Privacy Policy — LinguaSnap
What this app collects
LinguaSnap does not collect any personal information from you. No accounts, sign-in, profile, or analytics.
| Data | Collected? | Stored where |
|---|---|---|
| Name, email, account info | No | — |
| Device location | No | — |
| Text you translate, image OCR results | Translation history saved on your device | App-private storage |
| Downloaded language packs | Stored on your device by Google Play Services | System-managed cache |
| Crash logs / analytics | No | — |
On-device processing
- Translation uses Google’s ML Kit Translate running on your device. After a language pair is downloaded once, all translation happens offline.
- Image text recognition (OCR) uses Google’s ML Kit Text Recognition running on your device.
No text or image leaves your phone for these features.
Network connections
The internet is used for:
- Language pack downloads — the first time you use a language pair, ML Kit fetches it (~30 MB) from Google. After that, translation runs offline.
- Google AdMob — to load ads (see below).
Nothing you translate or OCR is uploaded to a server we control.
Permissions the app requests
- Internet / network state — required to load ads and download language packs.
The app does not declare a CAMERA permission. Image translation uses the system photo picker.
Advertising
LinguaSnap shows ads provided by Google AdMob. Google’s advertising SDK collects and processes limited data — for example, your device’s advertising identifier, IP address, and approximate IP-based location — to serve and measure ads. Ads are loaded only when the device has an internet connection.
- Google’s Privacy Policy
- How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services
- Google Ad Technologies
If you live in a region where consent is required (the EEA, UK, Switzerland, or a US state with applicable privacy law), the app uses Google’s User Messaging Platform (UMP) on first launch so you can choose whether ads are personalized. You can revisit your choice from Settings → “Manage ad privacy choices”.
Children
This app is not directed at children under 13 and is not classified as a “family” app on Google Play.
Contact
If you have questions about this policy, contact the developer through the Google Play listing.