This Privacy Policy describes how the WA Chat application (hereinafter - the Application, we) handles your information. WA Chat is a utility for opening WhatsApp chat conversations with phone numbers without saving them as contacts, available on the Apple App Store. The Application is designed to keep your data on your device: we do not require an account, we do not operate our own servers that store your content, and we do not sell your data. The free version of the Application shows ads; subscribing to WA Chat Pro removes them and unlocks higher usage limits.
1.1. Everything you create in the Application — the phone numbers you type, your saved message templates, the contacts you save inside the Application, and your recent message history (a Pro feature) — is stored locally in the Application's storage on your device. This data is not uploaded to our servers and is not accessible to us.
1.2. The Application does not access your device's system address book or contact list. The contacts in the Application are entries you add manually; they are processed on your device only, are used only to open a chat, and are never stored or transmitted by us.
1.3. Deleting the Application from your device deletes all of this local data, including your templates, saved contacts, and history.
2.1. When you send a message, the Application opens a WhatsApp conversation by handing the phone number and the message text you composed over to the WhatsApp application on your device. From that moment, WhatsApp (operated by Meta Platforms, Inc.) processes them according to its own privacy policy. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by WhatsApp or Meta Platforms, Inc., and we have no access to the conversations you have there.
2.2. The default country code for the phone number field is detected on your device from your device's region settings. This detection happens entirely on your device and nothing is transmitted.
3.1. The Application generates a random, anonymous identifier on your device when the subscription service is initialized. It is not derived from your name, email address, phone number, or any other personal information — we never collect those. The identifier is used solely to manage your free-tier limits and the status of your subscription.
3.2. Purchases and subscriptions are processed by Apple through the App Store and managed with RevenueCat, a subscription management service. We receive only anonymous purchase information (such as the product purchased and the subscription status) — never your payment details. RevenueCat processes this data according to its own privacy policy.
3.3. Because it is the App Store's responsibility to resolve refund issues, we may share anonymous information about your use of the Application with Apple Inc. in connection with refund requests.
4.1. The free version of the Application displays banner and native ads served by Google AdMob. AdMob may use a device advertising identifier (such as Apple's IDFA) and device information (such as device type and operating system version) to deliver and measure ads. Whether personalized ads are shown depends on the ad privacy settings of your device and your choices in system prompts.
4.2. Subscribing to WA Chat Pro disables ads entirely. Google processes this data according to its own privacy policy.
5.1. To understand how the Application is used and to time upgrade offers, we record anonymous usage counts — such as how many messages you have handed off to WhatsApp, how many templates and contacts you have saved, and how often the upgrade screen was shown — together with first-use and last-active dates. These counts are attached to your anonymous identifier (see section 3) through RevenueCat. They contain no message text, no phone numbers, and no contact details.
7.1. Your templates, saved contacts, and history live only on your device and are retained until you delete them or remove the Application.
7.2. Records associated with your anonymous identifier (usage counts and subscription status, held by RevenueCat) are retained only as long as needed to provide the service and are not linked to your identity.
8.1. The Application is not directed to children under the age of 13 (or the equivalent minimum age in your jurisdiction), and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
9.1. Communication with the third-party services described above uses encrypted connections (HTTPS/TLS). Your local data is protected by your device's operating system security, including device encryption when enabled.
10.1. We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The current version is posted on this page, and the date of the latest revision is indicated at the top. Continued use of the Application after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the updated Policy.
11.1. If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or how your data is handled, please contact us through the Apple App Store from which you downloaded the Application: use the App Support link on the Application's product page, or the Report a Problem feature in your App Store account. Refund requests are handled directly by the App Store.
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