Privacy Policy
DroidVault was built so that your personal data never has to leave your home. This policy explains — in plain language — what the apps access, where that data goes, and what we collect. (Spoiler: nothing.)
The short version: DroidVault collects no data about you. Your backups travel directly from your Android phone to your own Windows PC over your local network, and they are stored only on that PC. Gigadyne LLC never receives, stores, sees, or has any access to your data — there is no cloud service, no account, no analytics, and no telemetry. This website sets no cookies and runs no trackers.
1. What data the apps access on your phone
To create a backup, the DroidVault Android companion app reads the following information from your phone, with your permission, and only when you run a backup:
| Data accessed | Why it is accessed | Where it is sent |
|---|---|---|
| SMS and MMS messages, including photo and video attachments | To back up your text conversations | Only to your own PC, over your local network |
| Contacts | To back up your address book and label conversations by name | Only to your own PC, over your local network |
| Call log / call history | To back up your record of calls | Only to your own PC, over your local network |
| Calendar events | To back up your appointments and events | Only to your own PC, over your local network |
| Photos and videos stored on the device | To back up your camera roll and media | Only to your own PC, over your local network |
This data is transferred exclusively to the Windows PC that you paired by scanning its QR code. It is never transmitted to Gigadyne LLC, to any server, or to any third party. The developer has no access to it — technically or otherwise.
2. How the transfer works
When you pair, the DroidVault desktop app displays a QR code (and a matching pairing code) containing the connection details for your PC on your local network. You scan that code with your phone’s camera app or enter the pairing code in the companion app, and the companion app opens a direct device-to-PC connection (a WebSocket) over your own Wi‑Fi network. Your data moves across that connection from your phone to your PC and nowhere else.
- There is no cloud component. Gigadyne operates no servers that handle your data.
- There is no account or sign-up. We do not know who you are.
- Your data never crosses the internet as part of a backup. It stays on your local network.
3. Where your backup is stored
Backups are stored in a database on your PC, in a location on your own hard drive. You can browse your messages, contacts, call log, calendar, and media inside the desktop app, and export conversations to CSV, HTML, or TXT files whenever you choose. You control these files completely: they exist only on your computer, and deleting them is entirely in your hands. Gigadyne cannot access, restore, or delete your backups, because we never have them.
4. What Gigadyne collects
Nothing — apart from email you choose to send us (see Section 5). Specifically:
- The desktop app and the Android companion app contain no analytics and no telemetry. They do not report usage, crashes, device information, or anything else to us.
- Outside of email you choose to send us (see Sections 5 and 9), we collect no personal information: no names, email addresses, identifiers, locations, or usage data.
- We do not sell, share, or transfer any user data to third parties — there is no user data to sell, share, or transfer.
5. This website
The droidvault.app website is a set of static pages. It sets no cookies, uses no analytics or tracking scripts, loads no third-party resources, and collects no information about visitors. If you email us, we receive only what you send. Support emails — your address, name, and the contents of your message — are kept only as long as needed to answer your inquiry, are never used for marketing, and are never shared with anyone.
6. Android permissions
The companion app requests Android permissions for SMS, contacts, call log, calendar, and photos/media solely to read that data for backup, as described in Section 1. It does not use these permissions for any other purpose. The SMS permission is required for a backup to run; if you revoke it, the app will ask for it again rather than back anything up. The contacts, call log, calendar, and photos/media permissions are each optional — revoke any of them at any time in Android settings and the app will simply skip that data during backup.
The app also declares network permissions (internet, network state, and Wi‑Fi state), which are used only to open the direct local-network connection between your phone and your PC, and a camera permission reserved for in-app QR scanning — no images are ever captured, stored, or transmitted, and pairing works without it.
7. Children's privacy
DroidVault does not collect data from anyone, including children. Because there is no data collection of any kind, there is no personal information from children (or adults) for us to hold.
8. Changes to this policy
If we ever change how DroidVault handles data, we will update this policy and its effective date before that change takes effect. Our commitment is simple and we intend to keep it: your data stays yours, on your devices.
9. Contact
Questions about this policy or about DroidVault's privacy practices are welcome:
- Email: [email protected]
- Gigadyne LLC, Hutto, Texas, USA