Effective Date: 13/08/2025
Thank you for choosing Storage Buddy ("we", "our", or "us"). We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring transparency in how we access and manage your device’s data. This Privacy Policy explains how Storage Buddy collects, uses, protects, and handles your information, especially in relation to permissions required for core cleaning and file management features.
To deliver our complete range of cleaning and optimization features, Storage Buddy requires the following permissions. All permissions requested are strictly for enhancing the functionality of the app.
MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE)Purpose: This is the core permission of the application, allowing it to deeply scan your device's storage to find, analyze, and enable you to delete various types of unwanted files.
Features Dependent on this Permission:
Importance: Without this permission, Storage Buddy cannot perform its device-wide cleaning and management operations.
POST_NOTIFICATIONS)Purpose: Allows the app to send you scheduled cleaning reminders, alerts when your storage is low, or results after a cleaning session is complete.
INTERNET & ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE)Purpose: This is required to display advertisements (via Google AdMob and IronSource) and to process in-app upgrades to the Premium version (via Google Play Billing). For more details on advertising, please see the "Advertising Partners" section below.
com.android.vending.BILLING)Purpose: Allows you to securely make purchases, such as upgrading to the premium version, through Google Play's billing system.
Our application uses third-party advertising services to serve advertisements and help us keep this application free. Our advertising partners include Google AdMob and IronSource.
These third-party ad networks and their partners may collect and use information about you to provide personalized advertising.
Our partners may collect, process, and use certain data from you and your device to provide a better advertising experience. This data may include:
We encourage you to review the privacy policies of our advertising partners to understand how they collect, use, and share your information. You can find their policies at the following links:
Google AdMob is an advertising service provided by Google. AdMob may collect and use personal information such as device ID, IP address, app activity, and cookies for the purpose of personalizing ads, measuring ad performance, and fraud prevention. Third parties may also place and read cookies or use web beacons to collect information as a result of ad serving within your app. You can manage or opt-out of personalized ads via device settings or Google Ad Settings. For details on how AdMob uses data and how you can control advertising cookies and identifiers, please see Google Advertising Privacy & Terms.
IronSource is a mobile advertising and monetization platform. IronSource may collect and process device identifiers (Advertising ID, IP address), general device information (OS, app version, carrier, etc.), ad event data (ad views, clicks, installs, in-app events), and any information app developers choose to share to improve ad relevance, analytics, and reporting. Data may be shared with third-party advertising partners for the purpose of bidding on ad inventory or measuring ad quality and attribution. IronSource respects user privacy rights under applicable local law (GDPR, CCPA, etc.) and provides ways to access, delete, or withdraw consent regarding personal data. For more information, please read the IronSource Mobile Privacy Policy.
Liftoff is a mobile advertising network. Upon interacting with Liftoff ads in our app, Liftoff may collect data such as device information (IP, device model, OS, advertising ID, general location), ad usage data (impressions, clicks, installs), and respects device ad settings. Liftoff does not collect sensitive personal information and uses data primarily for ad personalization and performance measurement. Liftoff does not sell identifiable data except to service providers operating ads and analytics. For full details and user control options, visit the Liftoff Privacy Policy.
Meta Ads (Facebook, Instagram) adhere to strict Advertising Standards and Community Standards, as well as all relevant laws. Ads must not contain prohibited content (e.g., adult content, drugs, weapons, discriminatory or misleading material), and their landing pages must work properly and avoid misleading or harmful content. Personal attributes (race, religion, gender, age, etc.) cannot be used for unfair targeting or discrimination. Ads violating these rules may be restricted or removed. Review is conducted via technology and human moderation. Full policy details at Meta Ad Standards.
By using our application, you consent to the collection and use of your data by our advertising partners as set forth in their respective privacy policies.
You have the option to control or opt out of personalized advertising. You can do this through your device's settings by resetting your Advertising ID or enabling the opt-out feature.
You may grant or revoke permissions for Storage Buddy at any time through your device's Settings. Please note that revoking essential permissions like MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE will disable the app's main features.
We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect changes in the law or our app's features. All changes will be posted on this page.
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
Storage Buddy is committed to requesting only the minimum permissions essential for providing powerful cleaning and file management features, while remaining transparent and respecting your privacy every step of the way.