Privacy Policy

QuickScan PDF Provider: Blackwell Trading LLC, a Wyoming limited liability company, doing business as ApexByte (“ApexByte”) Last updated: 2 September 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how Blackwell Trading LLC, a limited liability company organised under the laws of the State of Wyoming, United States of America, doing business as ApexByte (“ApexByte”, “we”, “us”, or “our”), collects, uses, shares, and protects information in connection with the QuickScan PDF mobile application (the “App”). It also explains your rights and choices regarding your information.

By installing or using the App, you confirm that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with it, do not install or use the App.

1. Summary in Plain Language

We built QuickScan PDF to work entirely on your device. Here is the short version:

The documents you scan, the images you capture, the PDF files the App generates, and the text extracted by optical character recognition (OCR) never leave your device. We do not upload them, we do not store them on any server, we cannot see them, and we never share them with anyone.
We do not require you to create an account, sign in, or provide any personal information to use the App.
The App shows advertisements. The ad network (Google AdMob) collects device identifiers to serve those ads, as it would in any ad-supported free app.
The App uses Google Firebase to collect anonymous usage statistics and automatic crash reports. This helps us fix bugs and improve the App.
You can turn off personalised advertising and reset your advertising identifier at any time through your device’s settings.

The rest of this policy explains all of this in detail.

2. Who We Are and How to Contact Us

The controller of any personal information processed in connection with the App is:

Blackwell Trading LLC (doing business as ApexByte) A Wyoming, USA limited liability company Email: apexbyte.technologies@openbase.network App: QuickScan PDF

For any privacy-related question, request, or complaint, contact us at the email address above. We aim to respond within seven (7) business days.

3. Information the App Does Not Collect

To make this clear up front, the App does not collect, transmit, upload, store on any server operated by us, or share with any third party:

documents you scan;
images you capture with the camera;
PDF files the App generates;
text extracted from documents by optical character recognition (OCR);
file names, tags, notes, or other metadata you create in the App;
your contacts, calendar, call logs, messages, or files outside the App’s own private storage;
your precise or approximate physical location;
your name, email address, phone number, address, government identifier, payment information, or any other personal profile information;
your microphone audio;
photos or media outside those you deliberately import into the App using its “import from gallery” feature (and even then, the imported files are used only for scanning and remain on your device).

Document scanning, edge detection, perspective correction, image filters, PDF creation, and OCR all run on your device using Google ML Kit. The images and text processed by ML Kit are not uploaded to Google or to any other server.

4. Information the App Automatically Collects

Even though we do not collect your documents or your personal profile, some information is automatically collected when you use the App, in order to serve advertising, understand how the App is being used in aggregate, and diagnose crashes.

A. Advertising identifiers and ad-related information (via Google AdMob):

Android Advertising ID (a resettable identifier assigned by your device);
device information such as device model, operating-system version, screen size, language, general geographic location inferred from IP address (typically at the country or city level), mobile network carrier, and app version;
information about the advertisements shown to you (such as which ads were requested, displayed, clicked, or dismissed);
coarse timing information about your interactions with advertisements.

Google AdMob uses this information to select and deliver advertisements, measure their effectiveness, detect and prevent fraud and abuse, and, if you have not opted out, personalise the advertisements you see. See Section 8 for links to Google’s privacy notices and instructions to opt out of personalised advertising.

B. Analytics events (via Google Firebase Analytics):

anonymous usage events such as which screens are opened, which features are used, how often the App is launched, session duration, and similar aggregate signals;
a randomly generated installation identifier that is not linked to your name, email, or Google account;
device model, operating-system version, language, country inferred from IP address, and App version.

We use these signals only in aggregate to understand which features are used most, to guide improvements, and to detect problems. We do not attempt to identify individual users from analytics data.

C. Crash and performance reports (via Google Firebase Crashlytics):

when the App crashes or encounters a serious error, an automatic report is sent containing the stack trace, the state of the App at the time of the crash, the device model, the operating-system version, and the App version;
a randomly generated installation identifier;
Crashlytics uses IP address to detect and prevent fraud and abuse; it does not retain IP addresses for longer than needed for that purpose.

