Privacy Policy

Summary

Silencia is a phone (dialer) app for Android. Its data — your contacts, lists and call-filtering rules — is stored in a local database on your device.

There is no Silencia account, and your contacts, lists and rules are never synced to a server — they stay on your phone. To keep the app reliable, Silencia sends anonymous crash reports and usage diagnostics to Google Firebase; this never includes your contacts, phone numbers or filtering rules, and never happens while a call is being screened.

Data stored on your device

The contact lists you create, the pause rules you configure, and your app preferences are stored locally on the device using a local database.

This information is used solely to make the app work — to show your contacts, build lists and apply your rules to incoming and outgoing calls.

No network on the call path

Silencia performs zero network requests while screening a call. No URL is fetched and no data is sent to decide how an incoming call is handled.

Permissions and why they are needed

Place calls (CALL_PHONE): to make outgoing calls as your Phone app.

Read and update contacts (READ_CONTACTS, WRITE_CONTACTS): to match callers, build lists, and let you add a caller or set a per-contact ringtone.

Read call log (READ_CALL_LOG, optional): to show your Recent calls screen.

Phone state (READ_PHONE_STATE): to handle call state and voicemail notifications.

Notifications (POST_NOTIFICATIONS): to post call-back and filtered-call notifications.

Internet (INTERNET): used only to refresh the optional spam list and to send anonymous diagnostics — never on the call path.

Optional premium permissions, requested only if you enable the feature: calendar (READ_CALENDAR) for calendar auto-pause, microphone (RECORD_AUDIO) for call recording, and Bluetooth (BLUETOOTH_CONNECT) for device triggers.

Silencia never requests SMS, location or storage permissions.

Diagnostics and third parties

Silencia does not sell or share your personal data. Your contacts, lists, rules and call history never leave your device.

For reliability, the app uses Google Firebase (Crashlytics and Analytics) to collect anonymous crash reports and aggregate usage diagnostics. This data is processed by Google as a service provider and never includes your contacts, phone numbers or filtering rules.

Your control

You stay in control of your data at all times. Uninstalling the app removes the local database and all rules and lists stored by Silencia from your device.