Privacy Policy
Meta Link Clearer (Package ID: com.mapio.metalinkclearer)
This policy explains how the "Meta Link Clearer" app (the "App") handles data. Our design principle is simple: whatever can be done on your device, stays on your device. The list below is a factual description of what the App actually does — nothing hidden, nothing overstated.
What We Collect
Almost nothing.
The App requires no sign-up, has no user accounts, includes no analytics or tracking SDKs, shows no ads, and does not upload, store on a server, or share your personal data with any third party.
How the App Works
- When you share a link into the App, or paste one, the App parses the URL entirely on your device and strips tracking parameters (e.g.
xmt,igsh,fbclid,mibextid,utm_*). This happens locally and is never transmitted to any server. - For Threads
/share/short links, the App makes a single anonymous HTTP request to follow the redirect and obtain the actual destination URL. This request carries no cookies and no identity or login information, and no log of your requests is kept. This is the only network activity the App performs. - The cleaned URL is written to your device's system clipboard so you can paste it elsewhere.
Clipboard Use
The App writes to your clipboard only after you run a cleaning action, using the cleaned result. It does not read or monitor other clipboard content in the background.
Data Retention
Cleaning history is stored using local on-device storage only (React Native AsyncStorage), kept solely on your own phone or tablet. It is never synced, backed up, or uploaded to any cloud or server. You can clear this history at any time within the App, and uninstalling the App removes all local records on that device.
Third-Party Services
The App does not use any third-party analytics, advertising, or crash-reporting services, and does not embed any third-party SDK for data collection. The only outbound network request is the anonymous redirect lookup for Threads short links described above, which does not itself collect or retain any information beyond the response needed to complete the redirect.
Children's Privacy
The App is not directed at children and does not knowingly collect personal data from children. Since the App does not collect personal data from any user, the same minimal-data standard applies regardless of age.
Changes to This Policy
If this policy changes, we will update the "Effective date" at the top of this page and, where the change is significant, note it in the App or on the release notes. Please check back periodically.
Contact Us
Questions about this policy or how the App handles data can be sent to the developer, mapio, at: info@metalinkclearer.com