Privacy Policy
Manila Scanner · Effective 2 September 2026
The short version Manila Scanner collects nothing. It has no account, no analytics, no crash reporter and no server to send anything to. Your scans stay on your device until you choose to share them.
What the app stores, and where
Scans, the PDFs made from them, and your settings are written to Manila Scanner’s own private storage on your device — the app’s sandbox on iOS, its private app storage on Android. Other apps cannot read it. Nothing is copied anywhere else. Uninstalling deletes all of it, which is why the app offers a backup file — there is no cloud copy to fall back on.
Permissions, and what each is for
- Camera — the only way paper gets in, and the only permission Manila Scanner ever asks for, on either platform. Photos are written straight to the app’s own storage.
- Choosing a photo you already have — your device shows its own picker (the iOS photo picker, or the Android photo picker) and hands the app a copy of just the images you chose. This needs no permission, and the app never gains access to your photo library or gallery.
- Choosing a backup file to restore — the same arrangement through the system file picker: the app is handed a copy of the one file you picked, and nothing else.
Manila Scanner asks for nothing else. There is no location access, no
contacts, no microphone, and no advertising identifier. On Android the
entire app declares a single permission, CAMERA; on iOS the
camera is the only prompt you will ever see.
What leaves your device
Only what you send, when you send it. Tapping Share, Export or Print hands the file to your device’s own share sheet, and from there it goes wherever you direct it — mail, a messaging app, cloud storage, a printer. That transfer is between you and whichever app or service you chose; Manila Scanner is not part of it and keeps no record of it.
What the app does not do
- No account, sign-in or profile.
- No analytics, telemetry or usage tracking.
- No third-party crash reporter or advertising SDK.
- No servers. The app has no way to upload anything, so it cannot.
- No selling or sharing of personal information, because none is collected.
Manila Scanner works in airplane mode. That is the simplest proof of all of the above, and you can check it yourself in about ten seconds.
Keeping and deleting your data
Manila Scanner keeps your scans for exactly as long as you do, and nowhere else. There is no retention period to expire, because nothing is held on a server — the files sit in the app's own storage on your device until you remove them.
- Delete a page or a document — in the app. Each offers an undo for a few seconds; once that closes, the files are erased.
- Delete everything — remove the app. That takes its storage with it, scans and settings alike.
- Withdraw a permission — iOS Settings › Manila Scanner, or Android's app settings. The app keeps working; it simply cannot use the camera until you allow it again.
There is no request to send us and no account to close, because we hold nothing to delete. If you would like that confirmed in writing, ask and we will confirm it.
Children
The app collects no personal information from anyone, of any age, and is not directed at children.
Changes to this policy
If this policy changes, the revised version will be posted here with a new effective date. Since the app collects nothing, any change would be about wording rather than practice — and if that ever stopped being true, it would be said plainly here first.
Contact
Questions about this policy or the app: manila.scanner.support@gmail.com