Privacy Policy

Duplicate Cleaner ("we", "us", or "our") operates the Duplicate Cleaner mobile application (the "App"). This Privacy Policy explains how the App accesses, uses, processes, and protects information when you use its features.

Information We Access

Duplicate Cleaner is designed to help you organize, manage, and optimize your device. Depending on the features you choose to use, the App may request permission to access:

• Photos and Videos: To detect duplicate and similar media, create and manage photo albums, add photos to supported albums, compress media, update metadata, and remove unwanted files.
• Contacts: To identify duplicate contacts and help you merge, organize, back up, restore, or delete them.
• Device Information: To display system information and diagnostics, including storage usage, memory (RAM), CPU usage, battery information, device specifications, and network status.
• Face ID or PIN Authentication: To protect access to the Secret Vault. Face ID authentication is handled by Apple's device authentication system, and the App does not receive or store your Face ID biometric data.

The App only requests and accesses information necessary to provide the features you choose to use.

How We Use Your Information

Information accessed by the App is used solely to provide the features you request, including to:

• Find duplicate and similar photos and videos.
• Create and manage custom photo albums.
• Add selected photos to supported albums.
• Compress and organize photos and videos.
• Update photo and video metadata where supported.
• Merge or delete duplicate contacts.
• Back up and restore contacts.
• Display device diagnostics and system status.
• Securely store and provide access to private photos, videos, and files through Secret Vault.

We do not use your personal information for advertising, profiling, behavioral tracking, or unrelated purposes.

Secret Vault

Secret Vault allows you to securely store private photos, videos, and files within the App.

When you use this feature, selected media is stored securely on your device and protected using a PIN and/or Face ID authentication.

We do not upload, access, view, or store the contents of your Secret Vault on our servers. Your protected media remains on your device unless you choose to export, restore, or share it.

Your PIN is used locally to protect access to the Secret Vault. Face ID authentication is handled by Apple's device authentication system. The App does not receive or store your Face ID biometric data.

Photo Albums

Duplicate Cleaner allows you to create and manage custom photo albums and add selected photos to those albums.

You can create albums within the App and organize supported photos according to your preferences.

Certain system-managed or Smart Albums, such as Favorites, Recents, Screenshots, and other automatically managed collections, may not support adding or moving photos because of restrictions imposed by Apple's Photos framework.

The App does not upload your photos to our servers when creating or managing albums.

Local Processing

Scanning, duplicate detection, media analysis, compression, metadata updates, device diagnostics, contact management, and Secret Vault storage are performed locally on your device whenever possible.

Your photos, videos, contacts, device information, and Secret Vault contents are not uploaded to or processed on our servers.

Data Collection and Non-Sale of Data

We do not maintain user accounts and do not require registration to use the App.

We do not collect or store your photos, videos, contacts, or Secret Vault contents on our servers.

We do not sell, rent, or trade this information to third parties, data brokers, advertising networks, or other organizations.

Data Sharing

We do not share your personal data, photos, videos, contacts, device information, or Secret Vault contents with third parties except:

• When you explicitly choose to share or export information using a device feature or service.
• When necessary to comply with applicable law, legal process, or a valid legal request.
• When necessary to investigate security, abuse, or fraud issues.

Data Security

We take reasonable measures to protect your information. Since your personal data, including photos, videos, contacts, and Secret Vault contents, is processed locally on your device, you remain in control of your information.

No Payment or Subscription

The App is currently available for use free of charge and does not offer payment or subscription features.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any updates will be posted on this page with a revised "Last Updated" date. Continued use of the App after changes become effective constitutes acceptance of the updated Privacy Policy.

Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or suggestions regarding this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

[email protected]