Drift Privacy Policy
Drift is an Android app designed to help users reduce continuous short-video browsing through reminders and friction overlays. This policy explains what the app processes, why it does so, and how that data is handled.
1. Summary
- Drift works primarily on your device.
- Core short-video detection and leave-flow handling run on-device.
- Drift sends limited product analytics events to a third-party analytics provider used by the developer.
- The app uses Android accessibility access to identify supported short-video pages and support the leave flow you trigger inside the app.
- Android system backup is disabled for the current first-release configuration.
2. Information The App Processes
The app may process the following categories of information on your device:
- current foreground app and page information needed to identify supported short-video contexts
- your guard settings, including configured limits and selected supported apps
- local usage and guard status records used to show history and runtime state inside the app
- foreground notification state used while guarding is active
- limited product analytics event metadata such as app-open events, feature-toggle events, damping events, build type, and coarse supported-app labels
This processing is used for the app's short-video guard features and limited product analytics.
3. Why Accessibility Access Is Used
Drift uses Android AccessibilityService only for these purposes:
- identify supported short-video pages
- show reminders or friction overlays in those contexts
- help perform a back action when you choose to leave
- if you separately enable the optional auto-pause feature, attempt a single pause gesture when the overlay appears
The app does not present accessibility access as a tool to control your whole phone or monitor unrelated content.
4. Network Use, Analytics, And Upload
- the app can send limited product analytics events to PostHog, a third-party analytics provider used by the developer
- those analytics events can include app-open events, feature-toggle events, damping events, build type, and coarse supported-app labels
- the analytics SDK may maintain anonymous or distinct identifiers needed to deliver those events
- the app does not intentionally upload your page content, chat content, typed input, password content, or account content to the developer
- the app does not sell your personal data
Core short-video detection still happens on-device. The current release configuration does not upload page text, chat text, typed input, password content, or local rule values as analytics payloads.
5. Local Storage
- rules and guard preferences
- supported app selections
- local usage or guard history shown inside the app
- runtime state needed to keep guarding stable
6. Android System Backup
For the current first-release configuration, Android system backup is disabled.
7. Permissions
The app may request the following Android permissions or accesses:
- Accessibility access, to identify supported short-video pages, show reminders or friction overlays, and support the leave flow
- Notification permission, to show guard-related notifications
- Foreground service permission, to keep guard-related reminders and overlays reliable while guarding is enabled
- Battery optimization exemption or background-related settings, as optional stability enhancements on some devices
- Boot completed access, to help restore guard-related behavior after device restart or app update when applicable
These permissions support Drift's short-video guard features and runtime stability. They are not used to upload short-video page content, chat content, typed input, or password content.
8. Your Choices
- disable accessibility access in Android settings
- disable notifications in Android settings
- skip optional stability enhancement steps during onboarding
- pause guarding inside the app
- clear app storage or uninstall the app to remove locally stored app data from the device
- contact the support email below for privacy-related questions about analytics data already sent off-device
9. Children
Drift is not specifically directed to children.
10. Changes To This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be reflected on this page before the updated version is distributed.
11. Contact
For privacy or support questions, contact blocknose313@gmail.com.
12. Website Hosting
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