Privacy Policy
For the Apnao Android app · Last updated 16 July 2026
Apnao works by putting your photo and name into a design. This page explains exactly what happens to that photo, what else we collect, and how to get rid of all of it.
1. What we collect
| Data | Why | Required? |
|---|---|---|
| Photos you upload | To place your picture into the poster or video you chose | Required to create a design |
| Name and details you type | To print onto the design | Required to create a design |
| Phone number or email address | To create your account and sign you in | Required |
| Designs you make | Kept for 24 hours so you can download the same design again quickly, without us rebuilding it. Deleted automatically after that. | Required to create a design |
| Payment details | Handled entirely by Google Play — see section 3. We never see or store your card or UPI details. | Only if you subscribe |
| Crash logs and basic device info | To find and fix bugs | Required |
What we do not do with your photo
- We do not use your photo to train any AI or machine learning model.
- We do not sell, licence, or share your photo with advertisers.
- We do not use your photo in our own marketing, in sample designs, or anywhere else in the app.
- We do not run face recognition on it or use it to identify you.
Your photo is used for one thing: making the design you asked for.
What we do not collect at all
We do not collect your location, your contacts, or the other photos in your gallery — only the image you choose for a design.
2. How long we keep your photo and your designs
Your photo
Your photo is uploaded to our servers so your design can be composed there. We keep it on your account afterwards, so you can use it on another template without uploading it again.
It stays until you remove it or delete your account — we do not delete it on a timer, and we do not keep a copy once you are gone. Deleting your account removes your photo within 30 days, set out in full on the deletion page.
Designs you make
A finished design is kept for 24 hours and then deleted automatically. That is only so you can download the same thing again quickly without waiting for it to be rebuilt. We do not keep a history of what you have made, and after a day it is gone from our servers whether you delete your account or not.
Anything you have already downloaded is on your phone and is yours — nothing we delete affects it.
The templates, artwork, and video designs themselves are ours, not yours — they are not personal data and nothing about them is collected from you.
3. Who we share it with
We do not sell your personal data. We share it only with the providers who help us run Apnao, and only with what they need:
| Provider | What they get | Their policy |
|---|---|---|
| Google Play — billing | If you subscribe, Google collects the payment. Your card, UPI, and billing details go to Google, not to us — we only see that a subscription is active. | Google Privacy Policy |
| Google Firebase — sign-in and crash reporting | Your account identifier, crash logs, and device model | Firebase Privacy |
| Google Cloud — hosting and storage | Your account data and uploaded images | Google Cloud Privacy Notice |
When you share a finished design to WhatsApp, Instagram, or anywhere else, that is you sending a file to that app. What happens to it afterwards is governed by their policy, not ours.
We may also disclose data where the law requires it.
4. Your rights
- Access — ask for a copy of what we hold about you.
- Correction — ask us to fix anything wrong.
- Deletion — remove your account and your images at any time via this page.
- Withdraw photo access— revoke the app’s photo permission in Android Settings at any time. You will not be able to create new designs, but nothing else breaks.
Email apnaodev@gmail.com to use any of these. We reply within 2 business days and act within 30 days.
5. Security
Your data is encrypted in transit using HTTPS/TLS, and encrypted at rest on Google Cloud. Access to stored images is restricted to the accounts that need it to run the service.
6. Children
Apnao is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect their data. If we learn that we have, we delete it.
7. Where your data is stored
Your data is stored on Google Cloud servers in asia-south1 (Mumbai), India.
8. Changes
We may update this policy. We will change the “Last updated” date above, and tell you in the app if the change is significant.
9. Contact
Apnao
apnaodev@gmail.com