Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy – Messages: Text Message & SMS
Last Updated: September 21, 2026
This Privacy Policy describes how Messages: Text Message & SMS ("App", "we", "our", or "us") accesses, uses, and handles information when you use our Android application. The App provides messaging-related functionality, optional launcher features, installed application access, package monitoring, junk scanning, and battery charging status features.
We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring that permissions are used only for legitimate, disclosed, and supported App functionality.
By using the App, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy.
1. Introduction
Messages: Text Message & SMS is an Android application designed to provide users with a convenient interface for supported messaging-related features, optional launcher functionality, application compatibility, package monitoring, junk scanning, and battery charging status information.
Our goal is to provide useful features while respecting user privacy. The App uses applicable permissions only to support the functionality described in this Privacy Policy.
2. Permissions We Use
2.1 Notification Permission
Permission:
android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS
Purpose:
Display applicable App notifications.
Provide users with timely alerts related to supported App functionality.
Display relevant battery charging status notifications, where applicable.
Users can manage or disable notifications through their Android device settings.
2.2 Overlay Permission
Permission:
android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW
Purpose:
Display supported message-related or user-facing features over other applications when enabled by the user.
Provide applicable floating or overlay functionality.
Support visible, user-initiated features that require display over other applications.
Privacy Commitment:
Overlay functionality is used only for disclosed, user-facing features.
The App does not use overlay permission to secretly monitor users or collect unrelated personal information.
Users can enable or disable this permission through Android device settings.
2.3 Installed Applications Query
The App may query applications using supported Android intent filters, including:
android.intent.action.MAIN
android.intent.action.VIEW
android.intent.category.LAUNCHER
Purpose:
Identify compatible applications available on the device.
Display installed applications through the optional launcher functionality.
Enable application search and launching.
Support compatibility with supported messaging and application-related features.
Privacy Commitment:
Application query information is used for disclosed functionality.
The App does not use these queries to collect unrelated personal information.
The App does not monitor, track, or collect usage activity from other applications solely because they are installed.
2.4 Telephony Feature
The App declares telephony hardware as optional.
Purpose:
Allow the App to operate on devices with or without telephony hardware.
Support applicable device compatibility for messaging-related functionality.
Ensure that the App can be used on compatible devices regardless of telephony hardware availability.
The declaration of optional telephony hardware does not, by itself, grant access to SMS messages, call logs, or other restricted information.
2.5 Supported Application Queries
The App may check for the presence of certain supported calling, messaging, or call-management applications to provide compatible functionality.
Purpose:
Check whether compatible applications are installed.
Support applicable messaging, calling, or application-related features.
Improve compatibility and user experience.
This information is used only for disclosed application compatibility and supported features.
3. Information We Access or Process
Depending on the features you use and the permissions you grant, the App may access or process the following categories of information:
Basic device information: Information required to support device compatibility and App functionality.
Installed application information: Information about applications available on the device, where necessary for launcher, application search, application launching, or compatibility features.
Notification-related information: Information necessary to provide applicable notifications and supported notification-related functionality.
Battery status information: Information about charging status and plug-in or unplug events, where applicable.
App configuration and preferences: Locally stored settings and preferences required for App operation.
Privacy Commitment:
Information is accessed or processed only as necessary for the App's intended functionality, subject to the permissions granted and applicable legal requirements.
4. Information We Do Not Directly Request Through the Disclosed Permissions
Based on the permissions described in this Privacy Policy, the App does not request direct access to the following categories of information:
Contacts
SMS messages
Call logs
Photos or videos
Precise location information
Microphone
Camera
Important: This statement describes the permissions covered by this Privacy Policy. Any future functionality or permission changes will be reflected in an updated Privacy Policy and applicable permission disclosures.
5. How We Use Information
Information accessed or processed by the App may be used for the following purposes:
Provide supported App functionality: Enable messaging-related and other disclosed features.
Display notifications: Provide applicable App notifications and alerts.
Support overlay functionality: Display user-facing features when the user enables the required permission.
Application compatibility: Identify compatible applications and support application-related functionality.
Launcher functionality: Display, search, and launch installed applications when the user chooses to use the launcher.
Package monitoring and junk scanning: Process applicable application installation and removal information to support device organization and junk scanning features.
Battery status functionality: Display battery charging-related information and alerts.
Maintain reliability: Support App functionality, troubleshoot issues, and improve the user experience where applicable.
We do not use information collected through the disclosed permissions for purposes unrelated to the App's stated functionality, except as permitted by applicable law and disclosed to users.
6. Launcher Feature
The App provides an optional launcher functionality that users may select as their device's default launcher.
6.1 User Consent
Users can set the App as their default launcher only through the applicable Android system flow and with their consent.
Users can change or remove the default launcher through Android device settings.
The App does not force users to select it as their default launcher.
6.2 Launcher Functionality
When enabled, the launcher may provide:
Display of installed applications.
Application search.
Application launching.
Optional news content for user convenience.
The specific launcher features available may depend on the App version and device compatibility.
6.3 Access to Installed Applications
Installed application information is used to:
Display available applications.
Support application search.
Allow users to launch applications.
Provide supported launcher and compatibility features.
The App does not monitor, track, or collect usage data from other applications solely because they are installed.
6.4 Optional News Content
The launcher may display optional news content for user convenience. Any news-related third-party services, if used, may process information according to their own privacy policies.
