Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy applies to the mobile application “Doc Scanner – PDF & QR Maker” (package: com.document_scanner.pdfmaker.qrscanner) developed by Takenick Innovation.

What is this policy?

Takenick Innovation (“Takenick Innovation” or “We”) values your privacy. In this Privacy Policy (“Policy”), we describe how we collect, use, and disclose information that we obtain about users of our mobile applications, services and corresponding Web sites (collectively, our “Apps”), and how we use and disclose that information. We explain who we are, why, on what legal basis, and how we process personal data and, if you are the subject of any of the personal data concerned, what rights you have and how to get in touch with us if you need to.

By accepting our Terms of Service and this Policy using our Apps, you agree that your personal information will be handled as described in this Policy. Your use of our Apps, which includes any services available through our Apps, is subject to this Policy and our Terms of Service, not including its applicable limitations on damages and the resolution of disputes. Our Terms of Service are incorporated by reference into this Policy.

Please note that our Apps may contain links to third-party Web sites. Any access to and use of such linked Web sites is not governed by this Policy, but instead is governed by the privacy policies of those third party Web sites. We are not responsible for the information practices of such third party Web sites.

The permissions Doc Scanner – PDF & QR Maker app require

Needed permissions:

Allow Doc Scanner – PDF & QR Maker app to access your camera: Required to scan documents, photos, and QR codes.
Allow Doc Scanner – PDF & QR Maker app to access your storage: Required to save scanned documents as PDFs or images, and to access files for importing.

Optional permissions:

Full network access: Required to communicate with servers for updates, analytics, or sharing features if applicable.
View network and Wi-Fi connections: Required to check if the device has an active connection.
Receive data from Internet: Required to receive push notifications or updates.
Camera: To take photos and videos (core feature, but listed for clarity).
Microphone: If applicable for any audio features, though not used in core scanning.
Read phone status and identity: Required for device-specific optimizations.
Prevent the device from sleeping: Required for long scanning sessions or background processing.

Whose personal data do we process?

We may process personal data relating to you if:

You use our products or services, especially our Apps.
Your personal data has been provided to us by one of our users. This means that our user granted us access to your personal data, for example data that was stored or otherwise available on his/her device.
Your personal data has been provided to us by third party sources, including affiliated entities, surveys or questionnaires, marketing companies, data licensors, public records. In such cases, we rely on the guarantees given by these third parties that they have first obtained your consent to providing us with the information, or that there is some other lawful basis for giving us the information.
You are someone (or you work for someone) to whom we want to advertise or market our services. In this case, we may have obtained your details directly from you (for example, via our website) or from another source.

What personal data do we process?

We collect information given directly by you, by third parties (e.g., data providers, social networking account user ID), and automatically as you use our Apps. The personal data relating to you that we process may include the information set out below.

A key component of our Apps is to assist our users in scanning documents, creating PDFs, and scanning/generating QR codes. To do so, we may collect camera and storage information from our users’ devices. In addition, in case you are one of our users, We have enhanced our privacy center to provide You with more ability to access and control Your data:

Device information, IP address and location, names, emails and information from Public Resources including Third Party Social Networks, associated with scanned content, such as website addresses from QR codes, to improve, analyze and personalize the Services for You.
Scanned images and files (only with your permission).
If files are stored on your device (only if you grant us access to storage).
Search strings when queried from within the App.
Language information.
Your activities within the App.
The length of time that you may be logged into an App.

We do not

Store or share any personal information from your scanned documents without consent.
Provide reverse lookup or analysis of personal content from your device.
Look at, Store or share any personal information from scanned content beyond what’s necessary for app functionality.
Provide your information to third parties (such as Google and advertising networks) to serve more relevant advertisements or special offers and promotions to You.

We may combine this information with other information that we have collected about you, including, where applicable, your user name, name, and other personal information. Please see the section “Our Use of Cookies and Other Tracking Mechanisms” for more information.

What do we do with your personal data?

In case you are one of our users, we may process your personal data for the purposes listed below.

