Privacy Policy
Your footage stays on your phone.
Effective 2 October 2026. This policy covers the CineCam app for Android (package com.cinecam.app) and this website.
The short version
- Clips, pictures and sound you record are saved on your phone and are never uploaded by CineCam.
- The app sends anonymous usage statistics and crash reports to the developer through Google Firebase. You can switch this off: Settings → More → Privacy → Usage statistics and crash reports.
- There is no account to create, no advertising and no sale of data.
What the app collects
With "Usage statistics and crash reports" on (the default), these are sent to Google Firebase, which processes them for the developer:
| What | Why | Service |
|---|---|---|
| App activity: that the app was opened, how long it was used, app version | To know how many people use the app and which versions | Firebase Analytics |
| Device information: model, Android version, language, country derived from the IP address | To know which phones to test on | Firebase Analytics |
| Crash reports: the error, where in the app it happened, device model and state at the time | To find and fix crashes | Firebase Crashlytics |
| A random identifier for this installation | To count installations and group one device's crash reports. It is not linked to your name, e-mail or Google account | Firebase Authentication (anonymous) |
With the switch off, the app stops sending usage statistics and crash reports.
What the app never collects
- Your clips, photos, audio recordings, LUTs or presets.
- Clip names, slate text, notes or timecode.
- Your name, e-mail address, contacts or precise location.
The app also keeps a crash log on the phone itself. It leaves the phone only if you export it yourself from Settings → More → Technical information.
Permissions
- Camera — the viewfinder and recording. Required.
- Microphone — sound in your clips. Optional; without it clips are silent.
- Storage (Android 9 and older only) — saving clips.
- Internet — the reports described above and the update check through Google Play. Nothing else.
Updates through Google Play
The app asks Google Play whether a newer version exists and, if so, asks you to install it. This check is handled by Google Play on your device under Google's own privacy policy.
Third parties
Data described above is processed by Google LLC (Firebase, Google Play). See Google's Privacy Policy and Privacy and Security in Firebase. We do not share data with anyone else and we do not sell it.
Keeping and deleting data
Firebase keeps analytics and crash data for a limited period set by Google's retention settings. Uninstalling the app removes the installation identifier from your phone. To ask for data linked to your installation to be deleted, write to us from the address below; because the data is anonymous, please include the approximate date and the phone model so we can try to find it.
Children
CineCam is a tool for videographers and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.
This website
This website sets no cookies and loads nothing from other servers: no analytics, no trackers, no embedded fonts from third parties.
Changes and contact
If this policy changes, the new version is published here with a new date. Questions: cinecam.app@gmail.com.