Privacy Policy — Permission Watchdog

Effective date: 11 July 2026

App: Permission Watchdog (Android)

Developer: Dileep Kumar. P

Contact: admin@vocalab.com

The short version (plain English)

• No account. No sign-in. No cloud.
• No analytics, no advertising, no third-party SDKs, no tracking.
• The list of your installed apps and their permissions never leaves your phone. It is read locally to detect changes and is stored only in a private database on your device.
• Uninstalling the app deletes all of its data.

What information the app accesses (and why)

To do its job, Permission Watchdog reads the following locally, on your device only:

• The list of apps that have a home-screen icon, via Android's standard package-visibility mechanism (<queries> for launcher activities). The app deliberately does not request the broad QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES permission.
• The permissions each of those apps declares, and whether they are granted. This is what allows the app to notice when an app gains a sensitive permission (for example, camera, microphone, or location) after an update.

This information is stored in a private on-device database purely to compare an app's current permissions against a previous snapshot. It is never uploaded, sold, or shared with anyone.

Permissions the app itself requests

• Notifications (POST_NOTIFICATIONS) — used only to alert you when a monitored app gains a sensitive permission. You can decline this and the app still works; you just won't get alerts.
• Battery optimization exemption (optional, user-initiated) — if you choose to allow it, this helps the periodic background scan run reliably. It is never requested silently and involves no data.

The app also includes a few standard, non-sensitive permissions required by its background-scheduling and notification components. None of them collect data or access the network, and none require your approval:

• RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED — re-arms the periodic scan after your device restarts.
• FOREGROUND_SERVICE and WAKE_LOCK — let a background scan finish reliably.
• ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE — used by the scheduling library to read connectivity status. Note the app has no internet permission, so it cannot act on this.
• VIBRATE — vibration for notifications.

The app does not request internet access, location, contacts, camera, microphone, or any dangerous/runtime permission for itself.

Data storage and retention

All data (the app database and your settings) is stored locally on your device using Android's standard app-private storage. It is retained until you clear the app's data or uninstall the app, at which point it is permanently removed. There is no server-side copy because there is no server.

Data sharing

None. We do not share data with third parties because no data ever leaves your device. There are no advertising networks, analytics providers, or other SDKs embedded in the app.

Children's privacy

The app is a general-purpose utility and is not directed at children. Because it collects no personal data from anyone, it collects none from children.

Security

Because your data never leaves your device, the primary protection is Android's own app sandboxing and your device's lock screen. We recommend keeping your device secured with a PIN, pattern, or biometric lock.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted at this URL with a new effective date. Material changes will be reflected in the app's store listing.

Contact

Questions about this policy? Contact admin@vocalab.com.