# Privacy Policy for WhatsApp Status Saver

**Effective Date:** June 19, 2025

Thank you for using WhatsApp Status Saver ("the App"). This Privacy Policy describes how your information is handled when you use our application. Your privacy is important to us, and we are committed to protecting it.

If you have any questions or concerns about this policy, please contact us at thegsmwork@gmail.com.

### 1. Information We Collect

Our App is designed to be a utility, and we do not collect any personally identifiable information from you.

*   **Non-Personal Information:** We do not collect, store, or transmit any personal data such as your name, email address, phone number, or location.

*   **Media Files (Statuses):** The App's core functionality is to view and save WhatsApp status files (images and videos). To do this, the App needs to access the WhatsApp status folder on your device's storage.

    *   **All processing is done locally on your device.** The App does **not** upload your statuses, media files, or any other personal files to our servers or any third-party servers. The files are only displayed within the app for you to view and are saved to your own device storage only when you explicitly choose to download them.

*   **Third-Party Advertising:** We use Google AdMob to display ads in the App. Google may collect certain non-personal information to serve relevant ads. This may include your device ID, IP address, and advertising identifiers.

### 2. How We Use Your Information

The information and permissions requested are solely for the core functionality of the App:

*   **To Display Statuses:** To find and display image and video statuses from your WhatsApp application.

*   **To Serve Advertisements:** We use information collected by our advertising partner (Google AdMob) to display advertisements, which helps us keep the app free.

### 3. Permissions Required

The App requests the following permissions on your Android device to function correctly:

*   **Storage Access (`READ_MEDIA_IMAGES`, `READ_MEDIA_VIDEO`, `READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE`):** This permission is essential to access the WhatsApp Status folder on your device's storage and display the statuses within the App.

*   **Storage Write Access (`WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE` on older Android versions):** This permission is required to save the status files to your device's storage when you initiate a download. For newer Android versions, this is handled via the MediaStore API without requiring broad write permission.

*   **Internet Access:** This permission is required to load and display advertisements from Google AdMob.

The App **only** accesses the specific folders related to WhatsApp statuses and does not scan or access your other personal files.

### 4. Data Sharing and Disclosure

We do not share, sell, rent, or trade your personal information or media files with any third parties.

The only exception is the data collected by our third-party advertising partner, Google AdMob, for the purpose of serving ads. We recommend you review their privacy policy to understand how they handle data.

*   **Google AdMob & Adsense Privacy Policy:** [https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads](https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads)

### 5. Data Security

We are committed to ensuring your information is secure. Since the App processes all files locally on your device and does not transmit them over the internet to our servers, your data's security is primarily dependent on the security of your own device. We do not store any of your data.

### 6. Children's Privacy

Our service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so that we can take necessary actions.

### 7. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.

### 8. Contact Us

If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us at: **thegsmwork@gmail.com**