Guven Phone Privacy Policy

Effective Date: April 24, 2026
Last Updated: November 6, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how Guven Apps accesses, uses, and protects user data in the Guven Phone application.

Contact

Developer: Guven Apps
Email: guvenapps80@gmail.com

1. Purpose of the App

Guven Phone is an Android phone application designed to place calls, manage incoming and outgoing calls, display contacts, show call history, and provide an accessibility-focused phone experience.

2. Data the App May Access

The app may access contacts, phone numbers, call logs, incoming and outgoing call state information, SIM and phone account details, notification state, and user-created quick replies, favorites, blocked numbers, and app preferences. If Answer by Voice (experimental) is turned on, the app also accesses the microphone during an incoming call; section 6 explains the details.

3. How the Data Is Used

This data is used only to display contacts, place calls, show, answer, or reject incoming calls, display call history and missed-call notifications, support dual-SIM selection, send quick SMS replies, store favorites and settings, and provide accessibility features.

4. Data Sharing

Personal and sensitive user data accessed by Guven Phone is not sent to developer-operated remote servers. The app does not use advertising networks, analytics, or tracking services, and it does not send contacts, call logs, or phone numbers to developer servers.

The app works with Android system components on the device and with system services chosen by the user. If the user selects a third-party TTS engine, data handling by that engine is governed by the provider's own privacy policy. If Answer by Voice is turned on, your voice is processed by your phone’s speech recognition service; section 6 explains the details.

When you send feedback yourself from the Feedback screen, what you wrote and any attachment you chose reach us by email; section 7 explains the details.

5. Internet and Network Use

Guven Phone does not transfer user data to a developer-operated network service for its core functions. In the current version, there is no intended use that sends user data to developer servers. The app does not have the internet permission.

6. Answer by Voice and the Microphone

Answer by Voice (experimental) in the Accessibility section of Settings is off by default; when you turn it on, a window explains what it does and asks for your consent. While it is on, Guven Phone uses the microphone for short periods while an incoming call rings and its call screen is in front: after the phone rings for 7 seconds, it says who is calling and listens for a few seconds after a beep. While it is off, the microphone is not used.

Your voice is recognized by your phone’s speech recognition service. When you turn on Answer by Voice, you choose where. If you choose on the phone (offline), your voice is recognized only on the phone and does not leave it; if the phone does not have the language’s speech recognition, the app asks the phone’s speech recognition service to download it. That service, not Guven Phone, downloads it and keeps it on the phone. If you choose over the internet (online), this service, usually Google’s, processes the sound over the internet, so your voice leaves the phone at that moment. This processing is governed by that service’s own privacy terms. For this reason, audio is declared in the Data safety section on Google Play. You can change the choice in the Speech Recognition row in Settings.

Guven Phone itself does not record, store or send your voice. It uses the recognized words only at that moment, to answer or decline the call. The diagnostic log records only the result of each listening and counts, never the words you said. The app still does not have the internet permission; while Answer by Voice is on, the app only checks whether the phone is connected to the internet, whether the language’s speech recognition is on the phone and which speech recognition service is selected.

7. Diagnostic Log and Feedback

To help find problems, Guven Phone keeps a short diagnostic log on the phone. The log stays on the phone, and parts older than 7 days are deleted automatically. It contains content-free information such as the names and results of app steps, error types and counts. It contains no phone numbers, contact names, messages or file contents. Only you can turn on the detailed diagnostic log. While it is on, it also records call steps, the audio route and sensor changes, still without numbers or names.

You can send a bug report, a suggestion or a question from the Feedback screen in Settings. When you tap Send by email, the email app on your phone opens; you see the email and send it yourself. The app never sends anything on its own. Along with your note, the email includes the app version, Android version, phone model, app language and the name of the screen reader you use.

If Attach the diagnostic report is selected, the diagnostic report is attached to the email. For a bug report this option is selected from the start; you can clear it if you prefer. Besides the diagnostic log, the report contains information about the app and the phone: versions, phone model, language, whether Guven Phone is the default phone app, the state of permissions, the number of calling accounts, the package names of enabled accessibility services, and some app settings. The report contains no contact names, phone numbers, messages or file contents.

If the app closes unexpectedly, the next time you open it you are asked whether you would like to let us know. This check happens on the phone; no information is sent unless you tap Report and send the email.

Emails you send reach guvenapps80@gmail.com through Google’s Gmail service. They are used only to look into the problem, improve the app and reply to you; they are not sold or used for advertising. When reading, summarizing and replying to emails, we may use AI-assisted tools and a notification channel that only we use. Emails are kept for at most 12 months and then deleted. If you would like your email and its attachment deleted sooner, you can write to the same address.

8. Local Data Storage

The app may store some data locally on the device, including favorites, blocked numbers, quick replies, theme and accessibility settings, and start-screen and calling preferences. Contacts and call logs are primarily read from Android system providers and are managed by the operating system.

9. Retention and Deletion

Locally stored data may remain on the device until the user deletes it, clears app data, or uninstalls the app. Users can remove data by uninstalling the app, clearing app storage, deleting related records inside the app, or editing system contacts and call logs through Android.

10. Security

Guven Phone uses accessed personal and sensitive data only to provide core phone functionality. The app is configured with allowBackup disabled to reduce backup-related risk, and data is kept on-device whenever possible. However, no software or device environment can guarantee absolute security.

11. Children's Privacy

Guven Phone is a general-purpose phone app and is not specifically directed to children.

12. Changes to This Policy

This Privacy Policy may be updated from time to time. If a significant change is made, the latest version will be published on this page.