Crash reports never contain the contents of your documents, images, PDFs, or extracted text.

5. How We Use the Information We Collect

We use the information described in Section 4 only for the following purposes:

to display advertisements within the App (Google AdMob);
to measure the reach and effectiveness of those advertisements (Google AdMob);
to understand, in aggregate, how the App is used, so that we can improve it (Firebase Analytics);
to detect, diagnose, and fix crashes and bugs (Firebase Crashlytics);
to detect and prevent fraud, abuse, and violations of our Terms of Use;
to comply with legal obligations and to respond to lawful requests from public authorities.

We do not use the information to build a personal profile of you, to contact you outside the App, or for any purpose not disclosed in this Privacy Policy.

6. Legal Bases for Processing (for users in the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom)

Where applicable data-protection law (including the EU General Data Protection Regulation and the UK GDPR) requires a legal basis for processing your personal data, we rely on the following bases:

Consent — for personalised advertising and, where required, for analytics and crash reporting. You are asked for consent through the in-App consent dialog when you first launch the App. You may withdraw consent at any time (see Section 11).
Legitimate interests — for the delivery of non-personalised advertising, the detection and prevention of fraud and abuse, the security and integrity of the App, and the improvement of the App. Where we rely on legitimate interests, we have assessed that our interests are not overridden by your rights and freedoms.
Legal obligation — where we are required by law to process personal data (for example, to respond to a lawful request from a public authority).

We do not sell your personal information.

We share the categories of information described in Section 4 with the third-party service providers listed in Section 8 to the extent necessary for them to provide services to us. These providers act as independent controllers, joint controllers, or processors depending on the service; their processing is governed by their own privacy policies.

We may also disclose information:

to comply with a subpoena, court order, legal process, or other lawful request from a public authority;
to enforce our Terms of Use or protect our rights, property, or safety, or those of our users or the public;
in connection with a merger, acquisition, corporate reorganisation, or sale of all or substantially all of our assets, in which case any acquirer will be bound to honour the commitments made in this Privacy Policy or, if not, we will provide notice and, where required, seek your consent.

8. Third-Party Services

The App incorporates the following third-party services. Their processing of information is governed by their own privacy policies.

Google AdMob — advertising. Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
Google Firebase Analytics — anonymous usage analytics. Privacy policy: https://firebase.google.com/support/privacy
Google Firebase Crashlytics — crash and error reporting. Privacy policy: https://firebase.google.com/support/privacy
Google ML Kit (Document Scanner and Text Recognition) — on-device document scanning and OCR. ML Kit performs its processing entirely on your device and does not upload the images or extracted text to Google. Privacy notes: https://developers.google.com/ml-kit/terms
Google Play Services — required by many of the services above and by Android itself. Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy
Google User Messaging Platform (UMP) — presents the consent dialog required for advertising in certain regions. Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy

9. Advertising Choices

The App shows advertisements through Google AdMob. You have the following choices:

A. Consent dialog (users in regions where required). When you first launch the App, you are presented with a consent dialog operated by Google’s User Messaging Platform. You can accept, refuse, or customise your choices. You can reopen the dialog at any time from Settings → Reset consent within the App.

B. Opt out of personalised advertising on Android. Go to your device’s Settings → Google → Ads (the exact path varies by device manufacturer) and enable “Opt out of Ads Personalisation” or “Delete advertising ID”. After this, you may still see advertisements, but they will not be personalised based on your inferred interests.

C. Reset your advertising identifier. From the same Settings → Google → Ads menu, you can reset your Android Advertising ID at any time, which prevents ad networks from linking your future advertising history to your past history.

10. Children’s Privacy

The App is not directed to children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are under 13, do not use the App. If you are between 13 and the age of majority in your country of residence, please use the App only with the involvement and consent of a parent or legal guardian.

If we learn that we have collected personal information from a child under 13 without verifiable parental consent, we will delete that information as soon as reasonably possible. Parents or guardians who believe that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information may contact us at the email address in Section 2.

11. Your Rights and Choices

Depending on where you live, you may have some or all of the following rights in respect of personal data that we hold about you:

the right to access the personal data we hold about you;
the right to correct inaccurate or incomplete personal data;
the right to request deletion of your personal data;
the right to restrict or object to certain processing;
the right to data portability;
the right to withdraw consent at any time (where processing is based on consent);
the right to lodge a complaint with a data-protection supervisory authority.

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at the email address in Section 2. We may need to ask for additional information to verify your identity before acting on your request. We will respond within the time period required by applicable law.

You can also delete all locally stored data at any time by uninstalling the App from your device, or by deleting individual documents through the App’s interface.

If you created an optional account (by signing in with Google within the App), you may request deletion of that account and its associated data (profile, coin balance, and reward history — not your on-device documents, which this does not touch) in either of two ways, neither of which requires the App to be installed:

in the App, under Settings → Delete account & data; or
on the web, at quickscanpdf’s account-deletion page, without installing or opening the App.

We deactivate the account immediately on a verified request and permanently delete it no later than 30 days afterward (see Section 12 for why we keep it briefly rather than instantly). If you have an active Pro subscription purchased through Google Play, cancel it in Google Play’s own subscription management first — deleting your account does not cancel a running Play subscription.

12. Data Retention

On your device: Documents you scan and files the App generates remain on your device until you delete them (through the App or by uninstalling the App). We do not have the ability to delete these files remotely.
Optional account data: If you requested deletion of an optional account (Section 11), we deactivate it immediately and keep it, inaccessible, for up to 30 days before permanently deleting it. This short window exists so we can reverse a request made in error (for example, a mistaken submission using your email address) and to meet basic fraud-prevention and bookkeeping needs — it is not used for any other purpose, and the data is not reactivated or used during this window except to process the deletion itself or a genuine correction of an erroneous request.
Google AdMob: Retains the information described in Section 4A in accordance with Google’s own retention policies.
Firebase Analytics: Event data is retained for the period configured for our Firebase project (currently the Google default of 14 months for user-level data). Aggregate reports may be retained indefinitely.
Firebase Crashlytics: Crash reports are retained for 90 days by default.

We keep information for no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which it was collected, or as required by applicable law.

13. International Data Transfers

The third-party service providers listed in Section 8 are operated primarily from the United States and may process information in other countries. When personal data is transferred outside your country of residence, appropriate safeguards are applied by those providers (such as the European Commission’s Standard Contractual Clauses, where applicable) to protect your data in accordance with applicable law.

14. Security

We rely on the security measures of Android, Google Play Services, and the third-party providers listed in Section 8 to protect information processed in connection with the App. Locally stored documents are kept in the App’s private internal storage, which is not accessible to other applications on the device without your explicit action (for example, sharing a file through the Android share sheet).

No method of transmission over the internet or method of electronic storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security. You are responsible for keeping your device secure, including using a device passcode, keeping your operating system up to date, and only installing applications from trusted sources.

15. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will:

update the “Last updated” date at the top of this Policy;
publish the updated Policy at the same URL where this Policy is posted;
for material changes, make reasonable efforts to notify you within the App or by other appropriate means before the changes take effect.

Your continued use of the App after the updated Policy takes effect constitutes your acceptance of the updated Policy. If you do not agree, please stop using the App and uninstall it from your device.

16. Governing Law

This Privacy Policy is governed by the laws of the State of Wyoming, United States of America, without prejudice to any mandatory data-protection rights you may have under the laws of your country of residence (including, where applicable, the EU General Data Protection Regulation, the UK GDPR, the California Consumer Privacy Act, and other applicable data-protection laws).

17. Contact

If you have any questions, concerns, complaints, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or the App’s privacy practices, contact us at: