Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy explains how BigQ Studio (“we”, “our”, or “us”) collects, uses, shares, and protects information when you use Photo Search - Lens for finder (“the App”) on Android.
The App lets you search the web using a photo (reverse image search), search by text, voice, or URL, find products and objects in a photo, identify plants and check plant health, recognize and translate text in photos, enhance photos, and find and set wallpapers. This policy describes the information involved in each of these features.
By using the App, you agree to this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use the App.
Summary: The App does not require an account and does not ask for your name, email address, or contacts. Photos you choose are sent to our servers or to third-party search engines only when you start a search or a feature that needs them, and photos uploaded to our servers are deleted automatically after 2 hours. Text recognition and object detection run on your device. We do not sell your personal information.
1. Information We Collect
1.1 Photos and content you choose
- Photos for image search: When you search by image, the photo you take or select (after any cropping) is uploaded to our server so that it can be given a temporary web link. That link is opened in the third-party search engine you choose (see Section 3). The photo and its temporary link are deleted automatically after 2 hours.
- Photos for Plant ID and Plant Health: The photo is sent to our plant service to identify the plant or describe possible health problems.
- Photos for Enhance: The photo is sent to our photo service to improve or restore it, and the result is returned to the App.
- Text you search or translate: Search words, URLs you paste, and text you choose to translate or have explained are sent to the services that perform that request.
We use these photos and texts only to provide the feature you requested. We do not use them to identify you, to build an advertising profile, or to train models, and we do not sell them.
1.2 Information processed only on your device
- Text recognition (OCR) and object detection are performed on your device using Google ML Kit. The photo is not uploaded for these steps.
- Search history and saved results (for example, your recent searches) are stored locally on your device. You can delete them in the App, and they are removed when you uninstall the App.
- Voice search: When you use voice search, the App opens your device’s speech recognition service. The App receives only the recognized text and does not record or store audio itself. Speech recognition is provided by your device or its provider under its own privacy policy.
1.3 Information collected automatically
- Device and app information: device model, operating system version, language, region, app version, and network type.
- Usage and diagnostic information: screens viewed, features used, buttons tapped, session information, crash reports, and performance data.
- Identifiers: the Android Advertising ID and app-instance identifiers used by analytics, crash reporting, push messaging, and advertising services, subject to your device settings.
- Approximate location derived from your IP address or device region (the App does not request precise location).
- Purchase information: subscription status, product ID, purchase time, and order identifiers received from Google Play.
2. How We Use Information
- To provide the App’s features, including image search, plant identification, photo enhancement, text translation, and wallpapers.
- To remember your settings, language, recent searches, and free-use limits on your device.
- To provide and restore subscriptions and to unlock features after a rewarded ad.
- To show ads, measure ad performance, limit how often ads appear, and prevent ad fraud.
- To analyze usage, fix crashes, and improve the App.
- To send notifications you have allowed, such as reminders and service messages.
- To respond to support requests, and to comply with legal obligations and Google Play requirements.
3. Third-Party Search Engines and Results
When you search by image, the App opens the temporary link to your photo, or your search words, in the third-party search engine you select in the App. Once a search engine receives your photo link or query, it processes that information under its own privacy policy and terms. Search results, product pages, and websites you open from the App are provided by third parties, and we are not responsible for their content or privacy practices.
4. App Permissions
The App asks for a permission only when you use the feature that needs it. You can change permissions at any time in your device settings; the related feature may not work without them.
