PocketMind Hybrid AI

This Privacy Policy describes how PocketMind Hybrid AI for Android (“PocketMind,” “the App,” “we,” “our,” or “us”) handles information when you install and use the App. PocketMind is a hybrid AI assistant that can run AI features on your device (offline) and, when you choose, connect to third-party online AI services, your organization’s private AI server, Google Play Billing, and related platform services.

By downloading, installing, or using the App, you acknowledge that you have read this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, do not use the App’s online, voice, image, organization-server, or paid features that require data processing beyond local on-device storage.

1. Scope and Roles

1.1 What this policy covers. This policy covers the PocketMind Hybrid AI Android application distributed through Google Play (application identity associated with PocketMind Hybrid AI) and related in-app features described below.

1.2 What this policy does not cover. This policy does not govern websites, APIs, models, or servers operated by third parties (for example Groq, Google Gemini / Google AI, OpenRouter, Hugging Face, Together AI, Pollinations, OpenAI, ElevenLabs, your employer’s organization server, or Google Play). When content leaves your device to those services, their privacy policies and terms apply in addition to this policy.

1.3 Controller / developer. For local app storage and the PocketMind product experience, the developer is Muhammad Nouman Shakeel (PocketMind), Pakistan. For purchase processing, Google LLC / Google Play acts as payment processor. For AI inference you request online, the selected provider acts as an independent processor/controller of that request content under its own terms.

2. Information We Do Not Collect on PocketMind-Operated Servers

PocketMind does not currently operate a developer-owned backend that creates user accounts for PocketMind, hosts your chat history in a PocketMind cloud inbox, or sells your conversation content to advertisers.

In particular, we do not intentionally:

• Sell your personal data or private chat content;
• Use your private chats to build advertising profiles for third-party ads in the App;
• Require you to create a PocketMind cloud login to use core local chat;
• Upload your locally stored API keys to a PocketMind-owned server.

Important limitation: “We do not collect on PocketMind servers” does not mean “nothing ever leaves your phone.” Content leaves your phone when you use online AI, downloads, organization servers, or Google Play. Android, Google Play Services, and network carriers may also process technical data according to their own policies.

3. Information Stored Locally on Your Device

Depending on how you use the App, PocketMind may store information in on-device app storage (and related Android storage you authorize), including without limitation:

• Chat messages, chat session titles, pinned/saved chats, and related metadata;
• Custom characters / assistants, system prompts, and prompt-library entries;
• App settings (theme, performance options such as Vulkan/GPU preferences where available, memory/creativity settings, selected models, feature toggles);
• API keys and access tokens you choose to save (for example Groq, Gemini, OpenRouter, Hugging Face, Together AI, Pollinations, OpenAI, ElevenLabs, and organization-server access keys);
• Organization server address, selected organization model id, and connection preferences;
• Freemium usage counters (for example daily free-tier online chat quota) and entitlement flags (for example PocketMind Pro subscription status mirrors, lifetime unlock from a prior paid-app upgrade where applicable);
• Downloaded or imported offline chat models (for example GGUF files), offline image model files, caches, and temporary working files;
• Extracted text from documents you attach;
• Generated images, generated/synthesized audio files (for example under app-private voice output folders), and reference audio paths you select for cloning;
• Backup/export files if you create them.

Local storage remains on your device until you delete it, clear app data, uninstall the App, or otherwise remove those files. Device backups (Android backup / manufacturer cloud backup), if enabled by you or your device settings, may copy app data off-device under those systems’ rules.

4. Freemium Features, Quotas, and PocketMind Pro

PocketMind offers a freemium experience. Exact limits may change with product updates, but as of this policy’s last update the App is designed around the following model:

• Free — offline chat: Unlimited chat with offline/local models (subject to your device capability and available models).
• Free — free-tier online chat: A limited number of free-tier online chat prompts per local calendar day (currently five). Quota counters are stored locally on your device.
• Free — premium online chat with your own keys (BYOK): Unlimited premium online chat when you supply and use your own provider API keys, subject to the provider’s billing and limits.
• PocketMind Pro: Unlocks Image Studio and Voice Studio (voice generation and voice cloning). Pro is offered via Google Play subscriptions (product ids such as pocketmind_pro_monthly and pocketmind_pro_yearly). Eligible upgrades from a prior paid app version may receive a lifetime unlock recorded locally and validated against Play where applicable.

Entitlement state may be stored on-device and refreshed through Google Play Billing purchase/restore flows. We do not invent a separate PocketMind payment account; billing identity is handled by Google under your Google account.

5. API Keys and Bring-Your-Own-Key (BYOK)

PocketMind allows you to enter API keys / tokens for supported providers. Those credentials are stored locally on your device and are transmitted from your device to the selected provider when you validate a key or run a request.

You are solely responsible for:

• Keeping keys confidential;
• Complying with each provider’s terms, acceptable-use rules, age requirements, rate limits, and fees;
• Revoking keys if your device is lost, shared, or compromised;
• Understanding that anyone with physical or backup access to an unlocked device may be able to access locally stored keys.

