Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy applies to the Android application VoiceVault: Private Journal (package ID com.voicevault.app), developed and published by SmartChat Innovations LLC (“SmartChat Innovations,” “we,” “our,” or “us”). This policy applies to the VoiceVault app only. Our website and other products or services may be covered by separate privacy notices.

1. VoiceVault’s Local-First Design

VoiceVault does not require users to create an account. The app does not provide developer-operated cloud synchronization, and SmartChat Innovations cannot remotely view or retrieve the private memories stored in the app.

VoiceVault stores app content in storage associated with the app on the user’s device. Features such as organization, search, mood tracking, video processing, document text extraction, PDF creation, and saved-audio transcription are designed to process content locally, subject to the limited platform and service disclosures in Section 5.

2. Information Processed on Your Device

Depending on the features you choose to use, VoiceVault may access, create, and store the following information locally:

• Profile and preference information: an optional display name, app settings, reminder preferences, backup schedule, biometric-lock preference, Premium entitlement status, and local usage-limit counters.
• Journal and organization information: journal entries, titles, dates, moods, favorites, collections, tags, templates, books, memory stories, notes, captions, and search-related organization data.
• Audio information: voice recordings, imported audio or voicemail files, basic file metadata, and transcripts you choose to generate.
• Photos and videos: photos, video recordings, imported media, captions, edits, thumbnails, and related metadata.
• Sketches and creative content: drawings, text objects, stickers, formatting choices, and other sketch data.
• Scans and imported documents: camera scans, screenshots, imported documents, preserved originals, extracted text, edits, and available file metadata.
• Backups and exports: VoiceVault archive files, PDF memory books, and other files you create or save through export tools.

SmartChat Innovations does not receive this content from the app merely because you create or store it.

3. Device Permissions and Access

VoiceVault requests access only when needed for a feature. Depending on your device and Android version, the app may request:

• Microphone: to create voice memories and audio blocks.
• Camera: to capture photos, videos, and scanned pages.
• Photos, videos, and files: to import media, audio, documents, or backups that you select and to save exports to a location you select.
• Notifications: to deliver local reminders and notify you about eligible background processing.
• Biometric or device credential authentication: to confirm whether the device owner is authorized to unlock VoiceVault. Android performs the authentication. VoiceVault does not receive or store fingerprints, face templates, or device PINs; it receives only an authentication result.
• Billing: to offer and restore the VoiceVault Premium in-app purchase through Google Play.
• Boot, wake, and vibration functions: to restore scheduled local reminders after a restart and deliver those reminders reliably.

VoiceVault does not request access to precise location, contacts, call logs, or SMS messages. You may deny or later revoke optional permissions in Android settings, although the related feature may then be unavailable.

4. How Information Is Used

VoiceVault processes information to:

• create, display, edit, organize, search, play, and preserve your memories;
• record and process voice, photo, video, sketch, and journal content;
• extract editable text from scanned pages and selected images;
• generate transcripts from saved audio after you request a transcript;
• create local reminders, backups, restores, and PDF exports;
• apply free-feature limits and activate purchased Premium features; and
• maintain app reliability, compatibility, and security.

We do not use VoiceVault memory content for advertising, profiling, data brokerage, or artificial intelligence model training.

5. Limited Off-Device Processing and Third-Party Services

5.1 Google ML Kit for document text recognition

VoiceVault uses Google ML Kit to recognize text in scanned pages and selected images. According to Google, ML Kit processes the input image, extracted text, and resulting output on the device and does not send that content to Google servers. Google states that ML Kit may send limited technical information to Google for diagnostics and usage analytics, including device and app information, per-installation identifiers, performance metrics, API configuration, input and output size, feature version, event type, and error codes. Google states that this technical data is encrypted in transit and is not shared by Google with third parties. Learn more in Google’s ML Kit Terms and Privacy information .

5.2 On-device transcription model download

Saved-audio transcripts are generated on the device. Before the first transcription, the app may download the required speech-recognition model from the model provider. The requested model file is downloaded to the device; VoiceVault does not upload the saved recording for transcription. As with any file download, the hosting and network providers may process ordinary connection information such as an IP address, request time, and requested file.

5.3 Google Play Billing

Purchases and purchase restoration are handled by Google Play. Google may process Google account, payment, transaction, device, and fraud-prevention information under Google’s own terms and privacy policy. VoiceVault receives the information necessary to recognize whether the Premium product was purchased or restored and stores the resulting entitlement state locally. SmartChat Innovations does not receive your full payment-card details through the app. See the Google Privacy Policy .

