Internet access – used for the services listed in section 3.
You can revoke any permission, or uninstall the app, at any time.
3. Information collected by services we use
The following third-party services run inside the app. They may collect the information described, under their own privacy policies.
- Firebase Analytics (Google) – records which screens of the app are opened and general usage and device information (such as app version, device model, OS version, approximate region derived from IP address, and an app-instance identifier). We use it to understand how the app is used and to improve it. It does not include the contents of your rules or usage data.
- Firebase Crashlytics (Google) – collects crash reports and diagnostic information (device state, stack traces, app-instance identifier) to find and fix problems.
- Firebase Remote Config (Google) – fetches configuration values for the app.
- Advertising – the app shows ads using an ad SDK and Google AdMob. These services may collect your device’s advertising ID, IP address and device information to deliver and measure ads and to prevent fraud. Ads are not shown on the blocking screen, during setup or during a focus session. You can reset your advertising ID or opt out of ad personalization in your device’s Settings → Google → Ads.
- Blocked-page website – when a website is blocked, the app can open a simple page hosted on Firebase Hosting. The address of that page includes the blocked site name and rule name so it can display them. The page is static and does not store that information, but the hosting provider may keep standard request logs (such as IP address).
Links to these providers’ policies: Google Privacy Policy and Firebase privacy information.
4. How we use information
To operate the app, keep it stable, understand which features are used, show ads, and improve the product. We do not sell your personal information.
5. Sharing
We do not share information with third parties except the service providers listed above, which process data on our behalf or under their own policies, and where required by law.
6. Data retention and deletion
Data stored on your device is deleted when you clear the app’s storage or uninstall it. Analytics and crash data held by the services above is retained according to their standard retention periods. To ask about data associated with your device, contact us at the address below.
7. Children
The app is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
8. Security
Your rules and usage data remain on your device. Data sent to the services above is transmitted over encrypted connections.
9. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. The “Last updated” date above shows the latest revision.
10. Contact
Questions about this policy: support@focuslane.com