Sleep Sound & White Noise
Privacy Policy
Last Updated: January 31, 2026
Sleep Sound & White Noise : Relax, meditation, and sleep with calming white noise, ocean & nature sounds
Neel is a minimal, calming, and effective app designed to help you meditate, relax, and sleep better. Enjoy a wide variety of soothing sounds such as White Noise, Ocean Waves, Space Ambience, Wind, Rain, and more — all crafted to bring you peace of mind and body.
Your Privacy Is Our Priority:
Neel only asks for essential permissions to deliver its core features. We do not collect or misuse any personal data.
About Background Services & Notifications:
When you set a meditation timer, the app runs in the background with a live notification.
You can see the countdown, pause or stop the session directly from the notification.
It enhances user control without disrupting your device usage.
We never misuse permissions:
All permissions are used strictly for functionality – we do not collect personal data or use them for ads or tracking. Neel fully complies with Google Play policies and user privacy guidelines.
01. Why does this app ask for Notification Permission?
We request only essential permissions to ensure the app’s core features function smoothly:
android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE: Allows the app to run meditation timers and audio playback in the background without interruption, so your chosen sound continues even if the app is minimized or the screen is off.
android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS: Used to display an active meditation timer with controls (pause, stop) in notifications, keeping you informed without opening the app.
android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK: Enables uninterrupted background audio playback as a foreground media service.
Note: These permissions are strictly used for app functionality. We do not collect or misuse personal data via these permissions.
2 Publicly disclose
We only disclose your personal information in the following situations:
1) According to your needs, disclose your designated personal information in a disclosure method that you explicitly agree to;
2) According to the requirements of laws, regulations, mandatory administrative law enforcement, judicial or regulatory agencies, where it is necessary to provide your personal information, we may publicly disclose your personal information based on the type of personal information requested and the method of disclosure.
3. Why does this app have so many ads?
Ads are shown so that YOUR hard earned money stays in your pocket. You’ve surely seen those paid apps around and you have to buy them to use them. You can find those apps in the ‘Top Paid’ section of Google Play. Those apps have no ads whatsoever because they get their money through your wallet. Making an app is not an easy task since it takes significant amount of cost, time and effort to make it. The reason you can get those apps for free is because we show you advertisements in our apps. We admit that sometimes ads can be annoying and disturbing but if it weren’t for those ads, you would have to pay those applications. The ad allows the app developers to have something in return for their efforts and hard work. It also enables them to carry out their work to further stage, making upgrades on the existing apps as well as creating new apps now and then. To continue developing free apps for all of us, we hope you will endure this little annoyance. Thank you.
4. What information does this app collect?
This app collect your location, as well as some of your device information that we get from android os such as device brand, model, version... etc. This application might also ask you to enter your email address or phone number based on your application usage. So, you can enlist in our subscriber list which you can omit or ignore. You can also unsubscribe anytime you want by emailing us and by uninstalling this application.
5. What do we do with those information?
As you know this application is totally free. However, to develop these kind of application, we need operational cost as well as development cost. We get those cost from ads which we deliver within our application. When we serve ad to you, we need to make sure you don't see irrelevant ads, for example: A restaurant in France is not relevant to the people of Brazil. It's best to show ads that are relevant to you. So, to do that, we take help from your data so that we can deliver the best ad experience without annoying you.
6. Do we share those information with any untrusted party?
No, we do not share these data with anyone that we do not trust or does not have a long running reputation for user privacy. To deliver the best and relevant ad experience to you, sometimes we do need to take help from trusted third party organization such as (Google, Facebook, Amazon .... etc). These organization can help us only when we share certain information with them.
7. How do I opt out?
We collect some of the information that are generally available when you first launch this application. These data are not directly associated with you, rather they are android system specific information. So, if you just delete or uninstall this application, you are automatically opted out. However, to be opted out from our subscriber list, you can email us by requesting to remove your info from our list. Then, we will remove all the associated data of you from our list.
