Privacy Policy
Version 2026-10-26.
LocationSnap is a camera app for Android that stamps each photo with where and when it was taken. This policy explains what the app does with your photos and your location, and what leaves your phone. It describes what the app actually does, not what it might someday do.
LocationSnap is operated by CodeHaste Inc, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. Contact: info@codehaste.com.
The short version
- LocationSnap has no accounts, no ads, no analytics and no crash-reporting service of its own.
- Your photos stay on your phone. CodeHaste never receives your photos, your location or anything else from the app.
- To draw the small map and to look up the address, the app asks two outside services, described below. You can switch either one off in Settings.
- The location is part of every photo you take, both printed on the picture and inside the file. Anyone you share a photo with can see where it was taken.
What the app uses on your phone
Camera. To take photos. LocationSnap takes still photos only; it does not record video or sound and does not have microphone access.
Location. Your precise position (latitude, longitude, altitude and GPS accuracy), read only while the camera screen is open and the app is in front. LocationSnap never reads your location in the background. The position is printed on the photo and written into the photo's metadata (EXIF), together with the date, time, time zone and your phone camera's make, model and exposure settings.
Your photos and their details. When you save a photo, the app keeps it in its own storage on your phone, with a small file holding the position, the address and your note. If "Save to phone gallery" is on, which it is unless you turn it off, a copy also goes into your phone's gallery in an album called "LocationSnap". Like any photo in your gallery, other apps you have given photo access can see it.
Settings. Which lines appear on the stamp, the coordinate format, your note text and the gallery setting, stored on your phone.
What leaves your phone
1. Map images, from OpenStreetMap. While the Map setting is on, the app downloads the map images (tiles) for the area around you from tile.openstreetmap.org, run by the OpenStreetMap Foundation. Each request shows the Foundation your IP address, the app's name and which tiles you asked for, which places you within an area under a kilometre across. Tiles are kept on your phone for at least seven days, so a place you have already visited is not asked for again. The Foundation's own privacy policy applies: https://osmfoundation.org/wiki/Privacy_Policy. With Map switched off, no map images are requested.
2. Address lookup, through Android. While the Address setting is on, the app passes your coordinates to the address-lookup service built into Android, which on most phones is provided by Google, and gets back the street address it prints on the photo. Google's privacy policy applies: https://policies.google.com/privacy. With Address switched off, your coordinates are not sent for lookup.
3. When you choose to share. If you tap Share, the photo, with its location, goes to the app you pick. If you tap Open in Maps, the coordinates go to your maps app. Nothing is sent unless you do this.
Nothing else is sent anywhere. In particular, nothing is sent to CodeHaste.
What CodeHaste receives
Nothing from the app itself. Google Play gives every developer some statistics about their app, such as install counts and crash and "app not responding" reports from people who have chosen to share those with developers. These come to us through Google under Google's policies, and they don't include your photos or location.
How long things are kept
Everything stays on your phone until you remove it:
- Deleting a photo in LocationSnap removes the app's copy and its details. A copy already saved to your gallery stays there until you delete it in your gallery app.
- Uninstalling LocationSnap removes its storage, settings and stored map images. Gallery copies are not removed.
Permissions you can change
You can withdraw camera or location permission at any time in Android's settings. Without location, photos are saved without a position, map or address. Without the camera, the app cannot take photos.
Children
LocationSnap is a general-purpose camera tool and is not directed at children.
Your rights
Because CodeHaste does not hold any personal data from the app, there is nothing for us to give you a copy of, correct or erase. Everything is on your phone and under your control. If you have a question or a complaint, write to info@codehaste.com. If it is a grievance under India's Digital Personal Data Protection Act, use the subject "Grievance Officer" and we will answer within 30 days.
Changes to this policy
If what the app does with your data changes, this page changes first, with a new version date at the top.
Contact
info@codehaste.com, or write to CodeHaste Inc, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.