Privacy Policy

1. Scope and controller

This Privacy Policy describes how the myFiles Android application, package name file.manager.explorer.myfiles.folders, accesses, uses, stores, transmits, and shares information. The developer and data controller for information received directly by the developer is xType ("xType", "we", "us", or "our").

This policy applies to myFiles. A third-party application, advertising provider, cloud provider, email provider, app store, backup provider, device manufacturer, or operating system service may process information under its own privacy policy when you use it with myFiles.

myFiles does not require you to create a myFiles account. Connecting a cloud location gives the app access to a location selected through Android; it does not create an account with xType.

2. Information accessed and processed locally

Depending on the features you use and permissions you grant, myFiles can access:

Because myFiles is a general-purpose file manager, files you choose to access may themselves contain personal or sensitive information. The app processes that content to perform the feature you requested. Local access alone does not send that content to xType.

3. Information transmitted off the device or to another app

Google Mobile Ads and consent management

myFiles uses the Google Mobile Ads SDK to request and display native advertisements and the Google User Messaging Platform (UMP) SDK to request, store, and apply advertising privacy choices where required. Google states that the Mobile Ads SDK automatically collects and shares the following information for advertising, analytics, and fraud-prevention purposes:

Google states that Mobile Ads SDK data is encrypted in transit using TLS. Advertising may be personalized, non-personalized, or limited depending on your region, consent choices, device settings, and Google's requirements. Declining personalized advertising does not necessarily stop all processing needed to deliver limited or contextual ads, measure performance, or prevent fraud. xType may receive aggregated advertising performance and revenue reports from Google, but does not receive your files or installed-app inventory through AdMob.

For Google's current SDK disclosure, see Google Play data disclosure for Google Mobile Ads. For information about Google's data practices, see the Google Privacy Policy and How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services.

User-directed cloud storage

When you deliberately connect and use a cloud location, Android and the selected provider may exchange the selected location's document identifiers and metadata with myFiles. When you choose Upload files, myFiles reads the files you selected and writes their contents, file names, and file types to the chosen cloud location through Android's Storage Access Framework. Creating folders or deleting cloud items also sends the requested action and relevant document information to that provider. xType does not operate an intermediary cloud server and does not receive these files.

Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, and Dropbox process cloud data under their own terms and privacy policies. Disconnecting a cloud location from myFiles releases its Android URI access when possible and removes the locally stored connection reference; it does not delete files held by the provider.

Opening and sharing files

When you select Open with or Share, Android may provide the selected file to the receiving application through a temporary content URI and read permission. The recipient processes the file under its own privacy policy. myFiles does not perform this transfer until you request it.

Support email

If you select the option to email xType, myFiles opens your chosen email application with a draft. The draft includes app version, Android version and API level, device manufacturer, model and device name, screen resolution and density, and app locale. You can review or edit the draft before sending it. If you send it, xType and your email provider receive the email address, message, included diagnostics, and any attachments you add.

Android backup and device transfer

Android backup is enabled for myFiles. Depending on your Android version, device settings, and chosen backup provider, Android may include app-private preferences—potentially including app settings, playback records, and stored cloud-location references—in an encrypted system backup or device-to-device transfer. This process is controlled by Android and the selected backup provider, not by xType.

App-store and system actions

If you ask to view an installed app in an app store, myFiles sends the app's package name to the store application you choose. Android also processes system actions such as permission management, app information, uninstall confirmation, media controls, and home-screen shortcut creation.

4. How information is used

Information accessed by myFiles is used to:

• browse, sort, search, preview, and manage files and folders;
• play supported audio and video, including background playback;
• edit supported text files and crop images;
• perform requested rename, copy, move, archive, extraction, recovery, and deletion operations;
• calculate local integrity checks such as hashes or archive checksums;
• display installed applications and Android-reported recoverable deleted items;
• browse and manage a cloud location that you explicitly connect;
• create user-requested home-screen shortcuts for files or folders;
• remember your settings and unfinished media position;
• provide support when you choose to contact xType; and
• request, display, measure, and protect advertising through Google services.

xType does not use file contents, file names, the installed-app inventory, or local playback history for advertising, profiling, credit decisions, marketing lists, or training artificial- intelligence models. The advertising information processed by Google is handled as described in Section 3 and Google's policies.

5. Third-party services and recipients

Information may be handled by the following categories of recipients:

• Google Mobile Ads, UMP, and advertising partners: for consent management, ad delivery, measurement, analytics, and fraud prevention, subject to your choices and applicable law.
• Your selected cloud provider: Google Drive, Microsoft OneDrive, Dropbox, or another Android document provider you deliberately select, for cloud browsing and user-requested file operations.
• Your selected recipient application: when you open or share a file, open an app-store page, or initiate another Android action.
• Your email provider and xType: when you review and send a support email.
• Your Android backup or device-transfer provider: when backup or transfer is enabled in your device settings.
• Authorities or other necessary recipients: when reasonably necessary to comply with applicable law, valid legal process, or to protect rights, security, and safety.

xType does not sell your files, file names, installed-app inventory, or local browsing and playback records. Advertising providers may process advertising information according to their own policies, consent signals, contracts, and applicable law.