8. How We Use Cookies
We may use "cookie" technology to collect additional website usage data and to improve our Services, but we do not require cookies for many parts of our Services such as viewing public videos. A cookie is a small data file that is transferred to your computer's hard disk. "Videos" may use both session cookies and persistent cookies to better understand how you interact with our Services, to monitor aggregate usage by our users and web traffic routing on our Services, and to customize and improve our Services. Most Internet browsers automatically accept cookies. If you do not want cookies from "Videos" or other websites, you can instruct your browser, by changing its settings, to stop accepting cookies or to prompt you before accepting a cookie from the websites you visit. However, some Services may not function properly if you disable cookies.
9. To California Residents
Under the applicable California Consumer Privacy Act ("CCPA"), you have certain rights with respect to your personal information collected by us for business purposes. Please note that this section applies only to people who live in California. Your rights include:
- The right to know about the personal information a business collects about you how it is used and shared;
- The right to delete the information collected from you;
- The right to opt-out of receiving personalized ads;
- The right to non-discrimination for exercising your CCPA rights.
10. To EU Users
Under the applicable General Data Protection Regulation ("GDPR"), you have certain rights with respect to your personal information collected by us for business purposes. Please note that this section applies only to people who live in EU. Your rights include:
1. The right to obtain certain information about our processing, including: the purposes of processing the data; the categories of personal data processed; the recipients who receive your personal data; how long we store your personal data;
2. The right to receive a copy of any personal data which we process about you, in a commonly used and machine-readable format;
3. The right to delete;
4. The right to restrict data processing of your personal data;
5. The right to object to the processing of your personal data;
6.The right to withdraw your consent you have granted to us;
7. The right to raise a complaint with the relevant data protection authority, if you think that any of your rights have been infringed by us;
8. The right not to be subject to automated decision-making in relation to your personal data. We can confirm that we do not use automated decision-making;
9. The right to be notified in the event of a personal data breach which is likely to result in a high risk to your right
11. Your Rights
Under applicable laws of your jurisdiction, you may have one or more of the rights to your personal information. These rights may include (if relevant):
1) Provide you with information we collect about you;
2) Device permissions. You may revoke any permissions you have granted to us before, such as permission to access your camera or camera roll;
3) Delete;
4) opt out. You have the right to 'opt out' of receiving personalized ads.
You can exercise your rights above by contacting us at info.lifecycle.inc@gmail.com. If you are a California resident, please refer to the "To California Residents" section. And if you are an EU user, please refer to the "To EU Users" section.
12. Children Under 13
This App mainly provides its products and services to people over 13 years old (or the prescribed age in your country). If you are the guardian of a child user under the age of 13 (or the prescribed age in your country), we remind you to properly perform guardianship duties to protect the safety of children's personal information. In addition, please guide and help the children under your supervision during the use of our products and services.
If you are a child user under the age of 13 (or the prescribed age in your country), please read this policy carefully with the assistance and assistance of your parents or guardians before using our products and services, and use our services or provide us with information with the consent of your parents or guardians. If we learn that our products have accidentally collected children’s personal information, we will delete the relevant information as soon as possible.
13. What is picture in picture mode?
A user triggering PiP mode causes the current activity to shrink from full screen to a small window, which continues showing the content without overlaying any UI. Android 12 added significant cosmetic improvements to the animated transitions between full screen and PiP windows.
14. Sometimes I see YouTube, Facebook videos, pages or websites even though the app is not for YouTube or websites, why is that?
These are also kinds of ads but they are put in such a way that you wouldn’t be annoyed or disturbed. It means that they won’t come in front of you all of a sudden.
15. I want to promote my brands like YouTube channel, Facebook page in your app, what do I have to do?
Send us an E-mail with “Want to promote my business” in the subject box.
Email Address: info.lifecycle.inc@gmail.com
16. I want to build an app like yours one, what do I have to do?
Send us an E-mail with “Want to make an app like yours” in the subject box.
Email Address: info.lifecycle.inc@gmail.com
17. App keep asking for a review or rate, what’s that all about?
It aims so that the app makers can work on new and better apps. When you’re rating an app with 5 stars, please be sure to give us any suggestion if it comes to your mind.
18. Contact Us
If you have any suggestions or requests, please feel free to contact us by sending an email to info.lifecycle.inc@gmail.com.
