Privacy Policy
How Easy Chat handles your data.
Last updated: October 27, 2026
1. Who we are
Easy Chat (package com.nexlab.easychat) is an Android app made by NexLab Studios ("NexLab", "we"), based in Doha, Qatar. We are the controller of the personal data described here. You can reach us at hello@nexlabstudios.com.
Easy Chat is an independent utility. It is not affiliated with, endorsed by or operated by WhatsApp or Meta.
2. What stays on your phone
Easy Chat has no accounts and no NexLab server that receives your numbers, messages or files. Everything below is stored and processed on your device only:
| Data | What happens to it |
|---|---|
| Phone numbers you type or paste, recent and favourite numbers, labels | Used on the device to build a WhatsApp link and to show your history. They are kept in the app's private storage until you clear them. When you tap Start Chat, the number and any pre-filled message are handed to WhatsApp, which handles them under its own privacy policy. |
| Message templates and scheduled reminders | Stored on the device. A reminder is a local notification. When it fires, you tap it and the app opens WhatsApp with your number and message ready. Easy Chat never sends a message for you. |
| Status Saver | You choose WhatsApp's ".Statuses" folder with Android's folder picker. Easy Chat can then see only that folder, not the rest of your storage. Statuses you save are copied to Pictures/EasyChat or Movies/EasyChat in your gallery. Nothing is uploaded. |
| Message Log (optional) | If you switch on Notification Access, the app keeps a local copy of the text, and the image where one is shown, of incoming WhatsApp notifications, so you can still read a message the sender deleted. It keeps the most recent 500 entries. You choose whether to log everyone or only selected people, and can exclude groups. It never reads your WhatsApp chat database. It is stored only in the app's private storage and you can clear it at any time. |
| App Lock | Your PIN is stored on the device only as a salted hash, never as plain text. Fingerprint or face unlock is handled by Android, and the app never receives your biometric data. |
| QR codes and links | Generated on the device. A QR code you save goes to Pictures/EasyChat in your gallery. |
| Settings (country, language, theme, WhatsApp Business choice) | Stored on the device. |
Files you save to your gallery or share with another app go where you send them, under that app's or folder's own rules.
3. What leaves your phone, and why
Easy Chat does not ask you to create an account or give us a name, email address or phone number. The only data that leaves the phone is collected by the third-party services below, or sent by you when you choose to contact us.
3.1 Advertising (Google AdMob)
The free version shows ads from Google AdMob (banner, interstitial, app-open and rewarded ads). AdMob may collect your advertising ID, approximate location derived from your IP address, device and app details, and how you interact with ads. Easy Chat Pro subscribers see no ads. To limit ad personalisation, use Android settings, Google, Ads.
3.2 Consent (Google User Messaging Platform)
In the EEA, the UK, Switzerland and other regions where the law requires it, Google's consent form appears when you first open the app, and ads only start after your choice. You can change it later in Settings, Ad privacy choices, which appears where it applies.
3.3 Subscriptions (Google Play Billing)
Easy Chat Pro is an optional subscription (monthly or yearly) sold through Google Play. Google handles payment, and we never see your card or billing details. The app checks your purchase status with Google Play on your device, and keeps the result on your phone so Pro keeps working for a short time offline. An earlier one-time "remove ads" purchase is recognised the same way. We do not run our own account or payment system.
3.4 Reporting a problem (only if you choose)
Settings has a Report a Problem button. When you tap it, the app opens your email app with a draft addressed to support@nexlabstudios.com. The draft contains technical details of recent errors in the app (error messages and stack traces), the app version, your Android version and the app language. It contains no phone numbers, messages or files. Nothing is sent until you press Send in your email app, and you can read and edit it first. The email also reveals the address you send it from, and we use it only to reply to you.
3.5 What we do not use
Easy Chat does not include any analytics or crash-reporting service, does not read your contacts, and does not use your location, camera or microphone.
4. How long data is kept
| Data | Kept for |
|---|---|
| Numbers, templates, reminders, settings, Message Log | On your phone until you delete them, clear the app's storage or uninstall the app. We hold no copies. |
| Statuses and QR codes you saved to the gallery | Until you delete them in your gallery or file manager. |
| Advertising data | Held by Google AdMob under its own policies. |
| Subscription records | Held by Google Play under its own policies. |
| Problem reports you email to us | Kept only as long as needed to look into the problem and reply, then deleted. |
5. Deleting your data
There is no Easy Chat account to delete. To remove everything the app stores on your phone, clear the app's storage in Android settings or uninstall it. See the data deletion page for steps, including how to clear the Message Log, cancel a subscription and reset your advertising ID.
7. App permissions
| Permission | Used for |
|---|---|
| Internet | Ads, consent and subscription checks. |
| Google Play Billing | Buying and checking Easy Chat Pro. |
| Notifications | Showing your scheduled reminders. |
| Exact alarms (optional) | Firing a reminder at the exact time. Without it, reminders can arrive a little late. |
| Run at start-up | Restoring your scheduled reminders after the phone restarts. |
| Notification Access (optional) | Only for the Message Log. You grant it in Android settings and can withdraw it at any time. |
| Biometric | Fingerprint or face unlock for App Lock. |
| Storage (Android 9 and older only) | Saving statuses and QR codes to the gallery. Newer Android versions need no storage permission. |
| Package visibility (WhatsApp) | Checking whether WhatsApp or WhatsApp Business is installed so the chat can open in the right app. |
You can withdraw any permission in Android settings.
8. Security
Because your numbers, messages and statuses are processed on your phone and not transmitted to us, they are protected by your device's own security. Connections to Google services use HTTPS. App Lock adds a PIN or biometric check inside the app. No system is perfectly secure, so keep your phone locked and updated.
9. Your rights
You can ask us what we hold about you, to correct or delete it, to give you a copy, or to stop using it for a purpose you object to. Because we hold no account data, most of what exists about you sits with Google (ads and billing) and you can manage it in your Google account, Android settings and the in-app privacy choices. Email hello@nexlabstudios.com for anything else. We aim to reply within 30 days. We handle personal data in line with Qatar's Personal Data Privacy Protection Law (Law No. 13 of 2016) and, for people in the EEA and UK, the GDPR, relying on your consent where Google's consent form applies and on our legitimate interest in keeping the app working. You can also complain to your local data protection authority.
10. Children
Easy Chat is not aimed at children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect their data. If you believe a child has given us information, contact us and we will delete it.
11. Changes
If this policy changes in a way that matters, we will update the date above and, for significant changes, tell you in the app or in the update notes.
12. Contact
NexLab Studios, Doha, Qatar
hello@nexlabstudios.com (privacy) · support@nexlabstudios.com (help)