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+# Privacy Policy — File Manager
+
+_Last updated: 2026-10-14_
+
+## Summary
+
+File Manager lets you browse and manage the files **on your own device**, entirely
+offline. The app does **not** collect, transmit, sell or share any of your data. It has no
+network access at all: it declares no `INTERNET` permission and contains no analytics, no
+advertising and no crash-reporting SDK. It is sold once through Google Play; the purchase
+is handled entirely by Google Play, never by the app (see [Purchases](#purchases)).
+
+## What the app accesses
+
+| Data | Why | Where it goes |
+|---|---|---|
+| Your files and folders | To show them and to carry out the actions you ask for (open, copy, move, rename, delete, compress, extract) | Never leaves your device |
+| File metadata (name, size, folder, modified date) | To sort, search, measure storage usage and show details | Never leaves your device |
+| The folder you grant (only in the fallback mode) | To browse a folder you picked yourself, when "All files access" is declined | A permission reference is stored by Android on this device |
+
+## What the app does NOT do
+
+- It does **not** have the `INTERNET` permission, so it cannot send data anywhere.
+- It does **not** collect analytics, crash reports, advertising identifiers or location
+  data.
+- It does **not** contain advertising SDKs or third-party trackers.
+- It does **not** create accounts and does **not** ask for your name, email or phone
+  number.
+- It does **not** upload, back up or sync your files.
+
+## Permissions and what they mean
+
+| Permission | Purpose |
+|---|---|
+| `MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE` ("All files access") | Required for the app's core purpose: browsing and managing files anywhere on the device. Google Play only allows this permission for apps whose core purpose needs it — file managers are one of the accepted cases — and the app must be granted it by you in Android Settings. If you decline, the app still works, but only in a folder you pick. |
+| Read media (`READ_MEDIA_IMAGES` / `READ_MEDIA_VIDEO` / `READ_MEDIA_AUDIO`, `READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE` on older Android) | To show thumbnails and to open images, audio and video. |
+| `READ_MEDIA_VISUAL_USER_SELECTED` | Supports Android 14's "selected photos only" partial access. |
+| `WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE` (Android 10 only) | Used only to write files you ask for on that older Android version. |
+| Notifications (`POST_NOTIFICATIONS`) | Optional. Shows progress while a long copy, move, delete or extraction is running. Denying it changes nothing except that the progress bar is not shown. |
+| Foreground service (`FOREGROUND_SERVICE`, `FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC`) | Keeps a long file operation running while the app is in the background, so a move is not cut in half. |
+
+## Deleting files
+
+Files are deleted only when you ask. Deleting through the app asks for confirmation first.
+Where Android provides its own delete dialog for media files, the app hands the request to
+the system and Android performs the deletion; otherwise the app deletes the files you
+selected directly. The app never deletes anything you did not select.
+
+## Data retention and deletion
+
+The app stores a small amount of data in its own private storage: your view preferences
+(list or grid, sort order), any folder permission you granted through the system picker,
+and nothing else. This data never leaves your device. Uninstalling the app, or clearing its
+storage in Android Settings, removes all of it.
+
+The app does not keep copies of your files.
+
+## Purchases
+
+The app is **sold once through Google Play**. There is no subscription and there is nothing
+to buy inside the app.
+
+Google Play processes the payment and holds the payment details. The app contains no
+payment code and never receives them, because it has no network access of any kind (see
+above). Refunds, order problems and any question about a charge are handled by Google Play,
+and the developer can be reached at the address below.
+
+## Children
+
+The app is a general-purpose utility and is not directed at children. It collects no
+personal data from anyone.
+
+## Changes
+
+If this policy changes, the updated version will be published at this address with a new
+"last updated" date.
+
+## Contact
+
+Questions about this policy: **softwareapp.hb@gmail.com**.