## Open Camera Privacy Policy

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Open Camera is developed by Mark Harman.

Open Camera accesses and records camera sensor and microphone data, which is used for the purpose of taking photos and recording videos, to fulfil its purpose as a camera. Microphone permission is also used for the optional "Audio control" options.

Open Camera requires permission (at least for Android 9 and earlier, or using versions of Open Camera older than 1.48.3) to "access photos, media and files on your devices" (storage permission), as this permission is required for Android to save resultant files such as photos and videos to your device.

Location permission is requested in order to deliver the optional geotagging features (for photos and videos, including stamp and subtitles options). When relevant option(s) are enabled, your device location will be stored in photo/video/subtitle files.

Bluetooth permissions are used to allow the optional feature to discover and connect to Bluetooth LE remote control devices; the Bluetooth remote control feature also requires location permission (on Android 11 or earlier) or Nearby Devices permission (on Android 12 or later).

Resultant data such as photos or videos can be shared with other apps if you use the share option in Open Camera, or when Open Camera is called by another app on your device, or when you use the Storage Access Framework option to save to another app or service.

Data handling procedures, data retention and deletion policies: Open Camera does not transmit personal or sensitive information to me.

Since Open Camera also uses operating system APIs, you should review relevant privacy policies such as for your device, manufacturer, operating system and/or Google accounts. For example:

- For versions 1.49.2 or earlier: the optional voice control option used the Android speech recognition service. When enabled, audio data is likely to be sent to remote servers by Android to perform speech recognition. This is subject to the Data Processing Addendum for Products where Google is a Data Processor, located at https://privacy.google.com/businesses/gdprprocessorterms/ , as updated from time to time. This option is no longer available in version 1.50 onwards.
- For versions 1.49.2 or earlier: The "addresses" option for photo stamp or video subtitles used the Android Geocoder API. When this option is enabled, in order to deliver this functionality the API transmits your device location data across the Internet to a third party (which may depend on what "backend services" are installed on your device). This option is no longer available in version 1.50 onwards.
- Apps/services such as cloud services on your device may auto-upload photos and videos that are saved on your device.

If you have inquiries about my privacy policy, please contact me by email at mark.harman.apps@gmail.com.

Although the Open Camera application is ad-free, the Open Camera website has ads via Google Adsense: Third party vendors, including Google, use cookies to serve ads based on a user's previous visits to this website or other websites. Google's use of advertising cookies enables it and its partners to serve ads based on people's visit to this sites and/or other sites on the Internet. You may opt out of personalised advertising by visiting Google's Ads Settings. The cookies of other third-party vendors or ad networks may also be used to serve ads. You can opt out of some third-party vendors' uses of cookies for personalised advertising by visiting www.aboutads.info.

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In countries where the GDPR is applicable, Google's Consent Management Platform (CMP) is used to obtain consent to use personal data for Google Adsense. In such countries, you may update your choice by either clicking on the privacy and cookie link at the bottom of other pages on this site that serve ads, or click "Revoke or change cookie consent" from the site menu.

In US states with relevant privacy regulations, you should be able to opt out of personalised advertising by clicking the Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information link at the bottom of other pages on this site that serve ads, and selecting to Opt Out.

The Open Camera website also uses Google Analytics which uses cookies, please see their Privacy Policy for more details.

Also see "How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services".

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