Privacy Policy for BlackBoxRecorder

Life Like ("we", "our", or "us") operates the BlackBoxRecorder mobile application ("BlackBoxRecorder" or the "App"). This Privacy Policy explains what information the App handles, how it is used, and what choices you have.

By using BlackBoxRecorder, you agree to this Privacy Policy.

BlackBoxRecorder is provided on an as is and as available basis. By using the App, you acknowledge that audio capture, background operation, storage, archive generation, export, sharing, and recovery can fail because of device conditions, operating system restrictions, permission changes, low storage, crashes, corruption, third-party platform issues, or network and billing outages.

The download, availability, sale, installation, or technical ability to use BlackBoxRecorder does not mean that recording, monitoring, exporting, sharing, storing, retaining, or disclosing audio is lawful in your location or in any other jurisdiction. You are solely responsible for determining whether your use of the App is lawful before you use it and each time you continue to use it.

1. What BlackBoxRecorder Does

BlackBoxRecorder is a privacy-focused audio recording application designed to record microphone audio only after the device owner explicitly starts recording and grants the required permissions. Recordings are stored locally on the device in app-specific storage. The App does not secretly record, does not suppress recording notifications, and does not upload recordings unless you manually export or share them.

2. Safety and Use Limitations

BlackBoxRecorder may help users keep a private day-to-day audio record, but it is not an emergency service, safety system, security service, legal evidence system, law-enforcement tool, medical tool, compliance tool, lawful-recording assurance tool, or guaranteed witness record.

You must not rely on BlackBoxRecorder as your sole safety measure, sole backup, sole record of critical events, sole emergency plan, or sole means of preserving conversations or evidence. If an event, conversation, or recording matters materially to your safety, legal rights, business operations, health, or finances, you are responsible for using additional safeguards and independent records.

BlackBoxRecorder does not determine whether recording is permitted in your jurisdiction, does not obtain consent for you, and does not monitor whether your use complies with local law, workplace rules, contractual restrictions, property rules, or platform policies.

3. Local Law Compliance

You are solely responsible for determining whether it is lawful to start recording, continue recording, monitor, store, retain, review, export, share, transmit, disclose, or otherwise use audio captured by BlackBoxRecorder.

Before using the App, you must determine whether any law, regulation, court rule, employment policy, school rule, professional rule, contract, confidentiality duty, venue rule, or other restriction requires consent, notice, signage, prior authorization, or prohibits recording entirely.

4. Travel and Cross-Border Use

Your legal responsibilities apply not only where you live, but also in any country, state, province, territory, district, municipality, or other jurisdiction in which you travel, transit, relocate, work, study, visit, or record.

If you cross borders or use the App while traveling, you are solely responsible for checking the laws and restrictions that apply in each place where recording occurs, where recorded persons are located, and where audio is later stored, played back, exported, shared, or disclosed.

5. No Legal Advice or Compliance Representation

Nothing in BlackBoxRecorder, this Privacy Policy, or any related documentation is legal advice. Life Like does not provide legal, regulatory, compliance, employment, immigration, travel, or professional advice through the App or this policy.

Life Like does not represent, warrant, or promise that use of BlackBoxRecorder is lawful, appropriate, or compliant in any jurisdiction or under any specific law, regulation, policy, contract, confidentiality obligation, or venue rule.

6. Information We Handle

BlackBoxRecorder may handle the following categories of information:

• Microphone audio recordings
  The App records audio only after you explicitly start recording and grant microphone permission. Audio recordings are stored locally on your device in the App's private storage area. Recordings are automatically organized into daily folders and local archive files for easier management.
• App permissions
  The App requests access to the microphone in order to record audio. On supported Android versions, the App requests notification permission so it can display the required ongoing foreground service notification while recording.
• Subscription and purchase information
  If you choose to purchase a paid subscription, subscription and billing transactions are processed by Google Play, not by Life Like directly. The App may read the subscription status provided by Google Play in order to enable paid features.
• Export and sharing actions
  If you manually choose to export or share an archive, the selected archive file is made available through Android's sharing or document export flows based on your explicit action.

