Privacy policy
The short version
The Tidyscan app does not collect your personal data. There is no account, no tracking, no analytics and no advertising. Your scans are made, read and stored on your iPhone, and the app never uploads them. The only personal data we ever hold is what you send us if you email support.
Who we are
Tidyscan is published by Dan Stevens. For anything about this policy, email support@tidyscan.co.uk.
Your scans
- Pages you scan with the camera, or add from Photos or Files, are stored in the app's own storage on your iPhone. We never receive them.
- The camera is used only while you are scanning. When you add from Photos, the app sees only the photos you pick, not your whole library.
- Text in your scans is recognised on your iPhone using Apple's built-in text recognition. Nothing is sent anywhere to be read.
- Your scans are included in your iPhone's own backups (iCloud Backup or a computer backup), as with any other app's files, under your Apple account. We have no access to those backups.
- When you share a scan, the app makes a temporary copy on your iPhone and hands it to the share sheet. Where it goes from there (Mail, Files, AirDrop, a message) is your choice, and that app's privacy policy applies. Temporary copies are cleared the next time the app opens.
- Deleting a scan, or deleting the app, removes the scans from your iPhone.
App lock and PDF passwords (Pro)
The app lock uses Face ID, Touch ID or your passcode through Apple's own system. The app never sees your face, fingerprint or passcode, only whether the check passed. A password you set on a shared PDF is used once to lock that file and is not stored.
Purchases
Purchases and subscriptions are handled by Apple. We do not receive your name, email address or payment details. Apple tells the app only whether Pro is active on your Apple ID.
What we do not do
- No account or sign-in.
- No analytics, crash-reporting or advertising code, and no third-party code that collects data.
- No tracking across other apps or websites.
- No selling or sharing of data. The app gives us none.
This website
This website has no forms, no cookies of its own and no analytics, and keeps no visitor logs. It is delivered and protected by Cloudflare, which processes the IP address of every visitor under its own privacy policy and may set a strictly necessary security cookie.
If you email us
If you contact support, we receive your email address and whatever you choose to send. We use it only to reply, keep it no longer than needed to deal with your request, and never add you to a mailing list. Please do not send copies of private documents unless we ask.
Children
The app collects no personal data from anyone, including children.
Your rights
Under UK and EU data protection law you can ask what data we hold about you, and ask us to correct or delete it. Apart from support emails, we hold none. Email support@tidyscan.co.uk and we will answer within a month. You can also complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk.
Changes
If the app ever starts handling data differently, this page will be updated before that version is released, and the date at the top will change.