Privacy policy

Last updated: 3 November 2026 · App version: 1.0.0

Who we are

Balayo is published by Bruno Balmisse. Contact: bbalmisse@gmail.com.

In short

Balayo runs entirely on your phone. We do not collect, receive, share or sell any personal data. The app contains no advertising, tracking or analytics tools. Only the official Google Play Billing library, used to handle the Premium purchase, may communicate with Google, under Google's privacy policy.

Data processed on your device

To work, Balayo reads and computes locally:

• the list of installed apps (name, identifier, install and update dates, size, cache);
• usage statistics provided by Android when you grant "Usage access" (last use, screen time, launch counts);
• the size of each app, recorded once a day to detect the ones that keep growing;
• the permissions (camera, microphone, location, etc.) granted to apps, read locally to show them to you;
• your uninstall history (app name, space freed, date);
• your preferences (apps marked "keep", reminder setting, Premium status).

This data stays in the app's private storage. It is never transmitted and is excluded from Android backups.

Why this data?

Only to provide the service you ask for: estimating how likely an app is worth removing, showing statistics, keeping your history and, with Premium, sending cleanup reminders.

Legal basis (GDPR)

Performance of the service you request (Article 6(1)(b) GDPR). Processing happens exclusively on your device, under your control; the publisher has no access to it.

Retention

Until you erase it (Settings › Your data › Erase my data) or uninstall Balayo.

Your rights

You have the rights of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, objection and portability. Since all data is on your phone, you exercise them directly: browse it in the app, erase everything in Settings, export your history as CSV (Premium), revoke "Usage access" in Android settings. Questions: bbalmisse@gmail.com. You may also lodge a complaint with your data protection authority (in France, the CNIL: www.cnil.fr).

Android permissions used

• List all apps (QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES): Balayo's core purpose, as an app manager.
• Usage access (PACKAGE_USAGE_STATS): measure last use, screen time and app sizes. A special setting you grant and revoke at any time.
• Request uninstall (REQUEST_DELETE_PACKAGES): open Android's uninstall screen, which you confirm for each app.
• Notifications (POST_NOTIFICATIONS): optional cleanup reminders (Premium).

Purchases

Premium is a one-time in-app purchase handled by Google Play. Balayo receives no payment data. Google processes purchase information under its own privacy policy.

Children

Balayo collects no data, including from minors.

Security

Data is stored in the app's private storage, protected by Android. None of this data travels over a network.

Changes

If this policy changes, it will be updated with a new date, and flagged in the app for significant changes.