Privacy Policy for Video Downloader : Clip Saver
Last Updated: [Date of Last Update - e.g., July 19, 2025]
This Privacy Policy describes how VirMal Apps ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and discloses information when you use our mobile application, "Video Downloader : Clip Saver" (the "App").
We are committed to protecting your privacy and handling your data in an open and transparent manner. Please read this Privacy Policy carefully to understand our practices regarding your information and how we will treat it. By using the App, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.
1. Information We Collect
We collect certain information to provide and improve our App, and to ensure its functionality, security, and performance. We do not collect personally identifiable information (PII) such as your name, address, email, or phone number directly unless you voluntarily provide it for specific services (e.g., support inquiries).
The types of information we collect include:
a. Non-Personal Information
This includes information that cannot be used to identify you directly. We may collect:
Device Information: Such as your device model, operating system version, unique device identifiers (like the advertising ID), mobile network information, and crash data.
Usage Information: Details about how you interact with the App, including features used, content viewed, and the time and duration of your activities.
Technical Data: Including IP address, browser type, and referrer URLs.
b. Information Collected from Permissions
Our App requests certain permissions from your device to function correctly. The data accessed by these permissions is used solely for the stated purpose within the App and is not transmitted to our servers unless explicitly stated otherwise (e.g., for ad personalization or analytics by third-party services).
Here's a breakdown of the permissions requested and why:
android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS: To send you notifications, such as download completion alerts, app updates, or promotional messages (if you opt-in).
com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID: To collect your advertising ID for the purpose of serving personalized advertisements through third-party ad networks. This ID may be linked to your app usage for ad targeting and analytics.
com.android.vending.BILLING: To enable in-app purchases and subscriptions within the App. This allows you to purchase premium features or remove ads. We do not process your payment information directly; it is handled by Google Play's billing system.
android.permission.BROADCAST_CLOSE_SYSTEM_DIALOGS: This permission is used for specific system-level interactions, primarily to ensure smooth operation, such as preventing certain system dialogs from interrupting critical app processes during media playback or downloads. We do not collect data using this permission.
android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE (for Android 10 and below): To save downloaded videos and files directly to your device's storage.
android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW: If applicable, this permission may be used for features like floating windows or picture-in-picture mode to display video content while you use other apps. We do not collect data using this permission.
android.permission.READ_MEDIA_IMAGES (Android 13+): To access image files on your device. This is primarily for features like setting wallpapers from downloaded images or for displaying thumbnails within the app.
android.permission.READ_MEDIA_AUDIO (Android 13+): To access audio files on your device. While the app focuses on video, some video formats may contain audio tracks that need to be accessed for playback or processing.
android.permission.READ_MEDIA_VIDEO (Android 13+): To access video files on your device. This is crucial for the app's core functionality, allowing it to manage, play, and display your downloaded video content.
android.permission.READ_MEDIA_VISUAL_USER_SELECTED (Android 14+): To allow users to grant partial access to their media library, enhancing privacy by letting them select specific images/videos for the app to access, instead of granting full library access. This is used when picking media for display or management within the app.
android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE (for Android 12 and below): To read downloaded videos and other files from your device's storage.
android.permission.ACCESS_MEDIA_LOCATION: To access location information embedded in media files (e.g., EXIF data for photos/videos). This is used for displaying media correctly within the app, especially if location data is relevant to the content.
android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED: To allow the app to restart certain services (e.g., download manager) after your device reboots, ensuring continuous functionality without manual intervention.
android.permission.INTERNET: Essential for the app's core functionality, allowing it to connect to the internet to download videos, display ads, and access online content.
android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE / android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK: To enable the app to perform long-running operations in the background, such as video downloads or media playback, ensuring they are not interrupted by the operating system.
android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE: To check the current network connectivity status (Wi-Fi, mobile data) to optimize download processes and prevent data overages.
android.permission.USE_BIOMETRIC: To enable optional biometric authentication (e.g., fingerprint, face unlock) for secure access to the app or specific features, such as a private vault. No biometric data is stored by the app.
