Privacy Policy for Calculator Lock - Hide Photo App

Last Updated: September 26th, 2026

“Calculator Lock - Hide Photo” is a Free app provided by LIGHT CREATIVE LAB JSC at no cost for the standard version and is intended for use as is. “Calculator Lock - Hide Photo” also offers an optional PREMIUM version that unlocks advanced security and convenience features.

This page informs visitors regarding our policies regarding the collection, use, and disclosure of personal information if anyone decides to use our Service.

If you choose to use our Service, you agree to the collection and use of information in relation to this policy. Any information requested is used solely for providing and improving the Service. We will not use or share your information with anyone except as explicitly described in this Privacy Policy.

Information Collection and Use

For a better experience while using our Service, we may require you to provide us with certain permissions and data. Any files, media, or credentials you store inside the application are retained locally on your personal device and are NOT collected, harvested, or viewed by us on external servers.

The app integrates third-party services that may collect information used to identify you (such as device identifiers for analytics, crash reports, and ad serving):

Google Drive Backup & User Data Policy (Google API Disclosure)

Our app provides an optional Google Drive Cloud Backup & Restore feature that allows users to safely backup and synchronize their encrypted hidden vault files to their personal Google Drive storage.

Mandatory Google API Services User Data Policy Compliance:

Calculator Lock - Hide Photo's use and transfer of information received from Google APIs to any other app will adhere to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

1. Scope of Access:

When you choose to connect your Google Account, our app requests access exclusively to the following minimum required scope:

https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.file (View and manage Google Drive files and folders that you have opened or created with this app).

2. How We Access and Use Your Google Drive Data:

App-Specific Files Only: The requested scope strictly restricts our application to creating, reading, and modifying only the files and folders created by this app (specifically in the private Secret Vault Backup app folder).
Zero Access to Other Drive Files: The app CANNOT view, search, read, access, modify, or delete any other personal documents, spreadsheets, photos, or files in your Google Drive.
Client-Side Encryption: All photos, videos, and documents are encrypted locally on your device using military-grade AES-256 encryption before being uploaded to Google Drive. Neither LIGHT CREATIVE LAB JSC nor Google can view the contents of your backed-up files.
Direct Transmission: Data travels directly between your device and Google's official Drive servers via HTTPS. We do not operate any intermediary servers, proxies, or databases that store or process your Google Drive data.

3. Data Sharing, Selling, and Retention:

We DO NOT share, sell, rent, or trade your Google account information, Google tokens, or Drive files with any third parties, advertising networks (including AdMob), or data brokers.
We DO NOT use Google user data for serving personalized advertisements or training machine learning / artificial intelligence models.
You can revoke the app's access to your Google Account at any time through the in-app Google Drive settings or directly via Google Account Security Permissions.

Log Data

We want to inform you that whenever you use our Service, in case of an error in the app, we collect diagnostic data and information (through third-party tools such as Firebase Crashlytics) called Log Data. This Log Data may include information such as your device Internet Protocol (“IP”) address, device name, operating system version, app configuration at the time of the error, the date and time of your use, and other crash diagnostics to help us fix bugs promptly.

Cookies

Cookies are files containing small amounts of data commonly used as anonymous unique identifiers. This Service does not use cookies explicitly. However, the app may use third-party code and libraries (like ad networks) that use cookies to collect information and improve their services.

Requested Permissions

Depending on your Android OS version, “Calculator Lock - Hide Photo” may request the following permissions to provide its core vault functionalities:

MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE / READ_EXTERNAL_STORAGE / WRITE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE: Required to locate, hide, encrypt, and restore your selected photos, videos, and files across storage.
READ_MEDIA_IMAGES / READ_MEDIA_VIDEO: Required on Android 13+ (API 33+) to allow you to select and hide photos and videos from your gallery.
CAMERA: Required only when you choose to capture private photos or videos directly within the secret vault, or for the optional Intruder Selfie feature.
INTERNET & ACCESS_NETWORK_STATE: Required to communicate with Google Drive APIs for cloud backup & restore, perform license verification, and load online configurations.
POST_NOTIFICATIONS: Required on Android 13+ to display vault export progress, backup status, and security alerts.

Security

We value your trust in choosing our vault application. All files imported into the vault are stored locally in private, encrypted directories. When you enable Google Drive cloud backup, all data is encrypted prior to transmission. However, please remember that no method of electronic storage or transmission over the internet is 100% secure, and we encourage users to safeguard their passcodes and recovery credentials.

Children’s Privacy

Our Services do not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from children under 13. In the case we discover that a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, we immediately delete this from our records.

Links to Other Sites

This Service may contain links to other sites. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that site. Note that these external sites are not operated by us. Therefore, we strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy of these websites. We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies, or practices of any third-party sites or services.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect feature updates, legal requirements, or Google policy changes. We will notify you of any changes by updating the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page. You are advised to review this page periodically for any modifications.

Contact Us

If you have any questions, suggestions, or concerns regarding our Privacy Policy or your data, do not hesitate to contact us at:

LIGHT CREATIVE LAB JSC
Email: lf.creativelab@gmail.com