6. Android permissions and special access

• All files access: required because browsing, editing, and management across shared storage are the app's core purpose. Access starts after you grant it in Android Settings and can be revoked there.
• Installed-app visibility: used to populate the Apps folder and support app-management and open-with functions. The inventory is not sent to xType.
• Request package deletion: allows Android's confirmation interface to handle an uninstall action you initiate.
• Internet and network state: used by Google advertising and privacy services and by external providers involved in actions you request.
• Advertising ID and Android Privacy Sandbox access: permissions can be added by the Google Mobile Ads SDK for advertising, measurement, and related privacy-preserving advertising functions. Availability depends on the device and Android version.
• Foreground media playback and wake lock: allow selected audio or video to continue playing with Android controls while the app is not in the foreground.
• Document URI grants: allow continued access to a cloud or document location that you explicitly select through Android's document picker.

You can review and change available permissions through Android's App info settings.

7. Storage, retention, and deletion

• App settings and unfinished playback positions remain in app-private local storage until updated, no longer needed, cleared through Android Settings, or removed when the app is uninstalled. A completed or nearly completed playback position is removed automatically.
• Cloud provider type, location label, and document-tree URI remain locally stored until you disconnect that location, clear app data, or uninstall myFiles, subject to any Android backup that may later restore preferences.
• Temporary previews, thumbnails, edited-file staging data, or extraction data may be kept in app-private cache and can be removed by Android, by clearing cache or app data, or by uninstalling the app.
• Files outside myFiles' private storage remain until you, Android, or the relevant storage or cloud provider deletes them. Clearing app data or uninstalling myFiles does not delete those files. A permanent file deletion you request may not be reversible.
• Google retains advertising and consent-related information according to its own policies and legal obligations. You can use the in-app Ad privacy settings option when available, Android advertising controls, and Google account or advertising controls. xType cannot directly retrieve or delete information independently controlled by Google.
• Cloud providers retain uploaded files and associated metadata according to their settings and policies. Disconnecting a provider from myFiles does not delete provider-held content; use the provider's controls to manage or delete it.
• Support correspondence received by xType is retained only as long as reasonably needed to answer the request, maintain security, resolve disputes, and comply with legal obligations, after which it is deleted or anonymized where appropriate.

myFiles does not create a developer-operated account, so there is no myFiles online account to delete. To request access to or deletion of support information held by xType, use the contact details in Section 13.

8. Security

myFiles uses app-private storage for settings and caches, Android content URI grants when handing selected content to another app, persisted URI grants for locations you connect, and integrity verification for supported file operations. Access to managed files is limited by the permissions you grant and Android's security model. Google states that data collected by the Mobile Ads SDK is encrypted in transit using TLS.

Transfers performed by a cloud provider, email provider, receiving application, or backup provider are protected according to that provider's security practices. No application, device, network, or storage service can guarantee absolute security. Keep appropriate backups of important files, review recipient applications before sharing, and install operating-system security updates.

9. Your choices and privacy rights

You can:

• deny or revoke All files access through Android Settings;
• decide which files to open, edit, share, upload, move, recover, or delete;
• connect or disconnect cloud locations and manage cloud content with the provider;
• review and edit a support email before sending it;
• open Ad privacy settings in myFiles when privacy options are required and available;
• reset or delete the Android advertising ID and use device or Google ad controls;
• disable Android backup where your device and provider allow it;
• clear myFiles' cache or private data through Android Settings; and
• uninstall myFiles.

Depending on applicable law, you may have rights concerning personal information held by xType, including access, correction, deletion, restriction, objection, or withdrawal of consent. Since xType does not receive your locally accessed files, installed-app inventory, or local playback records, we cannot retrieve them from your device. Contact the relevant third party for information it controls, or contact xType regarding support correspondence or another direct interaction with us.

If you are in the European Economic Area, you may lodge a complaint with your local data- protection authority. In Greece, this is the Hellenic Data Protection Authority.

10. Children's privacy

myFiles is a general-purpose file utility and is not directed to children below the age at which parental consent is required in their country. xType does not knowingly request that children submit personal information directly through myFiles. The app does, however, use Google advertising and consent services as described in this policy. Parents and guardians should supervise a child's file-management, cloud-upload, sharing, and email actions and use available device and advertising controls.

If you believe a child has sent personal information directly to xType without appropriate permission, contact us so that we can investigate and delete it where required.

11. International data transfers

Google, cloud providers, email providers, and other third parties may process information in countries other than your own. Their processing and international-transfer safeguards are governed by their privacy policies and applicable law. xType may also process support correspondence in Greece and wherever its necessary email and service providers operate, using legally required safeguards where applicable.

12. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy when the app, its SDKs, legal requirements, or data-handling practices change. The date at the top identifies the latest version. Material changes will be presented through an appropriate channel, such as an updated in-app policy link or store listing. Continued use after an update is subject to the revised policy, except where additional notice or consent is required by law.

13. Contact

For privacy questions or requests, contact: