Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy — Notch Gestures
1. Introduction
zestarc (“we”, “us”, or “our”) operates the mobile application Notch Gestures (the “App”). This Privacy Policy explains what information is handled when you use the App, how it is used, how it may be shared with service providers, and your choices regarding your information.
By installing or using the App, you agree to this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, please discontinue use of the App and uninstall the App.
2. What the App does
Notch Gestures lets you use gestures on your phone’s camera cutout / notch area to run shortcuts you choose, such as Home, Back, screenshot, flashlight, media controls, opening apps, and optional Quick capture features such as photo, video, or audio.
The App requires Android Accessibility Service permission to place a touch zone on the camera cutout and perform the shortcut actions selected by you.
This App is a productivity / shortcut utility. It is not marketed as an accessibility tool for people with disabilities.
3. Information we process
3.1 Information stored only on your device
The App stores settings locally on your device, including:
- Gesture mappings and profiles
- Preference toggles, such as haptics, visual feedback, and pause rules
- Favorite app package names, if you configure them
- Favorite website URL, if you configure one
- Optional contact name and phone number for speed dial, if you enter them
- App blacklist / paused-app package names, if you configure them
- Onboarding completion flags
We do not operate a user account system for this App, and we do not operate our own backend server that receives your gesture settings.
3.2 Media you create with capture features
If you use screenshot, screen recording, or Quick capture features such as photo, video, or audio:
- Media files are saved on your device, for example in Pictures, Movies, Music, or other storage locations used by the App.
- These files remain on your device unless you choose to share them with another app or service.
We do not intentionally upload your captured photos, videos, screenshots, or audio recordings to our own servers.
3.3 Accessibility Service data use
The Accessibility Service is used to:
- Show an invisible touch overlay on the camera cutout
- Detect your configured gestures, such as tap, double-tap, long-press, and swipe
- Perform the shortcut actions you configured, including supported system navigation actions
The Accessibility Service does not intentionally:
- Read your passwords
- Track your keystrokes
- Read the contents of your screen for collection or upload
- Upload your screen contents to our servers
The App may observe the foreground app package name only when necessary to pause gestures in apps that you have added to your blacklist or paused-app settings.
3.4 Advertising
The App may display advertisements provided by third-party advertising services, such as Google AdMob / Google Mobile Ads.
Depending on your device, region, consent choices, and applicable advertising settings, advertising providers may process information such as:
- Advertising identifiers, where available and permitted
- Device and app information
- IP address or approximate location derived from the IP address
- Ad interaction information, such as impressions, clicks, and interactions
- Information about the app, device, operating system, and technical configuration
Advertising providers may use this information to provide, measure, personalize, and improve advertisements, subject to applicable laws and your consent choices.
Where required by applicable law, the App may request your consent before using personal information for personalized advertising. You may also be able to control advertising personalization through your device or Google account settings.
Third-party advertising providers process information according to their own privacy policies and terms. For more information about Google's privacy practices, please refer to Google's applicable privacy documentation.
3.5 Analytics and crash reporting (Firebase)
To improve stability and understand how the App is used, we may use Google Firebase services:
- Firebase Crashlytics — crash and error reports, such as stack traces, device model, operating system version, and App version.
- Firebase Analytics — usage analytics such as app opens, session activity, retention, and basic in-app events.
These services are provided by Google and may process data on Google servers, which may be located outside your country. Firebase may collect identifiers such as an app-instance ID and device/app technical information needed for analytics and crash diagnostics.
We design analytics so that we do not intentionally send your gesture settings content, contacts, passwords, screen contents, photos, videos, or audio files to Firebase.
Google's processing is also governed by Google's applicable privacy terms for Firebase and Google Analytics for Firebase.
3.6 Permissions
Depending on the features you use, the App may request:
- Accessibility — required for notch gestures and configured shortcut actions.
- Notifications — used to help keep services reliable and to show recording / status notifications where required.
- Camera — used for flashlight, Quick photo / video, and QR-related flows.
- Microphone — used for Quick audio memo features.
- Modify audio settings / Do Not Disturb / write settings — used for sound mode, DND, brightness, rotation, or other system actions that you enable.
- Internet / network state — used to open websites you configure, load online Privacy Policy / Terms pages, communicate with third-party services, display advertisements, and send analytics / crash reports.
- Foreground services — used for screen recording and Quick video / audio capture while those features are running.
Permissions are requested for features that require them. You can deny optional permissions, although some App features may not work without the relevant permission.
4. How we use information
We use information and permissions to provide the App functionality you request and to maintain and improve the App.
Local settings are used to remember your configured gestures, preferences, shortcuts, and other settings.
We may use Firebase Analytics and Crashlytics to understand App reliability, crashes, performance, and general usage patterns so that we can improve the App.
Third-party advertising services may process information to display, measure, personalize, and improve advertisements, subject to applicable law and your consent choices.
We do not sell your personal information.
5. Sharing of information
- We do not share your local gesture settings with our own server. We do not operate a backend server that receives those settings.
- Analytics and crash information may be processed by Google Firebase on our behalf.
- Advertising-related information may be processed by third-party advertising providers, such as Google AdMob / Google Mobile Ads, for advertising and related measurement purposes.
- If a gesture opens another app or website, that destination's privacy practices apply.
- We may disclose information if required by law or when reasonably necessary to protect rights, safety, security, or prevent fraud or abuse.
6. Data retention
- Local settings remain on your device until you clear App data or uninstall the App.
- Media files created using the App remain on your device until you delete them or otherwise manage them.
- Firebase Analytics and Crashlytics retain information according to applicable Google Firebase retention settings and policies.
- Advertising providers may retain advertising-related information according to their applicable policies, settings, and legal requirements.
7. Children's privacy
The App is not directed to children under 13, or the equivalent minimum age in your country. We do not knowingly collect personal information directly from children through our own services.
If you believe a child has provided personal information through the App, please contact us at darshanlukhi2811@gmail.com and we will take appropriate steps.
8. Your choices and rights
You can:
- Disable Accessibility for the App in Android Settings.
- Deny optional permissions. Some features will not work without them.
- Clear App storage or uninstall the App.
- Manage advertising personalization and advertising identifiers through available Android or Google settings.
- Manage consent choices for personalized advertising where a consent mechanism is presented.
- Contact us with privacy questions or applicable privacy requests at darshanlukhi2811@gmail.com.
Depending on your region, including the EEA, UK, California, or other jurisdictions with applicable privacy laws, you may have additional rights regarding access, deletion, correction, objection, restriction, or other processing of personal information.
To exercise applicable rights, contact us using the email address above. Because we do not maintain user accounts or a centralized database containing your local App settings, many settings and locally stored data can be managed directly by you through Android settings, clearing App data, deleting media, or uninstalling the App.
9. Security
We take reasonable measures to protect information processed through the App and to keep Accessibility Service use limited to the functionality described in this Privacy Policy.
Local App settings are stored on your device. However, no method of electronic storage or transmission is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
10. Third-party links, apps, and services
The App may interact with or open third-party applications, websites, or services, including advertising, analytics, and other services.
Third-party services have their own privacy policies and terms. If you choose to use or interact with those services, their privacy practices will apply to the information they process.
We are not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party services that you choose to access through the App.
11. Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes to the App, its features, third-party services, legal requirements, or our data practices.
When we make changes, we will update the “Effective date” and “Last updated” dates shown at the beginning of this Privacy Policy.
We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically to stay informed about how information is handled.
12. Contact
Developer / Publisher: zestarc
Email: darshanlukhi2811@gmail.com
App: Notch Gestures
Package name: com.zestarc.notchaction.gesture