Status Saver — Privacy Policy

Summary

Status Saver is a free, ad-supported utility with an optional Pro upgrade. Your statuses, photos, and videos are processed and stored only on your device — we never upload, see, or store your media. Like most ad-supported apps, the app does collect certain usage, diagnostic, and advertising data through the third-party services described below. This page explains exactly what, why, and how to exercise your choices.

Information Collected Automatically

When you use the app, the third-party services integrated in it collect the following categories of data:

• App interactions — screens viewed, features used, session information, and interactions with ads (via Google Analytics for Firebase and the Google Mobile Ads SDK), used to understand how the app is used and to improve it.
• Crash logs — if the app crashes, a crash report is collected (via Firebase Crashlytics) including the device model, operating system version, and app state at the time of the crash, used to identify and fix problems.
• Diagnostics — technical and performance information collected by the advertising and crash-reporting services.
• Device and other identifiers — your resettable Android Advertising ID and app-instance/installation identifiers, used for advertising, analytics, and fraud prevention.
• IP address — collected by the advertising services when ads are requested; it may be used to infer your approximate (city-level) location for ad delivery and fraud prevention. The app does not request or use any device location permission.
• Purchase history — if you buy the Pro upgrade, your purchase and subscription status is processed through Google Play Billing and RevenueCat so we can unlock and maintain your Pro features. We never see your card or payment details; payments are handled entirely by Google Play.

All of the data above is encrypted in transit (TLS).

Information You Provide

• Support contact — if you email us to report a bug or make a suggestion, we receive your email address, name, and message. This is used only to respond to you.
• Direct Chat — when you use the Direct Chat feature, the phone number and message you enter are handed directly to WhatsApp on your device when you tap send. They are never transmitted to us or stored by us.

What Stays on Your Device

The following are processed locally and are never transmitted to us or to any third party by the app:

• WhatsApp and WhatsApp Business statuses you view or save, and the media files saved to your gallery;
• statuses you temporarily keep with the Kept Statuses feature;
• photos you edit with the No-Crop DP Maker (selected through Android's Photo Picker, which grants the app access to only the image you choose);
• text you create with Stylish Text and Text Repeater. Sharing any of this content happens only when you explicitly use the share function, through the app you choose.

Third-Party Services

The app uses the following third-party services. The advertising partners (Google and Meta) may use the data described above for their own purposes, including ad personalization where permitted; the other services process data on our behalf. We encourage you to read their privacy policies:

• Google Play Services
• AdMob (Google Mobile Ads)
• Meta Audience Network (included as an AdMob mediation partner)
• Google Analytics for Firebase
• Firebase Crashlytics & Remote Config
• RevenueCat (purchase management)

Advertising and Your Choices

• European Economic Area / United Kingdom: before personalized ads are served, you are shown a consent message provided by Google's certified consent platform, and the choices you make there are respected by the app's advertising and analytics services.
• Everywhere: you can reset or delete your Advertising ID at any time in your device's Android settings (Settings → Privacy → Ads), and you can opt out of ads personalization there as well.
• Remove ads entirely: the Pro upgrade removes ads from the app.

Permissions This App Uses

• android.permission.INTERNET and android.permission.ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE — required to display ads, deliver remote configuration, and send the analytics/crash data described above.
• android.permission.READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE (Android 12 and below) and android.permission.WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE (Android 9 and below) — used only on older Android versions to read statuses and save media to your gallery. On Android 11+ the app instead uses the storage-access folder permission you explicitly grant, and saves media through the system media store.
• android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS — used to show optional status reminders and daily digest notifications. These are generated locally on your device and can be disabled in system settings at any time.
• android.permission.RECEIVE_BOOT_COMPLETED — used to reschedule your local reminders after the device restarts.
• com.google.android.gms.permission.AD_ID — allows the advertising services to use your resettable Advertising ID, as described above.

Your media files are processed locally on your device, remain on your device, and are not accessible to us by any means.

Data Retention and Deletion

Analytics, crash, and advertising data is retained by the respective service providers in accordance with their policies. Purchase records are retained for as long as needed to maintain your Pro entitlement.

You can request deletion of data associated with you by emailing us at ashaquavision@gmail.com. Where technically feasible we will delete it — including purchase records held in RevenueCat — or forward the request to the relevant service provider. You can also reset or delete your Advertising ID in Android settings at any time, which unlinks previously collected advertising data from your device going forward.

Security

We value the trust of our users and use commercially acceptable means to protect the information described above, including encryption in transit. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Children's Privacy

These services do not address anyone under the age of 13 (or the applicable minimum age in your jurisdiction). We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children. If we discover that a child has provided personal information, we will immediately delete it. If you are a parent or guardian and become aware your child has provided personal information, please contact us.

Distribution

This app is officially available only through the Google Play Store. Any other distribution channel is not official and is not maintained by the developer. This privacy policy is effective only for the distribution listed above.

Links to Other Sites

This app may link to external sites, including in the form of ads. These external sites are not operated by us. We encourage you to review their privacy policies. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for external websites.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

This privacy policy may be updated from time to time. Material changes will be reflected on this page with an updated revision date above.

Contact Us

If you want to report a bug, suggest improvements, exercise a privacy request, or have any queries, please contact us at ashaquavision@gmail.com