1. Who we are
File Organizer is provided by FilesOrganizer, the developer identified in the applicable mainland China app-store listing. For privacy questions, contact filesorganizer@outlook.com.
2. Information processed on your device
On first launch, the app presents a prominent privacy consent dialog. Before you select “Accept and continue,” it only reads the locally stored consent flag required to choose the startup path and minimal language or theme settings needed to display the notice. It does not scan device files, request storage access, initialize advertising SDKs, schedule background scans, or create file indexes and organization data.
To provide file discovery, browsing, search, organization, preview, labels, recycle bin, and storage overview features, the app may process the following information locally:
- file names, paths or content URIs, MIME types, extensions, sizes, and timestamps;
- media metadata and locally generated thumbnails;
- file types, scan directories, labels, collections, sorting and organization rules you configure;
- local operation state, including recycle-bin records, scan status, and scheduled-work settings;
- cache and storage totals calculated from files available to the app.
The app's core file scanning, indexing, rule evaluation, and organization features are designed to run locally. They do not upload your file contents to the developer.
3. Permissions
Depending on your Android version and the features you use, the app may request access to photos, videos, audio, documents, selected directories, notifications, or all-files access. It may also use a foreground service for long-running scans and receive a device-start event to restore scheduled work you previously enabled. These capabilities are used only to locate, display, organize, move, restore, or delete files as directed by you and to report or resume relevant work.
You can deny or revoke permissions in Android Settings. Some functions will be unavailable when the required permission is not granted. Network access and network-state information are used by the domestic advertising service. After consent, the advertising build first requests a real OAID from a supported manufacturer or MSA system service and caches it for no more than 24 hours. Android ID is read and cached only when OAID is unavailable; an installation-scoped UUID is generated only if both are unavailable. The app does not request phone-state permission or query phone, SIM, serial, MAC, installed-app, DRM, or fingerprint identifiers as fallbacks.
4. Data stored locally
The app stores its index, rules, file collections, labels, preferences, scan state, and cache on your device. You can remove this information by using the app's clear-cache controls where available, clearing app storage in Android Settings, or uninstalling the app.
Files placed in the app recycle bin are retained for approximately 30 days by default unless you restore or permanently delete them earlier. Permanent deletion cannot be undone. Clearing the cache does not delete original files or recycle-bin files, and clearing app data does not automatically undo file operations already performed on your files.
5. Network services, advertising, and analytics
The mainland China build integrates Taku SDK 6.6.30, provided by Guangzhou Taku Information Technology Co., Ltd., and Kuying (SDM) SDK 6.5.75, provided by Guangzhou Shuliantong Information Technology Co., Ltd., for advertising delivery, display and click measurement, attribution, effectiveness analysis, optimization, and anti-fraud.
When the advertising build switch is disabled, the app does not actively initialize Taku, Kuying, or identifier components and does not request ads. When advertising is enabled and privacy consent has been accepted, the app uses an OAID-only component derived from Android_CN_OAID 4.2.17 plus the official Huawei and HONOR identifier services to request a real manufacturer or MSA OAID. It never falls back to GMS AAID. A valid OAID is cached and refreshed no more than once every 24 hours. Only when OAID is unsupported, disabled, timed out, or unavailable does the app read and cache Android ID, then generate and cache an installation-scoped random UUID if Android ID is also unavailable. The cached identifier may be provided to Taku and Kuying for ad delivery, attribution, measurement, and anti-fraud and is deleted when app data is cleared or the app is uninstalled. The app does not query IMEI, IMSI, device serial, MAC, SSID, SIM, installed-app, or DRM identifiers as fallback identifiers. The SDKs may also process IP address, carrier and network status, necessary device and application information, ad impressions, clicks and conversions, and crash, diagnostic or performance information. The app disables personalized advertising, running-process access, background device-information access and sensor-based advertising.
Automatic initialization providers from both SDKs are removed. When advertising is enabled, the app manually initializes Taku and Kuying only after you accept this Privacy Policy; no separate advertising consent dialog is shown. Accepting this policy means that you understand and agree to the advertising data processing described in this section. No other mediated ad-network SDK is currently included; any network enabled later must be added to the app package and disclosed here before release.
Core file names, paths, contents, search terms, labels, collections and organization rules are not supplied to Taku or Kuying for advertising. See the Taku Privacy Policy, Taku SDK Privacy Compliance Guide, and Kuying Privacy Policy.
6. Developer website
This website does not use developer-operated analytics, advertising cookies, accounts, or contact forms. It is planned to be hosted on an Alibaba Cloud Simple Application Server running Ubuntu and Nginx. For security, fault diagnosis and service operation, the server and hosting provider may process necessary access-log information such as IP address, access time, requested URL, response status and browser user agent. Logs will not be used to inspect or collect file contents stored on your device.
If you email support, the information in your message will be used only to respond, investigate the issue, maintain necessary support records, and comply with legal obligations. Do not send private files unless support explicitly requests a safe diagnostic sample.
7. Sharing and sale of information
The developer does not sell your personal information. Advertising-related information may be processed by Taku and Kuying for the purposes described in Section 5. File contents and locally indexed file metadata are not shared by the app core features. Other information leaves the app only when you deliberately share or open content in another app, contact support, or when disclosure is legally required.
8. Children
File Organizer is a general-purpose utility and is not directed to children. The developer does not knowingly collect personal information from children through the app or this website.
9. Security and limitations
Reasonable technical measures are used to limit processing to the functions described here. For compatibility with domestic advertising networks, the mainland China build allows advertising SDKs to use cleartext HTTP, which reduces transport confidentiality for related advertising communications; core file data is not provided to advertising SDKs. No device, storage system, or software is completely secure. Keep important files backed up and review the selected files before confirming destructive operations.
10. Your choices
You can control permissions in Android Settings, use Settings → Withdraw privacy consent to stop file scanning, background tasks, and advertising processing and close the app, remove local app data, uninstall, and choose whether to share files. Withdrawal is as easy as giving consent and does not affect prior lawful processing. Contact filesorganizer@outlook.com to exercise applicable rights to access, copy, correct, supplement, delete, restrict processing, withdraw consent, or complain.
11. Changes to this policy
Material changes will be published on this page with an updated effective date. Where required, notice or consent will also be provided in the app.