GifLab Privacy Policy

1. Overview

This policy applies to GifLab for Android ("the app"), published by Yodabi. GifLab edits and exports media on your device. There are no GifLab accounts and no Yodabi servers that receive your media. The app uses Google services for advertising, consent, in-app purchases, app updates, and review prompts; these are described below. GifLab for iPhone and iPad has a separate privacy policy.

2. Information We Process

• Media you pick. You choose videos, photos, and GIFs through Android's photo picker (or the system file picker on older Android versions). GifLab can read only the items you select. Selected files are copied into the app's private storage while you edit and export.
• Camera clips and screen recordings. Videos you record with the Camera or Screen recording options are saved in the app's private cache so you can edit them. See section 3.
• Library and projects. When you export a GIF, GifLab records it in an on-device library (file name, workflow, labels you add, creation time, and your editing settings, including sticker tracking positions) and keeps a copy of the source media in app-only storage so you can reopen and re-export the project later.
• App preferences. Language choice, tutorial progress, launch and export counters used for the review prompt, and purchase status are stored locally on your device.
• Purchases. If you buy the one-time "Support GifLab" purchase, Google Play processes the payment. GifLab receives purchase status from Google Play so it can remove ads and restore your purchase. GifLab does not receive your payment-card details.
• Diagnostics. GifLab does not include its own analytics or crash-reporting service. If you have chosen to share usage and diagnostics data with Google, Google Play may provide us with crash and ANR (app not responding) reports, install statistics, and performance trends in Google Play Console. These reports do not include your media.
• Advertising data. Google Mobile Ads (AdMob) and Google's User Messaging Platform (UMP) may collect your IP address (which can indicate approximate location), Android advertising ID, app set ID, app interaction data, ad engagement data, and diagnostic information so Google can serve, limit, and measure banner and full-screen ads and prevent fraud. See Google's data disclosure for the Mobile Ads SDK.
• Messages you send us. If you email us, we receive your email address and whatever you include in your message.

3. Camera, Screen Recording, and On-Device AI Tools

• Camera. The Camera option opens your device's camera app. GifLab does not request the camera permission itself. The clip is saved to GifLab's private cache. Your camera app may record sound with the clip; GIF exports never contain audio.
• Screen recording. Screen recording starts only after you confirm Android's screen-capture prompt. Android then lets GifLab capture everything shown on your screen, including other apps and notifications, until you stop the recording. GifLab records video only (up to 1080 × 1920 at up to 60 frames per second) and does not record microphone or device audio. The recording is saved to GifLab's private cache and opened in the editor; it is not uploaded or sent anywhere. While recording, GifLab runs a foreground service with an ongoing notification and shows a floating timer with a stop button, which requires Android's "Display over other apps" permission. Avoid recording information you do not want in your GIF.
• AI background removal. The optional background removal setting uses Google ML Kit selfie segmentation to separate people from the background in each frame. The model is included in the app and runs on your device. GifLab does not send your frames to Yodabi or to any remote processing service.
• Sticker motion tracking. When you ask GifLab to make a sticker follow something in your video, it uses Google ML Kit object detection and face detection on your device to locate objects or faces and follow their position. Face detection finds where a face is in the frame; it does not identify who the person is. Only the resulting sticker positions are saved with your project.
• Google's ML Kit libraries may send Google limited usage and diagnostic information about the libraries themselves (such as device model, OS version, performance metrics, and API configuration). According to Google, they do not send your images. See Google's ML Kit data disclosure.

4. How We Use the Information

• Provide editing features such as trimming, cropping, captions, stickers, drawing, filters, frame editing, image sequencing, combining GIFs, background removal, motion tracking, and GIF export.
• Save exported GIFs to your gallery and keep library projects so you can reopen, relabel, or re-export them.
• Show a Google Play review prompt only after minimum launch, export, and time thresholds are met.
• Check Google Play for available app updates and show an update dialog.
• Show banner ads on the home, library, and editing screens and a full-screen ad when you export, to users who have not bought the "Support GifLab" purchase, and manage advertising consent.
• Process and restore the "Support GifLab" purchase.
• Respond to messages you send us and comply with Google Play policies and applicable law.

5. Third Parties and Sharing

We do not sell your media. Limited sharing occurs with:

• Google AdMob and User Messaging Platform. Google handles ad delivery, consent messages, measurement, and fraud prevention. Your consent choices are stored by Google's User Messaging Platform and passed to the Mobile Ads SDK, which uses them to decide which ads may be shown. See how Google uses information from apps that use its services.
• Google Play services. Google Play Billing (purchases and restoring purchases), the Play In-App Updates API (update checks), the Play In-App Review API (review prompts), and Google Play Console (crash and install statistics).
• Google ML Kit. Runs on your device as described in section 3.
• Apps you share with. When you use the share option, Android's share sheet sends the GIF to the app you choose, and that app's privacy practices apply.

Google acts under its own privacy terms; see the Google Privacy Policy. We may also disclose information when required by law.

6. Permissions and Device Access

• Photo picker (no storage permission on Android 10 and later). Media is imported through Android's photo picker, which gives GifLab access only to the items you select. On Android 10 and later, GifLab saves exports to your gallery without a storage permission.
• READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE / WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE (Android 9 and earlier only). Requested only on older Android versions so GifLab can save exported GIFs to your gallery.
• FOREGROUND_SERVICE and FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PROJECTION. Used only while a screen recording you started is running.
• SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW ("Display over other apps"). Used to show the floating recording timer and stop button during screen recording. If it is not granted, GifLab opens Android settings so you can allow it before recording starts.
• INTERNET and ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE. Used by the Google libraries in the app to load ads and consent forms, process purchases, and check for updates.
• AD_ID. Lets the Google Mobile Ads SDK read your Android advertising ID, subject to your device settings and consent choices.
• Permissions added by Google libraries. Google Play Billing and the Mobile Ads SDK may add standard permissions they need, such as the Google Play billing permission and Android ad-services permissions. The full list is shown on GifLab's Google Play page.

GifLab does not request camera, microphone, location, contacts, or notification permissions.

7. Storage, Retention, Backups, and Security

• Exports. Exported GIFs are saved to your gallery in Pictures/GifLab and remain there until you delete them. Removing a library entry or uninstalling GifLab does not delete GIFs already saved to your gallery.
• Library projects. Library records and the source-media copies saved with each project stay in app-only storage until you remove the library entry, clear the app's storage, or uninstall the app.
• Temporary files. Imported copies, camera clips, screen recordings, and rendering files are kept in the app's cache. Many are deleted when an export finishes; others remain until Android clears the cache, you clear the app's cache or storage, or you uninstall the app.
• Android backup. GifLab allows Android Auto Backup and device-to-device transfer. If backup is turned on for your device, Android may copy files from GifLab's app storage, which can include preferences and library project files (including copies of your source media), to your Google account backup or to a new device, subject to Android's backup rules and size limits. Backups are handled by Google under your device and Google account settings; Yodabi cannot access them. You can turn backup off in Android settings.
• Security. GifLab relies on Android's app sandbox and device encryption to protect app-only storage. It does not add separate encryption. No storage method is completely secure, so protect your device and the files you export.
• Third-party retention. Google retains advertising, consent, purchase, and diagnostic data under its own policies. Deleting GifLab does not delete that data. We keep emails you send us as long as needed to answer them and meet legal obligations; you can ask us to delete them.

8. Your Choices

• Use the Info & privacy screen in the app to change your advertising consent choices where Google provides a privacy-options form for your region.
• Reset or delete your Android advertising ID, or opt out of personalized ads, in Android settings or your Google Account ad settings.
• Buy the one-time "Support GifLab" purchase to remove ads. You can restore it with the same Google Play account.
• Pick only the media you want in the photo picker, and do not start a screen recording if you do not want your screen captured.
• Turn the "Display over other apps" permission off in Android settings; screen recording then cannot start until you grant it again.
• Delete exported GIFs from your gallery, remove library entries, clear the app's storage, or uninstall the app to remove its local data.
• Where applicable law gives you rights to access, correct, delete, or port personal data, or to object to or restrict processing, contact us. For data held by Google, use Google's privacy controls or contact Google.

9. Children

GifLab is a general-purpose creative tool intended for people aged 13 and older and is not directed to children. We do not knowingly collect data from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided information to us, contact us so we can delete it.

10. Contact

Reach the developer at yodabisp@gmail.com with privacy questions or to exercise your rights.

11. Changes

We may update this policy when the app, its service providers, or Google Play requirements change. The current version and its "Last updated" date are published on this page.

12. Compliance with Google Play and AdMob Policies

• Google Play User Data policy. GifLab requests permissions only for the features described above, keeps your media on your device, and lets you delete local data by removing library entries, clearing app storage, or uninstalling the app. You can also email us a deletion request.
• Google Play Families policy. The app is not designed for children. If we learn that a child under 13 provided information to us, we delete it.
• AdMob & User Messaging Platform. At launch GifLab asks Google's User Messaging Platform whether a consent message is required for your region and shows it when needed. GifLab starts the Mobile Ads SDK and requests ads only after the User Messaging Platform reports that ads may be requested. Whether ads are personalized depends on your choices and Google's policies. GifLab tells the User Messaging Platform that users are not under the age of consent and provides an in-app entry point to revisit your choices where available.
• Sensitive data. GifLab does not request location permissions, collect precise location, or add sensitive categories or custom targeting to ad requests. Your media is never included in ad requests.