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Privacy Policy for Wave Messenger

This Privacy Policy is meant to help you understand what information we collect, why we collect it and how you can update, manage, export and delete your information.


  • Last updated : 22 Oct 2022
  • Effective on : When v0.0.5 is released.

This Privacy Policy describes :

  • The ways we collect personal data about you and why we do so
  • What data we share with third-parties
  • How we use your personal data
  • The choices you have about your personal data.

We may periodically update this Privacy Policy by posting a new version here. If we make any changes, we will notify you as required under applicable law, including by posting a notice in the Service prior to the change becoming effective.

Contact Us

If you have questions about data protection, or if you have any requests for resolving issues with your personal data, we encourage you to primarily contact us through the support features within the Messenger-Android application, so we can help you quickly.

Alternatively, you may contact us :

  • Name : Wave Messenger-Android
  • Address: Pune, Maharashtra, India
  • Subject: Query regarding Privacy Policy
  • Email: [email protected]

The data we collect

The categories of personal data we collect depend on the Services you use, and the requirements of applicable law.

Data you provide us directly.

Contact information :

  • Name
  • Email address (optional)
  • Phone numbers (required for verification and security)

Profile information

  • Profile photo (optional)

Note : Your messages, conversations, groups data is never shared to any third party services.

Data we collect automatically.

On each login to Wave Messenger we collect your activity using following data for protection and security :

  • Data about your account and app usage and an automatically generated internal account ID
  • Your IP address
  • Data about your device (such as your device name, device manufacturer, device model, device type, operating system and deviceo orientation)

Why do we collect your data

We use data to build a better service

We use data to improve Wave Messenger such as data regarding the number of times application crashed previously etc.

Create and verify accounts authenticity

We use information about your profile to allow you to create and account and verify whether that the account belongs to real person.

Measure performance

We use data for analytics and measurement to understand how our services are used. For example, we analyse data about your visits to our app to do things like optimise product design.

Communicate with you

We use information that we collect, such as your email address, to interact with you directly. For example, we may send you a notification if we detect suspicious activity in you account, such as an attempt to sign in to your Account while you are already signed in onto one.

How do we protect your data

In order to help ensure a secure and safe player experience, we are continuously developing and implementing administrative, technical and physical security measures to protect your data from unauthorized access or against loss, misuse or alteration.

Protect Wave Messenger, our users and the public

We use information to help improve the safety and reliability of our service. This includes detecting, preventing and responding to fraud, abuse, security risks, and technical issues that could harm Wave Messenger, our users or the public. This also includes identification of spam or dummy accounts.

Managing, reviewing, and updating your information

When you’re signed in, you can always review and update information by visiting the application. For example, you can update your profile information or keep a check on your account login activity.

Exporting & deleting your information

You can export a copy of content in your Wave Messenger Account if you want to back it up or use it with a service outside of Wave Messenger.

To delete or request account information : please send us and email to email address provided in contact us section.

Data we share with third-parties

  • Performance of our app and its usage (For analytics of application)

We do not share any data with third-party other than one mentioned aboved.

Data retention.

We retain your data for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you the Service. We may for example periodically de-identify unused accounts, and we may regularly review and de-identify unnecessary data.

You may request us to delete you account data or request all account data.

Note that if you ask us to remove your personal data, we may retain your data as in case of the account has