Privacy Policy

TutorScan.AI - Homework Helper *

Updated and Effective as of Apr 03, 2025

1. General

Thank you for choosing TutorScan.AI - Homework Helper * ("we", "us", "our"). We are committed to maintaining customer privacy through an ethical performance culture that is based on trust, simplicity and confidence. It is one of our core principles to secure customer information while using our mobile applications TutorScan.AI - Homework Helper * ("the app"), and provide privacy protection that is critical in maintaining trust and providing better services.

This Policy applies exclusively to information collected within the app, as well as to email, text, and other electronic communications sent by you through or in connection with the app.

Please read this policy carefully to understand our policies and practices regarding your information and how we handle it. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please refrain from downloading, registering or using this app. By downloading, registering or using the app, you agree to abide by this privacy policy.

Reviewing this Privacy Policy will help you become familiar with your privacy rights and choices. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact us at contact@medilab.tohsoft.com.

2. Data Collection and Usage

The Data You Provide to Us

We collect your information that you voluntarily provide to us when you use the app, express an interest in obtaining information about us or our apps, when you participate in activities on the app, or send us feedback. The information that we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the app. User information we collect may include: email address & user name.

Automatic Information Collection

When you download, access, and use the App, it may use technology to automatically collect:

  • Device: When you download and use our app, we automatically collect information about the type of device you have downloaded the app on and your device identifier. We collect this to ensure we deliver the right version of the app for your device and so that we can provide appropriate follow up support as necessary.
  • Analytics: We use a third party analytics tool, Google Analytics, to help us measure traffic and usage trends for the service. Google Analytics collects information such as how often users visit our services, what pages they visit when they do so, and what other pages they use prior to coming to our services. We use the information we get from Google Analytics only to improve our services.
  • Log file: During the usage of the app, the data and information collected (through third-party products) on your phone in case of an error in the app called Log Data. This Log Data may include information such as your device Internet Protocol ("IP") address, device name, operating system version, the configuration of the app when using the app, the time and date of your use of the Service, and other statistics.

AI-Powered Features and Third-Party Processing

TutorScan.AI - Homework Helper * uses artificial intelligence services provided by third parties (OpenAI and Google Gemini) to analyze questions and deliver homework assistance. When you submit a question — whether by photo, voice, or text — the content may be transmitted to these AI providers for processing. Please review their respective privacy policies to understand how they handle your data:

Application Permission Requirements

To enable certain functionalities, the app requires the following permissions on your device:

CAMERA

Required to let you photograph homework questions, textbook pages, or worksheets for instant AI-powered analysis and step-by-step solutions. Camera access is only used when you actively choose to scan a problem.

MICROPHONE

Used to capture your voice when you ask questions verbally. Audio is processed locally and/or sent to a speech recognition service solely to convert your speech to text before being analysed by the AI tutor. We do not store raw audio recordings.

PHOTO LIBRARY

Allows you to select existing photos from your device — such as a picture of a homework sheet — and submit them for AI analysis. Access is read-only and only triggered when you explicitly choose an image from your library.

SPEECH RECOGNITION

Enables the app to convert your spoken questions into text using Apple's on-device and/or server-side speech recognition framework. Recognised text is then forwarded to the AI engine to generate a solution. No voice data is retained after transcription.

USER TRACKING

We may request permission to track your activity across other companies' apps and websites in order to deliver relevant advertisements. This permission is fully governed by Apple's App Tracking Transparency framework and requires your explicit consent before any tracking occurs.

Data Usage

In the above situation, we guarantee that your information will only be used for contacting you and improving our services. We will never use such information (e.g. your name and email address) for any other purposes, such as to further market our products. We will never disclose your information to a third party for commercial gains, we assure you that we will not share any collected data to Google and that Google will seek prior user consent before any such collection.

We may disclose your information to comply with legal requirements, such as responding to a court order or government request. If our application is acquired or merged with another company, your information will be transferred with your consent as part of the transaction.

3. Data Security and Storage

The privacy of your data is paramount to us. We adhere to universal accepted protocols to safeguard the data provided to us, both during transmission and following its receipt. However, no methodology of electronic transmission or storage can be 100% secure. Consequently, you acknowledge and accept that we cannot ensure the protection of your personal information transmitted to our applications or customer service capabilities and any such transmission is conducted at your own peril. We will utilize rigorous procedures and security measures to deter unauthorized access to it.

We DO NOT require you to create an account on our App, and therefore, We DO NOT collect any personal data from you when you download and/or use our app. Regarding the automatic information we collect, we only collect it for operating purposes, and we do not retain it. All the data only stored on your Device, your data will be permanently erased by deleting system data or uninstalling Our App.

4. User's Rights

We offer the subsequent rights to safeguard your data for our global users:

  • Right of Access. You possess the privilege to receive details about your personal data processed by us upon request.
  • Right to Rectification. You possess the authority to amend or rectify your data if it is incorrect, inaccurate or incomplete.
  • Right to Withdraw Consent. You maintain the power to reclaim consent granted to us at any juncture. Consequently, we are no longer authorized to proceed with the processing predicated on this consent hereinafter. This does not impact the legitimacy of the processing executed on the basis of the consent till the point of retraction.
  • Right to Erasure. You possess the entitlement to procure from us, under the ensuing circumstances, the eradication of your data:
    • The specific processing objective has been attained;
    • We have illicitly processed your data;
    • You have retracted your consent without another legal rationale applying to the data processing;
    • You have objected to the data processing successfully;
    • In instances where there is an obligation to obliterate data on the basis of EU legislation or the law of an EU member state to which we are subject.

We might proffer other rights for inhabitants of certain territories subject to the locally applicable data protection law. We honor and consistently adopt multiple protocols to guard your data regardless of your location.

Should you have any inquiries about these rights or you would like to exercise any of them, please reach out to us by transmitting an email.

5. External Links

Our Service might incorporate hyperlinks to other websites. Upon accessing a linked external site, you acknowledge that it is beyond our operational purview. Accordingly, we encourage reviewing the specific websites' Privacy Policies. Any third-party content, privacy regulations, or practices are outside our control and bear no liability under this Privacy Policy.

6. Age Restriction

These Services cater to individuals aged 14 years and above. Absence of any intention to procure information from underage participants is assured. Upon discovery of any submitted underage data, immediate deletion is ensured. Parents/guardians, if your minor offspring provided personal information, kindly contact us.

7. Updates to the Privacy Policy

We may change this privacy policy from time to time. If we do, the date to the policy on our Sites will be updated and will indicate that the policy has been changed. For all users, the change will become effective upon posting. We encourage you to periodically review the privacy policy for the latest information on our privacy practices without prior notice.

8. Contact Details

If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us at contact@medilab.tohsoft.com.