SnapScan : Doc Scan & OCR
This policy explains how the SnapScan: Doc Scan & OCR app for Android ("SnapScan", "the app") handles information. SnapScan is published by Markeloff Apps Studio ("we", "us"). If you have any questions, contact us at jarvisbeta0608@gmail.com.
1. Information that stays on your device
SnapScan's core features run entirely on your phone:
Camera images and imported photos. Edge detection, cropping, perspective correction, filters and PDF or image creation all happen on the device. Images are not uploaded to us. They leave the phone only if you save or back them up to your own Google Drive.
Saved documents. Your scans, folders and document names are stored in SnapScan's private app storage, which other apps can't read. The app opts out of Android's automatic backup, so they are not copied to your Google account unless you choose Save to Google Drive or Back up to Google Drive.
Text recognition (OCR). Reading text from a page uses Google ML Kit on the device. The images and the text found in them are not sent anywhere. ML Kit's recognition models are downloaded through Google Play services, and ML Kit may send Google basic diagnostics, such as your device model and error codes.
Settings such as language, theme and scan preferences are stored on the device.
When you share or export a file, it goes to the app or folder you choose, and that app's own privacy policy then applies. SnapScan doesn't encrypt saved files, so please protect your phone with a screen lock.
2. Permissions
SnapScan does not request access to your photo library, storage, contacts or precise location. Importing uses the Android photo picker, which shares only the photos you pick. Saving uses the system file picker.
3. Information collected by third-party services
The app includes the following services from Google and Meta. They collect some information automatically when you use the app. We do not sell personal information.
Advertising: Google AdMob and Meta Audience Network
SnapScan shows banner, native, interstitial and app-open ads through Google AdMob, which may also fill ads from Meta Audience Network. These services may collect:
your device's advertising ID and other device identifiers
your IP address and the approximate location derived from it
device information (model, Android version, language, screen size)
how you interact with ads (views, taps)
They use this to show ads, measure them, prevent fraud and, where you allow it, personalize ads. In the European Economic Area, the UK, Switzerland and some US states, SnapScan asks for your choices through Google's consent tool before personalized ads are shown. You can change them any time in Settings › Ad privacy choices.
Usage analytics: Google Firebase Analytics
To understand which features are used and improve the app, Firebase Analytics records:
an app instance ID and your advertising ID
device model, Android version, app version, app language and approximate country
which screens are opened, and counts such as how many pages were saved or exported, the export format and which text-recognition script was used
Analytics events never include document names, file contents, images or recognized text.
Crash reports: Google Firebase Crashlytics
If the app crashes or an export fails, Crashlytics sends a report with the error details, the device model, Android version, app version and an installation ID, so we can fix the problem.
Scanning tips: Google Firebase Cloud Messaging
To deliver optional tips, Firebase Cloud Messaging assigns this installation a token so messages can reach it. If you turn notifications off, tips are not shown.
Optional: Google Drive saving and backup (Firebase Authentication and Google Drive)If you choose Save to Google Drive or Back up to Google Drive, you sign in with your Google account. Firebase Authentication receives and keeps your name, email address and a Google account ID so you stay signed in. SnapScan then asks Google for the drive.file and drive.appdata permissions, which let it see and change only the files it creates and its own hidden app folder. The exported PDF or images you chose are uploaded straight from your phone to a folder named “SnapScan Documents” in your own Google Drive. Back up to Google Drive copies all your scans (page images, document titles and folders) to a hidden app data folder in your Drive that only SnapScan can read; it uses your Drive storage. Restore from Google Drive downloads scans from that backup, and the files in your SnapScan Documents folder, that aren't on the phone. Each backup also removes pages of scans you have since deleted, so a scan you delete stays in the backup until you back up again. All of this goes directly between your phone and Google; we never receive a copy of your files or backup. Nothing is uploaded unless you tap one of these options. You can sign out in Settings › Storage › Google Drive. Files and backups already in your Drive stay there until you delete them (a backup can be deleted in Google Drive › Settings › Manage apps › SnapScan › Delete hidden app data), and you can remove SnapScan's access at myaccount.google.com/permissions.
Updates and ratings: Google Play
SnapScan asks Google Play whether a newer version is available, and Google Play may occasionally let you rate the app. Google Play handles these under Google's own privacy policy.
Google's policies: Google Privacy Policy · Privacy and security in Firebase
4. How the information is used
To provide the app's features (on the device, plus Google Drive saving, backup and restore when you use them).
To show and measure ads, which keep SnapScan free.
To understand usage, fix crashes and improve the app.
To send optional tips and update notices.
To prevent fraud and abuse of ads.
Where the GDPR or similar laws apply, ad personalization relies on your consent, and analytics, crash reporting and non-personalized ads rely on our legitimate interest in running and improving a free app. You can object at any time by contacting us.
5. Retention
Documents on your phone are kept until you delete them, clear the app's data or uninstall SnapScan. Uninstalling deletes them from the phone permanently; a Google Drive backup, if you made one, stays in your Drive.
Firebase Analytics keeps user-level data for the retention period set in our Firebase project (2 to 14 months). Aggregated reports may be kept longer.
Crashlytics keeps crash reports for up to 90 days.
Your Google sign-in record stays in Firebase Authentication until you ask us to delete it. Files and backups you saved to Google Drive are kept in your Drive, under your control.
Ad partners keep data under their own policies, linked above.
6. Your choices and rights
Ads: change your consent in Settings › Ad privacy choices. You can also reset or delete your advertising ID in Android Settings › Privacy › Ads.
Notifications: turn them off in SnapScan's Settings or in Android settings.
Your documents: delete any document in the app, or uninstall to remove everything from the phone. To remove your Drive backup too, delete SnapScan's hidden app data in Google Drive (see section 3).
Access or deletion: depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct or delete personal information, or to object to its use. Email us at [support email] and we'll help you through it, for example by deleting the analytics data linked to your app instance ID or your Google sign-in record.
7. Children
SnapScan is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe a child has used the app in a way that sent us information, contact us and we will delete it.
8. Security and international transfers
Information sent by the services above is encrypted in transit (HTTPS). Google and Meta may process it on servers outside your country, including in the United States, under their own safeguards such as standard contractual clauses.
9. Changes to this policy
If we change how SnapScan handles information, we'll update this page and its effective date. Significant changes will also be noted in the app's release notes.
10. Contact
If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us at
Email: jarvisbeta0608@gmail.com
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