| Permission | Why the App uses it |
|---|---|
| Camera | To take a photo for image search, Plant ID, Plant Health, text recognition, or other features. Photos are taken only when you press the shutter. |
| Microphone (record audio) | For voice search through your device’s speech recognition. The App does not record or keep audio. |
| Photos and media | The App uses Android’s photo picker, so it can read only the photos you choose; it does not request access to your whole gallery. |
| Notifications | To send reminders and service messages you have allowed. You can turn them off in the App or in Android settings. |
| Set wallpaper | To set a wallpaper you choose as your home or lock screen. |
| Internet and network state | To upload photos for search, load results and ads, and check whether you are online. |
| Google Play Billing and license check | To process and verify subscriptions through Google Play. |
| Advertising ID and Android ad services | Used by advertising and measurement services to show and measure ads, subject to your ad settings and consent. |
| Vibration, wake lock, foreground service, push messaging, install referrer, basic phone state | Used by Google Play services, Firebase, and advertising SDKs for notifications, background tasks, attribution, and fraud prevention. They do not give the App access to your calls, messages, or contacts. |
5. Third-Party Services
The App uses the following third-party services, which may collect information as described in their own privacy policies:
- Google Play services and Google Play Billing: app distribution, subscriptions, and license checks.
- Google Firebase: Analytics, Crashlytics, Remote Config, and Cloud Messaging (push notifications).
- Google ML Kit: on-device text recognition and object detection.
- Google AdMob and its mediation partners AppLovin, ironSource (Unity), Mintegral, and Pangle: advertising, including rewarded ads.
- Google User Messaging Platform: collecting advertising consent where required.
- Third-party search engines, when you choose to open a search (see Section 3).
Links to their policies: Google, Firebase, AppLovin, Unity / ironSource, Mintegral, Pangle.
6. Advertising, Consent, and Your Choices
The free version of the App shows ads. Where required by law (for example, in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland), we ask for your consent before personalized ads are shown, and you can change your choice later. You can also reset your Advertising ID or opt out of personalized ads in your Android settings (Settings > Google > Ads, or Settings > Privacy > Ads). Opting out does not remove ads; it makes them less relevant. Subscribers do not see ads.
Some features can be unlocked for free by watching a rewarded ad. Watching is always optional.
7. Subscriptions and Free Trials
Subscriptions and free trials are purchased and managed through Google Play. We do not receive or store your payment card details. We receive the subscription status and purchase identifiers needed to unlock premium features and to restore purchases. You can manage or cancel subscriptions at any time in Google Play > Payments & subscriptions. More details are in our Terms of Use.
8. Data Sharing
We do not sell your personal information. We share information only:
- with the services and third-party search engines described in Sections 3 and 5, to provide the feature you use;
- with service providers that host our servers and help us operate the App;
- when required by law, legal process, or a government request;
- to protect the rights, safety, and security of our users, the App, or the public;
- as part of a merger, acquisition, or transfer of business, with notice where required.
9. Data Retention and Deletion
Photos uploaded to our servers for image search, and their temporary links, are deleted automatically after 2 hours. Photos sent for Plant ID, Plant Health, or Enhance are used only to return the result. Analytics and crash data are kept for the periods set by Firebase. Information stored on your device (history, settings, usage counters) stays on your device until you delete it or uninstall the App. To ask us to delete information associated with your device, contact us at [email protected].
10. Data Security
Data sent between the App and our servers is encrypted in transit (HTTPS). We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect information, but no method of transmission or storage is completely secure.
11. Children’s Privacy
The App is not directed to children under 13 (or the minimum age required in your country). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us and we will delete it.
12. Your Rights
Depending on where you live (for example, under the GDPR or US state privacy laws), you may have the right to access, correct, delete, or receive a copy of your information, to object to or restrict certain processing, to withdraw consent, and to opt out of personalized advertising. To exercise these rights, contact us at [email protected]. We will respond within the time required by applicable law.
13. International Transfers
Our servers and the third-party services above may process information in countries other than your own, including Viet Nam, the United States, and other countries where those providers operate. Where required, we rely on appropriate safeguards for these transfers.
14. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will change the “Last Updated” date above and, for significant changes, give notice in the App. Continued use of the App after an update means you accept the updated policy.
15. Contact Us
BigQ Studio
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://bigqstudio.com
Address: Nam Cuong Building, Km4 Le Van Luong Street, Ha Dong, Ha Noi, Viet Nam