Privacy Policy for Vidra - Video Downloader Browser
Effective date: 27 July 2026
Last updated: 27 July 2026
OVERVIEW
Vidra is an Android web browser with a built-in video downloader, developed by the Vidra team. This policy explains what information Vidra handles and how.
The short version: Vidra has no servers, no user accounts, and no analytics. We collect nothing about you, and everything Vidra stores stays on your device. Vidra is free and paid for by ads, so the one exception is the advertising service described below, which receives standard advertising data but is never told what you browse or download.
INFORMATION WE COLLECT
We collect nothing. Vidra contains no analytics software development kits, no crash reporting services, and no tracking or telemetry of any kind. We do not create a user profile, we do not assign you an identifier, and we have no ability to see what you browse or download.
Because we operate no servers that receive your data, there is no database of user information for us to access, share, disclose, or lose. The advertising service described in the next section transmits data to Google, not to us; we never see it.
ADVERTISING
Vidra is free and has no subscription or paid tier. It is funded by ads served through Google AdMob, which is the only third-party software development kit in the app. Ads appear as a banner on the home screen and occasionally as a full-screen ad after you start a download or when you return to the home screen. Ads never appear over video you are watching and never interrupt a download in progress.
To select and measure ads, Google receives your IP address, information about your device and its operating system, your device's advertising ID, and data about your interaction with the ads themselves. Google may use this to serve personalised ads and to limit how often you see the same ad. Google's use of this data is governed by Google's own privacy policy, available at policies.google.com/privacy, and by its description of how Google uses information from apps that use its services.
Google is never given the addresses of pages you visit, your search terms, your browsing history, the videos you detect or download, or the contents of any file you save. Those never leave your device.
Where consent is legally required, including in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland, Vidra presents a Google-certified consent form before requesting any ad, and requests no ads until you have answered it. You can review or change that answer at any time through Ad privacy choices in Settings. You can also reset or delete your advertising ID, or opt out of ad personalisation entirely, in your Android device settings under Privacy and Ads.
INFORMATION STORED ON YOUR DEVICE
Vidra stores the following locally on your device only. This information is never transmitted to us or to any third party.
Browsing data. Like any browser, Vidra stores cookies, site storage, cached page content, and navigation history for the websites you visit, so that those sites function correctly. You can erase all of it at any time using Clear Browsing Data in Settings.
Download records. Vidra keeps a local list of your downloads, including file name, source page address, media address, file size, progress, and status. This list powers the Downloads screen and lets interrupted downloads resume.
Settings. Your preferred video quality, parallel download count, and default search engine are stored locally, along with a count of how many downloads you have started, which is used only to limit how often ads are shown.
Downloaded video files. Videos you choose to save are written to the Movies/Vidra folder in your device's shared storage, where they are accessible to your gallery and other media apps.
Your ad consent choice is stored on your device by the Google consent framework.
Uninstalling Vidra removes its locally stored browsing data, download records, and settings. Video files you saved to Movies/Vidra remain on your device unless you delete them yourself.
NETWORK CONNECTIONS
Vidra makes network connections in three situations.
First, when you browse. Vidra connects to the websites and search engines you navigate to, exactly as any browser does. Those websites receive your IP address, your device's browser user agent string, and any cookies associated with them. Their own privacy policies govern that data, not this one.
Second, when you download. Vidra connects to the media host serving the video you selected, in order to retrieve the file. Vidra may send the originating page address and relevant cookies with these requests so that the media host serves the file correctly.
Third, to load ads. Vidra connects to Google's advertising and consent services to retrieve ads and to record your consent choice, as described under Advertising above.
Vidra never routes your traffic through servers we control, because we do not operate any.
THIRD PARTY WEBSITES
Vidra is a browser, so you will use it to reach websites operated by other companies. We do not control those websites and are not responsible for their content or their privacy practices. Reading their privacy policies is worthwhile.
PERMISSIONS AND WHY THEY ARE NEEDED
Internet access. Required to load web pages, to download the videos you select, and to retrieve ads.
Advertising ID. Declared so the Google Mobile Ads SDK can read your device's advertising ID on Android 13 and later. It is used only for advertising, and you can reset or delete the identifier at any time in your Android settings.
Notifications. Used only to display download progress and completion notices. Vidra sends no promotional, marketing, or advertising notifications. You may decline this permission; downloads still work, but they run without a visible progress notification.
Foreground service. Allows an in progress download to continue reliably when you switch apps or turn off the screen. The notification you see is the required indicator for this.
Storage on older Android versions. On Android 9 and earlier, Vidra requests write access to shared storage so it can save finished videos to your Movies folder. On Android 10 and later this permission is not requested; Vidra uses the system MediaStore instead and can write only its own files.
CONTENT PROTECTION
Vidra does not circumvent digital rights management, does not decrypt protected streams, and does not remove copy protection. Streams identified as DRM protected are detected and excluded. Vidra does not support YouTube.
Vidra is a general purpose tool. You are responsible for ensuring that you have the right to download any content you save, and for complying with copyright law and the terms of service of the websites you use.
CHILDREN'S PRIVACY
Vidra is not directed at children under 13, is not listed in the Play Store's family programmes, and we do not knowingly collect information from anyone, including children. Because Vidra serves ads and provides access to the open web, parents and guardians should supervise its use by minors.
DATA SECURITY
Apart from the advertising data described above, your information never leaves your device, and its security is governed by your device's own protections, such as your screen lock and Android's app sandboxing. We recommend keeping your device locked and your Android version up to date.
YOUR RIGHTS
You have complete control over all Vidra data at all times, without needing to contact us. You can clear browsing data from Settings, delete individual downloads from the Downloads screen, delete saved video files through Vidra or your gallery app, change or withdraw your advertising consent from Settings, reset your advertising ID in your Android settings, and remove everything by uninstalling the app. Since we hold no data about you, there is nothing for us to delete on our end and no data export for us to provide. Requests concerning data held by Google as a result of advertising should be directed to Google.
CHANGES TO THIS POLICY
We may update this policy as the app develops. Material changes will be reflected by a new effective date at the top of this page, and where appropriate, noted in the app's release notes. Continued use after an update constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.
CONTACT
Questions about this policy or about privacy in Vidra can be sent to: xsparkaz@gmail.com