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Pépouze Privacy Policy

Last updated: November 13, 2026

Pépouze is an automation app: you create macros (“When… Do… Only if…”) that run on your phone. This page explains what data the app uses, why, and what you control.

In short

• Your macros and their history stay on your phone. Nothing is sent without an action on your part.
• No analytics, no reselling of data.
• Four optional features send data off your phone, only if you use them: backup to a file (if you choose an online location such as Google Drive), the account (online backup), Claude with your API key, and the web requests you add to your macros yourself.

Data stored on the phone

• Your macros, including the phone numbers, texts and web addresses you write in them, and the history of their runs.
• Your preferences (hidden tips, automatic backup…).
• If you connect Claude: your API key, encrypted with an Android Keystore key that never leaves the phone, and excluded from backups.

This data is erased when you uninstall the app. If your phone's backup is turned on in Android settings, Android may also copy it to your Google account backup to restore it after a reinstall (never the API key).

Backup to a file (optional)

If you tap “Back up my macros”, Pépouze writes your macros to the file you create with Android's file picker: on Google Drive, on the phone, on a memory card… If “Auto” is on, this file is updated with every change. Pépouze only accesses that file; it is kept by the storage app you chose, under its own rules. “Restore a backup” only reads the file you choose.

Account and online backup (optional)

If you create an account, Pépouze uses Firebase, a Google service:

• Firebase Authentication: your email address and your first name if you give it, or your Google account if you choose “Continue with Google”.
• Cloud Firestore: a copy of your macros, the date of the backup and the model of the phone that made it.

This data can only be accessed with your account. You can sign out, or delete your account and its backup in My account → Delete my account. Google processes this data under its policy: https://firebase.google.com/support/privacy

Creating a module with AI

• Pépouze (default) runs entirely on the phone: nothing is sent.
• Claude with your API key (optional): after you agree, your request and the names of your macros are sent to Anthropic to prepare the module. Anthropic's policy: https://www.anthropic.com/legal/privacy
• ChatGPT or Claude without a key: Pépouze opens the ChatGPT or Claude app (or their website) with your request and the names of your macros ready to send, and also copies them to the clipboard; you are the one who sends them. When you come back, Pépouze reads the clipboard to import the answer, or the API key you just copied (which it then clears).
• Understanding languages other than French: to read a request written in another language, Pépouze downloads Google's translation model (ML Kit) once, then translates on the phone. Your request is never sent.

Permissions

On first launch, Pépouze only asks for the essentials (notifications and the accessibility service) and presents the other permissions with their explanation. The others are requested, with their explanation, only when one of your macros needs them. A macro that needs one doesn't turn on until you have granted it, and you can revoke a permission at any time in Android settings.

• Notifications: show your macros' notifications.
• Alarms and reminders: trigger time-based macros to the minute.
• Unrestricted battery: keep Android from putting Pépouze to sleep; you choose it yourself on the app's page in Android settings.
• “Do Not Disturb” access: change this mode and silence the ringer.
• Modify system settings: screen brightness, timeout and rotation.
• Nearby devices: know when a Bluetooth device connects.
• Phone calls: dial the number chosen in a macro.
• Accessibility service: see the next section.
• Internet: online backup, Claude, your macros' web requests, over https only.

Pépouze never sends text messages by itself: the “Prepare a text message” action opens your messaging app, and you're the one who taps Send.

Accessibility service

If turned on, with your consent and after a dedicated explanation, it is used only to run your macros: tapping the element that shows the text you specified, using the system buttons, locking the screen, taking a screenshot, knowing which app opens, and opening an app when Pépouze isn't on screen.

It reads the name of the app that opens, for the “App opened” event, and looks on screen for the text you specified, only during the “Tap a text on screen” action. This information is neither sent nor shared. Only a note of what started a macro (for example “App opened: Waze”) is recorded in your macros' history, on your phone.

Pépouze never acts on its own: it only follows the rules you wrote. You can turn off the service at any time in Android's accessibility settings.

Security

Encrypted connections only (HTTPS), API key encrypted on the phone, and access to the online backup restricted to your account by security rules.

Children

Pépouze is not intended for children under 13.

Contact

Pépouze (individual publisher) — pepouze.apk@gmail.com

Write to us with any question, or to request the deletion of your account and data without going through the app.