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Privacy policy
No account, no profile, no data resale. This page states what the app processes, why, and what you can require of it.
1Data used
Folido creates no account and sends the developer no file and no personal data: the developer has no server and sees neither your documents, nor your images, nor your texts. All processing (PDF, images, text recognition, scanning, ZIP archives) happens on the device. The files you choose are copied into a temporary workspace, emptied at every launch; the results are saved in the app folder, visible in the Files app, where you manage or delete them. Folido asks for the camera only to scan a document and adds to Photos only the images you choose to save there; it asks for no location, no microphone, no access to your contacts and no notifications. Apart from advertising and the subscription, the app uses no Internet access.
2Advertising and purchases
Folido is free, with every feature included: it is funded by Google AdMob advertising (a discreet banner and an optional rewarded video that gives 6 hours ad-free). The optional “Ad-Free” subscription (0.99 € per month or 4.99 € per year) removes every ad while it is active; it is handled by StoreKit and your Apple account, renews automatically unless cancelled at least 24 hours before the end of the period, and is managed in your Apple Account settings. The app never receives payment card data. On first launch in the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom, a Google form (UMP) asks for your consent, which you can change in the app Settings; Apple’s tracking permission (App Tracking Transparency) is requested next and can be declined, in the iOS prompt or later in iOS Settings › Privacy & Security › Tracking. Without it, the device’s advertising identifier (IDFA) is not shared; with it, the IDFA is used for advertising tracking, and it is the only data Folido declares to Apple as used for tracking.
The Google Mobile Ads and User Messaging Platform kits send directly to Google, without going through the developer: the device advertising identifier (only if you allow tracking), the IP address and an approximate location derived from it, the device model and system, performance and diagnostic data, and your interactions with ads. Google uses them to show, measure and cap ads, personalize them if you consent and fight fraud, under its own privacy policy (policies.google.com/privacy).
3Children
Folido is not aimed specifically at children, asks them for no personal information and offers no messaging, no exchange between users and no sharing to social networks. In France, a minor under 15 cannot consent alone to personalized advertising: a parent can decline tracking in the iOS prompt or in iOS Settings › Privacy & Security › Tracking, and block tracking requests with Screen Time.
4Changes to this policy
This policy follows the app: it is revised whenever a processing changes, and the date at the top of the page shows its latest update. A significant change is also noted in the App Store release notes.
5Data sources
No external data source: Folido talks to no server of the developer. Only the Google Mobile Ads and Google User Messaging Platform kits, for advertising and consent, and the App Store, for the subscription, use the Internet. The developer adds no analytics tool.
6Retention
Temporary working files are deleted at every launch of the app. Results stay in the app folder until you delete them, and disappear with the app if you uninstall it; the settings stay on the device. Advertising data follows Google’s retention rules.
7Your rights
Under the GDPR, you may request access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability or objection regarding your personal data. You may also contact your data protection authority.
8Contact
Folido is published by BodyCorp, an independent developer and the data controller, who personally answers any question about your data.