5.4 Android system backup and device transfer

If Android backup is enabled on your device, Android or your device manufacturer may include eligible VoiceVault app data in an operating-system backup or device-to-device transfer. For Google-backed Android devices, eligible data may be stored in a private area associated with the user’s Google account and may later be restored. This is an Android platform function, not a VoiceVault account or SmartChat Innovations cloud service. SmartChat Innovations cannot access those platform backups. Availability, encryption, retention, and deletion are controlled by Android, the device manufacturer, the backup provider, and the user’s account settings.

5.5 User-directed exports and sharing

When you choose Save As, Share PDF, export, or another Android sharing option, the selected content is transferred to the location or app you choose. That destination may include email, messaging, cloud storage, another device, or another third-party service. The recipient’s privacy and security practices apply after the transfer. SmartChat Innovations does not choose the destination or receive a copy through VoiceVault.

5.6 Support communications

If you contact SmartChat Innovations for support, we receive the information you choose to provide, such as your name, email address, message, screenshots, and troubleshooting details. Do not send private journal content or exported backups unless it is necessary and you intentionally choose to do so. We use support information to respond, troubleshoot, protect the service, and comply with legal obligations.

6. Data Sharing, Sale, Advertising, and Tracking

SmartChat Innovations does not sell or rent VoiceVault user data. VoiceVault does not include third-party advertising, targeted advertising, or developer-operated behavioral analytics. We do not share private memory content with data brokers, advertisers, or social networks.

Limited information may be processed by the services described in Section 5, transferred when you direct the app to share or export content, or disclosed if we are legally required to respond to a valid legal process. Because SmartChat Innovations does not possess your locally stored memories, we ordinarily cannot provide those memories in response to a request directed to us.

7. Security

VoiceVault uses Android’s app storage and permission controls to separate app data from other apps under normal operating conditions. Premium users may enable biometric or device credential protection to restrict access through the VoiceVault interface. Google states that ML Kit technical data is encrypted in transit.

No device, software, or storage method is completely secure. Users are responsible for protecting their device credentials, exported files, backup locations, and any third-party destination they select.

8. Retention and Deletion

Locally stored content remains on the device until it is deleted through VoiceVault, Android app storage is cleared, or the app is uninstalled, subject to Android backup and restoration behavior.

• The in-app Delete All Data control removes the active vault records and media managed by that deletion function.
• For a complete device-level reset of app-private data, use Android Settings → Apps → VoiceVault → Storage → Clear storage, or uninstall VoiceVault.
• Files saved outside the app—such as exported PDFs, Save As copies, shared media, and VoiceVault archive files—must be deleted separately from the location or service where you saved them.
• Android system backups or device-transfer copies must be managed through the applicable Android, Google account, device manufacturer, or backup-provider settings.

Support communications are retained only as long as reasonably necessary to provide support, maintain business and security records, resolve disputes, and comply with legal obligations. You may request deletion of support information, subject to information we must retain for legitimate legal, security, or recordkeeping purposes.

9. Your Choices and Privacy Rights

You can control VoiceVault data by:

• choosing which memories, media, and files to create or import;
• granting, denying, or revoking Android permissions;
• enabling or disabling reminders and biometric protection;
• deleting individual memories or resetting app storage;
• choosing whether, where, and with whom to export or share content; and
• managing Android system backup settings through your device or account provider.

Depending on where you live, you may have rights regarding personal information that SmartChat Innovations actually holds, such as support correspondence. These may include rights to request access, correction, deletion, restriction, or a copy of that information, or to object to certain processing. Contact us using Section 12. Because we do not receive your locally stored vault content, we cannot access, correct, export, or delete that content remotely for you.

10. Children’s Privacy

VoiceVault is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 through an app account because VoiceVault does not provide app accounts. A parent or guardian who believes a child under 13 has submitted personal information directly to SmartChat Innovations through support should contact us so we can review and delete it when appropriate. Users who are minors should use the app only with the permission and supervision required by their parent or guardian and local law.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy when VoiceVault’s features, data practices, legal obligations, or third-party services change. We will post the revised policy with a new “Last updated” date and provide additional notice through the app, Google Play, or our website when appropriate.

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