Privacy Policy
Video Player Editor · last updated
1. Summary
Video Player Editor (“the app”) is a video player and editing toolbox published by Cool App Helpdesk. It trims, compresses, converts, merges, captions and changes the speed of videos, records video with the camera, adds voice-overs and music, makes slideshows from your photos, and extracts audio and images.
- All videos, photos, recordings and audio are processed entirely on your device. None of them is ever uploaded.
- The camera and microphone are used only while you record, and the recordings stay on your device.
- Only two things ever reach the developer, and only when you choose to send them: a feedback message you write, and an optional anonymous vote for your favourite app theme.
- The app includes the Google AdMob SDK, but advertising is currently switched off: the SDK is not started and no ads are requested.
2. Data we collect
The app does not collect personal data in the background. The developer receives data only when you actively send it:
| Data | When | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| Feedback: message type, subject and message; your email address if you choose to enter it; the tool you asked about; app version; device model; Android version | Only when you tap Send in Send feedback or a tool’s Help screen | To answer you and fix problems |
| Theme vote: the colour theme you picked, light or dark mode, app version and app language | Only when you tap a Vote button in the “Which look do you like best?” survey | To choose the look new users start with |
The theme vote contains no device model, no identifier and no contact details. Neither feedback nor votes include your videos, photos, recordings or file names.
3. Data stored on your device
Your media and everything you make remain on your device. Nothing leaves it unless you explicitly share or save a file somewhere yourself.
| Item | Where | Sent off device? |
|---|---|---|
| Videos, photos and audio you open | Files you choose through Android’s system picker | Never |
| Camera recordings and voice-over takes | The app’s private storage (Library › Creations) | Only if you share |
| Exported videos, images and audio | The app’s private storage, or a folder you pick | Only if you share |
| Task history, favourites, recent caption texts, unfinished tool setups | Local database and files in the app’s storage | Never |
| Settings (theme, language, output names, task history length, survey state) | Local DataStore | Never |
4. Permissions used
The app requests no storage, contacts or location permissions. Files are opened and saved through Android’s Storage Access Framework, which grants access only to the files you pick. Camera and microphone are optional: every other feature works without them.
| Permission | Reason | When asked |
|---|---|---|
CAMERA | Record video with the built-in recorder | The first time you open the recorder |
RECORD_AUDIO | Sound for camera recordings, and voice-overs recorded while a video plays | The first time you record |
POST_NOTIFICATIONS | Show export progress, with a Cancel button, while you use other apps | Before your first export (Android 13+); exports work either way |
FOREGROUND_SERVICE + FOREGROUND_SERVICE_DATA_SYNC | Keep long exports running reliably in the background | Auto-granted; used while an export runs |
INTERNET + ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE | Send feedback and theme votes you choose to send; advertising if it is switched on in future | Auto-granted (normal permission) |
5. Network activity and third parties
Playing, editing, recording, converting and making slideshows all work fully offline. The app connects to the internet only in these cases:
- Feedback and theme votes you send go over HTTPS to the developer’s own feedback service, hosted on Google Cloud. They are used only to reply to you and improve the app, and are never sold or shared.
- Google AdMob is included for advertising but is currently switched off: the SDK is never initialized and makes no requests. If ads are switched on in a future version, AdMob may collect the advertising ID, device information and IP address to serve ads, under Google’s Privacy Policy, and this page will be updated first.
- Rate this app opens the app’s Google Play page; nothing is sent by the app itself.
The app contains no analytics SDKs, no crash-reporting SDKs, and no social or attribution SDKs. Its media libraries (Media3, CameraX, FFmpegKit) run entirely on-device and do not transmit data.
When you share a file through the system share sheet, the app hands a local file to the app you choose. The developer does not see what you share.
6. Children’s privacy
The app is intended for general audiences and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
7. Data retention and deletion
Everything on your device remains there until you delete it in the app, clear the app’s storage in Android Settings → Apps → Video Player Editor → Storage → Clear storage, or uninstall the app. Finished task history is removed automatically after the period chosen in Settings → Task history. Files you saved to a folder of your own choosing stay there until you delete them.
Feedback messages are kept only as long as needed to answer and act on them. Theme votes are anonymous and cannot be linked back to you. To have feedback you sent deleted, email the address below.
8. Security
App data is held in the app’s private storage, protected by Android’s built-in application sandboxing. Feedback and votes are sent over encrypted HTTPS connections. The app is distributed through the Google Play Store, which verifies the developer signing key on every update.
9. Changes to this policy
If any material aspect of how the app handles data ever changes, this page will be updated and the “last updated” date above will be bumped. Continued use after a change constitutes acceptance.
10. Contact
Questions or feedback? Email coolapphelpdesk@gmail.com.