android.permission.SET_WALLPAPER: To allow you to set downloaded images or frames from videos as your device's wallpaper directly from within the App.
com.google.android.finsky.permission.BIND_GET_INSTALL_REFERRER_SERVICE: Used by Google Play for attribution and analytics, helping us understand how users discover our app. We do not directly access or store this data.
com.google.android.c2dm.permission.RECEIVE: Required for receiving push notifications from Google's Cloud Messaging service, used for alerts and updates.
com.samsung.android.providers.context.permission.WRITE_USE_APP_FEATURE_SURVEY: This permission is specific to Samsung devices and is used to gather anonymous data on app feature usage for Samsung's internal analytics, helping them improve their device ecosystem. We do not directly collect or use this data.
android.permission.EXPAND_STATUS_BAR: Used to manage the status bar, for instance, to show download progress or media playback controls in the notification area.
android.permission.VIBRATE: To provide haptic feedback for certain interactions within the app, such as a successful download or notification.
android.permission.ACCESS_WIFI_STATE: To determine if the device is connected to Wi-Fi, allowing the app to optimize downloads (e.g., pause large downloads on mobile data).
android.permission.REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS: To request the system to exempt the app from battery optimizations, ensuring long-running tasks like large downloads are not prematurely stopped by the OS. This is user-initiated and optional.
android.permission.RECEIVE_LAUNCH_BROADCASTS: Used by some internal components or third-party SDKs to receive broadcasts related to app launches, aiding in analytics or service initialization.
2. How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect for the following purposes:
To Provide and Maintain the App: To enable the core functionalities of the App, including video downloading, storage, and playback.
To Improve the App: To understand how users interact with the App, identify usage trends, troubleshoot issues, and develop new features.
To Personalize Your Experience: To remember your preferences and settings, and potentially to offer customized content or features.
For Analytics: To analyze usage patterns and improve app performance, stability, and user experience.
For Advertising: To display relevant advertisements within the App. Your advertising ID is used by third-party ad networks for this purpose.
For In-App Purchases: To process transactions for premium features or subscriptions.
For Push Notifications: To send you relevant alerts and updates, if you have opted in.
For Security and Fraud Prevention: To protect the App and our users from fraudulent activity and abuse.
For Compliance: To comply with legal obligations and respond to lawful requests.
3. How We Share Your Information
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personally identifiable information to outside parties. We may share non-personal or aggregated information with third parties for various purposes, including:
Service Providers: We may employ third-party companies and individuals to facilitate our App ("Service Providers"), to provide the App on our behalf, to perform App-related services, or to assist us in analyzing how our App is used. These third parties have access to your non-personal information only to perform these tasks on our behalf and are obligated not to disclose or use it for any other purpose.
Advertising Partners: Your advertising ID and usage data may be shared with third-party advertising networks to deliver relevant ads and measure ad campaign performance. These partners operate under their own privacy policies.
Legal Requirements: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g., a court order or government agency).
Business Transfers: In the event of a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction.
4. Third-Party SDKs and Services
Our App integrates with various third-party SDKs and services to provide certain functionalities, analytics, and advertising. These third parties may collect and process information about your use of the App according to their own privacy policies. We encourage you to review their respective privacy policies for more details on their data practices.
Here are the key third-party SDKs used in the App and links to their privacy policies where applicable:
Google Mobile Ads SDK (Google AdMob): Used for displaying advertisements.
Data Collected: Device information, advertising ID, app usage, IP address, approximate location, crash reports.
Purpose: Serving personalized and non-personalized ads, ad fraud prevention, analytics.
Privacy Policy: Google Privacy Policy [https://policies.google.com/privacy]
Facebook Audience Network (via Google Mobile Ads mediation): Used for displaying advertisements.
Data Collected: Device information, advertising ID, app usage, IP address, approximate location.
Purpose: Serving personalized ads, ad fraud prevention, analytics.
