Privacy at Versa Player
This policy explains what information Versa Player uses, what stays on your device and when external services may be involved.
1. Operator and contact
Versa Player is an independent software project operated from Chile. Public project identifier: Versa Player / Marco-GoD. For support and private privacy requests, you may write to marcogod.contact@gmail.com. For general issues that do not require sharing sensitive personal information, users may also use the public GitHub Issues channel.
Privacy: do not post passwords, payment data, identity documents or other sensitive personal information in GitHub Issues; use the contact email for private requests.
2. Local-first approach
Versa Player is designed primarily as a local media player. Your media library, favorites, playlists, hidden items, listening history, statistics, appearance preferences, equalizer, balance, Iris settings and manually added content are processed primarily on your device.
Versa Player does not provide its own account system, does not upload your music library to a Versa Player server and does not provide first-party cloud storage for your songs.
3. Media access
Subject to Android permissions (READ_MEDIA_AUDIO, READ_MEDIA_VIDEO, or READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE up to Android 12), Versa Player reads local audio and video files to detect, organize, generate thumbnails, and play your integrated local media library. This access supports the app's core functionality.
The app also uses a media playback foreground service (FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK) strictly while the user is actively playing audio or radio in the background or with the screen off. The app does not request broad all-files access or direct microphone permission (RECORD_AUDIO).
4. Locally stored information
The app may store locally:
- favorites, playlists, hidden items and history;
- playback statistics and calculated BPM;
- theme, appearance, playback, equalizer, balance and Iris preferences;
- lyrics pasted or imported by the user and manually created synchronization timestamps;
- manually selected artwork;
- minimal technical information used to remember a previously verified Premium entitlement.
The current configuration excludes this app data from Android automatic backup. Uninstalling or clearing app data may remove local information. A valid Premium purchase may be restored through Google Play.
5. Lyrics and artwork
Versa Player can display lyrics and artwork embedded in local files or manually added by the user. It may also open a web search only when the user explicitly requests it.
Versa Player does not automatically read or extract content from the web pages you visit. If you choose to copy, paste, import or select lyrics or an image, that content is stored or associated locally with the track. Pasted lyrics may be synchronized manually using the track's actual playback position.
Users are responsible for ensuring that they have the rights or permission required for content they choose to add.
6. Advertising
The free edition may display native or interstitial advertising through Google Mobile Ads (AdMob). Google and its partners may process data such as IP address, approximate location, advertising/device identifiers, ad interactions and diagnostics under the Google Privacy Policy and How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services.
Versa Player uses Google's User Messaging Platform (UMP) where applicable to provide privacy and consent choices. Once Premium access is confirmed, Versa Player's normal flow disables ad requests for that user.
7. Versa Premium and Google Play
Versa Premium is handled through Google Play Billing. Versa Player may receive technical purchase-state information required to grant, restore or revoke Premium access. Versa Player does not receive or store complete card or payment-method details.
8. Internet radio
The radio feature may query an external station directory (Radio Browser) and connect directly to the selected station's streaming server. Those services receive standard network information, including an IP address required to establish the audio stream.
9. Voice services
Voice features may rely on speech recognition services provided by Android when the user actively initiates a voice search. Depending on the provider configured on the device, the query may be processed under that provider's privacy policies.
10. Analytics and accounts
Versa Player does not include its own account system, analytics platform or first-party crash-reporting service. External services such as Google Mobile Ads, Google Play, radio stations or the device's voice provider may still process information under their own policies.
11. User controls and retention
The application provides a direct local control under Settings → Privacy & Legal to clear your playback history and listening statistics at any time. Other local preferences (playlists, favorites, hidden items, appearance, and equalizer) can be managed directly within their respective sections of the application.
Local data remains on the device while the application is installed or until the user resets it or clears the application's storage via Android system settings. Data processed by external services is subject to the respective providers' privacy policies and retention periods.
12. Security
Versa Player uses Android private app storage for internal information and aims to minimize transmitted data. Google and configured services use supported secure channels (HTTPS/TLS) where available; some radio streams depend on the station's own configuration.
13. Children
Versa Player is a general-purpose media player and is not directed to children. The target audience declared on Google Play is ages 18 and up.
14. Rights and requests
Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have rights relating to access, correction, deletion, objection, restriction or portability of personal data. Because most Versa Player data remains on your device, many controls can be exercised directly through the app or Android. For data handled by Google, a radio station or another third party, that provider's request mechanisms may also apply.
For questions or private privacy requests, you may write to marcogod.contact@gmail.com.
15. Changes
This policy may be updated when Versa Player's features, external services, legal requirements or practices change. The latest revision date appears at the top of this page.
16. External services
See Third-party services for a summary of external services associated with Versa Player.