7. What We Do Not Do

BlackBoxRecorder is designed to minimize data handling. We do not:

• upload your recordings to our servers
• sync recordings to the cloud
• remotely access your audio files
• start recording without your explicit action
• hide or suppress the ongoing recording notification

8. How Recordings Are Stored

Recordings are stored locally in app-specific storage on your device. After a day has ended, the App may compress that day's recordings into a local archive file stored on the same device. Raw recordings may be removed after a verified archive is created. Archived recordings remain on the device until you delete them, export them, or remove the App.

9. How We Use Information

We use the limited information handled by the App only to:

• record audio when you instruct the App to do so
• store and organize recordings locally on your device
• enable playback, archive export, and archive sharing when you request those actions
• determine whether paid features should be available based on your Google Play subscription status

10. Sharing of Information

We do not sell, rent, or share your personal information or recordings with third parties.

Your recordings are only shared if you explicitly choose to export or share an archive using your device's built-in sharing or document features.

Subscription purchases are handled by Google Play and are subject to Google's own terms and privacy practices.

11. Data Retention

Audio recordings and archives are stored on your device. The App may automatically manage raw recordings after verified archive creation. Archive availability may depend on your selected plan or App settings. Locally stored archives remain on the device until they are deleted by you, removed by the App's storage-management rules, or removed when the App is uninstalled.

12. Security

BlackBoxRecorder uses Android app-private storage and system permission controls to protect local recordings. Optional library protection may require biometric authentication or device credentials before opening recordings within the App. However, no system can guarantee absolute security, and you are responsible for maintaining the security of your device.

13. Disclaimers and Limitation of Liability

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Life Like disclaims all warranties, whether express, implied, statutory, or otherwise, including implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, non-infringement, accuracy, availability, reliability, and data preservation.

We do not guarantee uninterrupted operation, recording continuity, storage durability, archive integrity, export success, playback availability, recovery after restart, compatibility with every device or Android version, or that the App will capture, preserve, or reproduce every event, word, or conversation.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, you assume all legal responsibility and legal risk arising from your use of BlackBoxRecorder, including responsibility for determining whether recording, monitoring, consent, notice, storage, retention, export, sharing, disclosure, or any later use of recorded material is lawful.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Life Like will not be liable for missed recordings, incomplete recordings, corrupted files, lost data, deleted archives, permission loss, device failure, low-storage conditions, operating system restrictions, account or billing issues, third-party platform failures, or any direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, or punitive damages arising from or related to your use of, inability to use, or reliance on the App.

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, Life Like will not be liable for fines, penalties, prosecutions, regulatory action, governmental investigation, civil claims, criminal allegations, injunctions, employment consequences, professional discipline, evidentiary exclusion, immigration or travel consequences, or any dispute, cost, damage, or loss arising from unlawful, unauthorized, or non-compliant recording or related use of the App.

14. User Responsibilities

You are responsible for:

• using the App lawfully and determining whether recording is permitted before you record or continue recording
• obtaining all consents, notices, approvals, authorizations, and permissions required by law or policy
• ensuring you have any permission required from recorded persons, employers, clients, schools, property owners, event organizers, platforms, service providers, or authorities where applicable
• maintaining device security, passcodes, and account security
• reviewing recordings you care about and creating your own backups when needed
• deciding what to export or share and with whom
• ensuring the App is suitable for your intended use case and legal environment

15. Indemnity and Hold Harmless

To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless Life Like and its owners, operators, developers, contractors, affiliates, and service providers from and against any claims, complaints, investigations, enforcement actions, damages, judgments, penalties, fines, costs, and expenses, including reasonable legal fees, arising out of or related to your unlawful, unauthorized, negligent, or non-compliant use of BlackBoxRecorder or any audio captured, stored, exported, shared, or disclosed through your use of the App.

16. Children's Privacy

BlackBoxRecorder is not directed to children. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

17. Your Choices

You may:

• grant or deny permissions through Android system settings
• stop recording at any time
• export or share archives only when you choose to do so
• uninstall the App to remove its local app-specific storage, subject to Android system behavior

18. Third-Party Services

BlackBoxRecorder may rely on the following third-party services or platforms:

• Google Play for subscription billing and purchase management
• Android system services for permissions, notifications, biometric/device credential prompts, file export, and sharing

These third parties may process data according to their own privacy policies.

19. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make material changes, we will update the effective date at the top of this page.

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