Shot Scout — Privacy Policy
Last updated: 2026-09-30
This privacy policy applies to the mobile app "Shot Scout" on Android and iOS:
- Google Play: package com.moon.viewfinder, developer "janey-moon"
- Apple App Store: bundle ID com.moon.viewfinder, seller "Heekyung Moon"
The app is developed and operated by Heekyung Moon (Google Play developer name: janey-moon).
Contact: ansgml2100@gmail.com
OVERVIEW
Shot Scout does not require an account, and we do not sell personal information. The app shows the phone's camera view with frames for the camera format and lenses you choose, and lets you save framed shots into projects and scenes while scouting a location. Your shots, projects, notes, and gear settings are stored locally on your device. The app also uses Google services for analytics, crash reporting, remote configuration, and advertising.
CAMERA
The app asks for camera permission on the Scout screen, when you tap "Allow camera". The camera runs only while the Scout screen is open and the app is in the foreground. The live view is shown on your device and is not recorded or uploaded. A still photo is taken only when you press the shutter, read the lens from a test photo, or calibrate:
- When you save a shot, the app crops the photo to the chosen frame and keeps the cropped image and a small thumbnail in the app's own storage. The uncropped photo is deleted.
- When you read the lens from a test photo, the app reads the photo's EXIF lens information (lens or device model name and focal length) and then deletes the photo.
- When you calibrate, the app shows the photo so you can measure an object of known width, and deletes it when you close the calibration.
The app does not use the microphone and does not record video. If you decline camera permission, the Scout screen shows a button to open Settings, and the Shots and Gear screens still work.
PHOTO LIBRARY (ADD ONLY)
When you take your first shot, the app asks for permission to add photos to your photo library. On iOS this is add-only access; on Android 10 and later adding to the gallery normally needs no permission, while older Android versions may ask for storage permission. If allowed, each saved shot is also added to your photo library. The app does not read, change, or delete photos in your library. If you decline, shots are still kept in the app, and you can try adding them to the library again later from the Shots screen.
INFORMATION STORED ON YOUR DEVICE
The app stores:
- up to 3,000 shots: the cropped image and thumbnail files, plus a record with the project, scene (up to 20 characters) and shot number, the time it was taken, the camera format and focal length, aspect ratio, anamorphic squeeze, converter, field of view, how the phone lens was measured, your notes (up to 500 characters), and whether the shot was added to your photo library;
- up to 200 projects, each with the name you give it (up to 40 characters) and when it was created;
- up to 60 custom camera formats (a name and sensor size) and up to 40 lens kits (a name and a list of focal lengths);
- the phone-lens measurement (its field of view, whether it came from EXIF data or your own calibration, when it was made, and an identifier made from the lens or device model name and focal length reported in the photo's EXIF data);
- your current settings (format, lens, aspect, framing guides, and selected project and scene).
The app keeps automatic copies of this data record (not the image files) on the device: one from each of the 3 most recent days on which you made changes. If saved data is found to be damaged, a copy of it is also kept on the device so it is not silently lost. While a shot is being saved, the app keeps a short list of in-progress shot IDs so that unfinished files can be cleaned up.
The app may also store basic operating information such as app-use count, whether the review prompt was shown, and cached advertising or More Apps configuration.
The developer does not run a server that receives your shots or projects. The app reads developer-controlled advertising settings and a More Apps list from Google Cloud Firestore, and loads the More Apps icons from their web addresses; it does not upload your images, notes, or project names.
SHARING
When you share a shot from the Shots screen, the app passes that image file to your device's share sheet. When you make a contact sheet, the app draws an image of up to 24 shots with the project name, their shot numbers, lens, format, and any notes you wrote for those shots, saves it as a temporary file, passes it to the share sheet, and then deletes the temporary file. Anyone you send a contact sheet to can read the project name and shot notes printed on it. You decide where shared images go; the app does not send them anywhere itself.
