Privacy policy

Who we are

Vits is an Android video editor made by Gautam Suthar (“we”, “us”). This policy explains what the Vits app does with information, in the app and in the services it uses. Questions: iamvevaar@gmail.com.

What stays on your phone

Everything you make with Vits is stored only on your device, in the app’s private storage, and is never sent to us:

• the videos, photos and music you pick (Vits reads only the files you choose in Android’s picker);
• your projects: every edit, text, keyframe, effect and setting;
• voice-overs you record;
• working files the app makes (previews, reversed clips, stabilisation data);
• exported videos and audio, which are saved to your gallery (Movies/Vits and Music/Vits).

Vits turns off Android’s automatic backup, so projects are not copied to your Google account. Uninstalling Vits or clearing its data deletes your projects from the phone; your exported videos stay in the gallery.

What we collect, and why

Vits uses Google Analytics for Firebase and Firebase Crashlytics. Both are on by default; the first time you open Vits, a notice on the Home screen says so and lets you turn them off.

1. Usage events

Short records that something happened in the app, with coarse details only:

Projects

a project created, opened, renamed, duplicated or deleted; a project shared or a shared project opened.

Exports

an export started, finished, cancelled or failed, with its settings (resolution, frame rate, HEVC, WhatsApp size, audio only), the video's length as a range (for example “1–3 minutes”), the number of clips and how long it took. A failure is described by one word such as “codec” or “storage”.

Editing

which tool was opened, and which transition, filter, text animation, mask shape or glow was chosen (by its built-in name); a text or overlay added; chroma key used.

Settings

the app language you picked.

Performance check

that the in-app check was run, and its measured numbers (frames per second, export speed, memory).

Firebase also records standard app information with these events: app version, device model, Android version, screen size, language and the date of first open, and how the app was installed (Google Play’s install referrer, for example which campaign led to the install).

2. Crash reports

If Vits crashes, or an export fails, Crashlytics sends a technical report: where in Vits’ code the problem happened (the stack trace), the device model and Android version, the app version, the device’s state at that moment (such as free memory and storage, orientation), and the phone’s performance tier as measured by Vits (low, mid or high). It does not include your media or project content.

3. An anonymous app identifier

Firebase gives each installation a random identifier so it can count users and group crash reports. It is not linked to your name, phone number or Google account, and it changes if you reinstall Vits or clear its data. Vits does not collect the Android advertising ID (it is removed from the app), and ad personalisation signals are off.

4. Approximate region

Google may work out an approximate region (country, state or city) from the network address of the request, for regional counts. Vits never asks for or uses your location, and the network address itself is not stored in Google Analytics.

Why

Only to understand which features are used, how Vits performs on different phones (it is built for budget phones), and to find and fix crashes. We do not use this information for advertising, we do not sell it, and we do not try to identify you.

What we never collect

• Your videos, photos, music or voice-overs, or frames or sound from them.
• Project names, file names or folder paths.
• Text you type in captions or titles.
• Error messages (they can contain file paths); a failure is reported as one word.
• Your name, email, phone number, contacts, messages or precise location.

Your choices

• Turn off usage and crash reports: tap the language icon on Vits’ Home screen and switch off “Usage & crash reports”, or tap “Turn off” on the first-run notice. From then on Vits sends nothing; editing and exporting work exactly the same.
• Reset the identifier: clear Vits’ storage or reinstall the app.
• Ask us: to delete data or to ask what we hold, email iamvevaar@gmail.com. Because the data is not linked to your identity, we may need the app’s identifier to find it; we will help you get it.

Permissions Vits asks for

Photos and videos

Through Android’s photo picker or file picker: Vits can read only the items you choose.

Microphone

Only when you tap record for a voice-over. The recording is saved on your phone and never uploaded.

Notifications

To show an export’s progress, with a Cancel button, while you use other apps.

Background work

A foreground service keeps an export running (with that notification) until the video is saved or you cancel it.

Internet

Only to send the usage events and crash reports described above (queued and sent later when you are offline). Editing never needs the internet.

Sharing a project

When you choose Share on a project, Vits packs it into a single “.vits” file with the project and the full, original footage, music and voice-overs it uses. You decide where it goes (Google Drive, WhatsApp, email and so on); the file goes directly from your phone to that app or service under its own privacy policy, and we never receive it. Anyone who gets the file can see all the footage in it, including parts trimmed out of the edit, so share it only with people you trust. Opening a .vits file someone sent you copies it into Vits on your phone only.

Who processes the data

Usage events and crash reports are processed by Google LLC, which provides Firebase to us as a service provider. Google may process them on servers outside India. See Google’s Privacy Policy and Privacy and security in Firebase. We do not share this information with anyone else.

How long it is kept

• Usage events: 2 months in Google Analytics, then deleted automatically. Totals (for example, “exports per day”) may be kept longer, as they contain nothing about any one device.
• Crash reports: 90 days in Crashlytics.

Security

Everything Vits sends travels encrypted (HTTPS). Your projects live in the app’s private storage, which other apps cannot read.

Children

Vits is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe a child has used Vits and want any data removed, email us and we will help.

Your rights

Depending on where you live, including under India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023, you may have the right to access, correct or erase personal data, and to withdraw consent. Turning off usage and crash reports withdraws consent immediately; for anything else, email iamvevaar@gmail.com.

Changes to this policy

If what Vits collects changes, we will update this page and its date before the change reaches the app, and tell you in the app when it matters.