Cleander — Privacy Policy

Effective date: 24 August 2026
App: Cleander — Swipe. Keep. Clean. (Android package com.cleander.app)
Developer: Vivekanand Pandey, Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India
Contact: cleander@vivekanand.me

Cleander is a photo clean-up app. It shows the photos already on your phone one at a time so you can decide which to keep and which to delete. This policy explains what information the app can access, what it does with it, and what it does not do.

The short version

• Your photos never leave your device. Cleander does not upload, copy, back up, analyse, or share them.
• Cleander has no user accounts, no advertising SDKs, and no analytics or tracking.
• The only network request the app makes is to download a small configuration file (for example, to tell you an update is available).
• Photos you delete go to your phone's own Recently Deleted / Trash, exactly as if you had deleted them in your gallery app.

1. Information we access

1.1 Photos and media (on-device only)

To work, Cleander needs permission to read the photos in your device's photo library (READ_MEDIA_IMAGES on Android; Photo Library access on iOS). This permission is used solely to:

• display your photos inside the app so you can review them;
• read basic file details (date taken, dimensions, file size) to show alongside each photo; and
• delete the photos you choose, through the operating system's standard delete request, which asks for your confirmation.

All of this happens on your device. Photo content and file details are never transmitted to us or to anyone else.

If you grant access to only a selection of photos ("Selected photos" / "Limited access"), Cleander only sees that selection.

1.2 App preferences (stored on your device)

Cleander remembers, on your device only, which photos you have chosen to keep, which are waiting in the in-app trash, your sort preference, summary counters (photos kept, photos deleted, approximate storage freed), whether you have completed onboarding, and which update or announcement messages you have already dismissed. This data is stored in the app's private storage, is not synced anywhere, and is removed when you uninstall the app.

1.3 Remote configuration (one small download)

On launch, and while the app is open, Cleander reads a small configuration file from Firebase Realtime Database (a Google service). This file contains only settings written by us — for example the minimum supported app version, an "update available" message, a maintenance notice, or an announcement. Cleander sends no personal data and no photo data in this request.

As with any internet request, Google's servers may temporarily process technical details such as your device's IP address and the time of the request in order to deliver the response. We do not receive, store, or use this information. Google's handling of such data is described in the Google Privacy Policy (https://policies.google.com/privacy) and the Firebase Privacy and Security page (https://firebase.google.com/support/privacy).

2. Information we do NOT collect

Cleander does not collect, store, or transmit:

• your photos, videos, or any media content;
• names, email addresses, phone numbers, or any account information (there are no accounts);
• location data;
• contacts, messages, or files other than photos;
• advertising identifiers (the app does not use an advertising ID);
• usage analytics, crash reports, or behavioural tracking.

3. How information is used

The only purposes for which Cleander accesses information are to display your photos, to delete the ones you select, to remember your progress on your device, and to show you service messages (updates, maintenance, announcements) from the remote configuration file.

4. Sharing and third parties

We do not sell, rent, or share any personal information. The only third-party service the app contacts is Firebase (Google) for the configuration download described in section 1.3. No photo data or personal information is sent to Firebase.

5. Data retention and deletion

• Photos: remain on your device under your control. Deleting a photo in Cleander moves it to your device's Recently Deleted / Trash, where your operating system keeps it (typically for about 30 days) before permanent deletion. You can restore it from there during that period. Cleander cannot recover photos after the operating system has permanently deleted them.
• App preferences: stay on your device until you clear the app's data or uninstall the app.
• We hold no data about you on our servers, so there is nothing for us to retain or delete.

6. Permissions summary (Android)

7. Children

Cleander is a general-audience utility and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from anyone, including children.

8. Security

Because your photos and preferences never leave your device, they are protected by your device's own security (screen lock, encryption). The configuration download uses an encrypted (HTTPS/TLS) connection.

9. Future changes to the app

If a future version of Cleander adds features that change how data is handled — for example optional advertising or in-app purchases — this policy will be updated before those features are released, and the app will ask for any additional permissions at that time.

10. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. The effective date at the top will change, and material changes will be announced in the app. The current version is always available at the link published on the app's store listing.

11. Contact

Questions or requests about privacy: cleander@vivekanand.me
Vivekanand Pandey, Ayodhya, Uttar Pradesh, India