Privacy Policy — Layered Motion Camera

App: Layered Motion Camera (Android)

Effective date: September 12, 2026

Short version: All camera capture and photo/video processing happens locally on your device. We do not run accounts, servers, cloud processing, analytics, or crash reporting. Photos and videos stay on your device unless you choose to share them. The app shows ads served by Google AdMob, and Google may process device and advertising data as described in Google's own policies.

1. Information We Collect

Layered Motion Camera is designed to collect as little information as possible:

Camera images and video frames. When you start a session, the app receives frames from your device camera so it can establish a background reference, detect movement, and build the accumulated photograph and video. This imagery is processed on your device only (see Local Processing).
Photos and videos you save. When you tap Save, the finished image (JPEG) or video (MP4) is written to your device's media gallery. These files remain on your device.
No accounts or profiles. The app does not require sign-in and does not create user accounts or profiles. We do not ask for your name, email address, phone number, contacts, or location.
Advertising data (via Google AdMob). Our advertising partner, Google, may collect device identifiers (such as the Google advertising ID), IP address, and app-interaction data in order to serve and measure ads. See Advertising / Google AdMob.

The app does not use analytics SDKs, crash-reporting SDKs, or any backend servers of its own, so we do not receive usage statistics or crash reports from your device.

2. Camera and Media Access

The app requests the following device access, used only for the purposes described:

Camera (required). The Android CAMERA permission is used to show the live preview, establish the background reference, capture movement frames, and generate your final photo and video. You can use either the rear or the front camera. If you deny camera access, the app explains that camera access is required and cannot capture.
Photo/video library (via system media APIs, no extra permission). Finished results are saved to your gallery using modern Android media APIs (MediaStore scoped storage), which do not require a separate storage permission. The app cannot read your other photos or files.
Network (for ads only). Internet access is used solely to load advertisements from Google AdMob. Your camera imagery is never uploaded to any server as part of the app's photo/video processing.

The app does not request access to your microphone, location, contacts, call history, SMS, or files outside its own saved results.

3. How We Use Information

Information handled by the app is used only to:

Operate the camera preview, background detection, movement capture, and image/video accumulation features you request;
Save finished photos and videos to your device gallery when you tap Save;
Share finished photos and videos through the Android share sheet when you tap Share;
Display banner and rewarded advertisements via Google AdMob, which funds the free app.

We do not sell personal information. We do not use your photos, videos, or camera frames for advertising, profiling, or any purpose other than providing the app's features on your device.

4. Local Processing

All core Layered Motion Camera processing happens locally on your device:

Background/reference capture, movement detection, pose extraction, image accumulation, and video generation run on-device using the Android CameraX libraries — there is no cloud processing, no backend, and no AI image generation service.
Camera imagery does not leave your device as part of the app's processing. Nothing is uploaded to our servers, because we operate no servers.
Temporary working data (such as in-progress frames and video segments) is kept in the app's temporary storage on your device and discarded when the session ends or restarts.

5. Advertising / Google AdMob

Layered Motion Camera is free and supported by advertising provided by Google AdMob (Google LLC):

Banner ads. A banner advertisement is shown in a reserved area of the main camera screen. It never covers camera controls or results.
Rewarded ads. After a session, you may choose to watch a short rewarded ad to export your result without the watermark, or export for free with a small watermark. Watching the ad is always optional, and if an ad cannot be shown you can still export with the watermark.
Data handled by Google. To serve, personalize (where permitted), and measure ads, Google may collect information such as your device's advertising ID, IP address, device model and OS version, and ad-interaction data. This processing is governed by Google's Privacy Policy and described in Google's AdMob data-disclosure information and Google's publisher data-processing terms.
Ad failure never affects your results. If ads fail to load, the camera, capture, save, and share features continue to work normally.

You can reset your advertising ID or opt out of personalized ads in your Android device settings (Settings → Google → Ads, or Settings → Privacy → Ads, depending on your device).

We do not share your photos, videos, or camera frames with anyone. They never leave your device except when you choose to share them.
Sharing is entirely user-directed. Tapping Share opens the standard Android share sheet so you can send the finished photo or video to an app of your choice. What happens after you share is governed by that app's own privacy policy.
Advertising partner. As described above, Google AdMob processes device and advertising data to provide ads. We do not share your camera imagery with Google or any advertiser.
Legal compliance. Because we operate no servers and hold no user data, we have nothing to disclose; if we were ever required by law to disclose information, we would do so only to the extent legally required.

7. Data Storage and Retention

On your device only. Finished photos are stored in your gallery under Pictures / Layered Motion Camera and finished videos under Movies / Layered Motion Camera. They remain there until you delete them.
No cloud copies. The app does not upload, back up, or synchronize your photos or videos to any cloud service. (Your device's own backup tools, such as Google Photos backup, may copy files if you have enabled them — that is controlled by you and those services' policies.)
Temporary session data is cleared when you start a new session or close the app.
Advertising data retained by Google is subject to Google's retention policies (see Google's Privacy Policy).

8. Third-Party Services

The app includes the following third-party software:

Google Mobile Ads SDK (AdMob) — serves banner and rewarded ads. Privacy policy: https://policies.google.com/privacy.
AndroidX CameraX, Android Jetpack, Kotlin coroutines, and Guava libraries — on-device app functionality only; these libraries do not send your data anywhere.

The app does not include Firebase Analytics, Firebase Crashlytics, Facebook/Meta SDKs, or any social-media SDK.

9. Purchases and Subscriptions

The current version of Layered Motion Camera offers no in-app purchases and no subscriptions. All features are free, supported by ads as described above. If paid features are introduced in a future version, this policy will be updated before they take effect.

10. Children's Privacy

Layered Motion Camera is a general camera utility and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. Ad serving within the app is handled by Google AdMob subject to Google's policies for child-directed and family content. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided personal information to us, please contact us (see below) and we will address it — though, as described in this policy, the app itself collects and retains no such information on any server.

11. Security

Because all photo and video processing stays on your device and we operate no accounts or servers, there is no central database of your images to breach. Standard Android protections (app sandboxing, scoped media storage, and the Android share permission model) protect the app's data on your device. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, so we encourage you to keep your device software up to date and use device lock-screen protection. Advertising data transmitted to Google is protected by Google's security measures described in its policies.

12. Your Choices

Camera permission. You can grant or revoke camera access at any time in Android Settings → Apps → Layered Motion Camera → Permissions. Revoking it disables capture, but previously saved gallery files are unaffected.
Saved files. You can view or delete saved photos and videos in your device gallery at any time.
Ad personalization. You can reset your advertising ID or opt out of ad personalization in your Android device settings, as described in Section 5.
Uninstall. Uninstalling the app removes the app and its temporary data from your device (gallery files you saved remain until you delete them).

13. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy if the app's features or data practices change (for example, if new purchase options or services are added). Any updated policy will be posted at this same URL with a revised effective date. For significant changes, we may also provide notice within the app or on the Google Play listing. Continued use of the app after an update takes effect constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.

14. Contact Information

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or about Layered Motion Camera's privacy practices, please contact the developer using the contact details published on the app's Google Play Store listing (Layered Motion Camera). Please include "Privacy" in your message subject so it can be routed appropriately.