Hey Beeps is a simple audio reminder app. It plays a beep sound at scheduled intervals to help you stay mindful throughout your day. That's it. The app has no need for your personal information, and we have designed it from the ground up to operate without collecting any.
This Privacy Policy explains how Hey Beeps handles — or more accurately, does not handle — your data. We encourage you to read it in full, but the answer to almost every question is the same: we don't collect it.
No personal information, usage statistics, or behavioural data is collected at any point.
The core app functions entirely offline. Your beeps work without a network connection.
All settings and preferences are stored locally on your device and never transmitted.
Hey Beeps does not collect, process, or store any of the following:
We do not use third-party analytics SDKs, advertising networks, or tracking libraries of any kind.
Hey Beeps saves a small set of preferences locally on your device using Android's standard SharedPreferences storage. This data never leaves your device and includes only:
This information is stored using standard operating system mechanisms and is automatically removed when you uninstall the app. It is not backed up to any external server and is not accessible to us.
Hey Beeps requests only the minimum permissions necessary to deliver its core functionality. Here is a plain-language explanation of each:
Required on Android 13+ to schedule and deliver the audio beep sounds at your chosen times. We do not use this for marketing messages of any kind.
Allows the app to fire beeps precisely on the hour or half hour, even when the device is in a low-power state. No data is transmitted as part of this process.
Allows the app to reschedule your beeps after your device restarts. Android cancels all alarms on reboot; this permission restores them automatically.
Used only for subtle haptic feedback during in-app interactions such as tapping the preview button. It is never used in conjunction with notifications.
None of these permissions grant us — or any third party — access to your personal data, files, contacts, location, or any other sensitive information.
If you choose to subscribe to Hey Beeps Premium, all payment processing is handled exclusively by Google Play Billing. We do not handle, see, or store your payment card details, billing address, or any financial information of any kind.
Google Play's handling of your payment information is governed by Google's Privacy Policy. The only information we receive from Google Play is a confirmation that a valid subscription is active or inactive for your Google account — no payment details are included in this signal.
Subscription status is verified directly with Google Play each time you open the app and is used solely to determine whether Premium features are available to you.
The most secure data is data that is never collected. Because Hey Beeps does not collect or transmit personal information, there is no server-side database to breach, no credentials to steal, and no user profiles to expose.
All preferences stored locally on your device are protected by Android's built-in application sandboxing. Each app on Android runs in an isolated environment, meaning other apps cannot read Hey Beeps' local storage. If you use a screen lock or device encryption — which we strongly encourage — these preferences are encrypted at rest by your operating system automatically.
Hey Beeps does not integrate with any advertising networks, social platforms, analytics providers, or data brokers.
The only external service the app communicates with is Google Play Billing, which is used to verify subscription status. This communication is handled by the Google Play system library on your device and is subject to Google's own privacy terms. No personal data is transmitted by Hey Beeps as part of this process.
We do not share, sell, rent, or trade your information with any third party under any circumstances.
Hey Beeps is suitable for users of all ages. Because we do not collect any personal information from any user, we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under the age of 13 (or the applicable age in your jurisdiction).
If you are a parent or guardian and have concerns about your child's use of this app, please feel free to contact us. There is nothing to review or delete as no data is ever collected, but we are happy to answer any questions.
Because we do not collect personal data, there is no personal profile to access, correct, export, or delete on our end. However, you retain full control over everything stored locally on your device:
If you are located in the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, or California, you have additional rights under GDPR, UK GDPR, and CCPA respectively. As we do not process any personal data, the obligations those regulations impose on data controllers do not apply to our processing — however, we remain committed to transparency and will respond to any inquiry promptly.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make material changes, we will update the effective date at the top of this page. Because we have no mechanism to contact you directly (we don't have your email address), we encourage you to check this page periodically.
Any changes will take effect immediately upon posting. Continued use of Hey Beeps after any changes constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.
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