Last updated: 31 October 2026
Summary: VikingChat does not collect any data. Messages and files travel directly between your devices over your network, encrypted, with no servers and no accounts.
1. Controller
Adrián Fernández López, independent developer. Contact: info@theviking.me.
2. Data we collect
VikingChat does not collect any data. There are no accounts, sign-up, email or phone number. Nothing you type or send reaches the developer or any third party.
3. How your messages travel
Messages, files, clipboard and secrets are sent directly between the devices you pair, over your local network or your VPN (for example a mesh VPN such as Tailscale). There is no VikingChat server in between and the app works without an internet connection.
4. Encryption and pairing
- Every connection is encrypted (TLS) and authenticated with each device's identity.
- To pair two devices you check that the same 6-digit code appears on both screens.
- Only paired devices can exchange messages with you.
5. Data stored on your device
Your message history, the list of paired devices and your device identity are stored only on your devices, and the history is kept in an encrypted database. Received files are saved on your device. Secrets delete themselves after a while.
6. System permissions
- Local network: used only to discover other devices running VikingChat on your network (Bonjour) and connect to them.
- Notifications: local alerts for new messages, generated on the device itself.
- Clipboard: VikingChat reads the clipboard only when you choose to send it, and writes to it only when you copy something you received.
7. Analytics, advertising and tracking
VikingChat contains no advertising, analytics, trackers or third-party SDKs. Usage is not measured and users are not profiled.
8. Your rights (GDPR)
Since we do not process personal data, we hold no data about you to access, correct or erase. To delete everything the app stores, uninstall it from each device.
9. Children's privacy
VikingChat does not collect personal data from anyone, including children.
10. Changes to this policy
Any material change will be published on this page and reflected in the "Last updated" date.
11. Contact
Privacy questions: info@theviking.me