Privacy Policy

Effective and last updated: 2026-08-09

This policy describes the public ScanIt Android app and this ScanIt website. Contact the maintainer at majkeylab@gmail.com with privacy questions. Do not email private documents or credentials.

Short version: scanned document content stays on the device unless you explicitly share or print it. ScanIt has no accounts, ads, first-party analytics, maintainer-operated document server, or public cloud-processing feature. Google Play services and ML Kit process limited diagnostic and usage telemetry.

Information the app handles locally

ScanIt handles pages you scan or import, the generated PDF, local saving preferences, language choice, selected folder access, and email subject or message defaults. This information is used only to provide the requested scanning, saving, sharing, and printing functions.

Temporary working copies

Pages and PDFs are copied to ScanIt's app-private cache. The cache is bounded to at most eight scan directories and supplies the Result and Recent scans screens. Android may clear it. Removing an item from Recent removes that temporary working copy. When ScanIt can verify an exact saved output that it created, the confirmation dialog can also delete the selected PDF, Gallery images, or both.

Durable saved files

According to your settings and actions, ScanIt can save images to Gallery and PDFs to Downloads or a folder selected through Android's folder picker. They remain until you delete them through ScanIt, Gallery, Files, or the selected-folder provider. Optional settings can delete the matching saved PDF or images after you choose a sharing app; both options are off by default. Uninstalling ScanIt does not remove saved files outside app-private storage.

Settings, backup, and deletion

Settings are stored locally in app-private storage. Android backup and device-to-device transfer are disabled for ScanIt app data. Uninstalling the app removes its private settings and cache. It does not remove files saved outside the app-private area.

Google ML Kit Document Scanner

The scanner UI, models, and related resources are supplied through Google Play services. Google says document-scanner input and output are processed on-device and are not sent to Google servers. Google Play services may contact Google to download or update the scanner module, models, bug fixes, or compatibility information.

Google states that ML Kit collects device and app information, device or installation identifiers, performance metrics, API configuration, input/output size, feature version, event types, and error codes for diagnostics and usage analytics. Google states that this telemetry is encrypted in transit using HTTPS and is not transferred to third parties. ScanIt cannot disable or delete telemetry processed by Google Play services.

See Google's current ML Kit Terms and Privacy information, Android data disclosure, and Privacy Policy.

Sharing and printing

ScanIt sends a selected PDF or image to another app or print service only after you tap a share or print action and choose a recipient. That recipient processes the file under its own privacy terms. Review the destination before sending sensitive material.

Information ScanIt does not request

The public app has no account system, advertising SDK, first-party analytics, public cloud processing, contact access, location access, or notification access. ScanIt does not request its own camera permission because the scanner uses the Google Play services camera flow. It does not request broad legacy storage access.

Support email and GitHub issues

If you email support or create a GitHub issue, the information you choose to submit is used to respond, investigate a report, and maintain the project. Public GitHub issues are visible to everyone. Support correspondence is retained only while reasonably needed for support, security, or record-keeping, then deleted when no longer needed. You may request deletion of support correspondence by emailing the support address, subject to legal or security retention needs.

This website

The ScanIt site contains no maintainer-added analytics, JavaScript, forms, advertising, tracking pixels, web fonts, or cookies. It loads its stylesheet and QR image from the same site.

The site is hosted by GitHub Pages. GitHub states that it logs and stores visitors' IP addresses for security and may process other service data under the GitHub General Privacy Statement. ScanIt adds no code that exposes those hosting logs to the maintainer.

External links, including GitHub, email, and Buy Me a Coffee, are opened only when you select them. Those services apply their own privacy terms. ScanIt does not receive payment-card or billing details from Buy Me a Coffee.

Children

ScanIt is intended for an adult document workflow and is not directed to children under 18. It has no account or social features.

Changes and contact

This policy will be updated before the public app materially changes its data handling. The effective date above identifies the current version. Questions or deletion requests about information sent directly to the maintainer can be emailed to majkeylab@gmail.com.