BackOnline Privacy Policy

Last updated: 10 November 2026

BackOnline tells you when your internet connection works again. This policy explains what the app does with your data. In short: BackOnline does not collect, send or share any personal data.

What the app does not do

• No account and no sign-in.
• No ads, no analytics and no tracking.
• It does not see what you do online, which websites you visit or which apps you use.
• It does not read your Wi-Fi network name, your location, your contacts or your phone number.
• It does not send any data to the developer or to anyone else.

What stays on your device

To work, BackOnline keeps a few settings on your device only:

• Whether an alert is waiting, and since when (so the wait continues after a restart).
• Your choice of alert style (ring or notification) and, on Android TV, whether automatic alerts are on.
• On Android TV, a list of past outages (start and end times) to show the last 7 days. At most 200 entries are kept.

This data never leaves your device. Uninstalling the app or clearing its data deletes it.

How it checks the connection

BackOnline uses Android's own connection status to know whether you are online. While you are connected without internet, it asks Android to check the connection again every 30 seconds. Android does this check itself, the same way it does for the Wi-Fi icon in your status bar. BackOnline does not contact any server of its own.

Permissions

• Network state and Wi-Fi state: to know whether you are connected, and to show signal strength.
• Internet: to ask Android to check the connection again. The app has no server.
• Notifications: to show that it is waiting and to tell you when the internet is back.
• Foreground service: to keep waiting while the app is closed.
• Vibrate and wake lock: to ring when the internet is back.
• Run at startup: to continue a wait after the device restarts.

Children

BackOnline is not directed at children and collects no data from anyone.

Changes

If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new date.

Contact

Questions: akshayashokan1054@gmail.com