Kutula Privacy Policy

Core Privacy Approach

Kutula is designed so that notification processing happens on the device. This includes notification capture, normalization, grouping, prioritization, and inbox presentation.

Kutula does not use a cloud backend to process notification content.

Information Processed by the App

To provide its core functionality, Kutula may process notification-related information on your device, including notification titles, message text, sender or app information, timestamps, thread history, event history, and user actions such as categorization, spam marking, silencing, starring, and similar inbox-management actions.

This information is stored locally on your device so the app can show your inbox, thread detail, summaries, and learning-based improvements.

Permissions

Kutula may request the following permissions:

• Notification Access: Required to capture and organize notifications inside the app.
• Post Notifications: Used to show Kutula’s own summary or service-related notifications.
• Internet / Network Access: Used for ads in the free version, app analytics and configuration, Google Play Billing, and model downloads or related service communication when applicable.

AI and On-Device Processing

Kutula may use on-device intelligence features, including ML-based categorization or summarization support, to improve inbox organization. These features are designed to operate locally on the device.

If language or ML components are needed, related model files may be downloaded through Google-provided services.

Ads and Third-Party Services

The free version of Kutula may display ads through Unity LevelPlay mediation, using ironSource Ads and Unity Ads. Your advertising consent choice is applied before any ad is requested; if you decline personalization, non-personalized ads may still appear. When ads are shown, these providers may process limited advertising-related or device-related data, such as the advertising ID, App Set ID, approximate location derived from the IP address, ad interactions, and diagnostic data, in accordance with Unity’s privacy policy. Kutula does not share notification content with advertising providers.

Kutula’s premium version removes ads, but Google Play Billing may still process purchase-related data needed to manage subscriptions or entitlement status. Kutula’s private admin system receives subscription status updates directly from Google Play and stores only SHA-256 hashes of purchase tokens and order IDs (never the raw values), product ID, notification type, subscription and acknowledgement state, test-purchase flag, Play region code, start/expiry/event and update times, charged amount and currency, and voided/refunded status. These records are used only to measure and reconcile premium revenue and exclude test purchases; they contain no names, email addresses, payment-card details or device data, and the app does not send purchase identifiers to analytics.

Relevant third-party services may include:

• Unity LevelPlay (ironSource Ads, Unity Ads)
• Google Play Billing
• Google ML Kit or related Google services for model delivery
• Google Analytics for Firebase, Firebase Remote Config
• Yandex AppMetrica

App Analytics

The Kutula app sends bounded, content-free usage events to Google Analytics for Firebase and Yandex AppMetrica, such as onboarding steps, permission results, premium offer and purchase results, ad loading and impression events, ad and premium revenue amounts, and the install campaign source reported by the Google Play Install Referrer. Notification titles, bodies, source-app identities, search text, and purchase identifiers are never included.

These SDKs may also process technical data such as SDK-generated app-instance identifiers, device model, operating system and app version, language, and approximate location derived from the IP address. Kutula turns off advertising-ID collection in both SDKs, keeps Firebase advertising consent signals denied, and turns off AppMetrica location tracking. Firebase Remote Config is used to deliver app configuration, such as whether ads are enabled, and processes Firebase installation identifiers.

Measurement is on by default. You can turn it off at any time in Kutula Settings > Analytics & measurement > Disable measurement. This stops future Google Analytics and Yandex AppMetrica collection and requests a Firebase Analytics reset on the device, but it cannot erase aggregate or already processed data retained by Google or Yandex. That data is handled under the Google Privacy Policy and the Yandex Privacy Policy. For deletion requests, see the data deletion page.

Website Measurement

The Kutula website may use cookieless, privacy-focused analytics to measure aggregate events such as page views, download clicks, and tool completions. This measurement does not send notification content or personal notification data.

Data Sharing

Kutula does not sell your personal data.

Kutula does not use a cloud backend for notification content processing.

Some data may be processed by third-party providers only where needed for ads, analytics, app configuration, billing, or platform-level services, and only under those providers’ own terms and privacy policies.

Data Retention

Notification history and related app data are stored locally on your device until removed by you, deleted by app actions, or cleared through uninstall or device storage cleanup.

Kutula is configured to exclude its local app data from Android cloud backup and device-transfer backup paths.

Security

Kutula uses a local-first design to reduce unnecessary transmission of sensitive notification content. However, no app or device environment can guarantee absolute security, and users should protect access to their devices using the security controls available on the device.

Children’s Privacy

Kutula is not directed to children under 13.

Changes to This Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time. If changes are made, the updated version will be published with a revised effective date.

Contact

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, you can contact: privacy@kutula.org.tr