Privacy Policy

1. About FlexCut and This Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how FlexCut (“the app”, “our app”, “we”, “us”) handles your information. FlexCut is an open-source, offline video and audio editing application published on Google Play by FlexSol Technologies.

FlexCut provides professional video editing tools—including clip trimming, multi-track timeline editing, video merging, text and image overlays, chroma key (green screen), masking, keyframe animations, subtitle positioning, audio mixing, speed adjustment, color adjustments, transitions, and frame snapshots. All processing and rendering are executed directly on your device utilizing Android hardware acceleration (MediaCodec) and on-device FFmpeg software encoding.

We believe user privacy is a fundamental human right. FlexCut is architected from the ground up to operate with zero server dependency, zero telemetric tracking, and zero personal data harvesting.

2. Information We Do Not Collect

FlexCut does not collect, transmit, retain, sell, or disclose any personally identifiable information (PII) or sensitive user data. Specifically, FlexCut does not collect or access:

• Personal Identifiers: Your name, email address, phone number, physical address, or contact details;
• Account Credentials: Usernames, passwords, authentication tokens, or social logins (the app has no user accounts or registration);
• Device Identifiers & Telemetry: Advertising IDs (AAID), Android IDs, IMEI numbers, MAC addresses, IP addresses, or device serials;
• Location Data: Neither precise (GPS) nor coarse (network-based) geographic location;
• User Communications: Contacts, SMS, call logs, calendar events, or personal files outside the media you select;
• Financial Information: Payment details, credit card numbers, or billing accounts (FlexCut has no in-app purchases or paywalls);
• Browsing or App Activity: Tracking of web browsing, app interactions, keystrokes, or screen recordings.

3. Offline Architecture & Network Independence

FlexCut is built to function entirely offline. It does not communicate with external servers, cloud storage, or third-party web services:

• No Internet Permission: FlexCut does not request the android.permission.INTERNET permission in its application manifest. In addition, network state access permissions (such as ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE) are explicitly removed.
• Local Processing Only: Every action—from importing media, adjusting filters, generating video proxies, rendering transitions, and applying audio effects, to encoding and exporting MP4/MP3 files—is executed strictly by your device’s CPU and GPU.
• Zero Cloud Uploads: No clip, sound file, subtitle, snapshot, or project state is ever transmitted over a network or uploaded to any remote server or cloud provider.

4. Android Permissions & Data Access

In accordance with Google Play’s User Data Policy and Permissions Policy, any permission requested by FlexCut is strictly scoped to its core editing functionalities and requested at runtime only when required.

You can review, modify, or revoke any granted permission at any time through your device’s system settings (Settings > Apps > FlexCut > Permissions).

5. Data Stored Locally on Your Device

All data created or modified while using FlexCut stays exclusively within your device’s local storage and is under your direct control:

• Project Files (.lcprj): Project timelines, track arrangements, overlay keyframes, text captions, and clip trims are stored locally within the app’s internal sandbox or in a folder chosen by you.
• Rendered Videos & Audio: Exported MP4 videos, MP3 audio mixes, and frame snapshots are saved directly to your device’s public media directories (such as Movies/FlexCut, Music/FlexCut, and Pictures/FlexCut) or a custom folder you select in app settings.
• Editor Preferences: Settings such as your preferred video encoder (Hardware MediaCodec vs. Software x264), default export resolution, haptic feedback toggle, and UI theme are stored locally in Android SharedPreferences.
• Temporary Render Cache: Temporary proxy video files and editing caches are generated in the app’s local cache directory to ensure smooth timeline scrubbing, and are deleted when the project is closed, cleared, or uninstalled.

None of this data is accessible to FlexSol Technologies or any remote entity.

6. Google Play Data Safety Compliance

For complete transparency and ease of verification with Google Play Console’s Data Safety declaration requirements, the table below summarizes FlexCut’s data handling practices:

7. Third-Party Services, SDKs, and Libraries

FlexCut does not incorporate any advertising networks, behavioral tracking platforms, or commercial analytics SDKs (e.g., no Google AdMob, Google Analytics, Firebase Analytics, Meta SDK, or AppsFlyer).

The app incorporates reputable open-source libraries for core offline media processing, including:

• FFmpeg-Kit: An open-source multimedia processing framework used strictly for on-device video transcoding, filtering, and audio rendering.
• ExoPlayer (AndroidX Media3): Google's open-source media player engine used solely for smooth local preview playback. FlexCut strips all network dependencies from ExoPlayer.
• Lottie: An open-source animation rendering engine for local vector UI animations.
• Gson: A serialization library used solely for saving and loading project data structures locally.
• Material Components & AndroidX: Standard user interface and architecture libraries provided by Google for native Android UI.

None of these libraries collect personal information or transmit telemetry from FlexCut. Please note that downloading FlexCut through the Google Play Store is subject to Google’s Privacy Policy, which governs your Google Play account and store interactions.

8. Children’s Privacy (COPPA & GDPR-K Compliance)

FlexCut is a general audience creative editing utility. Protecting young creators’ privacy is paramount. FlexCut complies fully with the U.S. Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), the European General Data Protection Regulation provisions regarding children (GDPR-K), and Google Play’s Families Policy.

Because FlexCut does not collect, transmit, or share personal information from any user, it does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 (or the applicable age in your jurisdiction). The app contains no social feeds, public chat rooms, external advertising, or unmoderated links.

Parents and guardians can be assured that any video or audio edited by a child using FlexCut remains entirely contained on their physical device.

9. Security

Because FlexCut never collects or uploads your data to the cloud, there is no centralized database or cloud server where your information could be exposed, leaked, or breached. Your projects and media are protected by Android’s application sandboxing architecture, which restricts other applications from accessing FlexCut’s private file storage.

To ensure maximum security for your exported videos and local media, we recommend keeping your device’s operating system up to date and enabling a secure lock screen (PIN, password, or biometrics).

10. Data Retention, Control, and Deletion

Because we do not maintain remote servers or databases, FlexSol Technologies holds no personal user data to retain or delete. You retain 100% sovereign ownership and control over your files:

• Deleting Projects: You can delete any saved project from within FlexCut’s project management interface at any time.
• Deleting Exported Videos: Exported MP4 videos and MP3 files can be viewed, moved, or permanently deleted using your device’s default Gallery, Google Photos, or any file manager app.
• Complete Reset: You can purge all app-internal data, cache, and project files instantly by selecting Clear Storage in your Android App Info settings or by uninstalling FlexCut.

11. Your Privacy Rights (GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, and Global Laws)

Under global privacy regulations—including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the California Consumer Privacy Act / California Privacy Rights Act (CCPA/CPRA), and similar international laws—individuals have rights regarding their personal data, including the right to know, access, rectify, port, or erase their information, and the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal data.

Because FlexCut does not collect, process, store, sell, or share personal data, these statutory obligations are intrinsically satisfied by our privacy-first offline design: there is no data held by us to inspect, rectify, or erase. If you have questions about your privacy rights, you are welcome to contact us at any time.

12. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in our app features, legal requirements, or Google Play Developer Program policies. Any updates will be posted on this page with an updated “Last updated” date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.

13. Contact Us

If you have any questions, suggestions, or privacy inquiries regarding FlexCut or this Privacy Policy, please contact us: