ThreadKeep: Privacy Policy

Last updated: 29 October 2026

This policy explains how the ThreadKeep app for Android ("ThreadKeep", "the app", "we") handles your information. The short version: your chats never leave your phone. ThreadKeep has no server, no account, no ads, no analytics and no tracking. We do not collect, store, sell or share any personal data.

Who we are

ThreadKeep is published on Google Play by Shubuz Studio. You can reach us at support@shubuz.com

What the app does with your chats

ThreadKeep opens chat export files (.zip or .txt) that you choose to send to it, from WhatsApp's share menu, from another app, or from the file picker. When you open one:

• The app copies the export into its own private storage on your phone so you can read it again later. Other apps cannot read this storage.
• The app reads the messages, names, dates, photos, videos, voice notes, stickers and documents in the export so it can show them as a conversation, search them, count statistics ("Your story") and make PDFs.
• All of this happens on your phone. Nothing in your chats is sent to us or to anyone else. We have no server to send it to.

ThreadKeep never reads your WhatsApp account, your contacts, your messages in WhatsApp, or any file you did not open in it. Your original export file and your chats in WhatsApp are never changed.

Information we collect

None. ThreadKeep does not collect personal data, device identifiers, location, usage statistics, crash reports or advertising IDs. The app contains no analytics, advertising or tracking code.

Permissions

ThreadKeep asks for no runtime permissions. It does not need access to your photos, files, contacts, microphone or camera. Files reach the app only when you share or pick them.

The app's manifest includes two permissions that Google Play Billing requires: INTERNET and com.android.vending.BILLING. They are used only to talk to Google Play about the Pro purchase. Your chats are never sent over the internet.

Purchases

ThreadKeep Pro is a one-time in-app purchase handled entirely by Google Play. Google processes your payment under the Google Payments privacy notice and the Google Privacy Policy. ThreadKeep only learns from Google Play whether Pro has been bought on your Google account. We never see your name, email, card or payment details.

Things you share yourself

You can choose to share a PDF of a chat or a "Your story" image. The file is created on your phone and goes only to the app or place you pick in Android's share or save screen. What happens to it after that is governed by that app or service. ThreadKeep keeps a temporary copy in its cache, which Android may clear at any time.

Backup

ThreadKeep turns off Android cloud backup and device-to-device transfer for its data, so your chats are not copied to Google Drive or another phone by the system.

Keeping and deleting data

Your imported chats stay on your phone until you remove them. You can:

• remove a chat inside the app (Home › ⋯ › Remove, or Chat info › Remove this chat), which deletes its copy and media from the app's storage;
• clear the app's storage in Android Settings › Apps › ThreadKeep › Storage; or
• uninstall the app, which deletes everything it stored.

Because we never receive your data, there is nothing for us to delete on our side.

Security

Chats are kept in the app's private storage, which Android protects from other apps. The protection of your phone itself (screen lock, encryption) is up to you and your device.

Children

ThreadKeep is not directed to children under 13 and does not knowingly collect data from anyone, including children.

Your rights

Data protection laws such as the GDPR (EU and UK) and the CCPA/CPRA (California) give you rights to access, correct, delete or move your personal data, and to object to its processing. Since ThreadKeep does not collect or process personal data on any server, all your data is already on your phone and under your control. If you have any question about your rights, contact us at the address below.

Changes to this policy

If we change this policy, we will update the date above and publish the new version at this address. If a future version of the app ever needs to collect any data, we will say so here and in the app before it happens.

Contact

Questions or requests: support@shubuz.com

ThreadKeep is not affiliated with, endorsed or sponsored by WhatsApp or Meta Platforms, Inc. WhatsApp is a trademark of its owner.