Ravia privacy policy
Last updated: 9 November 2026. Contact: support@raviachat.com
Ravia is a private messenger. It is built so that we can't read your conversations.
What we can't see
Messages, photos, files, voice messages, status updates, your About line and calls are end-to-end encrypted. They can only be read on your devices and those of the people you talk to. We don't have the keys. We also can't see your secret codes, or which of your chats are secret.
What we keep, and why
| What | Why | How long |
|---|---|---|
| Account ID and public encryption keys | So people can send you encrypted messages | Until you delete your account |
| Your email address | So you can sign in | Until you delete your account |
| Your phone number, and a scrambled form of it | So you can sign in, and people who have your number can find you | Until you delete your account |
| Your anonymous ID, if you create one | So people can reach you without your number | Until you delete or change it |
| A notification token from Google | To send blank wake-up alerts, which contain no names or text | Until you sign out or it changes |
| Sealed messages waiting for you | To hold them until your device collects them | Deleted when delivered, or after 30 days |
| Sealed files | To hold them until every recipient has collected them | Deleted when collected, or after 30 days |
| Sealed status photos | So the people you chose can open them | About one day |
| Sealed Safe Arrival messages, if you use that feature | To send them if you don't confirm in time | Deleted when you confirm, or at the set time |
| Which laptop links and devices belong to your account | To deliver to them and remove them | Until you unlink or log out |
To deliver messages, our servers also briefly handle which accounts send to which, when, and how large those messages are.
Sign-in
Email: we send a one-time code through an email provider, which sees your address. Phone number: you prove your number by sending us a message from WhatsApp. Meta handles that message under its own terms. We use it only to confirm the number and do not reply.
Backups
Backups are optional, locked with a password only you know, and stored in your own Google Drive or in a file you keep. We don't store them and can't open them.
Calls
Calls go directly between devices whenever possible. When a network blocks that, encrypted call data may pass through a relay, which can't listen in.
On your device
Translation runs on your phone; only the language pack is downloaded. The Data meter, scheduled messages and reminders stay on your phone.
Your choices
You can delete your account in Settings. This removes your account, keys, waiting messages and linked laptops from our servers. Panic wipe erases Ravia from your phone at once.
Selling data and ads
We don't sell your data and we don't show ads inside chats.
Children
Ravia is not for children under 13, or the higher minimum age where you live.