Privacy Policy: Facebook Data Policy [https://www.facebook.com/policy.php]
Google Play Billing Library: Used for in-app purchases.
Data Collected: Transaction details (handled by Google Play), purchase history.
Purpose: Facilitating in-app purchases and managing subscriptions.
Privacy Policy: Google Play Terms of Service [https://play.google.com/about/play-terms/ ] (see "Purchases & Payments" section) and Google Privacy Policy [https://policies.google.com/privacy]
Google Firebase (Analytics, Crashlytics, Performance Monitoring, Remote Config, Messaging): Used for analytics, crash reporting, performance monitoring, remote configuration, and push notifications.
Data Collected: Device information, usage data, crash logs, performance data, installation UUIDs, push notification tokens.
Purpose: Understanding app usage, identifying and fixing crashes, optimizing performance, configuring app features remotely, sending push notifications.
Privacy Policy: Google Privacy Policy [https://policies.google.com/privacy]
OneSignal: Used for delivering push notifications.
Data Collected: Device information, push notification tokens, app usage data.
Purpose: Sending targeted push notifications to users.
Privacy Policy: OneSignal Privacy Policy [https://onesignal.com/privacy_policy]
FFmpeg (via com.arthenica.mobileffmpeg and project(":ffmpeg")): An open-source multimedia framework.
Data Collected: Does not directly collect personal data. Processes local media files.
Purpose: Used for video/audio processing within the app (e.g., converting formats, extracting audio).
Privacy Policy: As an open-source library, it does not have a separate privacy policy. Its usage is governed by the app's overall privacy policy.
Cloudflare Scrape WebView (via com.zhkrb.cloudflare_scrape_webview): Likely used for navigating websites protected by Cloudflare.
Data Collected: May process network requests and browser-related data within the app's WebView. No personal data is directly collected by this library for transmission to third parties.
Purpose: To enable the in-app browser to access and display content from websites that use Cloudflare protection.
Privacy Policy: This is a utility library; its data handling is governed by the app's policy and the privacy policy of the websites you browse.
Unity Ads (Unity Technologies): Used for displaying advertisements.
Data Collected: Device information, advertising ID, app usage, IP address, approximate location.
Purpose: Serving personalized ads, ad fraud prevention, analytics.
Privacy Policy: Unity Technologies Privacy Policy [https://unity.com/legal/privacy-policy]
Retrofit, OkHttp: Networking libraries. They handle network requests and responses but do not collect personal data themselves. Their usage is governed by how the app utilizes them to communicate with its own servers or third-party APIs.
Glide: Image loading library. Processes local image data for display within the app. Does not collect personal data.
Jsoup: HTML parser. Used to parse web content within the app. Does not collect personal data.
Other Libraries (e.g., androidx libraries, commons-io, commons-text, Toasty, ratingdialog, lottie, PhotoView, PersistentCookieJar, JWTDecode, PermissionX, RxJava): These are primarily utility or UI libraries that facilitate app development and functionality. They do not typically collect personal data directly. Their usage is governed by the app's overall privacy policy.
5. Data Retention
We retain collected non-personal information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this Privacy Policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law. Once the data is no longer needed, we will delete or anonymize it.
6. Security
The security of your information is important to us. We implement reasonable technical and organizational measures designed to protect your information from unauthorized access, use, alteration, or disclosure. However, please be aware that no method of transmission over the Internet or method of electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
7. Children's Privacy
Our App is not intended for use by children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from a child under 13 without verifiable parental consent, we will take steps to remove that information from our servers. If you are a parent or guardian and you believe that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us at virkhurd9@gmail.com.
8. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last Updated" date at the top. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Your continued use of the App after any modifications to the Privacy Policy will constitute your acknowledgment of the modifications and your consent to abide and be bound by the modified Privacy Policy.
9. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:
Email: virkhurd9@gmail.com
By installing and using "Video Downloader : Clip Saver," you acknowledge that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by this Privacy Policy.