Privacy and permissions
Read this before you pay.
You should not have to take our word for it. This page says what Umer OS can and cannot do, and shows you how to check it on your own phone.
The short version
- Umer OS has no internet permission. Android itself stops it sending anything off your phone.
- Nothing is collected. No messages, photos, contacts, browsing history or location are saved or sent.
- No account, no sign-up. Your licence key is checked on the phone, offline.
- The only thing you ever share is your Device ID, and only when you send it to us yourself to get a key.
Check it yourself, without trusting us
- Open Android Settings > Apps > Umer OS > Permissions. There is no internet or network entry.
- Open Settings > Network & internet > Data usage (the wording differs by phone) and look at Umer OS. It shows 0 B.
- Turn on Airplane mode. Umer OS works exactly the same, because it never needed the internet.
- Inside the app, tap “Your privacy: see the proof” for a live check.
Every permission, in plain words
| Permission | Why Umer OS asks | What it does not do |
|---|---|---|
| Accessibility service | Notices which app or screen is open, so it can send you home from blocked apps, WhatsApp’s Updates tab, and YouTube or social-media video playing inside other apps | Nothing it sees is saved, and nothing can leave the phone because the app has no internet permission |
| Display over other apps | Shows the block screen and the password screen on top of other apps | Draws only Umer OS’s own screens |
| Device admin (uninstall protection) | Makes Android ask for your password before Umer OS can be removed | It asks for no admin powers: it cannot wipe, lock or read your phone |
| Do Not Disturb access | Lets Focus mode silence notifications and switch back when Focus ends | Does not read notifications |
| Call screening role | Lets Focus mode let through calls only from the contacts you chose | Does not listen to or record calls |
| Photos and videos (optional) | Lets the Recent Gallery show only your latest pictures | Pictures are never copied or sent |
| Physical activity | Counts your steps for the home screen and your step goal | Step counts stay on the phone |
| Notifications | Shows “Protection is active” and warns you if protection is switched off | No ads, no marketing |
| Battery optimisation off, start at boot, close background apps | Keeps protection running after a restart and stops blocked apps lingering | Does not track you |
| Internet | None. Not requested. | Cannot send or receive anything |
About the Accessibility permission
Android treats Accessibility as a powerful permission, because in general it lets an app see what is on your screen. We would rather say that plainly than hide it.
Umer OS needs it for one purpose: spotting blocked screens, so it can send you home. It keeps nothing. And the missing internet permission is what makes this safe: even if the app wanted to, Android would not let it send anything out.
Do not take our word for it. Check it yourself.
What we collect on this website
Only what you type into the licence form: your name, email, Device ID and phone model. We use it to issue your key and to answer you. We do not sell or share it. We keep it for [PERIOD] and delete it on request.
Messages you send through the contact and notify-me forms are used only to reply to you.
This website sets no tracking cookies. Privacy-friendly analytics without cookies: [ANALYTICS TOOL, OR WRITE NONE].
Payment is handled by [PAYMENT PROVIDER]. We never see your card details.
Your password and licence
Your password stays on your phone, stored scrambled so it cannot be read back, not even by us.
Your licence is a digital signature, checked on the phone. If you use a company or accountability-partner code, that code is a one-time number, not your password.
Privacy policy
[REVIEW BEFORE LAUNCH: this is a plain-language draft, not legal advice. Have it checked for your country.]
Who we are
Umer OS is made and sold by [COMPANY OR PERSON NAME AND ADDRESS].
What we collect
The app collects nothing. On this website we collect only what you type into a form: name, email, Device ID, phone model and your message.
Why we use it
To issue your licence key, to answer your questions, and to tell you when a version for another platform is ready if you asked us to.
How long we keep it
For [PERIOD]. After that we delete it.
Your rights
You can ask to see what we hold about you, to correct it, or to have it deleted. Write to us and we will do it.
Privacy questions
Write to [PRIVACY EMAIL]. You can also use the contact page.
Last updated: [DATE].