This policy explains how Pauso (package com.siva.pauso), an Android focus app
developed by Siva Nimmala ("we", "us"), handles information. In short: Pauso has no account, no server and no
analytics. Everything it stores stays on your phone, it shows no ads, and it never sells or shares your data.
1. Information that stays on your device
Pauso keeps the following in its private app storage on your phone. None of it is uploaded anywhere.
| Data | Used for |
|---|---|
| The apps you chose to pause, with the pause length and daily limit you set for each | Knowing which apps to pause or block |
| Your block schedules | Blocking paused apps during those times |
| A record of each pause or block screen shown, and whether you continued or closed the app | Your stats and streaks |
| How long paused apps were in the foreground each day, as observed by Pauso | Enforcing daily limits and showing time in paused apps |
| Settings: onboarding state, strict-mode end time, and whether Pauso Premium is active | Running the app |
Uninstalling Pauso, or clearing its storage in Android settings, deletes all of it.
2. Accessibility Service
Pauso uses Android's Accessibility Service API for one purpose: to be told which app has just come to the foreground, so it can show the pause or block screen over it. This is Pauso's core function; there is no other way on Android to react the moment an app opens.
- Pauso receives only window-change events. It uses the package name of the app that came to the front and, in strict mode, the title of a system Settings screen to recognise its own settings page.
- Pauso does not read, record, collect or transmit the content of your screen, your keystrokes, passwords, messages or anything you type.
- The service is declared with
canRetrieveWindowContent="false", so Android does not give Pauso access to on-screen content at all. - Nothing from the service is stored except the pause and usage records in section 1, which contain app names and times only.
3. Permissions
| Access | Used for |
|---|---|
| Accessibility service | Described in section 2. |
| Query installed apps | Showing the list of apps you can pause. The list is read when you open the picker and is not stored or sent anywhere. |
Pauso does not request location, contacts, camera, microphone, storage, phone, SMS, usage-access or network permissions. It has no internet access of its own; Google Play Billing talks to Google Play through Google's own services.
4. Pauso Premium (subscriptions)
Premium is sold through Google Play Billing. Google processes your payment; we never see your payment card or billing details. The app receives only a purchase confirmation (product, plan, purchase state and a purchase token) from Google Play to unlock Premium, and remembers on your device that you are a subscriber. See the Terms of Use for subscription details and the Google Payments Privacy Notice.
5. Children
Pauso is intended for users aged 18 and over and is not directed at children.
6. Changes
If this policy changes, the new version will be published at this address with a new effective date. Because Pauso has no server and collects no data, changes are unlikely to affect what happens to your information.
7. Contact
Siva Nimmala · sivanimmaladev@gmail.com