Privacy Policy

Last updated: September 1, 2026

        Summary: SmartHomeQR runs no analytics of its own, shows no ads, and never sells your data. Your codes and photos go nowhere beyond the storage service you choose, unless you export or share them yourself. On iOS your data stays on your device and in your private iCloud. On Android it stays on your phone; the current Android release offers no cloud sync. What does leave an Android phone is limited to this: the Google ML Kit software that reads QR codes and labels on the phone reports diagnostic data about each scan (device model, OS version, app version, a per-installation identifier, timing and error codes) to Google; Google Play Billing confirms whether you bought Premium; the in-app review prompt sends Google Play the rating and review text you choose to write; and, if you opted in on your device, Google Play forwards crash reports. None of it includes your codes or photos.
    

Introduction

SmartHomeQR ("we", "our", or "the app") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we handle information when you use our iOS and Android applications.

Data Collection

We run no analytics of our own and take nothing from your vault for ourselves. On iOS, SmartHomeQR operates entirely on your device and your personal iCloud account; we have no servers there and no way to access your vault. What can reach us from an iPhone is limited to a crash report you chose to share with Apple, the App Store's record that you bought Premium, and any review you choose to post. On Android, your vault stays on your phone unless you export or share it yourself; what does leave the phone is described under Third-Party Services: ML Kit scan diagnostics, the Google Play purchase check for Premium, the rating and review text you choose to submit through the in-app review prompt, and crash reports if you opted in to sharing them on your device. The current Android release does not offer Cloud Sync. When a future release adds it, it will be off by default; if you turn it on, your homes, rooms, devices, QR images and setup codes will be stored in a Google Firebase database operated for this app, tied to your Google sign-in, and used only to sync your devices. They will not be end to end encrypted at first; a later update will add that. We do not look at, analyze, or share this data.

Data Storage

All data you create in SmartHomeQR is stored:

Locally on your device - Your homes, rooms, devices, and QR code images are stored in your device's local storage.
iOS, in your iCloud account - If you have iCloud enabled, your data syncs privately through Apple's iCloud service to your other devices. This sync is encrypted and managed entirely by Apple.
Android, in Firebase when Cloud Sync is on - not offered in the current Android release. When a future release adds Cloud Sync it will be off by default; if you turn it on, your data is copied to a Google Firebase database for this app so your devices can sync. Turning it off stops syncing immediately and keeps your local data.

Data We Do NOT Collect

Personal information (name, email, phone number)
Location data
Usage analytics or statistics of our own (Google's ML Kit software on Android reports scan diagnostics and usage events to Google, described below)
Advertising identifiers, or anything that identifies you; on Android the identifiers that leave the phone are the per-installation one ML Kit sends to Google and the Google Play purchase token that identifies your Premium purchase, both described below
Your QR codes and setup codes never leave your device unless you export or share them yourself, enable iCloud (iOS) or, in a future Android release that offers it, Cloud Sync
Crash reports (unless you choose to share them with Apple or Google through your device's diagnostics settings, in which case they reach us through the App Store or Google Play)

Third-Party Services

SmartHomeQR does not integrate with any advertising or tracking services and adds no analytics of its own. On Android, Google Play Billing handles the one-time Premium purchase: Google Play keeps your payment details; the app receives the purchase record (the product and a purchase token, never card details) when it checks with Google Play at launch and confirms the purchase back to Google Play. The optional in-app review prompt sends the rating and any review text you choose to write to Google Play, where you can edit or delete it. If you opted in to sharing diagnostics on your device, Google Play (Android) or Apple (iOS) also forwards crash reports to us. On iOS, the Premium purchase goes through Apple's App Store (StoreKit) and the rating prompt through the App Store's review sheet, both operated by Apple. Beyond those, the external services involved are Apple's iCloud (iOS, optional); Google ML Kit on Android, which performs barcode and text recognition on your phone and whose software sends Google diagnostic data about each scan (device model, OS version, app version, a per-installation identifier that Google says is not intended to uniquely identify a user or physical device, timing and error codes), described in Google's ML Kit disclosure, and never your codes or photos; and Google Firebase (Android, only in a future release and only when you enable Cloud Sync; see Firebase privacy). iCloud is governed by Apple's Privacy Policy.

Camera and Photo Library

SmartHomeQR requests access to your camera and photo library solely to read QR codes and printed setup labels. On iOS the images you capture or import are stored on your device and, if enabled, in your iCloud account. On Android the source image is decoded and discarded; the app stores a freshly generated QR image of the code on your phone (and, once a future Android release offers Cloud Sync and you turn it on, in Firebase). Beyond the storage you chose, they leave your device only if you export or share them yourself. We do not transmit them anywhere else.

Data Deletion

You have control over the vault you build in the app; records held by Google or Apple (ML Kit diagnostics, Google Play purchase records, crash reports you opted to share) are governed by their policies:

Delete individual items within the app at any time
Uninstall the app to remove all local data
Manage iCloud data through your device's Settings > [Your Name] > iCloud
On Android, once Cloud Sync is offered, turn it off at any time; deleting a device in the app also deletes its cloud copy, and you can email us to have all your cloud data removed

Children's Privacy

SmartHomeQR does not knowingly collect any information from children under 13. The only data the app stores is the vault a user builds themselves, on their own device or in the storage service they choose.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be reflected on this page with an updated revision date.

Contact

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

support@freedom-terminal.com