📄1. Overview
ScanMyDoubt ("the App", "we", "us") is a mobile application published by JEWEALITY that helps students understand doubts by scanning a question with the camera and receiving a step-by-step explanation generated by artificial intelligence.
This Privacy Policy applies to the ScanMyDoubt Android app and describes our data practices in plain language, in line with the Google Play Developer Program Policies and the Google AdMob program policies. By using the App, you agree to the practices described in this policy.
🗂️2. Information We Collect
ScanMyDoubt does not require you to create an account, sign in, or provide any personal profile information to use the App. The information involved falls into these categories:
| Category | What it includes | Collected how |
|---|---|---|
| Scanned question images | Photos you capture or select of a question/textbook page | Only when you actively scan a question; processed to generate a solution |
| Solved question history | The image, extracted question text, and AI-generated solution | Saved automatically after a successful solve, stored only on your device |
| App preferences | Theme (light/dark), language (English/Hindi), notification toggle | Saved locally on your device when you change a setting |
| Advertising & usage identifiers | Advertising ID, coarse device/app info, ad interaction data | Collected by Google AdMob to display and measure ads (see Section 5) |
| Diagnostic data | Basic crash/technical logs (no images or solution content) | Standard Android/Google Play system logging |
We do not collect your name, email address, phone number, or location unless you choose to email us directly for support.
⚙️3. How We Use Your Information
- To generate solutions: A scanned question image is sent for AI processing so the App can return a step-by-step explanation.
- To show your history: Previously solved questions are displayed on your Home, History, and Solution screens directly from local on-device storage.
- To personalize the app experience: Your saved theme and language preference are applied across the App.
- To notify you: If notifications are enabled, a local notification is shown when a solve completes.
- To display advertising: Google AdMob uses limited technical/advertising identifiers to show and measure ads inside the App (see Section 5).
- To maintain and improve the App: Basic, non-identifying technical diagnostics may be used to fix bugs and improve stability.
✨4. AI Processing with Google Gemini
When you scan a question, the App sends the image (and, where applicable, your selected response language) to Google's Gemini AI model for processing, so it can read the question and generate a step-by-step solution. This request is routed through a secure third-party AI API gateway (OpenRouter) over an encrypted (HTTPS/TLS) connection — it acts only as a pass-through to reach the Gemini model and does not create an account or profile for you.
- The image and extracted question text are used solely to generate your solution and are not used by us to build an advertising profile.
- We do not control how Google or the AI infrastructure providers we use internally handle data on their servers; please refer to Google's Privacy Policy and Gemini API Additional Terms of Service for details on how Google processes data submitted to its AI models.
- The resulting solution (and, if you keep it, the original image) is then stored only locally on your device as part of your History — we do not operate our own server-side database of your questions.
📢5. Advertising with Google AdMob
ScanMyDoubt uses Google AdMob to display banner and interstitial advertisements. AdMob may collect and use data such as the advertising ID, device/app information, IP address, and ad interaction data to serve and measure ads, and — where permitted and not restricted by you — to personalize ads based on your interests.
- Ads are placed as fixed banner or full-screen interstitial units — they never track your movement or overlay tappable app content, in line with AdMob's ad placement policies.
- We do not manually collect or store the advertising data AdMob gathers; it is processed directly by Google according to "How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services".
- Where required by law (for example, in the EEA, UK, or Switzerland), you may be shown a consent request regarding ads and data usage before ads are personalized, in line with Google's EU User Consent Policy.
- You can opt out of personalized advertising at any time via your device's Settings → Privacy → Ads (or Google Settings → Ads) by resetting or limiting your advertising ID.
🔐6. App Permissions
| Permission | Why it's needed |
|---|---|
| Camera | To let you scan/photograph a question. No photo is taken or accessed without your explicit action. |
| Internet | To send scanned questions for AI processing and to load ads. |
| Notifications (Android 13+) | To notify you when a solve completes, only if you enable notifications in Settings. |
| Advertising ID | Automatically declared by the Google Mobile Ads SDK to support ad delivery and measurement. |
You can review or revoke Camera and Notification permissions at any time from your device's App Settings.
💾7. Data Storage & Retention
- Local-only history: Your solved questions, images, and settings are stored in a private file on your device — never on our own remote servers.
- No account required: Since there is no login, your history is tied to your device/app installation, not to an identity we manage.
- Automatic limits: History is capped to a reasonable number of recent entries to avoid unbounded growth.
- You control deletion: You can delete individual questions, select and bulk-delete, or clear all local data at any time from History or App Settings → "Clear App Data". Uninstalling the App also removes all locally stored data.
- Transient AI processing: Images sent for solving are used only to generate your result and are not intentionally retained by us after the response is returned.
🤝8. Sharing of Information
We do not sell your personal information. Limited data is shared only with the service providers necessary to operate core App features:
- Google (Gemini AI / Google Mobile Ads / AdMob): to generate solutions and to serve and measure advertising.
- OpenRouter: as the secure API relay used to reach the Gemini model.
- Legal requirements: if required to comply with a valid legal request, protect our rights, or prevent fraud/abuse.
We do not share your scanned questions or history with advertisers, and advertising data collected by AdMob is separate from your question/solution content.
🧒9. Children's Privacy
ScanMyDoubt is a general-audience educational tool and is not knowingly directed at children under 13 as a primary audience. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children beyond what is technically necessary for the App's core scan-and-solve function (i.e., the photo you choose to scan), and no account or profile is created for any user.
🛡️10. Data Security
- All network requests (AI processing and ad requests) are made over encrypted HTTPS/TLS connections.
- Your history and preferences are stored in your device's app-private storage, which is not accessible to other apps without root access.
- No third party can access your local history — it never leaves your device except for the specific image you choose to scan, sent only to generate a solution.
While we take reasonable measures to protect your information, no method of electronic transmission or storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
🎛️11. Your Choices & Rights
- Delete your data: Clear individual entries, bulk-delete, or wipe all local data from History / App Settings at any time.
- Control notifications: Turn solve-complete notifications on or off from App Settings, or via your device's system notification settings.
- Control camera access: Revoke Camera permission from your device settings; scanning simply won't work until it's re-granted.
- Limit ad personalization: Reset/limit your advertising ID from your device's privacy settings, or opt out through Google Ads Settings.
- Uninstall: Removing the App deletes all locally stored history and preferences from your device.
🌍12. International Users
ScanMyDoubt may be used by people in different countries. If you are located in the European Economic Area, UK, or another region with specific data protection laws (such as GDPR), the third-party services we rely on (Google Gemini AI, Google AdMob) process data under their own applicable legal bases and safeguards, as described in their respective privacy policies linked throughout this page.
🔄13. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in the App, our practices, or legal requirements. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page will always reflect the most recent version. Continued use of the App after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.
✉️14. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or how your information is handled, please reach out: