Privacy Policy
Your privacy is exceptionally important to us. Because we believe in total transparency, we have outlined how Geotag Camera handles your data. The core takeaway is: We process your photos entirely locally and never upload them.
1. Device Permissions
To function as a geotagged camera, the application requires permission to access the following browser capabilities:
- Camera access: Required to access the camera hardware, display the live viewport feed, and capture image streams. The media stream remains strictly local to your browser tab.
- Geolocation access: Required to query the high-accuracy latitude, longitude, and altitude of the device. This parameters are only processed in-memory to generate overlays and compile metadata.
2. Local Processing (Zero Servers)
The generation of images takes place entirely inside your browser using the HTML5 Canvas rendering engine:
- Photos are snapped and written to local canvas buffers.
- Binary EXIF metadata is parsed and injected directly on the client side.
- The completed image file is delivered directly as a local download to your storage card or device downloads folder.
- We operate **no storage servers**, database repositories, or media galleries. Your photos remain yours, and we never see them.
3. Reverse Geocoding API Calls
To translate your raw latitude and longitude coordinates into a human-readable street address, the app sends a secure client-side query to OpenStreetMap's **Nominatim API**. This is a standard query containing coordinates only. No personal names, email addresses, phone IDs, or specific user tracking tags are ever sent with this request.
4. Analytical Logs and Web Cookies
We run standard web traffic tools such as Google Analytics to monitor application stability and load patterns. Google Analytics collects anonymous usage metrics (such as browser vendor, PWA installs, and page load durations). You can block this cookie using standard browser ad-blockers or by disabling third-party trackers.
5. Advertisements
To support development, the app may display small display advertisements. Advertisers may collect non-personally identifiable telemetry to show relevant promotions.
6. Changes to this Policy
We reserve the right to modify this privacy statement. Any changes will be posted on this page with an updated timestamp.