Simple Scan Privacy Policy
Effective October 11, 2026
The short version
- Simple Scan does not collect any personal data. We have no servers for the app, and the app sends us nothing.
- There are no accounts, ads, analytics, or tracking.
- Your scans, signatures, and settings stay on your device. They leave it only when you choose to share or export them.
Who we are
Simple Scan is developed by Alliops LLC (“we”, “us”). This policy explains how the Simple Scan app handles your information.
Information we collect
None. Simple Scan does not collect, transmit, sell, or share personal data. The app has no sign-in and includes no third-party analytics, advertising, crash-reporting, or tracking software. We cannot see your documents or anything else you do in the app.
The only information we ever receive is a message you choose to send us when you contact support. See Contacting us.
What the app stores on your device
To work, Simple Scan keeps the following in its private storage on your device:
- Your documents: page images, along with any crops, filters, rotations, and other edits.
- Recognized text from your pages, if you use text recognition.
- Signatures and initials you save.
- App settings, such as theme, default filter, and PDF page size.
- A few counters, such as when the app was first opened, how many days you have used it, and how many times you have exported. The app uses them only to decide when to show the rating prompt described below.
This data never leaves your device unless you export or share it. Your device’s operating system keeps it separate from other apps and protects it with your device’s built-in security.
If you back up your device to the cloud or to a computer, those backups may include Simple Scan’s data. Your backup provider handles them under its own privacy policy, and you control them in your device settings.
Permissions
Simple Scan asks for a permission only when you first use a feature that needs it. You can change your choice at any time in your device settings.
| Permission | Why the app asks |
|---|---|
| Camera | To photograph the documents you scan. Images are processed on your device and saved only as pages of your documents. |
| Photos | To import photos you choose as document pages. The app reads only the photos you pick. |
| Photos or storage (saving) | To save exported pages and files to your photo library or device storage, only when you ask it to. |
On-device processing
Edge detection, perspective correction, page flattening, filters, and text recognition all run on your device. Simple Scan uses image and text recognition tools built into your device’s operating system, along with the open-source OpenCV library bundled with the app. Your images are not uploaded to us or anyone else for processing.
Some of these built-in tools are provided by your device’s platform services. They process your images on your device, but the platform may download updates for them and send its provider limited usage and performance information about them. That provider handles this information under its own privacy policy.
Sharing and exporting
When you share a document, save it to your device’s files or photo library, or copy or share text, you choose where it goes. From then on, the app or service you sent it to handles it under its own privacy policy.
System features you can use
When you select recognized text, you can choose actions provided by your device’s operating system or other apps you have installed, such as looking up a word, translating, searching the web, or reading text aloud. If you use one, the selected text goes to that feature. For example, searching the web opens your browser with the text as a search query, and translation is handled by your device’s translation service or the app you choose. These features are covered by the privacy policies of their providers.
Ratings and reviews
Simple Scan may occasionally show your app store’s standard rating prompt, or open the app store when you tap “Rate Simple Scan” in the app’s settings. Any rating or review you submit goes to the app store, not to us, and the app is not told whether you rated it.
Children
Simple Scan does not collect personal information from anyone, including children under the age of 13.
Deleting your data
- Delete a document or a saved signature in the app to remove it from your device.
- Delete the app to remove all of its data from your device.
Copies you have exported or shared, and any device backups, are not affected. Manage them where they are stored.
Your rights
Because we do not collect or hold any of your personal data, we have nothing to give you, correct, or delete on our side. All of your data is on your device and under your control. If you have contacted support, you can ask us to delete your messages. We do not sell or share personal information as defined by privacy laws such as the GDPR or the California Consumer Privacy Act.
Contacting us
If you have a question about this policy or need help with Simple Scan, contact us from the app: open Simple Scan and go to Settings › Support. More help is on the Simple Scan support page.
When you contact us, we receive the message and contact details you send, such as your email address. We use them only to answer you, and we do not add you to any mailing list or share them with anyone.
Changes to this policy
If we change how Simple Scan handles information, we will update this page and its effective date. If a change is significant, we will also mention it in the app’s release notes.