As necessary to perform our contract with you, for our or third parties’ legitimate interests, especially in order to provide our Apps to you and other users, to assist our users in digitizing documents and managing QR codes, including:

To process scanned images and files to create PDFs or digital copies. We also may store this information temporarily for app functionality;
To tailor the content and information that we may send or display to you, to offer location customization, and personalized help and instructions, and to otherwise personalize your experiences while using our Apps;
To send you push notifications. For example, if a scan is complete or an update is available;
Send in application push notifications and reminders and deliver messages via the Services, in which case Your messages will be kept for a limited period of time in order to deliver the messages but Doc Scanner – PDF & QR Maker app will not, unless specifically stated, monitor the content of Your messages;
To measure or understand the effectiveness of advertising we serve to you and others, and to deliver relevant advertising.
If you are a paying customer of our Apps we may process your person data to check/verify your payment methods, related accounting purposes, invoicing, and the prevention of fraud;
If you contact us we may process your personal data to communicate with you about your use of our Apps, to respond to your inquiries, and for other user services purposes;
To better understand how users access and use our Apps, both on an aggregated and individualized basis;
To improve our Apps, and for research and analytics purposes;
To administer our Apps, and other systems, including troubleshooting, and data analysis, testing, research, statistical and survey purposes;
To improve our Apps to ensure that content is presented in the most effective manner for you and for your device;
To keep our website, Apps and other systems safe and secure;

If you are a Business User we may process your personal data to enter into, and to perform, contracts with you or the person that you work for.

Finally we may process your information for marketing and promotional purposes based on your consent. For example, we may use your information, such as your email address, to send you news and newsletters, special offers, and promotions, or to otherwise contact you about products or information we think may interest you. We also may use the information that we learn about you to assist us in advertising our services on third party Web sites.

In case you are not one of our users, we may process your personal data for the following purposes based on our and third parties’ legitimate interests:

To provide information to our users related to scanned content if applicable.
To communicate with you about the information we hold about you, to correct the information that we may display about you and to respond to your inquiries.
To improve our Apps, and for research and analytics purposes.
To administer our Apps, and other systems, including troubleshooting, and data analysis, testing, research, statistical and survey purposes.
To keep our website, Apps and other systems safe and secure.

Who do we disclose your personal data to?

We may share your personal data with:

Affiliates. We may disclose the information we collect to our affiliates or subsidiaries; however, if we do so, their use and disclosure of your personally identifiable information will be subject to this Policy.
Business Users. We may provide your information to business users of our products (e.g., if integrated with enterprise tools) so that they can improve their document management practices.
Users of the Apps and Our Other Products. Because your information may be used for validation of scanned content if shared, we may disclose your information to users of the Apps and of other products and services that rely on our database of information if applicable.
Service Providers. We may disclose the information we collect from you to third party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents who perform functions on our behalf. For example, if processing a QR code requires external data, we may ask a third party data vendor for help.
Business Transfers. If we are acquired by or merged with another company, if substantially all of our assets are transferred to another company, or as part of a bankruptcy proceeding, we may transfer the information we have collected from you to the other company.
In Response to Legal Process. We may disclose your information to comply with the law, a judicial proceeding, court order, or other legal process, such as in response to a court order or a subpoena.
To Protect Us and Others. We may disclose your information where we believe it is necessary to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding illegal activities, suspected fraud, situations involving potential threats to the safety of any person, violations of our Terms of Use or this Policy, or as evidence in litigation in which we are involved. We may, on a strictly confidential basis, also disclose your information to our legal and professional advisers, where we believe it is necessary for the compliance with laws and the protection of our legal interests.
Aggregate and De-Identified Information. We may share aggregated, de-identified information or IP address information about users with third parties for marketing, advertising, research, or similar purposes.

Where do we process personal data?

The data that we process in relation to you may be transferred to, and stored at, a destination outside the European Economic Area (“EEA”) that may not be subject to equivalent data protection law. It may also be processed by staff situated outside the EEA who work for us or for one of our partners. Your information for example could be transferred to the USA, Canada, Brazil, Singapore and Australia.

Where personal data is transferred in relation to providing our services we will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that it is subject to appropriate safeguards and that it is treated securely and in accordance with this Policy, such as relying on a recognized legal adequacy mechanism which may include entering into EC approved standard contractual clauses relevant to transfers of personal information.

How long do we process personal data for?

We process personal data only for so long as is necessary for the purpose(s) for which it was originally collected, after which it will be deleted or archived except to the extent that it is necessary for us to continue to process it for the purpose of compliance with legal obligations to which we are subject or for another legitimate and lawful purpose. We may retain some of your information even after you uninstall or disable an App or close your account, except if you instructed us otherwise.

In particular, we may for an indefinite period process your scan logs and reports which you granted us access to before uninstalling or disabling an App or closing your account. We do this strictly for statistical purposes, in order to enable us improving our algorithms and our services. We will not use these data for any other purposes, and the processing will have no effect on you or any other natural person. The data will not be shared with any third parties either, and we take appropriate measures to ensure that your data is safe with us.