We do not claim that all third-party content providers operate under this Privacy Policy. Users should review the relevant third-party privacy policies where applicable.
Launcher Declaration
We intend for launcher functionality, including optional news content, to operate in accordance with applicable Google Play policies and privacy requirements.
Information handled by the launcher is limited to the functionality described in this Privacy Policy. We do not sell personal information.
7. Package Monitor & Junk Scan
The App may provide package monitoring and junk scanning functionality to help users manage their device and identify applicable items for cleaning or optimization.
7.1 Package Monitoring
The App may monitor relevant application installation and removal events to support its disclosed package monitoring features.
Purpose:
Identify application installation events.
Identify application removal events.
Keep applicable device information updated.
Support junk scanning and device organization functionality.
7.2 Data Processing
Package-related information is processed locally on the device where the relevant functionality operates locally.
The App does not intentionally collect, store, or share personal information through local package monitoring and junk scanning functionality.
Information is not used to track users' activities in other applications.
Important: If any future version introduces server-based processing, analytics, or third-party services for these features, the applicable privacy disclosures will be updated accordingly.
8. Battery Charging Status Feature
The App may display a screen or notification when the device is connected to or disconnected from charging, including plug-in and unplug events.
8.1 Purpose
This feature is designed to:
Display battery-related information.
Provide charging status notifications.
Support user convenience features related to battery charging.
Inform users about applicable charging events.
8.2 Data Processing
Battery status information is processed locally on the device for the relevant feature.
The App does not intentionally collect, store, share, or transmit personal data related to battery charging events through this feature.
Charging information is not used for user tracking purposes.
The availability of this functionality may depend on Android device capabilities and user settings.
9. Data Sharing
We do not sell users' personal information.
Information is handled only as necessary to provide the App's intended functionality, subject to applicable disclosures and legal requirements.
We may share information only where necessary for:
Providing a requested feature through a relevant third-party service.
Complying with legal obligations or valid legal processes.
Protecting the security, integrity, and rights of the App, users, or others.
Where applicable, third-party services operate under their own privacy policies and terms.
10. Third-Party Services
The App may use third-party services to support application operation, analytics, advertising, content delivery, or other disclosed functionality, depending on the version and configuration of the App.
Third-party services may process certain information in accordance with their own privacy policies and applicable requirements.
Users are encouraged to review the privacy policies of relevant third-party providers.
Note: The specific third-party services used by the App may change over time. Applicable third-party data practices should be disclosed based on the services actually integrated into the released App.
11. Data Retention & Deletion
11.1 Locally Stored Data
App settings, preferences, and other App-specific information stored locally remain on the user's device until:
Deleted by the user.
Cleared through App or device settings.
Removed when the App is uninstalled, where applicable.
Otherwise removed according to the App's functionality.
11.2 User Data Deletion Requests
Users may contact us regarding applicable data deletion requests or questions about information handled by the App.
Where information is processed by third-party services, deletion may also be subject to the applicable provider's policies and legal obligations.
12. Children's Privacy
The App is not intended to knowingly collect personal information from children.
We do not knowingly request personal information from children through the disclosed App permissions. If you believe that a child has provided personal information to us, please contact us so that we can review the matter and take appropriate action where required.
13. Data Security
We take reasonable measures to protect information processed through the App.
Our privacy practices include:
Using permissions for disclosed and supported purposes.
Processing applicable local device information locally where described.
Providing users with control over relevant Android permissions.
Taking reasonable measures to maintain the security and reliability of the App.
However, no method of electronic storage or transmission can be guaranteed to be completely secure.
Users can manage applicable permissions through Android device settings.
14. User Permission Control
Users can review and manage applicable permissions through Android device settings.
Depending on the Android version and device manufacturer, users may be able to:
Enable or disable notification permission.
Enable or disable overlay permission.
Change the default launcher application.
Manage other applicable App permissions.
Disabling certain permissions may affect the availability of corresponding App functionality.
15. Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy when necessary to reflect:
Changes to the App's functionality.
Changes to permissions used by the App.
Changes to third-party services.
Changes in applicable legal or regulatory requirements.
Improvements to our privacy practices.
Any changes will be reflected by updating the "Last Updated" date at the beginning of this Privacy Policy.
Users are encouraged to review this Privacy Policy periodically.
16. Contact Us
If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or the App's data practices, please contact us at:
Email: timepassvideostatus@gmail.com
We will review privacy-related inquiries and respond as appropriate.
17. Privacy & Permission Declaration
We declare that:
Notification permission is used for applicable App notifications and supported alerts.
Overlay permission is used for disclosed, user-facing functionality when enabled by the user.
Application queries are used for launcher functionality, application search, launching, compatibility, and other supported features.
The App does not request direct access to SMS messages, contacts, call logs, photos, videos, camera, microphone, or precise location through the permissions described in this Privacy Policy.
Launcher functionality is optional, and users can change their default launcher through Android device settings.
Installed application information is used for disclosed launcher, application search, launching, and compatibility purposes.
Package monitoring and junk scanning are designed to process relevant information locally on the device, as described in this Privacy Policy.
Battery charging status information is processed locally for the disclosed charging status functionality.
We do not sell users' personal information.
Information is handled according to this Privacy Policy, applicable disclosures, and relevant legal requirements.
We aim to maintain compliance with applicable Google Play policies and applicable privacy requirements.