Privacy Policy

Offline is a digital wellbeing / app-blocking Android application. You choose which apps to protect. Offline does not require an account or login. Most Offline data stays on your device.

Depending on how you use Offline, Offline may process:

• Package names of apps in the foreground (on device) to decide whether to show a blocking screen
• Your selected protected-app list and protection preferences (stored locally)
• NFC registration and protection state when you use an Offline Anchor (stored locally)
• Anonymous product analytics when analytics are configured (for example app version, Android version, device model, locale, and categorical product events)
• Information you voluntarily send by email or through a support form (for example a support request)

Offline does not intentionally collect:

• Account credentials — Offline does not have a user account system
• Message, email, or chat contents
• Passwords or form field contents
• Screenshots or screen recordings
• Keyboard input / typed text
• Notification contents
• Contacts, photos, precise location, clipboard, or browsing history

Offline uses information to:

• Detect when a protected app becomes active and show Offline’s blocking screen
• Remember your selected apps, protection state, and NFC registration on your device
• Improve reliability and understand product usage through anonymous analytics
• Respond when you contact support

Offline does not sell personal information.

Offline uses Android’s Accessibility Service to determine which application is currently in the foreground. This allows Offline to recognize when you open an application you have chosen to protect and display the Offline blocking screen.

Android does not provide a general, reliable “app opened” callback for all apps without privileged APIs. Accessibility window and state events are the supported mechanism Offline uses for timely foreground-app detection.

Offline does NOT use the Accessibility Service to:

• Read messages
• Read passwords
• Read typed text
• Capture screenshots
• Record the screen
• Inspect the contents of websites
• Read notification contents

Accessibility is used to observe window / package signals (package name of the active application). Offline is not an accessibility tool for people with disabilities; it sets isAccessibilityTool="false" in its Android service metadata. See also our Accessibility Statement.

You can disable Offline’s Accessibility Service in Android Settings → Accessibility. When disabled, Offline protection is paused.

The Offline Anchor acts as a physical switch for protection. Tapping a registered Anchor can turn protection on or off. NFC is not a timed unlock session.

The Anchor contains a small Offline-specific identifier (an Offline NDEF token). That identifier is used locally by the app to recognize the registered Anchor. Hardware NFC UIDs are not used as Offline’s identity.

Offline does not send NFC token, NFC UID, or NDEF payload contents to analytics.

NFC identifiers are not a cryptographic guarantee against cloning. Treat the Anchor as a physical convenience control, not as unbreakable security hardware.

Offline may collect anonymous product analytics to improve reliability and understand feature usage. Examples include onboarding completion, app-selection actions, blocking interactions, and temporary unlock usage.

Analytics are intended to be non-identifying. Offline does not intentionally include NFC token or UID, package names, selected app names, email, phone number, or free-form personal content in analytics events. Offline does not use PostHog.identify or a synthetic device user id as a person identity.

If analytics credentials are not configured in a given build, Offline does not send analytics events to a remote host. Core blocking does not require a network connection.

When configured, Offline uses PostHog as its analytics provider for anonymous product analytics and related error tracking features enabled in the app build.

Analytics traffic uses HTTPS when transmitted. Retention follows the configured PostHog project settings.

Offline stores application state on your device (for example via Android DataStore), such as:

• Selected / protected apps
• Protection and session state
• NFC registration and NFC protection state
• Onboarding and disclosure acknowledgements
• App preferences (for example theme)

This local data is not automatically uploaded to Offline’s servers as a personal profile export. Clearing Offline data from in-app Privacy controls or Android app storage removes on-device product data; system permissions are controlled separately in Android Settings.

Offline does not share personal content from your screen or messages. When analytics are configured, anonymous analytics may be processed by PostHog under their terms.

The Offline marketing website may use separate services (for example a waitlist or support form backend, and advertising pixels on the website). Those website tools are distinct from the Android app’s on-device blocking path.

• Local Offline data remains on device until you clear it, uninstall Offline, or clear app storage.
• Analytics retention follows the configured analytics provider’s retention settings.
• Support emails / form submissions are retained as needed to respond to your request.

• Disable Accessibility access in Android Settings to pause Offline protection.
• Clear local Offline data from Offline’s Privacy settings where available, or via Android storage controls.
• Contact support to request deletion of analytics records associated with your install where technically feasible.

Offline is not directed to children under 13 (or the equivalent minimum age in your jurisdiction). Do not use Offline if you are under the applicable age.

Offline relies on Android’s app sandbox for local storage. Analytics traffic uses HTTPS when transmitted. No method of transmission or storage is 100% secure; please use Offline with that understanding.

We may update this Privacy Policy. Material changes will be reflected by updating the “Last updated” date and, when appropriate, with an in-app notice.

Questions about privacy: support@stayoffline.tech