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ClearVault Smart Backup handles private files such as photos, videos, audio, documents, downloads, and WhatsApp media. This policy explains what the app accesses, what it stores locally, what it sends to your own devices, and what it does not do.
Last updated: May 25, 2026
This Privacy Policy applies to the ClearVault Android app, the ClearVault Receiver desktop companion, and the ClearVault website. It covers how ClearVault handles file access, metadata, backup reports, trusted devices, local network pairing, and website downloads.
ClearVault may access files that you select or allow it to scan, including images, videos, audio files, documents, downloads, screenshots, screen recordings, WhatsApp media, and other supported files. File contents are used only to copy them to your selected backup destination and verify the copied file.
ClearVault does not store your photo, video, audio, or document contents inside its app database. The app stores backup metadata and status records, not personal file contents.
ClearVault uses a local Room database to maintain backup history and safety records. This may include file name, original URI, destination path, file size, MIME type, category, last modified time, checksum values, copy status, verification status, deletion status, backup session status, trusted device details, settings, and error messages.
This local history helps you review what was backed up, what was verified, what failed, and what was deleted from the phone.
For large backups, ClearVault may process multiple selected files at the same time to reduce backup duration. This does not change where files are sent, what metadata is stored, or the verified-only deletion rule. Each file is still copied to the user-selected destination and verified individually.
ClearVault does not use accounts. To identify backups and trusted destinations locally, it may store a generated app installation ID, phone model, Android device name, local IP address, connected computer IP address, computer display name when available, destination URI or path, trusted device type, and the user-given destination label.
IP addresses can change, so ClearVault does not treat an IP address as the only identity for a trusted computer or storage destination.
When you select an external folder through Android Storage Access Framework, ClearVault receives permission to write to that folder. The app creates an organized structure such as ClearVault_Backups, a phone/device folder, a backup session folder, file type folders, a manifest, and a backup report.
ClearVault does not choose an unknown destination silently. You choose where your backup is saved.
ClearVault Receiver runs on your computer and receives backups over the same local Wi-Fi network. The Android app sends files to the receiver only after you enter the receiver IP address, port, and pairing code, and the computer approves the pairing request.
Received files, manifests, reports, trusted phone records, and receiver history are stored locally on that computer. ClearVault Receiver is not designed to expose your files to the public internet. Use it on trusted private networks.
The ClearVault website provides Android app and desktop receiver downloads. The website does not include custom analytics in this version. Hosting providers such as Netlify or GitHub may process normal technical logs, such as IP address, request time, browser type, and downloaded file path, for hosting, delivery, abuse prevention, and security.
ClearVault asks for permissions needed for backup features, such as media access, notification permission for backup progress, and folder access through Android Storage Access Framework. Broad file access is optional and should be used only when the selected backup workflow requires it.
ClearVault is designed around verified-only deletion. The app copies files first, verifies copied files by size and optional checksum where supported, shows a result summary, and asks before deleting. Failed, pending, hidden, protected, or unverified files are not silently deleted.
ClearVault does not sell user data. It does not upload files to a ClearVault cloud. It does not include ads or custom analytics tracking in this version. Files are transferred only to destinations selected by the user, such as USB storage, SSD, pendrive, or a paired local computer.
Use trusted storage devices, trusted computers, and trusted Wi-Fi networks. Anyone with access to your external drive, backup folder, Windows account, or receiver machine may be able to view backed up files. Close the receiver when it is not in use and remove trusted phones you no longer recognize.
ClearVault is a general storage utility and is not designed to knowingly collect information from children. The app does not ask for age, email, phone number, OTP, identity documents, or account creation.
For privacy questions, contact Shubhagaman Singh at shubhagamansingh@gmail.com.