ANALYTICS, CRASH REPORTING, AND ADS
Google Firebase Analytics may process limited app-usage and technical information, such as app launches, session counts, tab and menu interactions, your answer to the iOS tracking prompt, app version, device type, and app-instance identifiers. When you save a shot, an event records whether it was added to your photo library and the focal length used (rounded to whole millimetres). When you share a contact sheet, an event records how many shots it covers. These events do not include images, notes, or project names. Ad revenue events record the ad format and the reported value and currency.
Google Firebase Crashlytics may process crash reports and related technical information needed to diagnose app problems.
The app shows ads through Google AdMob. Google may process advertising identifiers and device, app, consent, network, and ad-performance information to provide and measure ads, and may use an IP address to estimate an approximate location even though the app has no location permission.
Banner ads appear on the Shots and Gear screens, not on the Scout (camera) screen. A full-screen ad may appear only after you have saved a shot and then move from Scout to Shots, and not while a shot is being saved, an export or share is running, or a sheet or editor is open. An app-open ad may appear when the app starts; when you return to the app it is not shown on the Scout screen, within 10 minutes of using Scout, or while any of the activities above is in progress. On Android, the exit dialog may show an ad.
PERMISSIONS AND ADVERTISING CHOICES
Feature permissions: camera, and adding photos to your photo library, as described above. On the Scout screen the app also reads the motion sensor (accelerometer) to tell whether you hold the phone upright or sideways; these readings are not stored. The app does not request location, microphone, contacts, Bluetooth, health data, or notifications, and it does not read your existing photos.
Where required (for example in the EEA and UK), Google's consent message (UMP) is shown first, and in those regions personalized advertising stays off unless your choice allows it. On iOS, the App Tracking Transparency prompt is shown only after that step and only when personalized advertising is allowed. If tracking is not allowed, the IDFA is not available to the app or its ad partners. If the consent message cannot be loaded, the app may still show non-personalized ads and does not ask for tracking permission. The app works whatever you choose.
You can change camera, photo, and tracking permissions in your device Settings at any time. Where Google requires it, the app menu shows "Privacy choices", which reopens the consent message so you can change your advertising choice. The menu's "Privacy policy" page shows a short summary of this policy.
STORAGE AND YOUR CONTROL
On the Shots screen you can delete a shot (from its detail view) or delete a whole project (long-press it); the app then deletes the record and the image files it keeps. Copies already added to your photo library stay there until you delete them in your photo app. You can edit or clear notes, and on the Gear screen you can delete custom camera formats and lens kits. The automatic daily copies of the data record may still hold deleted records until they are replaced by newer ones; copies kept because data was damaged stay on the device until you clear the app's data or delete the app. You can also clear the app's data on Android or delete the app. Local data may be included in an Apple, Google, or device backup depending on your backup settings; uninstalling normally removes the active copy but may not remove an older backup.
Because we do not receive your shots or projects, we cannot delete them for you; the controls above remove them from your device. For questions about data processed by Google, or to ask us for help with a privacy request, contact us at the address below.
Data processed by Google is retained according to its service settings and policies:
- Google Privacy Policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
- Firebase privacy information: https://firebase.google.com/support/privacy
- Google advertising technologies: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads
We use these services under their applicable terms, and we ensure that third-party service providers with whom we share user data provide the same or equal protection of that data as stated in this policy.
SECURITY
Your saved data and images are kept in the app's private storage on your device, which the operating system protects from other apps; they are not separately encrypted by the app, so protect your device with a passcode. Images added to your photo library or shared are handled by your photo app and the apps you share with. Apart from the limited analytics events described above and the images you choose to share, the app does not upload your saved data. Communication between the app and Google services uses encrypted connections (HTTPS/TLS). No method of storage or transmission is completely secure, but we limit what the app collects to what is described in this policy.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
Frames are an approximation of what a camera and lens would see, scaled from the phone camera's field of view. An estimate read from EXIF data is not verified, and the result depends on the phone lens, the calibration, and distance to the subject. Confirm critical framing with the actual camera. Stay aware of your surroundings while scouting, and respect private property and people's privacy when photographing.
CHILDREN
The app is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
CHANGES
We may update this policy if the app or its services change. The date above shows the latest revision.
CONTACT
Heekyung Moon (Google Play developer: janey-moon)
Email: ansgml2100@gmail.com