Box TV Remote (iOS)

Effective October 5, 2026

Box TV Remote ("the app") turns your iPhone into a remote control for the TV set-top boxes of the French internet providers (Livebox, Freebox, Bbox) and for their TV apps on a smart TV. The app is published by Romain Bouchaud (NiamorDev), 86 rue de Paris, 60600 Clermont, France, reachable at niamor.dev@gmail.com. It is independent and not affiliated with any provider.

The app asks for no account, name or email address.

Data that stays on your phone

The following is stored on your device only. It is never sent to us and is deleted with the app:

• the provider you chose;
• your paired boxes and TVs: name, local network address, pairing keys;
• your macros, shortcuts, remote layouts, favourite channels and display preferences;
• the photo you pick, if any, as a macro icon: the app keeps a copy to show it and sends it nowhere.

The home-screen widgets read the same information, from a space shared with the app, on your device.

Local network

To find and control your box or TV, the app talks to them over your local Wi-Fi network (device discovery, then key presses). These exchanges stay on your network.

Microphone

On devices that support the Google Assistant, the app uses the microphone only while you turn the assistant button on. Your voice is then streamed directly to your box or TV, for its Google Assistant. We neither record nor receive it.

TV guide and apps catalogue

The app downloads the channel list, the TV guide and the apps catalogue from our server niamor.dev. These requests carry no personal data. Like any web server, ours may keep technical logs (IP address, date), kept for its operation and security.

Advertising

The free version shows ads, served by the X3M (XMediator) mediation platform and its advertising partners, including Google (AdMob, Ad Manager), AppLovin, Meta (Audience Network), Unity, ironSource, Mintegral, InMobi, Liftoff (Vungle), Moloco, BidMachine, Ogury and Digital Turbine (Fyber). These partners may collect device identifiers, technical information and your interactions with ads, to show and measure ads and, with your consent, to personalise them.

• Your consent is asked on first launch, through Google's consent form (GDPR and IAB TCF compliant).
• Apple's advertising identifier (IDFA) is only available with your permission, asked by iOS ("Allow to track your activity"). You can withdraw it at any time in Settings > Privacy & Security > Tracking.
• Premium subscribers see no ads.

Analytics and crash reports

The app uses Firebase (Google):

• Google Analytics for Firebase measures how the app is used (screens shown, features used, purchases) to improve it. Until you consent, measurement runs without cookies or advertising identifiers ("Consent Mode").
• Firebase Crashlytics receives a technical report when the app crashes (device model, iOS version, error trace), to fix problems.
• Firebase Remote Config lets us adjust some app settings remotely, without personal data.

Purchases

Subscriptions and the lifetime purchase go through Apple's App Store. We receive no payment data: the app only knows whether a Premium purchase is active on your account. You manage your subscriptions in your Apple account settings.

Legal bases and retention

Personalised advertising and analytics rely on your consent. Crash reports rely on our legitimate interest in keeping the app working. Purchases rely on the performance of the contract. Data collected by our providers is kept for their own retention periods, described in their privacy policies.

Your rights

Under the GDPR, you have the right to access, rectify, erase, object to and restrict the processing of your data. Data that stays on your phone is erased by deleting the app. For any request, write to niamor.dev@gmail.com. You can also lodge a complaint with the CNIL (www.cnil.fr).

Children

The app is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect their data.

Changes

We may update this policy. The date at the top of the page shows its latest version.