OpenWebcam

Privacy Policy

Last updated: 29 May 2026

OpenWebcam turns your Android device into a webcam. This policy explains what the app does and does not do with your data. The short version: we collect nothing.

What the app accesses

  • Camera. The app accesses your device camera only to capture video and stream it, on your command, to devices on your own local network (for example, your PC). Streaming starts when you tap Start and stops when you tap Stop or Back, or remove the ongoing notification.

What we collect and share

  • We collect nothing. No video, images, or personal data are sent to the developer or to any third party. Nothing is uploaded to the internet or to any server we control.
  • No accounts, no tracking. The app has no sign-in, no advertising identifiers, no analytics, no crash reporting, and no third-party tracking SDKs.
  • No other personal data. The app does not access your location, contacts, microphone, photos, files, or device identifiers.

How your video is handled

  • Camera frames are held only in memory while streaming and are not stored on your device or anywhere else.
  • The video is transmitted only over your local network to the device you connect. This local stream is not encrypted. You can set an optional PIN in the app so that only viewers who know the PIN can open the stream.

Data stored on your device

  • Your app settings (such as resolution, frame rate, port, and the optional PIN) are stored locally on your device only and are never transmitted off the device by the app.

Permissions

  • The app requests only what it needs to function: Camera (to capture video), Internet / Network / Wi-Fi state (to serve the stream on your local network), Foreground service (camera) and Wake lock (to keep streaming reliably while the screen is off), and Notifications (to show the ongoing "streaming" notification).

Children

  • The app is a general-purpose utility and is not directed at children.

Changes

  • If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted at this same location with a new "Last updated" date.

Contact

This page is the canonical privacy policy URL for OpenWebcam on Google Play: https://openwebcam.site/privacy
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