Privacy Policy

1. Overview

Magnify is a magnification app designed to help people with visual impairments read and examine the world around them. This policy explains what data the app uses and what it does not collect.

The short version: the app does not collect, store, or transmit your personal data. Everything happens on your device.

2. Camera

The app uses your device camera to display a magnified live view. Camera images are processed in real time on your device and are never transmitted, stored on external servers, or shared with any third party.

When you save an image, it is saved to your device’s local storage only.

3. Text Recognition (OCR)

When you use the text recognition feature, image processing is performed entirely on your device using Google’s ML Kit library. No images or recognised text are sent to any server. The recognised text exists only in memory for the duration of your session and is discarded when you close the reader.

4. Text to Speech

Text to speech is provided by your device’s built‑in Android TTS engine. No text is transmitted externally.

5. Advertising

Magnify is free to use and is supported by non‑personalised advertising provided by Google AdMob. Ads are selected based on the context of the app, not on your personal data, browsing history, or behaviour.

For basic ad delivery, AdMob may collect:

• Device identifiers
• Approximate location (derived from IP address, not GPS)
• App interaction data

This data is used only for regional ad delivery, frequency capping, and measuring ad performance. It is not used to build a profile about you. This data is processed under Google’s own Privacy Policy. We do not receive, store, or access this data.

For more information on how Google serves non‑personalised ads, see Google’s advertising privacy policy.

6. Purchases

If you choose to purchase the Premium version the transaction is handled entirely by Google Play Billing. We do not receive or store your payment details. Google’s own privacy policy governs that transaction.

7. Analytics and Crash Reporting

Magnify does not use analytics software. We do not track how you use the app, which features you use, or how long your sessions are.

We do not use crash reporting software. If the app crashes, no data is automatically sent anywhere.

8. Data Stored on Your Device

The app stores your preferences locally on your device, including settings such as handedness, brightness, font size, and language. This data never leaves your device.

9. Children

Magnify does not knowingly collect data from anyone, including children. As no data is collected at all, the app is safe for use by people of all ages.

10. Changes to This Policy

If we make changes to this policy we will update the date at the top of this page. We will not introduce data collection practices without updating this policy.

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