Your writing, on your device
Privacy policy
Sideways is developed by Keshav Garg. For privacy or support questions, contact khakhibuzz@gmail.com.
The current Android app works offline. It has no accounts, advertising, analytics, cloud AI, or network permission, and does not send your writing or usage to a server.
Information stored on your device
The app stores the following in its private local database:
- Joke drafts, original takes, and completed final lines.
- Favorites, practice progress, and prompt history.
- Notebook revision drafts, kept separate until you save the revision.
- Names entered for a local party, answers, votes, and scores.
This information is used to let you continue writing, revisit your notebook, and resume a local party. It is not uploaded by the app.
Notebook exports
When you choose Export my notebook, Android asks you where to save a UTF-8 text file. It contains completed notebook entries: prompts, original takes, final lines, and favorite markers. Party answers and unfinished revision drafts are excluded.
Export happens only at your request. If you select a cloud storage provider, that provider handles the exported file under its own privacy policy. The app does not require broad storage access.
Retention and deletion
Writing remains on the device until you delete it, clear the app's data, or uninstall. You can delete a notebook entry, forget a retained party, or delete all local writing in Settings.
Android cloud backup and device-transfer backup are disabled for app data. There is no account recovery or cloud synchronization. Export completed writing you want to keep before uninstalling.
Deleting app data does not delete copies you exported elsewhere. Delete those separately using the storage provider you selected.
Local data protection
Writing is stored within Android's private app storage and relies on your device's security. The app does not add an account password or a separate encryption passphrase. Keep your device locked when you are not using it.
Private party screens use Android's secure-window setting to block ordinary screenshots and task-switcher previews. Handoff screens conceal answers between turns. These measures do not authenticate players or prevent someone holding the device from impersonating a named participant.
Support messages
If you email support, the email service processes your message and address. Information you choose to send is used to respond to your request. You can request deletion of your support correspondence at the same address. Do not include private drafts or other sensitive information unless needed for your request.
This website
The app does not send writing to this website. Visiting the site creates ordinary web requests handled by its hosting provider. These pages contain no forms, advertising scripts, or added analytics trackers.
Changes and contact
If the app's data practices change, this policy and the store declarations will be updated before that version is released.
Developer: Keshav Garg
Privacy contact: khakhibuzz@gmail.com