Privacy Policy
Volume Control Sound Launcher · com.overmax.volumeboosterlauncher · OverMax S.A. · Last updated: 19 October 2026
This policy explains how Volume Control Sound Launcher
(package com.overmax.volumeboosterlauncher), published on Google Play by
OverMax, accesses, collects, uses and shares information. It applies to
this app only.
What this app does
Volume Control Sound Launcher replaces your home screen and puts volume controls 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 volume and boost settings, saved in the app's private storage.
- 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, that the app was set as your home screen, or that the app crashed), to measure how much the ads shown in each part of the app earn, 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 |
|---|---|
MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS | To apply the volume boost. |
FOREGROUND_SERVICE, FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK, POST_NOTIFICATIONS | To keep the boost applied while you use other apps, and to show the notification with the current level and its controls. |
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, ACCESS_NOTIFICATION_POLICY | Haptic feedback on the dial, and reading the ringer mode so the controls show the real state. |
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:
Some of those ads are served by Meta Audience Network, which competes with Google to fill the ad spaces through Google AdMob. When it takes part, Meta receives your device's advertising identifier, basic device information (such as model and Android version), your IP address and how you interact with the ad, in order to serve and measure it. It does not receive which apps you have or open, what you search for, or which news you read.
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, and Meta only takes part according to that choice. In U.S. states with privacy laws (such as California), the app asks Meta to apply Limited Data Use. You can change your ads choice at any time from the app's menu.
Measuring our ad campaigns (Meta)
The app includes the Meta (Facebook) SDK to measure app installs and how our advertising campaigns on Facebook and Instagram perform. When it is active, it sends Meta your device's advertising identifier, basic device information (such as model and Android version), your IP address and a few app events: that the app was opened, that it was set as your home screen, and that the app drawer or a news screen was opened.
It does not send which apps you have or open, what you search for, or which news you read. In the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland it is only used after you give consent in the same consent tool used for ads. Meta processes this information under its own policy:
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, and a news page next to your home screen when it is available, show 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 location permission from your phone's Settings at any time.
- You can change your personalised-ads consent from the app's menu.
- You can reset or delete your advertising identifier from your phone's Settings (Google → Ads on most phones). Ad networks and Meta then stop linking new activity to the previous identifier.
- 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.