**Privacy Policy for DocAxe**
**Effective Date:** 2025-12-05
**1. Introduction**Welcome to DocAxe ("we," "our," or "us"). We are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our mobile application, DocAxe (the "App"). Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the application.
**2. Information We Collect**
We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect via the App includes:
* **Permissions Information:** We may request access or permissions to certain system features from your mobile device, including your mobile device's **camera** (for scanning documents and taking photos) and **storage** (to read and save PDF/Image files). If you wish to change our access or permissions, you may do so in your device's settings.* **Personal Data:** We do not collect personally identifiable information (such as your name, email address, or phone number) unless you voluntarily provide it to us (e.g., by contacting us for support).* **Derivative Data:** Information our servers automatically collect when you access the App, such as your native actions that are integral to the App, including liking, re-blogging, or replying to a post, as well as other interactions with the App and other users via server log files.
**3. Use of Your Information**
We use the information we collect to provide, operate, and maintain our App, specifically:* **Camera:** To capture images of documents for scanning, conversion to PDF, and OCR (Text Recognition) features. All processing happens locally on your device or securely via standard Android APIs.* **Storage:** To access your files (images, PDFs, documents) for conversion and processing, and to save the output files back to your device.* **App Functionality:** To operate the core features of the App, such as Image-to-PDF conversion, PDF-to-Image conversion, and document compression.
**4. Disclosure of Your Information**
We do not sell, trade, rent, or otherwise share your personal information with third parties without your consent, except in the following situations:* **By Law or to Protect Rights:** If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others, we may share your information as permitted or required by any applicable law, rule, or regulation.
**5. Third-Party Service Providers**
We may use third-party software and libraries (such as Google ML Kit for OCR) to provide specific services. These third-party services may collect information used to identify you.* **Google Play Services:** [https://policies.google.com/privacy](https://policies.google.com/privacy)
**6. Security of Your Information**
We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.
**7. Policy for Children**
We do not knowingly solicit information from or market to children under the age of 13. If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under age 13 without verification of parental consent, we will delete that information as quickly as possible.
**8. Changes to This Privacy Policy**
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
**9. Contact Us**
If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:
* **Email:** [axenix.main@gmail.com]* **Developer:** Axenix
