Privacy Policy

1. Who We Are

GameBrek is a digital wellbeing and focus app designed to help users manage access to mobile games and other distracting apps during intentional focus sessions.

In this Privacy Policy, “GameBrek”, “we”, “us”, and “our” refer to the operator of the GameBrek app and related services.

2. What GameBrek Does

GameBrek lets users create focus sessions, choose protected apps, and receive protective prompts or interventions when a protected app is opened during an active session. It may also provide on-device duration or mode guidance based on local behavioural patterns.

3. Permissions We Use

Accessibility Service

GameBrek uses Android’s Accessibility Service to detect when a protected app is opened so it can present a focus prompt or intervention during an active session.

Usage Access

GameBrek may use Usage Access as a secondary signal to improve foreground app detection and maintain more reliable protection behaviour on some devices.

Notifications

GameBrek may request notification permission to deliver session reminders, status updates, and related product messages.

Battery Optimisation Exemption

GameBrek may request exemption from battery optimisation so protection features remain more reliable during active sessions.

4. Information Processed on Your Device

GameBrek stores and processes a range of app data locally on your device, including:

• protected and essential app selections;
• focus session settings and active session state;
• session history, including duration, time, and outcome;
• blocked attempt events during sessions;
• recovery-related events and emergency unlock events;
• recommendation telemetry and local model-related signals used for on-device guidance;
• diagnostic state used to monitor protection reliability.

This local-first design means core runtime behaviour does not depend on constant server access.

5. Information That May Be Uploaded

Where backend telemetry is enabled, GameBrek may upload a limited set of processed session-level telemetry to secure backend services. This may include:

• canonical outcome rows, such as selected duration, actual protected minutes, completion outcome, blocked attempt count, and session mode;
• recommendation metadata, including recommendation source, confidence, chosen duration, and related model metadata;
• model, feature, threshold, and sync version metadata;
• a pseudonymous backend identifier used to associate uploaded telemetry with the same app installation over time;
• limited backend sync and diagnostic status information.

6. What We Do Not Intend to Collect

GameBrek is not designed to collect the following as part of its ordinary operation:

• your name, phone number, or contact list;
• your personal messages, emails, or typed text;
• passwords, payment card details, or financial account credentials;
• camera, microphone, or photo library content;
• precise location data;
• advertising identifiers for ad targeting;
• raw screen content from the apps you use.

7. On-Device Machine Learning

GameBrek uses an on-device machine learning model to support session recommendations. The model is packaged with the app and runs locally on your device.

Where backend telemetry is enabled, uploaded data is used to support diagnostics, evaluation, and retraining readiness, rather than moving live inference off your device.

8. Service Providers

GameBrek may use third-party infrastructure providers to operate secure backend functionality. These may include:

• Firebase Authentication, to create a pseudonymous app identity without requiring personal sign-in;
• Cloud Firestore, to store permitted processed telemetry data;
• Firebase App Check, to help protect backend services from abuse or unauthorised traffic;
• Firebase Crashlytics, to help detect, diagnose, and fix app stability issues.

9. Legal Basis and Purpose

Where applicable law requires a legal basis, we process information for one or more of the following reasons:

• to provide the functionality of GameBrek requested by the user;
• to maintain app reliability, security, and product integrity;
• where relevant, based on user consent for optional backend telemetry or related processing;
• to pursue our legitimate interests in improving app performance, safety, and product quality, provided those interests do not override your rights.

10. Data Retention

Local app data remains on your device until you delete it, clear app storage, or uninstall the app.

If backend telemetry is enabled, uploaded processed telemetry may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary for product diagnostics, reliability review, analytics, model evaluation, security, legal compliance, and internal record-keeping, unless a shorter retention period is required by law.

11. Data Deletion and Your Choices

You can control local app data directly on your device.

• To remove local app data, use Settings → Apps → GameBrek → Storage → Clear Data.
• To remove the app and its local storage, uninstall GameBrek from your device.

If backend telemetry has been enabled and uploaded, you may also contact us to request deletion of uploaded telemetry associated with your GameBrek installation, subject to any legal, security, fraud-prevention, or record-keeping obligations that require limited retention.

12. Security

We take reasonable technical and organisational measures designed to protect data processed by GameBrek. However, no method of storage, transmission, or electronic security can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

13. Children’s Privacy

GameBrek is not directed specifically at children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly seek to collect personal information from children in violation of applicable law.

14. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect product changes, legal requirements, or operational improvements. When we do, we will update the “Last updated” date at the top of this page.