Social Network User IDs

In case you are one of our users and access some of our Apps using your social networking account credentials, we may obtain information from Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and Google+: If you log into our Apps using these social networking accounts, you must enter your social networking account email address and password. We will ask that you grant us permission to your social networking account user IDs which we will use to authenticate you to use our service. Since your social network account user ID is unique we don’t have to create a new ID ourselves. Instead we will use your social network account user ID to identify you as a user in our Apps. If you allow us to have access to your social network account user ID then our Apps may be visible on your social network page that lists your “applications.”

We store your social network account user ID that we receive from your social network account along with other information that we collect from you or receive about you. The third-party social networking site will know that you are a user of our Apps and certain usage information.. For information about how they may use and disclose this information, including any information you make public, please consult their respective privacy policies. We have no control over how any third party site uses or discloses the personal information it collects about you. Any access to and use of a social network is not governed by this Policy, but instead is governed by the policies of those social networks. We are not responsible for the information practices of such social network Web sites.

Children Under 16

Our Apps are not designed for children under 16 and Doc Scanner – PDF & QR Maker does not make its Apps available to Children under 16. If you are under the age of 16, you may not download the Apps or use the Apps, you may not use any feature that requires registration, and you may not provide us with any of your personal details. If we discover that a child under 16 has provided us with personal information, we will delete such information from our systems.

Please note that we may be required to ask you for further information in order to confirm your identity before we provide the information requested.

User Generated Content

We also invite you to contribute information in and on our Apps, including your comments on scanned documents, categories, corrections and any other information that you would like to be available on our Apps. You also may have the option to share a scanned document or QR code through our Apps. These will not be available to all users, only to the receiver if shared. We will not share or contact anyone without your explicit consent. If you contribute information to our Apps, your posting may become public and we cannot prevent such information from being used in a manner that may violate this Policy, the law, or your personal privacy. In general, if you choose to disclose information about other people to us, you confirm that you have the authority to use and share such information.

What are your rights?

You have the following rights in relation to personal data relating to you that we process:

You may request access to the personal data concerned (please see the section on obtaining access to your personal data below)
You may request that incorrect personal data that we are processing be rectified
Under certain circumstances, you may be entitled to request that we erase the personal data concerned
Under certain circumstances, you may be entitled to request the restriction of processing of your data
In certain cases, such as cases where your personal data is processed for the purposes of direct marketing, or (with certain conditions) where the processing is based on the legitimate interest of ours or a third person, you may be entitled to object to processing.
In certain cases, you may also have the right to receive personal data concerning you in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and have the right to transmit those data to another controller.
Where we are processing personal data relating to you on the basis of your prior consent to that processing, you may withdraw your consent at any time, after which we shall stop the processing concerned. This, however, does not affect the lawfulness of the processing based on your consent before it was withdrawn.
If you have a complaint about any processing of your personal data being conducted by us, you can contact us or lodge a formal complaint with a supervisory authority, in particular in the European Union member state of your habitual residence, place of work or place of the infringement of your rights took place.

How can you exercise your rights?

You may exercise your above rights, including your right to withdraw your consent and access to your personal data, by contacting us via email: connect@takenick.com

You may also modify personal information that you have submitted by logging into your account and updating your profile information. Please note that copies of information that you have updated, modified or deleted may remain viewable in cached and archived pages of the App for a period of time.

Security

We have implemented commercially reasonable precautions to protect the information we collect from loss, misuse, and unauthorized access, disclosure, alteration, and destruction. Please be aware that despite our best efforts, no data security measures can guarantee 100% security. You should take steps to protect against unauthorized access to your password, phone, and computer by, among other things, signing off after using a shared computer/phone, choosing a robust password that nobody else knows or can easily guess, and keeping your log-in and password private. We are not responsible for any lost, stolen, or compromised passwords or for any activity on your account via unauthorized password activity.

Changes to this policy

This Policy is current as of the Effective Date set forth above. We may change this Policy from time to time, so please be sure to check back periodically. We will post changes to this Policy on our Apps. If we make any changes to this Policy that materially affect our practices with regard to the personal information we have previously collected from you, we will endeavor to provide you with notice in advance of such change by highlighting the change on our Apps and their corresponding Web sites, sending a push notification, or displaying on any of the Web sites associated with our Apps.

Our Use of Cookies and Other Tracking Mechanisms

We and our third-party service providers may use cookies and other tracking mechanisms to track information about your use of our Apps. We may combine this information with other personal information we collect from you (and our third-party service providers may do so on our behalf). Currently, our systems do not recognize browser “do-not-track” requests. You may, however, disable certain tracking as discussed in this section (e.g., by disabling cookies).

This document was last updated on July 22, 2025