6. Offline AI Processing

When you select offline/local models, PocketMind processes prompts and generates responses on your device using on-device model runtimes (for example local LLM inference). In true offline mode, PocketMind does not send those prompts to online chat providers.

Offline features may still require Internet for one-time actions you initiate, such as downloading a model file from a hosting provider (for example Hugging Face model repositories). After download, local inference can proceed without sending chat content to that host.

Offline performance and availability depend on your hardware (CPU/GPU/Vulkan support where used), RAM, storage, thermal limits, and selected model size. Some catalogued neural voice engines may be listed for future/on-device use while the currently guaranteed offline speech path uses Android System Text-to-Speech where implemented.

7. Online Chat Processing

If you select an online chat model, PocketMind sends request data from your device directly to the selected provider over the Internet. Depending on the model and settings, this may include:

• Your prompt and conversation context / recent messages;
• System prompts, character instructions, and similar configuration text;
• Extracted document text from attachments;
• Image data for vision-capable models (encoded as required by the provider);
• Your API key / bearer token;
• Technical HTTP metadata required to complete the request (for example User-Agent and, for some providers such as OpenRouter, app attribution headers like a referer / app name used for rate-limiting and provider analytics).

PocketMind does not control how third-party providers log, retain, train on, review, or further process content after receipt. Review each provider’s privacy policy before sending personal, confidential, biometric, medical, legal, or otherwise sensitive information.

8. Organization / Company Server Mode

If you configure Organization Server mode, PocketMind connects to a server address and access token that you (or your organization) provide. Expected integrations are OpenAI-compatible private gateways (for example vLLM, llama.cpp server, LiteLLM, LocalAI-style proxies, or a company-hosted gateway).

In this mode, prompts, context, and related request data are sent to that server under your organization’s control and policies. PocketMind is not responsible for your organization’s retention, monitoring, HR, security, or compliance practices. Free-tier online quota accounting in the App may treat organization-server usage as counting toward free online usage limits where the product logic so provides.

9. Documents, Files, and Knowledge Features

You may attach or import files such as PDF, DOCX, TXT, code, CSV, JSON, logs, and similar formats. The App may extract text or otherwise prepare content for the selected AI mode.

• Offline models: Extracted content is processed locally for that request path.
• Online models / organization server: Extracted content may be included in outbound requests.

Do not attach files you are not authorized to process. You are responsible for complying with workplace, school, and confidentiality rules.

10. Image Attachments and Vision

For vision-capable online models, attached images may be encoded and transmitted to the selected provider. Offline text-only models typically cannot interpret raw image pixels. Image contents may reveal faces, locations, documents, or other sensitive information—review before sending online.

11. Image Studio (Image Generation)

Image Studio lets you generate images offline (local image models when available) or online (providers such as Hugging Face, Together AI, Pollinations, and other catalogued image endpoints). Access to Image Studio is a PocketMind Pro feature.

When you generate online, your prompt, style/size/detail settings, and authentication material may be sent to the selected image provider. Generated images may be saved locally if you choose. Offline generation keeps the prompt/model work on-device for that path, aside from any model download you previously initiated.

12. Voice Studio — Voice Generation and Voice Cloning

Voice Studio provides text-to-speech generation and voice-cloning workflows. Access requires PocketMind Pro. Depending on the selected tier and model:

• Offline / on-device: Android System Text-to-Speech may synthesize audio locally. Catalogued neural offline engines may be offered as they are supported; availability can vary by build.
• Free online voice: Text may be sent to Hugging Face Inference (or similar catalogued free online voice endpoints) using keys/configuration as implemented in the App.
• Premium online voice: Text (and for cloning, reference audio) may be sent to providers such as OpenAI Audio Speech APIs and ElevenLabs text-to-speech / cloning endpoints using your own API keys.

Microphone and audio. The App may request microphone / audio recording permission (Android RECORD_AUDIO) so you can capture speech or reference clips. Audio may also be imported from files you select. Synthesized outputs may be written to app-private storage (for example a voice output directory) and played back on device.

High-risk disclosure — voice cloning: Reference audio and cloned-voice outputs can be biometric or otherwise sensitive. If you upload another person’s voice, you must have all rights and consents required by law. Do not use Voice Studio to impersonate someone without authorization, to commit fraud, or to violate platform or provider rules. Online cloning transmits reference audio to the selected provider; PocketMind cannot delete data from that provider on your behalf.

13. Google Play Billing and Purchase Data

Subscriptions and in-app purchases are processed by Google Play Billing. Google may receive and process purchase tokens, product identifiers (for example monthly/yearly Pro SKUs), order data, and account/device information necessary to complete, acknowledge, restore, or refund purchases under Google’s Privacy Policy and Google Play Terms.

PocketMind may store local entitlement flags so the App can unlock Pro features. Purchase disputes, refunds, and payment methods are handled through Google Play, not through a PocketMind payment portal.

14. Model Downloads and Hosting Platforms

When you download offline chat or image models, the App may contact hosting platforms (commonly Hugging Face repositories or similar URLs in the catalog) to fetch model files. Those platforms may log IP address, request metadata, and authentication if a token is required. Model files can be large and remain on your device until deleted.

