Privacy Policy
Flashlight Launcher · com.overmax.flashlightlauncher · OverMax S.A. · Last updated: 15 October 2026
This policy explains how Flashlight Launcher
(package com.overmax.flashlightlauncher), published on Google Play by
OverMax, accesses, collects, uses and shares information. It applies to
this app only.
What this app does
Flashlight Launcher replaces your home screen and puts a flashlight, an SOS signal, a screen light and a magnifier one swipe away. It also includes a search screen with public news headlines and a weather screen. It is free and paid for by advertising.
Information we collect
We do not collect, store or upload your personal data to our own servers. We do not have servers.
We do not sell personal data, and we do not build advertising profiles of our own.
The app works with the following information, all of it on your device:
- The list of apps you have installed, so it can draw your home screen and the app drawer. This list never leaves your device.
- Your flashlight settings (brightness, SOS speed, screen light colour, and the compass, sound and haptic switches), saved in the app's private storage.
- The camera image, only while the magnifier is open and only if you grant the camera permission. It is shown live on your screen and is never recorded, saved, analysed or uploaded. Turning the flashlight on does not use the camera permission.
- The compass sensor, only if you turn the compass on, to rotate the compass around the power button. Nothing from it is stored.
- Your home screen layout (icon order, folders, hidden icons, widgets, recently opened apps), saved in the app's private storage.
- Approximate location, used only to show the weather. Without the location permission, the app estimates your city from your device's IP address (see "Weather" below). If you grant the permission on the weather screen, the app uses your phone's approximate location instead. It is never stored on any server of ours or shared by us.
- What you type in the search bar, only while you are typing. It is sent to Google's public suggestion service so it can offer suggestions, and it is never stored by us. We do not keep a history of your searches.
We also use Google Firebase Analytics and Firebase Crashlytics to count anonymous usage events (for example, that a screen was opened or that the app crashed) and to receive crash reports with device model and Android version. These events never include which app you opened, which website you visited, or what you searched for.
Permissions and why
| Permission | Why the app needs it |
|---|---|
CAMERA | Optional. Only for the magnifier: the camera image is shown live on your screen and is never saved or sent anywhere. The flashlight works without it. |
POST_NOTIFICATIONS | To show a "Flashlight is turned on" notification with a button to turn it off. |
ACCESS_COARSE_LOCATION | Optional. Only for the temperature on the clock widget and the weather screen. Without it the app uses the city of your IP address. |
SET_WALLPAPER | To apply the wallpaper you pick on the wallpaper screen. |
REQUEST_DELETE_PACKAGES | To open your phone's own uninstall dialog when you choose "Uninstall" on an icon. You always confirm in that dialog. |
INTERNET, ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE | To load ads, the news headlines and the weather. |
SET_ALARM | To open your phone's own clock app when you tap the time on the home screen. |
VIBRATE | The click you feel when you press the power button. It can be turned off in the app's menu. |
Package visibility (a <queries> declaration) | To list the apps you can open, as any home screen app does. We do not use QUERY_ALL_PACKAGES. |
Advertising
The app shows ads from Google AdMob. AdMob may collect and process data as described in Google's privacy policy, including a device advertising identifier, in order to serve and measure ads:
In the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland we ask for your consent before personalised ads are served, using Google's certified consent tool. You can change that choice at any time from Menu → Ad privacy settings or Launcher Settings → Data Privacy inside the app.
Weather
To show the temperature on the home screen, the app needs to know roughly where you are.
- Without the location permission, the app asks a public IP geolocation service for the city of your internet connection: ipwho.is, and if it does not answer, GeoJS or ipapi.co. Like any website you visit, these services see your IP address. The city is kept on your device for 24 hours.
- With the location permission, the app uses your phone's approximate location instead.
In both cases the app sends approximate coordinates — rounded to one decimal, a grid of about 11 km — to Open-Meteo to get the current temperature, the forecast and the air quality index. We do not send any identifier with those requests, and your location is never stored on any server of ours.
Wallpapers
The wallpaper screen shows photos from Unsplash. The app asks Unsplash for photos of the category you open, and when you apply a photo it tells Unsplash that the photo was downloaded, as Unsplash requires. We do not send any identifier with those requests. The wallpaper is set by your phone; we do not keep a copy.
News and search
The search screen shows public news headlines from the United States. To build that list, the app reads the public RSS feeds of the publishers themselves (New York Post, ABC News, CBS News, Fox News, NBC News, NPR, CNET and Variety). Those publishers see the request the way any browser or feed reader would. Opening a headline opens the publisher's own page in a browser tab, where that publisher's privacy policy applies.
When you search the web, your search is opened with the search engine you chose in Launcher Settings (Google by default; Bing, DuckDuckGo and Yahoo are also available), and that search engine's privacy policy applies. While you type in the search bar, what you have typed is sent to Google's public suggestion service, and the site icon shown next to each headline is loaded from Google's public favicon service. We do not send an identifier with either request.
Children
The app is not directed to children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect data from them.
Your choices
- You can stop using the app as your home screen at any time from Menu → Revert Home Screen inside the app, or from your phone's Settings.
- You can revoke the camera and location permissions from your phone's Settings at any time.
- You can turn off the click sound, the vibration and the compass from the app's menu.
- You can change your personalised-ads consent from Menu → Ad privacy settings (shown in the regions where it applies).
- Uninstalling the app removes everything it saved on your device. Because we hold no data on any server of ours, there is nothing left for us to delete.
Changes to this policy
If we change how the app handles information, we will update this page and the date at the top of it.
Contact
Questions about this policy or about your data: [email protected] — OverMax S.A.