Playra Video Player

Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how Playra Video Player accesses, stores, and uses information when you use the app. Playra is designed primarily as a local video player. It does not require account registration and does not run its own cloud backend.

Effective date: May 4, 2026 Format: GitHub Pages-ready HTML Scope: Android app privacy disclosures

1. Overview

Playra Video Player is an Android video player that scans and plays video files stored on your device. The app uses local Android storage to save preferences, playback state, and certain app features such as the private folder configuration.

The app currently also integrates Google Mobile Ads (AdMob) to display banner and interstitial ads. Those ads are served by Google, and Google may collect data as described in its own privacy documentation.

What Playra does not do

Playra does not require user accounts, does not provide in-app chat, and does not operate its own remote server for syncing your library.

Primary app behavior

The app reads local media information from Android system media indexes so it can display and play your videos inside the app.

2. Permissions We Request

Depending on your Android version, Playra may request the following permissions:

  • READ_MEDIA_VIDEO – used on newer Android versions to find and play video files stored on your device.
  • READ_MEDIA_IMAGES – used for related media access such as thumbnails and artwork handling on supported Android versions.
  • READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE – used on older Android versions for media library access.
  • INTERNET and ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE – used for ad loading and ad network connectivity checks.

If you deny media permissions, the app may not be able to display your device’s video library.

3. Information the App Handles

To provide video playback and library browsing, the app may access the following information on your device:

  • Video file metadata such as file name, folder name, duration, resolution, size, and date added.
  • Media content URIs used by Android to reference videos in the system media library.
  • Playback state such as the last watched position for a video.
  • Usage statistics generated inside the app, such as total watch time, daily watch time, most watched title, and certain in-app scene/highlight counters.
  • App settings, for example dark mode, playback speed, subtitle preference, gesture settings, and adaptive UI preferences.

This information is handled primarily on-device to make the app function. Based on the code currently in the app, Playra does not upload your local video library to a Playra-operated backend service.

4. Data Stored on Your Device

Playra stores app data locally on your device using Android storage mechanisms such as DataStore and SharedPreferences.

Settings data

Examples include theme choice, playback speed, subtitle preference, smart feature toggles, hardware acceleration preference, and vault settings.

Playback data

Examples include last playback position for videos, watch-time counters, suggestion/highlight counters, and the current playback queue state held in memory.

Because the app enables Android backup-related manifest settings, some locally stored app data may be included in device backup or transfer features provided by Android, depending on the user’s device settings and platform behavior.

5. Private Folder / Vault

Playra includes a private folder feature. Based on the current implementation, this feature stores:

  • A hashed PIN used to verify access to the private folder.
  • A flag indicating whether biometric unlock is enabled.
  • A set of selected video URIs that the app should hide from the regular in-app library view.

Important: the current private folder feature is an in-app hiding/organization feature. It does not mean the original video files are encrypted, moved off your device, removed from Android’s system media database, or hidden from other apps that already have permission to access those files.

Biometric authentication is handled by Android and your device hardware/software stack. Playra does not receive or store your raw fingerprint or face biometric data.

6. Advertising and Third-Party Services

Playra integrates Google Mobile Ads (AdMob) to display ads, including banner ads and interstitial ads. When ads are shown, Google and its partners may process information such as device identifiers, IP address, approximate location inferred from IP, app interactions, diagnostic data, and advertising-related data in accordance with Google’s own policies.

For more information about how Google handles data, please review: Google Privacy Policy and How AdMob uses data.

If you distribute a production version of this app with live ads, you are responsible for making sure your store listing, consent flow, and privacy disclosures match your final ad setup.

7. Data Sharing

Based on the current app implementation, Playra does not operate its own cloud service for collecting or selling your local video library data. However, information may be shared with third-party service providers where technically necessary to provide integrated services, such as ad delivery through Google Mobile Ads.

  • With Google AdMob: for ad loading, delivery, measurement, fraud prevention, and related ad functionality.
  • With Android system services: for media access, playback, biometric authentication, backup, and device transfer features.

8. Retention and Deletion

Most data used by Playra is stored locally on your device and remains there until you clear app data, uninstall the app, or change/delete the relevant content inside the app.

  • You can revoke media permissions in Android settings.
  • You can clear app storage through Android system settings.
  • You can remove videos from the private folder feature inside the app.
  • You can uninstall the app to remove its locally stored data from the device, subject to Android backup/restore behavior.

Third-party services such as Google may retain data according to their own policies and legal requirements.

9. Children’s Privacy

Playra is not specifically directed to children. If you are a parent or guardian and believe that a child has provided information through a third-party service integrated into the app, you should review that third party’s privacy options and contact them directly where appropriate.

10. Changes to This Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time to reflect app changes, legal requirements, or third-party service updates. When this policy is updated, the effective date at the top of this page should also be updated.

11. Contact

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact the publisher of Playra Video Player through the official app listing, GitHub repository, or other official distribution channel where this app is provided.

Publisher note: before public release, you may optionally replace this section with a dedicated support email or business contact address.