PXLinkPXLink Privacy Policy
Effective 14 November 2026
1. Introduction
This policy explains what the PXLink app for Android (package com.pxlink.app, "the app") does with your information. PXLink is an independent app published on Google Play by its developer ("we", "us"). It lets you play the games on your own PS5 or PS4 on your phone, tablet or TV over your home network.
The app links to this page from its sign-in screen and from Settings → About → Privacy policy.
2. Summary
- The app has no analytics, no ads and no crash reporting.
- Everything the app stores stays on your device.
- We do not sell your information or share it for advertising.
- Our only server is the PXLink Pro check. It is used only if you buy PXLink Pro, and it keeps nothing but one-way hashes of your purchase and installs.
3. Information the app handles
3.1 Your PlayStation Network account
You sign in on Sony's own sign-in page, shown inside the app. The app doesn't read or keep your password. After you sign in, the app receives sign-in tokens from Sony and stores them on your device, sealed with a key held by Android's keystore. Sony's sign-in page keeps its own cookies in the app's storage on your device, as a browser would. Signing out removes that account's tokens and cached data.
3.2 What is sent to Sony
To link and start remote play and to show your profile, the app sends Sony's PlayStation Network services your sign-in tokens, which identify your account (your account ID and online ID). It asks Sony for your profile, profile picture, trophy lists and play history. Sony's own privacy policy covers what Sony does with these requests.
3.3 Your console
The app finds your consoles on your home network and talks to them directly. When you link a console, the app sends it the code the console shows, and keeps the pairing details the console returns, sealed on your device. During a stream, the app sends the console your controller and touch input, the motion of your controller or phone when you use it, and your microphone audio only when you turn the microphone on. The console sends back the video, sound and controller feedback.
3.4 Microphone
The app uses the microphone only when you turn it on during a stream, and only after you allow it in Android. The audio goes straight to your console for voice chat. The app doesn't record or store it, and stops listening when you turn the microphone off or leave the stream screen.
3.5 Data saved on your device
To open quickly, the app keeps a copy of your profile, trophy lists, games and play time, and pictures of your profile and games, in its cache on your device. The cache is refreshed regularly, deleted when you sign out, and never backed up.
3.6 ReShade effects
ReShade files you import stay on your device and are left out of cloud backups. Your ReShade presets are included in Android's backup like your other settings. The effects run on your device only; nothing about them is sent anywhere.
3.7 Diagnostic logs
The app keeps a diagnostic log on your device. It leaves the device only when you choose Share log.
4. Services the app communicates with
The app connects only to the services below, and only for the purpose shown.
| Service | Why | What it receives |
|---|---|---|
| Sony PlayStation Network (account.sony.com, sonyentertainmentnetwork.com, playstation.net, playstation.com) | Sign in, link remote play, show your profile, trophies, games and play time, and their pictures | The details in section 3.2 |
| Your PS5 or PS4, on your home network | Find, wake, link and stream | The details in section 3.3 |
| Google Play | Sell PXLink Pro and list your purchase | Purchase details, handled by Google; Google's billing library also sends Google diagnostic information about purchases |
| Google Play In-App Review | Show Google Play's rating card, after you've streamed a few times and at most every few months | A request to show the card, handled by the Google Play app; if you rate or review, Google handles it and the app never sees your rating |
| Google Play Integrity | Confirm this copy of the app came from Google Play | An integrity check request |
| PXLink Pro server (pxlink-pro.owenincardiff.workers.dev, a Cloudflare Worker) | Confirm a PXLink Pro purchase (section 5) | Purchase token, Play Integrity token, install ID |
The policies of Sony and Google cover what those companies do with the information they receive.
5. PXLink Pro purchases
PXLink Pro is bought through Google Play. Google handles the payment; the app never sees your payment details.
To confirm a purchase, the app sends the PXLink Pro server:
- the purchase token Google Play gave the app;
- a random install ID, made from a key that never leaves your device;
- a Google Play Integrity token that says whether this copy of the app came from Google Play.
The server asks Google whether the purchase is real and sends back a signed confirmation (a pass, valid for 30 days) that the app keeps on your device.
One purchase works on up to 5 devices. To enforce this, the server stores only one-way hashes of the purchase token and of those install IDs, with the time each install last checked. It deletes them 30 days after the purchase's last check. It stores nothing else.
6. Storage, retention and deletion
- On your device: sign-in tokens, console pairing details, settings, cached profile and game data, imported ReShade files and logs stay on your device until you sign out, clear the app's data or uninstall it.
- On our server: only the one-way hashes described in section 5, deleted 30 days after a purchase's last check.
- Backups: Android may back up your settings, including ReShade presets. Sign-in tokens, Sony's sign-in cookies, pairing details, the install ID, logs, cached data and imported ReShade files are excluded.
See Delete your data for the steps.
7. Security
Sign-in tokens and pairing details are sealed with a key held by Android's keystore, and the install ID comes from a keystore key that never leaves your device. Traffic to Sony, Google and the PXLink Pro server uses HTTPS, and the stream between your console and the app is encrypted by the console's remote play protocol. No method of storage or transmission is perfectly secure, but we keep what the app holds to the minimum it needs.
8. Children
The app is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect information from them. The parental controls on your PlayStation Network account and console still apply when you use the app.
9. Your choices and rights
- Sign out of any account at any time to remove its tokens and cached data from your device.
- Microphone access is off until you turn it on in a stream, and you can revoke it in Android settings.
- Logs are shared only when you choose Share log.
- PlayStation Network data (profile, trophies, gaming history) is controlled by Sony; use your Sony account's privacy settings to see or delete it.
- Pro purchase data on our server can be deleted on request (see Delete your data). Depending on where you live (for example the EU, UK or California), you may also have rights to access, correct or delete your data, which you can exercise the same way.
10. Changes and contact
If the app's handling of information changes, we will update this policy and its effective date; the app always links to the current version.
For questions or requests about this policy, email owenbuilds@proton.me.