Privacy Policy
App: Messages: Chat Messenger Home Last updated: October 30, 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how the developer of Messages: Chat Messenger Home ("we", "us", "our") handles information when you use the application (the "App"). The App is an SMS and MMS messaging app that also provides a home-screen launcher for the apps installed on your device. Installing or using the App means you accept the practices described below; if they do not suit you, please do not use the App.
1. Information We Collect
- Messages. SMS and MMS messages you send and receive through the App, including message text, sender and recipient numbers, timestamps, and attachments.
- Contacts. The names, numbers, and photos stored on your device, used to show who a message is from and to let you choose recipients.
- Call information. With your permission, basic phone state and call events, used for after-call features.
- Media and files. Photos, videos, and files you choose to attach to a message, plus anything you capture with the camera from inside the App.
- Installed application list. Read locally so the launcher can display your apps.
- Technical and usage data. Device model, Android version, App version, device language, general region, device identifiers, advertising identifier, session statistics, feature-usage events, and crash reports.
Message content, contacts, and your installed-app list are processed on your device. They are not uploaded to our servers, not sold, and never shared with advertisers.
2. App Permissions
| Permission | Why it is needed |
|---|---|
| READ_SMS, SEND_SMS, WRITE_SMS, RECEIVE_SMS, RECEIVE_MMS | Reading, sending, storing, and receiving your SMS and MMS messages |
| READ_CONTACTS | Showing names and photos and choosing recipients |
| READ_PHONE_STATE | Detecting call state for after-call features |
| CAMERA | Capturing a photo to attach to a message |
| READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE, READ_MEDIA_IMAGES, READ_MEDIA_VIDEO | Choosing images, videos, and files to send |
| POST_NOTIFICATIONS | Alerting you to new messages and calls |
| SCHEDULE_EXACT_ALARM | Reminders and timed features |
| FOREGROUND_SERVICE, FOREGROUND_SERVICE_PHONE_CALL, FOREGROUND_SERVICE_SPECIAL_USE | Keeping messaging and call-related features running reliably |
| Display over other apps (overlay) | Showing after-call popups |
| App visibility | Listing installed apps so the launcher can display them |
Setting the App as your default messaging app is what grants it the SMS and MMS access its core features need. Every permission can be withdrawn in Android's settings at any time; the feature depending on it then stops until it is granted again.
3. How We Use Information
Information is used only to provide the messaging, after-call, and launcher features; to keep the App stable and diagnose crashes; to understand aggregate usage so the App can be improved; and to display and measure advertising. We do not sell or rent any information. Advertising is never based on the content of your messages.
4. Data Sharing and Transfers
We share data only with the service providers named below, and only as far as they need it to provide their service. We may also disclose information where the law requires it or where reasonably necessary to prevent fraud or abuse. Those providers may process data on servers outside your country; where the law requires it, such transfers are made under appropriate safeguards. Your messages, contacts, and installed-app list are never shared with anyone.
5. Analytics and Advertising
- Google Analytics and Firebase — anonymous usage statistics and crash reporting
- Google AdMob — advertising
- Google Play Services
Ad networks may use your advertising identifier and comparable technical signals to select advertisements, including personalised ones where permitted. You can reset or delete the advertising identifier and switch off ad personalisation at any time in Android's settings. Each provider operates under its own privacy policy, which we encourage you to read.
6. Security of Data
We apply reasonable technical and organisational safeguards to whatever the App processes, and the design keeps message content, contacts, and the installed-app list on the device rather than on a server. Even so, no method of electronic storage or transmission is completely secure, so absolute security cannot be guaranteed.
7. Data Retention and Deletion
Messages, attachments, contacts, and launcher preferences remain on your device for as long as you keep them, and are removed when you delete them, clear the App's data, or uninstall the App. Analytics and crash data are retained according to each provider's own settings. To request deletion of anything we may hold, write to us at the address below.
8. Children's Privacy
The App is not intended for children under 13, or under the minimum age required in your country, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children. Anything received in error is deleted once identified. Parents and guardians with a concern may write to us.
9. Your Rights and Choices
You may grant or withdraw permissions in Android's settings, delete individual messages or whole conversations, clear the App's data, disable ad personalisation, or uninstall the App. If the law of your region grants rights of access, correction, erasure, or restriction over personal data — or the right to opt out of the sale or sharing of personal information and of targeted advertising — write to us and we will act within a reasonable period.
10. Links to Other Sites
The App may link to websites operated by others. We are not responsible for their content or privacy practices and encourage you to read their policies.
11. Changes to This Privacy Policy
This policy may be updated from time to time. The version in force, with its date, is always the one published on this page. Continued use of the App after an update means the update is accepted.
12. Contact Us
For any question, concern, or request about this Privacy Policy or your data:
Email: techcocteam@gmail.com