Privacy Policy Messages
Privacy Policy
App: Messages (package com.securesms.messagebox.textsms.messaging)
This policy explains what information the Messages app ("the app") uses, why it uses it, and the choices you have. The app is published by Mountain Pixel ("we", "us"). If you have any question, write to mountainpixel@gmail.com.
1. Summary
Your SMS and MMS messages, your contacts and your backups stay on your device. We do not upload them to our servers and we do not sell them.
The app shows ads and uses analytics, crash reporting and push notification services from third parties. These services receive technical and usage information, described below.
You can remove all data kept by the app by clearing the app's storage or uninstalling it.
2. Information the app uses on your device
Information Why the app needs it Where it goes
SMS and MMS messages To show, send, receive, search, schedule, archive, block, delete and back up your messages when the app is your default messaging app. Stays on your device. Messages are sent through your mobile operator as usual.
Contacts To show names and photos instead of numbers and to let you choose recipients. Stays on your device.
Phone and SIM state To detect your SIM cards and choose which one sends a message. Stays on your device.
Camera and microphone Only when you choose to take a photo or record audio to send in a message. The photo or audio is sent only to the recipients you choose.
Photos, videos and files you attach To send them as MMS and to show received media. Sent only to the recipients you choose.
Backup files To save and restore your conversations when you use Backup & Restore. Saved in your device storage, in the place you choose.
List of installed apps When the app is your home screen: to show your apps, folders and app search, and to show install / uninstall alerts. Stays on your device.
Charging state To show the charging alert of the home screen. Stays on your device.
App settings To remember your theme, language, swipe actions, notification options and home screen layout. Stays on your device.
3. Information collected by third-party services
The app includes the following services. They collect information automatically and handle it under their own privacy policies.
Service Purpose Information it may collect
Google AdMob / Google Ad Manager Showing ads Advertising ID, IP address, device and app information, ad interactions, approximate location derived from IP.
Google User Messaging Platform Asking for your ad consent where the law requires it Your consent choice.
Firebase Analytics Understanding how the app is used App events, device information, app-instance identifier.
Firebase Crashlytics Finding and fixing crashes Crash reports, device model and OS version, app state at the time of the crash.
Firebase Cloud Messaging Sending push notifications from us (for example, news about the app) Push token, device information, notification interactions.
Microsoft Clarity Understanding how screens are used so we can improve them Screen views, taps and gestures, recordings of how app screens are used (session replays), device information.
Links: Google · Firebase · Microsoft
The app also contacts our own servers:
to download its ad settings and to count installs. These requests contain only the app's package name;
to register for push notifications. This request contains the push token given to the app by Firebase Cloud Messaging, and, when you open a notification, the fact that it was opened.
If you use web search from the home screen, the words you type are sent to Google Search and the results open in your browser.
The feed on the home screen loads news headlines from public RSS sources. When you open a headline, it opens on the publisher's website, which has its own privacy policy.
4. How the information is used
To provide the messaging features you use.
To show ads, including personalised ads where you have agreed to them.
To measure usage, fix crashes and improve the app.
To send you notifications.
We do not use the content of your messages or your contacts for advertising or analytics.
5. Sharing
We do not sell your personal information. Information is shared only with the service providers listed in section 3, and when the law requires it.
6. Your choices
Permissions: you can allow or deny each permission in your device settings. Some features will not work without the related permission.
Default messaging app: you can choose another default SMS app at any time in your device settings.
Home screen: you can choose another home screen app at any time in your device settings.
Ads: you can reset or delete your advertising ID and turn off ad personalisation in your device's Google settings. Where required, the app asks for your consent and you can change it later.
Notifications: you can turn them off in the app or in your device settings.
Delete data: clear the app's storage or uninstall the app to remove the data it keeps on your device. To ask about data held by the third-party services, write to us at the address above.
7. Data retention and security
Data kept by the app stays on your device until you delete it, clear the app's storage or uninstall the app. Information sent to third-party services is transferred over encrypted connections and is kept by them according to their own policies.
8. Children
The app is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them.
9. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy. The new version will be published on this page with a new "Last updated" date.