15. Permissions

Depending on Android version and the feature you use, PocketMind may request or use:

• Internet — online chat, image, voice, key validation, model downloads, organization server, Play Billing connectivity;
• Microphone / record audio — voice capture and related Voice Studio flows;
• Notifications — optional alerts (for example downloads or response readiness), where implemented;
• Wake lock — keep the device awake during long-running local inference or downloads where needed;
• Photos / files / documents — via Android photo pickers, document pickers, or storage access when you attach files, import models, or save outputs.

You can deny non-essential permissions; related features may then be unavailable.

16. Third-Party Services (Non-Exhaustive)

Depending on your choices, PocketMind may communicate with services such as:

• Groq;
• Google Gemini / Google AI developer APIs;
• OpenRouter;
• Hugging Face (router / inference / model downloads);
• Together AI;
• Pollinations (and related image endpoints);
• OpenAI (including audio speech APIs when configured);
• ElevenLabs (including text-to-speech / cloning when configured);
• Your configured organization / company AI server;
• Google Play / Google Play Billing / Android system services (including System TTS engines provided by the device).

Provider catalogs change over time. The in-app Models / Voice / Image hubs are the authoritative list of currently offered integrations for your installed version.

17. Analytics, Advertising, and Tracking

PocketMind is designed around AI product functionality. The App does not currently integrate a separate third-party advertising SDK for the purpose of selling your chat content to advertisers. We also do not currently operate PocketMind-owned product-analytics servers that ingest your chat transcripts.

Nevertheless, Android, Google Play, crash/diagnostics facilities you enable at the OS level, and third-party AI providers may collect technical or request logs independently. Those activities are governed by those parties’ policies.

18. Data Sharing

We do not sell your personal data. Information may leave your device when:

• You choose an online, image, voice, download, or organization-server feature;
• You purchase or restore PocketMind Pro through Google Play;
• Disclosure is required by law, lawful government request, or to protect rights, safety, and security where legally permitted.

19. Retention and Deletion

On device: Local data remains until you delete chats/keys/models/outputs, clear app storage, or uninstall. Uninstalling removes app-private storage but does not erase data already sent to third parties, nor files you exported to shared storage.

With third parties: Retention is controlled by the provider or your organization. To delete provider-side data, use that provider’s tools or contact them directly. PocketMind cannot guarantee deletion from third-party systems.

Requests to the developer: Because we do not host your chat history on a PocketMind cloud account, we generally cannot retrieve or remotely wipe device-local chats. Contact us if you need help understanding deletion steps on your device.

20. Security

We design the App to limit processing to what a feature needs and to keep keys and chats in app storage by default. No method of electronic storage or transmission is completely secure. You are responsible for device lock screens, OS updates, shared-device hygiene, exported backups, and API key rotation.

21. Children’s Privacy

PocketMind is not directed to children under 13 (or the minimum age required in your jurisdiction for AI / online services without verifiable parental consent). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 on a PocketMind-operated server. If you believe a child has provided sensitive information through online providers via the App, stop use, delete local data, revoke API keys, and contact the relevant provider and us as appropriate.

22. Sensitive and Regulated Use; Professional Disclaimer

Do not use PocketMind as a substitute for professional medical, legal, financial, mental-health, or other licensed advice. AI outputs may be wrong or unsafe. If you process special-category or regulated data (health, biometrics, government IDs, children’s data, trade secrets), you must ensure you have a lawful basis and that any third-party provider you select is appropriate for that data.

23. AI Output Accuracy and Acceptable Use

AI-generated text, images, and audio may be inaccurate, biased, infringing, offensive, or misleading. You are responsible for reviewing outputs before use. You agree not to use the App to violate law, infringe others’ rights, create non-consensual intimate imagery, commit fraud/impersonation, or breach provider acceptable-use policies.

24. International Transfers

If you are outside Pakistan (or outside a provider’s home region), online features may transfer your prompts, files, audio, images, and metadata to servers in other countries. Those countries may have different data-protection laws than your own.

25. Your Choices and Rights

Depending on your location, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or restrict certain processing, or to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. Because most PocketMind content is stored on your device, many rights are exercised by using in-app deletion controls and Android settings. For Google Play purchases, use Google account/Play tools. For provider-held data, contact that provider. Contact us using the details below for questions about this policy.

26. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect new features (including voice, image, freemium, billing, or provider changes), legal requirements, or security improvements. The updated version will be posted at this same public privacy policy location (this website’s #privacy-policy URL) with an updated “Last Updated” date. Continued use of the App after an update means you acknowledge the revised policy. Material changes may also be described in the Google Play listing where appropriate.

27. Contact

For privacy questions, deletion guidance, or support regarding this policy, contact the developer:

Muhammad Nouman Shakeel / PocketMind
Phone / WhatsApp: +92 340 5055603

Please do not send passwords or full API keys over unsecured channels. If you must discuss a compromised key, revoke it at the provider first.