Privacy Policy

Overview

Spancam turns your Android phone into a webcam for your own computer. It is designed with privacy in mind — your camera video is sent only between your own devices over a local connection (a USB cable or your local Wi-Fi network) and is never routed through any external server. This policy covers both the Spancam app for Android and the Spancam app for macOS.

Data Collection

We do not collect personal data. Spancam has no accounts and no servers, and does not collect, store, or transmit any personal information to external servers. Specifically:

• No personal information is collected
• No usage analytics are collected
• No advertising identifiers are used
• No cookies or tracking technologies are used
• No crash reports are sent automatically

Camera & Video Data

Spancam captures the camera solely to send it to a computer you control. On Android, the app hardware-encodes the video and streams it to your own desktop over the attached USB cable or a direct connection on your local Wi-Fi network. On macOS, the app receives that video, processes it entirely on your Mac (including optional eye-contact correction and background effects), and presents it as a “Spancam” camera you can select in other apps.

In concrete terms:

• Video is sent only to your own devices over your own cable or local network — never to any Spancam or third-party server
• No video, image, or audio is recorded, written to disk, retained, or logged beyond what is needed to show the live picture
• An optional standby webcam can serve your phone's camera to a browser on your local network, reachable only by devices on your network and protected by a one-time link/token
• The only data that crosses your local connection is the live video stream

Permissions

Spancam requests only the permissions needed for its core function. It is video-only and does not request microphone, location, contacts, or file access.

• Camera(Android & macOS) — capture the video you stream and publish as a virtual camera.
• Notifications (Android) — show the ongoing notification while the camera is streaming.
• Local Network (macOS) — discover your phone on your Wi-Fi using Bonjour. No data leaves your local network.
• USB(Android & macOS) — carry the video over the USB cable. No data leaves the cable.

Network Communication

All communication between the phone and the computer happens over:

• USB — a direct wired connection between your phone and computer. Data never leaves the cable.
• Local Wi-Fi — a direct connection between devices on the same network, discovered via Bonjour (DNS-SD). Data does not pass through any external server.

Data Storage

Spancam stores minimal preferences locally on your device (such as your chosen camera, transport, viewfinder options, and on macOS your optional eye-contact calibration). This data:

• Is stored only on your device
• Is not synced to any cloud service or external server
• Is removed when you uninstall the app
• Contains no personal or identifiable information

Data Deletion

Since Spancam does not collect or store any personal data on external servers, there is no user data to delete. All locally stored preferences are automatically removed when you uninstall the app.

Third-Party Services

Spancam does not include any third-party analytics, advertising, or tracking SDKs. The only third-party integration is the platform app store used to distribute the app.

Children's Privacy

Spancam does not collect any personal information from anyone, including children under the age of 13. Since no personal data is collected, the app is safe for users of all ages.

Your Rights (GDPR / CCPA)

Since Spancam does not collect, store, or process any personal data, the rights typically granted under GDPR and CCPA — such as the right to access, rectify, delete, or port your data — have no personal data to act upon. If you have any concerns, please contact us using the information below.

Changes to This Policy

If we update this privacy policy, we will post the new version on this page with an updated date. Please check this page periodically for any changes.

Contact

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us at [email protected].