10. Contact
Mountain Pixel
Email: mountainpixel@gmail.com
App: Messages (package com.securesms.messagebox.textsms.messaging)
This policy explains what information the Messages app ("the app") uses, why it uses it, and the choices you have. The app is published by Mountain Pixel ("we", "us"). If you have any question, write to mountainpixel@gmail.com.
1. Summary
Your SMS and MMS messages, your contacts and your backups stay on your device. We do not upload them to our servers and we do not sell them.
The app shows ads and uses analytics, crash reporting and push notification services from third parties. These services receive technical and usage information, described below.
You can remove all data kept by the app by clearing the app's storage or uninstalling it.
2. Information the app uses on your device
Information Why the app needs it Where it goes
SMS and MMS messages To show, send, receive, search, schedule, archive, block, delete and back up your messages when the app is your default messaging app. Stays on your device. Messages are sent through your mobile operator as usual.
Contacts To show names and photos instead of numbers and to let you choose recipients. Stays on your device.
Phone and SIM state To detect your SIM cards and choose which one sends a message. Stays on your device.
Camera and microphone Only when you choose to take a photo or record audio to send in a message. The photo or audio is sent only to the recipients you choose.
Photos, videos and files you attach To send them as MMS and to show received media. Sent only to the recipients you choose.
Backup files To save and restore your conversations when you use Backup & Restore. Saved in your device storage, in the place you choose.
List of installed apps When the app is your home screen: to show your apps, folders and app search, and to show install / uninstall alerts. Stays on your device.
Charging state To show the charging alert of the home screen. Stays on your device.
App settings To remember your theme, language, swipe actions, notification options and home screen layout. Stays on your device.
3. Information collected by third-party services
The app includes the following services. They collect information automatically and handle it under their own privacy policies.
Service Purpose Information it may collect
Google AdMob / Google Ad Manager Showing ads Advertising ID, IP address, device and app information, ad interactions, approximate location derived from IP.
Google User Messaging Platform Asking for your ad consent where the law requires it Your consent choice.
Firebase Analytics Understanding how the app is used App events, device information, app-instance identifier.
Firebase Crashlytics Finding and fixing crashes Crash reports, device model and OS version, app state at the time of the crash.
Firebase Cloud Messaging Sending push notifications from us (for example, news about the app) Push token, device information, notification interactions.
Microsoft Clarity Understanding how screens are used so we can improve them Screen views, taps and gestures, recordings of how app screens are used (session replays), device information.
Links: Google · Firebase · Microsoft
The app also contacts our own servers:
to download its ad settings and to count installs. These requests contain only the app's package name;
to register for push notifications. This request contains the push token given to the app by Firebase Cloud Messaging, and, when you open a notification, the fact that it was opened.
If you use web search from the home screen, the words you type are sent to Google Search and the results open in your browser.
The feed on the home screen loads news headlines from public RSS sources. When you open a headline, it opens on the publisher's website, which has its own privacy policy.
4. How the information is used
To provide the messaging features you use.
To show ads, including personalised ads where you have agreed to them.
To measure usage, fix crashes and improve the app.
To send you notifications.
We do not use the content of your messages or your contacts for advertising or analytics.
5. Sharing
We do not sell your personal information. Information is shared only with the service providers listed in section 3, and when the law requires it.
6. Your choices
Permissions: you can allow or deny each permission in your device settings. Some features will not work without the related permission.
Default messaging app: you can choose another default SMS app at any time in your device settings.
Home screen: you can choose another home screen app at any time in your device settings.
Ads: you can reset or delete your advertising ID and turn off ad personalisation in your device's Google settings. Where required, the app asks for your consent and you can change it later.
Notifications: you can turn them off in the app or in your device settings.
Delete data: clear the app's storage or uninstall the app to remove the data it keeps on your device. To ask about data held by the third-party services, write to us at the address above.
7. Data retention and security
Data kept by the app stays on your device until you delete it, clear the app's storage or uninstall the app. Information sent to third-party services is transferred over encrypted connections and is kept by them according to their own policies.
8. Children
The app is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them.
9. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy. The new version will be published on this page with a new "Last updated" date.
10. Contact
Mountain Pixel
Email: mountainpixel@gmail.com