Privacy Policy
This policy explains how GPS Site Camera: Stamp handles information when you use the mobile application.
1. Scope
This Privacy Policy applies to GPS Site Camera: Stamp, including the Android application identified by the package name com.geostamp.gpscamera and the corresponding iOS application (the “App”). The App is provided by Vishal Bhimporwala (“we,” “us,” or “our”).
By using the App, you acknowledge the practices described in this policy. If you do not agree, do not use the App or grant permissions that you do not want the App to access.
Use of the App is also governed by our Terms of Use.
2. Information the App handles
The App may access or process the following information only as needed for its camera and site-documentation features:
Camera and media
Photos, videos, thumbnails, PDF reports, and associated capture metadata created through the App.
Precise or approximate location
Latitude, longitude, accuracy, altitude, provider, date, time, and an address derived from the location.
Audio
Microphone audio only when you record a video with voice enabled.
App settings
Language, onboarding state, camera preferences, stamp templates, custom stamp text, and related local settings.
Purchase information
If paid products are offered, Google Play may process product, transaction, subscription, and purchase-status information.
Technical and configuration information
Mapping providers may receive an IP address, request metadata, and coordinates when map or address features are used. Firebase may process an app-installation identifier, IP address, device and app information, screen and feature interactions, purchase and advertising lifecycle events, performance context, and crash or diagnostic information.
Advertising and consent information
For eligible free users, Google’s User Messaging Platform checks and presents advertising privacy choices during app startup before advertising requests and Meta App Events are enabled. Google and participating mediation partners such as Meta may then process device identifiers, IP address, app-install and advertising interactions, diagnostics, and privacy choices.
Masked session replay
On supported Android devices, Microsoft Clarity may process masked interaction, navigation, device, app, network, and diagnostic data after the required privacy choice permits collection. App content is masked before session replay capture.
The App does not currently require an account, and we do not operate an application server that receives your captured photos, videos, or location history. The Android App uses Firebase Analytics and Firebase Crashlytics to understand feature usage and stability. Analytics are intentionally limited to predefined events and coarse categories. We do not send captured media, exact coordinates, addresses, custom stamp text, filenames, file paths, sharing recipients, purchase tokens, email addresses, or phone numbers as custom analytics parameters.
3. How information is used
- To provide the live camera preview and capture photos or videos.
- To add coordinates, address, date, time, accuracy, altitude, custom text, maps, and related details to stamps.
- To organize captures, generate PDF reports, and let you save, export, or share content.
- To remember your language, onboarding progress, camera controls, stamp template, and other preferences.
- To retrieve map images and convert coordinates into a readable address.
- To process and restore purchases if paid features are made available.
- To offer an optional rewarded ad that temporarily unlocks an eligible premium feature for the current app session.
- To show app-open ads to eligible returning free users, subject to configured eligibility and frequency limits.
- To show interstitial ads to eligible free users after configured capture milestones or when leaving eligible Settings and template screens.
- To show anchored banner ads on eligible Settings, template, template-editing, and map-data screens for free users.
- To record and apply advertising privacy and consent choices where required.
- To attribute app installs and measure advertising campaign performance through Meta App Events.
- To retrieve and apply operational feature and advertising-placement configuration.
- To measure predefined onboarding, permission, capture, collection, premium, purchase, and advertising funnel events using coarse, low-cardinality values.
- To diagnose crashes, application-not-responding incidents, and operational failures using Firebase Crashlytics and privacy-limited diagnostic context.
- To diagnose usability and navigation issues using consent-gated, masked Microsoft Clarity session replay on supported Android devices.
4. Device permissions
You can deny or revoke permissions in your device settings. Some features will not work without the permissions required for that feature.
| Permission | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Camera | Provides the live preview and captures site photos and videos. |
| Location while using the App | Adds GPS coordinates and related details to captures. The App does not request background location permission. |
| Microphone | Records sound only when video recording with voice is enabled. |
| Photos, media, or storage | Saves exported captures to your gallery or photo library and accesses media only when you choose a supported media action. On older Android versions, legacy storage permission may be used for export. |
| Internet and network state | Retrieves static maps, supports address lookup through platform services, communicates with Google Play for purchases and app updates, uses Firebase configuration, analytics, and crash reporting, and loads app-open, rewarded, native, banner, or interstitial ads when eligible. |
5. On-device storage and retention
Captured media and report metadata are stored in app-controlled storage on your device. Settings and cached addresses are also stored locally. Static map images may be held temporarily in memory to improve performance. Media you explicitly export is copied to your device gallery, photo library, or another destination you select.
App-controlled media and settings generally remain until you delete them, clear the App’s data, or uninstall the App. Exported copies remain in the destination you selected until you delete them there. We do not control retention by your device provider, backup service, sharing destination, or third-party service.
7. Your choices and deletion
- Use device settings to review or revoke camera, location, microphone, and photo-library permissions.
- Disable map thumbnails in the App settings to avoid Static Maps requests for stamp previews.
- Decline the rewarded-ad option and continue using the free template, or purchase Premium without watching rewarded ads.
- Use the controls presented by Google’s User Messaging Platform during startup when advertising privacy choices are required in your region.
- Delete captures using the App’s Collection controls where available.
- Delete exported copies from your gallery, photo library, file manager, or sharing destination.
- Clear the App’s storage or uninstall the App to remove app-controlled local data.
- Contact us using the email below for privacy questions. Because the App does not currently use accounts or store captures on our servers, we may have no server-side personal record to identify or delete.
8. Security
We use platform application storage, permission controls, scoped sharing mechanisms, and encrypted HTTPS connections for Static Maps requests. No method of storage or transmission is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security. You are responsible for protecting access to your device and reviewing sensitive location details before sharing stamped media.
9. Children’s privacy
The App is a general-purpose site documentation tool and is not directed to children under 13 or the minimum age required by local law. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children through an account or developer-operated server. If you believe a child has provided personal information directly to us, contact us so we can address the request.
10. International processing
Third-party providers such as Google, Apple, Meta, or Microsoft may process request information in countries other than your own. Their privacy policies describe their international data-handling practices and safeguards.
11. Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy when the App’s features, third-party services, or legal obligations change. The updated version will be posted at the same public URL with a revised effective date. Material changes may also be communicated in the App or store listing where appropriate.