Privacy Policy

Unloop · last updated 18 October 2026

Unloop helps you notice and interrupt compulsive short-video scrolling. It comes as an Android app and a Chrome extension. This policy describes exactly what each collects, why, and how to remove it.

What we collect

• Your Google account email and name, to create your account and sign you in. We never receive your Google password.
• Reel activity events. Each time the app or the extension detects a short video in Instagram or YouTube it records the event type, which of the two services it was, and the time. These are linked to your account.
• The creator name shown on a reel, where the app can read it. This is used internally to understand aggregate viewing patterns and improve Unloop. It is not shown back to you in the app, sold, or shared with anyone, and it is deleted with your account.
• Your time zone, so daily and weekly figures line up with your day.

What we do not collect

• No video content, screenshots, audio, or recordings of your screen.
• No messages, captions, comments, passwords, or anything you type.
• No contacts, location, photos, files, or browsing history.
• No data from any app other than Instagram and YouTube.

Accessibility Service

Unloop uses Android's Accessibility Service, which is the only way an app can tell that a short-video feed is on screen. It is used solely to recognise that a reel is being shown in Instagram or YouTube, and to display Unloop's own reminder overlays on top of them.

Screen content read by the service is used in the moment to detect a reel and is not stored on your device or transmitted anywhere, with one exception stated plainly: the creator name shown on a reel is sent to your account, as described above. The service is never used for advertising, profiling, or sale of data.

Chrome extension

The Unloop extension runs only on instagram.com and youtube.com. On Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts it detects that a video is playing so it can count reels and show Unloop's reminder, blur and lock screens.

• Stored on your device: your chosen mode, session and daily counts, lock and guard-window settings, and, if you sign in, a sign-in token and its expiry. Removing the extension deletes all of it.
• Sent to us only if you sign in: the same reel activity events as the app: event type, a count, which service it was, and, for a reel view, the public creator handle where the page shows it. The handle is used internally for aggregate patterns and is not shown back to you, sold, or shared.
• Not collected: page content, video titles or URLs, comments, messages, your own Instagram or YouTube account details, or browsing history. Signed out, nothing leaves your device.
• Google sign-in: signing in from the extension asks for Chrome's optional identity permission and opens Google's sign-in page. Google returns an ID token with your email, name and profile picture. The extension sends it to our server once to open your account, and does not keep it. We never see your Google password.

Diagnostics

Crash reports are written to your device only. Nothing is sent to us unless you choose to share a report yourself from the app's Settings screen.

Sharing

We do not sell your data and we do not share it with advertisers or data brokers. Data is stored on our hosting and database providers purely to operate the service.

Your data

You can delete your account and all associated data at any time from Settings → Delete account in the app, or by following the instructions at this page, which also covers extension users. Deletion is immediate and permanent.

Children

Unloop is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect their data.

Contact

Questions or requests: nakshatrachandna7@gmail.com

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