This policy applies to the PureStatus apps for Android and iPhone and to purestatus.app. They are provided by DamTech Designs (“we”, “us”), which is responsible for your personal data. By using PureStatus you accept this policy; if you don't agree with it, please don't use the app. Questions: apps@damtechdesigns.com.
The Russian-language edition, Чистый Статус, is published by YulVa Apps and has its own privacy policy.
The short version
- There's no sign-up. The only personal detail we ask for is your WhatsApp number, so we can deliver your videos.
- Compressing and editing happen on your phone. Only the finished file you choose to deliver is uploaded.
- Uploaded files are deleted automatically shortly after delivery. We never see or read your WhatsApp chats.
- Photos you send to AI Studio go to the AI service that creates your result.
- We don't sell your personal data.
What stays on your phone
Compression, trimming, splitting, text, stickers, music and photo-to-video conversion all run on your device. Story Mode finds faces in your photos to frame them, and that detection also runs on your device; face data never leaves it. Your settings and history are stored locally and are removed when you uninstall the app.
What we collect and why
Your WhatsApp number
To deliver a video, you send a message from WhatsApp to the PureStatus business account. We store the number it came from, with simple counters such as how many videos you've delivered, so we can send the result back to that chat and apply your free or paid limits. WhatsApp only lets a business reply within 24 hours of your last message, which is why the app sometimes asks you to activate again.
We may also use that chat to send you service messages, such as delivery problems or important app updates, and occasional news about PureStatus. To stop them, block the chat in WhatsApp or email us.
Videos and photos you deliver
To deliver the result, the prepared file is uploaded to temporary cloud storage (Cloudflare R2 or Google Firebase Storage). The WhatsApp Business API, operated by Meta, then fetches it through a short-lived link and sends it to your chat. Temporary files are deleted automatically, normally within minutes of delivery, and we don't keep copies. We only ever receive the items you pick; we never modify or delete anything in your gallery.
AI Studio
When you use an AI Studio tool, the photo and any text prompt you submit are sent to the AI service that runs it: OpenAI, or fal.ai, which hosts image models from providers such as Google, ByteDance and Black Forest Labs. Requests are checked automatically for unsafe content. Your results are stored so they appear in My Creations, and we keep a record of your token balance and purchases. You can delete a creation in the app at any time.
Support assistant
Messages you write to the in-app support assistant are answered with Anthropic's Claude and stored with your WhatsApp number so our team can follow up if you ask for a person.
Purchases
Subscriptions and token packs are processed by Google Play or the Apple App Store, and RevenueCat keeps track of what you've bought. We receive the status of your purchase and an anonymous purchase ID, never your card details.
Analytics, crash reports and log data
We use Google Firebase to run the service, understand which features are used, prevent abuse and fix problems: Analytics, Crashlytics, App Check (with Google Play Integrity or Apple App Attest), Remote Config, In-App Messaging and Firestore. When the app hits an error, these tools collect log data such as your device's IP address, device model, operating system version, app version and settings, the time of use and related statistics. We use this in aggregate and don't use it to identify you.
Advertising
The free version shows ads from Google AdMob, which may also serve ads from Meta Audience Network. The Meta SDK measures which ads led to an install. These services may use your device's advertising identifier.
- Consent. PureStatus uses a Google-certified consent management platform. Where the law requires it, you're asked on first launch before personalised ads are shown, and you can change your choice any time in the app's settings.
- iPhone. The app asks for permission before tracking you across other companies' apps. You can change this in iOS Settings → Privacy & Security → Tracking.
- Premium removes ads.
Permissions
- Photos, videos and audio: to pick media to prepare, to add music, and to save results you choose to save. On recent Android and iOS versions you can allow only the items you select.
- Notifications: to tell you when a background job has finished.
- Background processing: so a long compression or delivery can finish if you leave the app.
- Internet: for delivery, AI tools, purchases, ads and analytics.
Cookies
The app doesn't use cookies itself, but the advertising and analytics services above may use cookies or similar identifiers. You can limit them through the consent settings described above. purestatus.app doesn't set cookies; it only remembers your light or dark theme choice in your browser.
How long we keep data
- Delivery files: deleted automatically shortly after delivery.
- Your WhatsApp number and counters: while you use PureStatus, or until you ask us to delete them.
- AI Studio creations: until you delete them or ask us to delete your data.
- Support conversations: as long as needed to resolve your request.
- Purchase records: as long as the law requires.
- Analytics and crash data: according to Google Firebase's retention settings.
Deleting your data
Email apps@damtechdesigns.com with the WhatsApp number you use with PureStatus. We'll delete the data linked to it, including your number, counters, support conversations and AI creations, within 30 days and confirm by email. Subscriptions are not cancelled by this; cancel them in Google Play or your Apple ID settings. Uninstalling the app removes everything stored on your phone.
Your rights
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct, delete or export your personal data, to object to or restrict some uses, and to withdraw consent. To use any of these rights, email us. You can also complain to your local data protection authority.
Sharing
We share data only with the service providers named in this policy, so they can run the features you use, and when the law requires it. Each provider handles data under its own privacy policy. Your data may be processed in countries other than your own; we rely on our providers' standard safeguards for those transfers.
Security
Data travels over encrypted connections, upload links expire quickly, and access to our systems is limited to the people who run PureStatus. No system is perfectly secure, so please keep your phone protected too. We can't be responsible for data taken from a device that has been rooted, jailbroken or handed to someone else.
Children
PureStatus is not directed at children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect their personal data. If you believe a child has given us their data, email us and we'll delete it.
Changes to this policy
When we update this policy we change the date at the top. If we plan to use your data in a way that is materially different from what this policy describes, we'll tell you on this website and in the app first and, where required, ask for your agreement.
Contact
DamTech Designs · apps@damtechdesigns.com