Effective date: 22-09-2026 (last updated 16-10-2026)

This document is written to be hosted at a public URL (see the front matter above — it’s written as a GitHub Pages/Jekyll page, the same pattern used for GeoProof GPS Camera’s privacy policy) and linked from PopOut’s Google Play Store listing and Data Safety form — Play Console requires a live link, which this file is not by itself until it’s pushed to a Pages repo. See docs/STORE_LISTING.md for that still-open step. The wording below describes PopOut’s real behavior as implemented; it should be re-checked against the app whenever that behavior changes.

PopOut (“the app”) turns your phone into an instant-film camera. This policy explains what data the app collects, how it’s used, and what stays on your device versus what leaves it.

Summary

PopOut does not have accounts, does not use the internet, does not collect analytics, does not show ads, and does not track you. Every photo you take stays on your device unless you personally choose to share it or export a backup file — PopOut never uploads anything anywhere on its own.

Data the app collects

Photos. When you take a photo, PopOut saves the finished print to Pictures/PopOut on your device, exactly like a normal camera app, and keeps a private, unprocessed “negative” copy in the app’s own storage so you can change its look or border later. A collage you export from Collage Studio is saved separately, to Pictures/PopOut Canvas. None of this ever leaves your device except when you explicitly choose to share a photo (Android’s own share sheet) or create a backup file (see below) — you control exactly where that copy goes.

Photo metadata. A local, on-device database records details about your own photos — capture date, which film look/border was applied, favorites, album membership, and any short note you write on the back of a print — so the app can show your scrapbook, filter it, and let you re-edit a print later. This database is never sent anywhere; it exists only to make the app work.

Biometric confirmation. If you use the optional Locked Album feature to hide specific photos, PopOut asks Android’s own BiometricPrompt system (your fingerprint, face, or device screen lock) to confirm it’s you. PopOut never builds, sees, or stores your fingerprint, face data, or PIN/pattern/password itself — it only receives a yes/no answer from Android.

What PopOut does not do

  • No account creation or sign-in of any kind.
  • No cloud photo backup or sync — PopOut has no server to sync to.
  • No analytics, crash reporting, or usage tracking.
  • No advertising, and no data shared with advertisers or any other third party.
  • No location access or location stamping of any kind. When you import a photo, PopOut reads only the date it was taken; its location is never read or stored, and the original photo is never changed.
  • No internet access is used for anything described above — PopOut’s camera, editing, and scrapbook features all work fully offline.

Sharing, contact sheets and feedback

When you share a print (including the “on a table” pictures), PopOut hands the picture to Android’s share sheet through a temporary file in its own cache; where it goes after that is up to the app you choose. A contact sheet PDF is saved only to the location you pick. “Rate” opens PopOut’s page in the Play Store app, and “Send feedback” opens your own email app with a pre-addressed message — nothing is sent unless you send it, and PopOut adds nothing to it beyond the app version, phone model and Android version, which you can see and delete before sending.

Backup files

Settings includes an optional “Backup & Restore” feature that exports your whole scrapbook (photos, edits, favorites, albums, notes, your own backgrounds, stickers, looks and borders, and your camera settings) to a single file, encrypted (AES-256-GCM) with a passphrase only you know. This file is created only when you explicitly choose to create one, is saved only to a location you pick yourself, and is never transmitted anywhere by PopOut — it exists purely so you can move your photos to a new phone or keep your own backup copy.

How to delete your data from PopOut

PopOut has no account and no server, so there is no “request” to submit or wait on — every deletion below happens instantly, entirely on your own device, the moment you take the action.

To delete an individual photo: open it in the Scrapbook and choose Delete. This removes it from your device (and, per Android’s own delete flow on newer versions, may ask you to confirm) — its private negative and metadata row are cleaned up as part of the same action.

To delete everything at once: uninstall PopOut. This immediately removes all of the app’s own private data from your device — every negative and the whole metadata database — with nothing left behind and nothing recoverable afterward. Note that the prints themselves (in Pictures/PopOut and Pictures/PopOut Canvas) live in your device’s general photo storage, not inside PopOut itself, so uninstalling the app does not delete them — remove those separately from your Gallery/Photos app if you want them gone too.

What’s kept, and by whom, after any of the above: nothing. There is no PopOut server, so there is no copy anywhere for anyone to retain or delete on your behalf.

Permissions PopOut requests, and why

Permission Why
Camera To take the photo you’re capturing.
Storage (read/write, Android 9 and below only) To save prints to, and read them back from, Pictures/PopOut. Not requested on Android 10+, which needs no permission for an app to manage its own gallery files.
Notifications (Android 13+) Only if you turn on the optional “Reminders” setting (off by default): a local reminder if you haven’t taken a photo in a while and, if you also turn on “One print a day”, an evening nudge on days with no print yet. Both are created on your device; nothing is sent over the network.
Biometric Only used if you turn on the optional Locked Album feature — see “Biometric confirmation” above.

Children’s privacy

PopOut does not knowingly collect any personal information from anyone, including children, because it does not collect personal information from anyone at all — everything described above stays on-device.

Changes to this policy

If PopOut’s data practices ever change, this document will be updated before that change ships, and the “Effective date” above will change to match.

Contact

PopOut is published by ANKUR JYOTI PHUKAN.

Questions about this policy: ajphukans@gmail.com, or the contact address listed on PopOut’s Google Play Store page.