Last updated 28 July 2026
VS3 turns a docked or charging Android phone into a standby display — clocks, calendar, news, weather, photos and media controls.
| Data | Why | Where it goes |
|---|---|---|
Calendar eventsREAD_CALENDAR |
To show your next and upcoming events on the standby screen. | Read on demand, displayed, never stored or transmitted. |
| Notifications & media sessions Notification access |
To show what is playing and offer play/pause/skip controls. Also how the app detects being plugged in, so it can open itself automatically. | Track title and artist are held in memory to draw the screen. Notification content is never stored or transmitted. |
| Photos you pick | To display them on the gallery screen. | Only the photos you choose through the system picker. The app stores references to them, not copies, and never uploads them. |
| Settings you enter | Theme, screen order, feed URLs. | Stored locally in the app's private storage. |
VS3 makes network requests only to fetch content you asked it to show:
| Connection | What is sent |
|---|---|
| News feed — BBC News by default, or any RSS URL you set | An ordinary request for the feed. No personal data is attached. |
| Weather — BBC Weather for the location you configure | The location ID you entered. No personal data is attached. |
These requests go directly from your phone to the service concerned. VS3 has no backend, so nothing is proxied through, logged by, or visible to the developer.
If you have Android backup enabled, your preferences — theme, screen order, feed URLs — are included in your own Google backup, as with any app. Your gallery photo references are deliberately excluded from backup and device transfer.
VS3 is not directed at children and collects no personal data from anyone, including children under 13.
All app data lives on your device. Uninstalling VS3, or clearing its storage via Settings → Apps → VS3 → Storage, removes everything it holds. You can revoke calendar or notification access at any time in Android Settings; the affected features simply stop working. Because we hold no data about you, there is nothing for us to delete on request.
Content is fetched from the BBC (news and weather). The BBC has its own privacy policy and its own terms. VS3 controls media playback through Android's standard media session API, which works with any music app; VS3 is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to any music service.
If this policy changes, the revised version will be posted at this address with an updated date above. Material changes will also be noted in the app's release notes on Google Play.
Questions about this policy or about privacy in VS3: privacy@redlanternapps.uk