Privacy Policy — Quick Scanner

1. At a glance

2. Data we collect off your device

None.

Quick Scanner does not have a backend, does not include analytics or crash-reporting SDKs, and does not transmit any information about you, your device, or your scans to us or to any third party. The app does not require an internet connection to function.

The only time data leaves your device is when you explicitly tap Shareon a scan and choose another app (e.g. Gmail, Drive, WhatsApp, your file manager) to send it to. In that case, the destination app’s privacy policy applies — not ours.

3. Data processed only on your device

The following data is read, processed, and stored entirely on your device. It never leaves your phone, is never sent to us, and is never shared with any third party.

3.1 Camera input

• Where it comes from: the device camera, when you tap the capture button.
• What is processed: image frames are processed on-device for live edge detection, perspective correction, cropping, and filters.
• Where it goes:the resulting page images are written into Quick Scanner’s private app sandbox on your device. They are never uploaded.

3.2 OCR (text recognition)

• Where it runs: entirely on-device, using Google ML Kit (which executes locally without network access) and bundled Tesseract trained data for Arabic, Hebrew, and Russian. No image, recognized text, or page is transmitted to Google or to us.
• Where the recognized text goes:stored in Quick Scanner’s local encrypted SQLite database for in-app search.

3.3 PDFs you create

• Generated PDFs are stored in Quick Scanner’s private app folder.
• They are never automatically uploaded or backed up by Quick Scanner.
• They leave your device only when you explicitly share or export them.

3.4 App preferences and metadata

• The app stores document names, tags, page order, and your preferences (theme, biometric lock toggle, etc.) in a local SQLite database protected by SQLCipher (AES-256 encryption).
• This data does not leave your device.

3.5 Biometric authentication (optional)

• If you enable the biometric lock, Quick Scanner asks Android to verify your fingerprint or face.
• Biometric data itself is handled by the operating system inside its secure hardware enclave. Quick Scanner never sees, stores, or transmits your biometric template — it only receives a yes/no result.

4. How your data is used

All processing described in Section 3 happens locally on your device, for the sole purpose of letting you scan documents, recognize text, and manage the resulting PDFs.

We do not profile users, send marketing messages, or use your data for any purpose other than running the features of the app on your device.

5. How your data is shared

We do not share your data with anyone.

• We do not sell your data.
• We do not share it with data brokers, advertisers, or analytics providers.
• We do not transfer it to any third party.

The app contains no advertising SDKs, no analytics SDKs, and no crash-reporting SDKs.

6. Permissions used by the app

For transparency, here is every Android permission Quick Scanner requests and what it is used for:

Any optional permission can be denied or revoked at any time from Android Settings → Apps → Quick Scanner → Permissions. Required features will simply not run until permission is granted.

The app does not request INTERNET for its core flow, does not request location, contacts, microphone, or call logs, and does not request access to media outside its own app folder.

7. Security

• Your local SQLite database is encrypted with SQLCipher using AES-256.
• Captured images, generated PDFs, and OCR text are stored in Quick Scanner’s private application sandbox, accessible only to the app unless you export them yourself.
• Optional biometric lock prevents the app from opening without your fingerprint or face.
• Because we do not run servers, there is no central database that could be breached.
• Quick Scanner does not use the network in normal operation, so there is no transit-layer exposure for your scans.

8. Your rights and how to request deletion

You have the following rights regardless of where you live, and additional rights where applicable laws (such as the GDPR, the UK GDPR, India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023, the CCPA, or similar) apply:

• Right of access — to know what data is held about you.
• Right of rectification — to correct inaccurate data.
• Right of erasure(“right to be forgotten”) — to have your data deleted.
• Right to restrict processing — to limit how your data is used.
• Right to object — to object to processing.
• Right to data portability — to receive your data in a portable format, where technically feasible.
• Right to withdraw consent — at any time, where processing is based on consent.
• Right to lodge a complaint with your local data-protection authority.

Because Quick Scanner stores everything locally on your device and we do not maintain a server-side database, you can fully exercise the right of erasure yourself, immediately:

8.1 Delete data stored on your device

Go to: Android Settings → Apps → Quick Scanner → Storage → Clear data

This permanently removes:

• The local encrypted SQLite database (document index, OCR text, tags, settings)
• All captured page images stored in the app’s private folder
• All generated PDFs stored in the app’s private folder
• App preferences (theme, biometric lock, language settings)

You may also uninstall the app, which removes all of the above.

8.2 Submit a rights request to us

Even though we do not hold any data about you on a server, you may still email us at contact@hirenpaghadal.in with:

• The right you wish to exercise (access, deletion, etc.).
• Enough information for us to understand the request.
• Any region-specific information your law requires.

We will:

• Acknowledge your request within 7 days.
• Respond within 30 days, or notify you of any extension permitted by applicable law (up to a further 60 days for complex requests).

9. Children’s privacy

Quick Scanner is not directed to children under 13 (or under 16 in the European Economic Area). We do not knowingly collect data from anyone of any age, and we have no mechanism to identify the age of any user, because we collect no data at all.

10. International users and legal basis

Where the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the UK GDPR, India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act 2023, or another data-protection law applies, the legal basis for our processing is:

• Performance of a service you requested — for the on-device features that read your camera, run OCR, and store your scans, all of which you trigger by using the app and granting the relevant permissions.
• Consent — where required by law for any optional feature.

We do not transfer personal data internationally, because we do not collect personal data.

11. Contact

For any privacy question, deletion request, rights request, or correction request, email:

contact@hirenpaghadal.in

We will acknowledge your request within 7 days and complete it within 30 days.

12. Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will:

• Update the “Last updated” date at the top of this page.
• Highlight material changes in the app’s release notes on Google Play.
• For changes that materially expand the data we collect, ask for your fresh consent inside the app.

The current version of this policy is always available at hirenpaghadal.in/quick-scanner/privacy-policy.