Privacy policy
Last updated: August 2026
NearVox carries voice directly between nearby phones. It is not recorded, not stored and never sent to us or to a server on the internet. NearVox is built to be data-frugal: no accounts, no real names, no advertising, no tracking.
1. Controller
2. What data is processed, and why
- Voice and audio: carried live between the connected devices to make the conversation possible. No recording, no storage, no transfer to third parties or to us.
- Anonymous participant names (“Participant 1” and so on): purely temporary for the duration of the group, discarded afterwards. No real names.
- Random device identifier: a randomly generated identifier (no name, no phone number) stored only locally on the device, so that a device can find its way back into the group automatically after a brief drop-out.
- Technical error log: stays locally on the device and helps with troubleshooting. It contains technical diagnostics, no conversation content. It is only sent if you trigger this yourself in the settings (email to the controller).
3. Permissions
- Microphone: to carry your voice to the group.
- Camera: only to scan the group QR code.
- Local network and Wi-Fi: to find nearby devices and connect to them directly.
- Bluetooth: to use a headset or headphones.
- Location (Android): technically required by the operating system in order to start or find a Wi-Fi hotspot. NearVox does not collect, store or send any location data.
4. How the connection works
By default everything runs locally over Wi-Fi or the phone hotspot, without internet and without a third-party server. Only if a server of your own is explicitly entered in the settings does the connection brokering (signalling) run through that server chosen by you.
5. Disclosure to third parties
No personal data is disclosed to third parties. No analytics, advertising or tracking services are used.
6. This website
The site nearvox.de is a pure information site with no accounts, no forms, no advertising and no analytics services. No cookies are set and no external fonts or scripts are loaded. When you visit, the hosting provider (Strato AG, Otto-Ostrowski-Straße 7, 10249 Berlin, Germany) processes technically necessary server logs such as IP address, time and requested address in order to deliver the page and keep operations secure (Art. 6(1)(f) GDPR). Those logs are deleted by the provider after a short time and are not evaluated by us.
7. Retention
Conversation data is not stored. The random device identifier and the technical log remain locally on the device and can be removed there at any time by uninstalling the app or using the app’s “Clear log” function.
8. Legal basis
Where personal data is processed during use (for example carrying your voice during a conversation), this is done to perform the function requested by you (Art. 6(1)(b) GDPR) or on the basis of your consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR).
9. Your rights
Since NearVox does not collect or store any personal data about you on our systems, we hold no such data. Regardless of that, under the GDPR you have the right of access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability and objection, as well as the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority. For any questions please contact the controller named under point 1.
10. Changes
This privacy policy will be adjusted whenever changes to the app or to this website make that necessary.