Effective Date: 15 March 2025
Messages: SMS & Texting App (“we”, “our”, or “us”) respects your privacy and is committed to protecting it. This Privacy Policy explains how our mobile application (“App”) handles information when you use our services.
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By installing or using the App, you agree to this Privacy Policy.
1. Information Collection Overview
Messages: SMS & Texting App does NOT collect, store, upload, or share your personal SMS/MMS messages, call logs, or contacts to external servers.
All messages and conversations remain locally on your device.
However, certain limited technical and anonymized data may be collected automatically to ensure app functionality, analytics, and advertising.
2. Automatically Collected Information
When you use the App, we may automatically collect non-personal technical information, including:
* Device IP address
* Device model and operating system version
* App usage statistics (screens visited, session duration)
* App performance and crash logs
📍 We do NOT collect precise location data.
3. SMS, Contacts & Phone Permissions (Required Disclosure)
Messages: SMS & Texting App requires the following permissions only to provide core messaging features:
📩 SMS Permissions
* READ_SMS, RECEIVE_SMS, RECEIVE_MMS
→ To display incoming messages inside the app
* SEND_SMS
→ To send SMS messages on your behalf
🔒 Messages are never uploaded, stored externally, or shared.
👥 Contacts Permission
* READ_CONTACTS
→ To display contact names instead of phone numbers
🔒 Contacts are accessed locally and never stored or transmitted.
📞 Phone Permission
* READ_PHONE_STATE
→ To support SIM detection and dual-SIM SMS handling
* CALL_PHONE
→ To allow users to make calls directly from message threads
📂 Storage Permission
* READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE / WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE
→ To save and retrieve MMS media and optional local backups
🔄 System & Performance Permissions
* RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED – Restart messaging services after reboot
* WAKE_LOCK – Ensure message delivery reliability
* INTERNET / ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE – Enable messaging and ads
4. How We Use Information
We use information strictly to:
* Provide SMS, MMS, and messaging features
* Improve app performance and reliability
* Detect crashes and fix bugs
* Prevent abuse and fraud
🚫 We do not sell, rent, or misuse your personal data.
5. Advertising & GDPR Consent (Google AdMob)
Messages Pro – SMS & Chat displays advertisements through Google AdMob in order to support the development and maintenance of the application.
Advertising behavior depends on your location and consent status:
* Users in the European Economic Area (EEA) and the United Kingdom (UK) are presented with a GDPR consent form at appropriate times.
* Based on your choices, ads shown in the app may be:
Personalized ads, or
Non-personalized ads.
* For users outside the EEA/UK, ads may be shown according to local regulations.
Google AdMob may use technologies such as:
* Advertising ID
* cookies or similar identifiers
These are used to:
* Display relevant ads
* Measure ad performance
* Prevent fraud and abuse
Managing or Withdrawing Consent
You can review, update, or withdraw your advertising consent at any time by:
* Using the app’s privacy or settings section (if available)
* Adjusting Google advertising settings on your device
* Resetting or limiting your device’s Advertising ID
📢 Important Notice
We do not sell, trade, or rent personal data to third parties.
We do not share personal information in a manner that would be considered a “sale” under GDPR, CCPA, or CPRA.
6. Analytics & Crash Reporting
We use the following third-party services to improve the App:
* Google Analytics for Firebase – anonymized usage statistics
* Firebase Crashlytics – crash and error reporting
* Microsoft Clarity – anonymized interaction analytics
These services may collect:
* Device information
* App interaction events
* IP address (may be anonymized)
Data is used only for performance and usability improvements.
7. Third-Party Service Providers
The App may use third-party services with their own privacy policies:
* Google Play Services
* Google AdMob
* Google Analytics for Firebase
* Firebase Crashlytics
* Microsoft Clarity
* Facebook SDK (analytics & attribution)
Data shared with these providers is aggregated, anonymized, and minimal.
8. Data Security
We protect your data by:
* Keeping messages stored locally on your device
* Using secure APIs and encrypted communication (HTTPS)
* Limiting data access to essential app functionality
⚠️ No system is 100% secure, but we apply industry-standard safeguards.
9. User Rights (GDPR & CCPA / CPRA)
We respect your privacy rights and provide users with control over their data in accordance with GDPR (Europe) and CCPA / CPRA (United States).
Your Rights Include:
* Right to Consent
You have the right to give, refuse, or withdraw consent for personalized advertising and analytics at any time.
* Right to Access
You may request information about the data collected for app functionality, analytics, or advertising purposes (where applicable).
* Right to Deletion
You may request deletion of any personal data processed by third-party services used in the app, subject to legal and technical limitations.
* Right to Withdraw Advertising Consent
You can opt out of personalized ads at any time through:
In-app privacy settings (if available)
Google Ad Settings on your device
* Right to Control Permissions
You may manage or revoke app permissions (such as SMS, contacts, or storage) directly through your device settings.
Right to Opt Out of Personalized Advertising
You can choose non-personalized ads or limit ad tracking using system-level controls.
📍 California Residents (CCPA / CPRA)
If you are a resident of California:
We do not sell or share personal information as defined under CCPA or CPRA.
You may exercise your privacy rights by contacting us using the details provided below.
10. Data Deletion & Data Retention
Messages: SMS & Texting App respects your right to control your data.
Data Stored on Your Device
* All SMS, MMS, contacts, and message-related data are stored locally on your device only.
* We do not store or back up your messages on our servers.
* Deleting the app from your device will automatically remove all locally stored app data.
Data Retention Period
* We retain collected data only for as long as necessary to provide app functionality and improve services.
* No personal messages or private communications are retained by us after app removal.
11. Children’s Privacy
Messages: SMS & Texting App is not intended for children under 13.
The Application does not address anyone under the age of 13. The Service Provider does not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13 years of age. In the case the Service Provider discover that a child under 13 has provided personal information, the Service Provider will immediately delete this from their servers. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information
We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If such data is discovered, it will be deleted immediately.
12. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Updates will be posted within the App or on our listing page.
13. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, contact us at:
📧 Email: samirsardhara99@gmail.com