1. Summary
Lensora is a document scanner and PDF toolkit for Android. Scanning, text recognition, PDF editing and storage all happen on your device. Lensora has no user accounts and operates no servers of its own. The developer never receives your documents.
This policy explains what the app accesses, what stays on the device, what the advertising SDK collects, and how to delete your data.
2. Data processed on your device
- Scanned images, PDFs and recognised text. Scanning, optical character recognition (OCR), categorisation, merging, splitting, cropping, rotating, page numbering and conversions (including Word .docx files you open or convert) run entirely on your phone using on-device libraries (Google ML Kit, pdf-lib and mammoth). Files are saved in Lensora's private app storage.
- Document metadata. Titles, categories and timestamps are stored in a local database on the device.
- Credit balance. Your free and earned credits are stored locally. Credits have no cash value, cannot be transferred and are usable only inside Lensora.
None of this is transmitted to the developer or to any third party. A file leaves the device only when you explicitly share, print or export it through Android's system share sheet or print dialog, and then only to the destination you choose.
3. Permissions
| Permission | Why Lensora asks | When |
|---|---|---|
| Camera | Capturing document pages and reading QR codes. Images are processed on the device. Lensora does not record audio or video. | When you open the scanner or QR reader. |
| Location (precise, Android only) | Android requires location permission before an app may join a Wi-Fi network. If you scan a Wi-Fi QR code and tap "Connect to Wi-Fi", Lensora asks for it to make that one connection. Your location is not read, stored, or used for any other purpose, including advertising. You can decline and open Wi-Fi settings instead. | Only after you tap "Connect to Wi-Fi", after an in-app explanation. |
| Internet and network state | Used by the advertising SDK (section 5) and to open links you tap from QR codes. | Automatic. |
4. QR codes
The contents of scanned QR codes (links, Wi-Fi details, phone numbers, email addresses, text) are shown to you on screen and are not stored by Lensora. Actions such as opening a link, placing a call or joining a network happen only when you tap the corresponding button.
5. Advertising (Google AdMob)
Lensora is free and shows rewarded ads, which you choose to watch to earn credits. Ads are served by Google AdMob through the Google Mobile Ads SDK. When an ad is requested, Google may collect and process:
- Advertising ID and App Set ID
- Approximate location derived from your IP address
- Device and app information (device model, operating system version, app version, language)
- Ad interaction and diagnostics data (impressions, clicks, ad-related crashes)
This data is shared with Google and, depending on your consent, with Google's advertising partners, for serving ads, measuring ad performance and preventing fraud. See Google's privacy policy and how Google uses information from apps that use its services.
Your choices
- In the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, Lensora shows a consent form before any ad is requested. You can change or withdraw your choices at any time in the app under Tools → Privacy Policy → Ad privacy options.
- Everywhere, you can reset or delete your advertising ID and opt out of ad personalisation in Android Settings → Google → Ads.
- Lensora never shows forced full-screen ads. You can use the app without watching any ad.
6. Analytics and crash reporting
Lensora does not include analytics, crash-reporting or attribution SDKs other than what is built into the Google Mobile Ads SDK described above.
7. Retention and deletion
- Documents stay on your device until you delete them. Deleting a document in Lensora removes its record and the PDF and page-image files behind it.
- Uninstalling Lensora, or clearing its storage in Android settings, removes all remaining app data from the device.
- Files you shared, printed or exported to other apps are outside Lensora's control and are not affected.
- Because Lensora keeps no server-side data, there is no account to delete and no copy of your documents held by the developer. Step-by-step instructions are on the Delete your data page.
8. Security
Your data is stored in Android's app-private storage, which other apps cannot read on an unmodified device. Communication between the advertising SDK and Google's services uses HTTPS.
9. Children
Lensora is intended for adults and is not directed at children under 13 (or the age of digital consent in your country). We do not knowingly collect personal data from children. If you believe a child has provided personal data through the advertising SDK, contact us and we will help you exercise the controls in section 5.
10. International transfers
Lensora itself transfers no data. Google may process advertising data on servers outside your country under its own safeguards; see Google's privacy policy linked above.
11. Your rights
Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, delete or object to the processing of personal data. Lensora holds no personal data about you, so most of these rights are exercised directly on your device (section 7) or through Google's advertising controls (section 5). For anything else, contact us using the details below.
12. Changes to this policy
Updates will be published at this address and reflected in the effective date above. Material changes will also be noted in the app's release notes.
13. Contact
Mythic Apps
Email: mythicapps.support@gmail.com