Escanea Privacy Policy
The short version
Escanea collects nothing. No accounts, no ads, no analytics, no trackers. It does not have permission to access the Internet, so it cannot send anything anywhere even if it wanted to.
Permissions the app requests
android.permission.CAMERA
The camera is used to read codes. Images are processed on the phone, as they arrive, and are never stored or transmitted. Escanea does not take photos or record video.
The permission it does NOT request
Escanea does not declare android.permission.INTERNET. You can check this yourself: on the Google Play listing, under "About this app" → "App permissions" → "See more". Without that permission the operating system prevents the app from opening any network connection. This is not a promise we make; it is a restriction the system enforces.
This is also why Escanea does not update itself internally. Every new version goes through Google Play.
What is stored on your phone
- Scan history. It is on and keeps the last 10 codes you scanned, on this phone only.
- Diagnostic log, in memory only. It disappears when the app closes, and it never includes passwords.
The "Borrar" button on the home screen empties the history, and uninstalling the app removes everything. Android's automatic backup is disabled for this app (allowBackup="false"), so it is not uploaded to your Google account either. The trade-off is that history does not survive a phone change or a reinstall.
What the history stores, exactly
The full contents of the code, because that is what lets a result be reopened exactly as it appeared. If you scanned a WiFi network's QR code, that includes its password, written as-is in that file.
On screen it is masked and you have to press "Mostrar" to read it, but that is so the person next to you cannot see it: in the phone's storage it is in the clear. If that does not suit you for a particular network, clear the history after using it.
A password never appears in the home screen list — only the network's name.
What happens when you open something
When you tap "Open link", "Save contact" or "Share", Escanea hands the content to the operating system and its job ends there. Your browser opens the link; your contacts app saves the contact. Those apps have their own privacy policies, which we do not control.
Escanea cannot connect you to a WiFi network: that requires permissions we do not request. It shows you the password so you can copy it.
Third-party data
None. The app contains no advertising, analytics or attribution SDKs. Code detection uses Google's ML Kit in its bundled form: the model ships inside the app and works with no network. Nothing is sent to Google.
Children
The app collects no data from anyone, of any age.
Changes
If this policy changes, the new version is published here and in the repository, with its date.