Privacy Policy
Last updated: 21 October 2026
This notice explains how DrawShadow handles information. It covers the published 1.x app and the forthcoming 2.x update. Features and data flows depend on the version and services enabled in your installed app. A feature described for 2.x is not a claim that the update is already available on Google Play.
1. Drawing, camera and files
Core drawing and tracing do not require an account. In 2.x, imported images, canvas drafts, drawing progress, local lessons and saved creations are processed and stored on your device. Live camera tracing and paper alignment process camera frames locally. The flashlight is used only to illuminate the drawing surface.
The optional 2.x recording feature records a tracing session only when you start it. Recordings and generated images, videos, PDFs and backups are saved locally or exported to a location you choose. The current recording implementation does not request microphone access. This corrects the older notice's blanket statement that camera frames are never recorded: user-started local recording is supported in 2.x. Camera access does not automatically upload your drawing or live camera feed to DrawShadow or advertisers.
When you choose Share, Export or a backup destination, the receiving app or storage provider handles the files under its own policy. Exported files and backups can contain personal artwork and preferences; keep them private and delete unwanted copies from the chosen destination. Removing the app does not necessarily remove exported copies or backups.
Optional AR placement in the 2.x app uses Google Play Services for AR (ARCore). Google can collect Google account identifiers when signed in, or device identifiers otherwise, together with AR API usage and performance/diagnostic information for analytics and improving AR experiences. This app disables Cloud Anchors and Geospatial; it does not use those APIs to upload camera video or precise location. See Google’s Privacy Policy (https://policies.google.com/privacy) and AR data guidance (https://support.google.com/ar?p=how-google-play-services-for-ar-handles-your-data). Camera trace and Screen trace remain separate from an AR session.
2. Network delivery and older versions
Internet access is used for artwork downloads, app configuration, advertising and services actually enabled in your version. Artwork delivery in 2.x uses Cloudflare. Our hosting providers and Cloudflare receive normal connection information, such as IP address, requested resource and request time, when serving these requests. Selected artwork packs can be cached on your device. Your personal imported images are not sent to the artwork CDN.
The published 1.x service can receive an install identifier, device model and manufacturer, OS and app version, locale, a country derived from locale rather than GPS, and basic activity such as drawings opened, tracing-session counters and last activity. These records can remain on the older service after an app update or uninstall. The older notice also covered diagnostic reports and optional Firebase Cloud Messaging tokens where those services are enabled.
The current 2.x ads-only configuration does not enable Firebase sign-in, cloud sync, remote analytics, remote crash reporting, AI image uploads or real billing. These services are not represented as working merely because integration code exists. Local progress, preferences, reminders, diagnostic status and ad frequency/reward state can still be stored on the device. No GPS location permission is used for these drawing features.
3. Advertising and privacy choices
DrawShadow is supported by advertising. The 2.x advertising configuration uses Google AdMob and Google's User Messaging Platform for applicable privacy choices. Advertising services can process IP address, device and app information, advertising identifiers where available and permitted, ad interactions and diagnostic information for delivery, measurement, security and fraud prevention. See Google's Privacy Policy (https://policies.google.com/privacy) and how Google uses information from apps that use its services (https://policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites).
Where a consent or privacy-choice message applies, follow the choices shown in the app. In supported 2.x builds, Settings includes advertising privacy controls and an age-group setting. You can revisit available privacy options and change applicable consent choices. Android's privacy and advertising settings provide additional controls. Choosing not to consent does not make ordinary drawing conditional on watching an ad; permitted limited advertising, or no ads, depends on the applicable rules and SDK result.
The 2.x design keeps advertising out of active drawing, camera tracing, AR and recording. A rewarded offer is optional and describes its benefit before you choose to watch. An ad-free browsing reward is not a purchase entitlement, premium subscription or AI credit.
Older releases or separately enabled integrations may use the networks described by the previous notice, including Unity Ads. The current verified 2.x configuration does not activate Unity mediation. Any future network or cloud feature needs a separate configuration and privacy review before it is enabled.
4. Children and age groups
An app-store age rating is a content rating, not permission to collect a child's data. The 2.x age-group control selects a more restricted experience for a child or unknown age. Production child advertising remains disabled unless its dedicated units and applicable SDK requirements have been reviewed. It must not use an adult ad configuration as a fallback. Parents or guardians can contact us about a child's information using the address below.
5. Sharing, retention and deletion
We do not send your private drawings or camera feed to AdMob to target advertisements. Information is processed by the service providers involved in the feature you use, including hosting/CDN and advertising providers; a selected share or storage destination receives only the files you choose to send. Information may also be disclosed where legally required or needed to protect the service against abuse.
Local creations and settings stay on your device until you remove them or the app's data. Some Android backup or device-transfer settings can retain copies. Downloaded content caches are separate from creative files. Advertising and hosting providers retain their records under their own policies and applicable requirements. We do not promise that uninstalling the app deletes older server records or third-party logs.
For local-only data, use the app's available deletion controls and manage any exported copies separately. For older server-side records or a data-rights request, contact adburnertechnology@gmail.com and provide the app version and install/device identifier if available, not a password or private artwork. We will use the information to locate relevant records and respond as applicable. See the data deletion page (https://drawshadow.adburnermediasolutions.com/data-deletion) for the contact route. A request is not a claim that every provider's independent record can be deleted by DrawShadow.
6. Rights, security and contact
Depending on where you live, you may have rights to request access, correction or deletion, object to certain processing, or withdraw applicable consent. Contact us to make a request. You can also manage available advertising choices in the app and Android settings.
Network services use HTTPS, but no device or internet service is completely secure. Keep your device and exported backups protected. We will revise this notice when enabled features or data practices materially change.
DrawShadow support and privacy contact: adburnertechnology@gmail.com. Website: drawshadow.adburnermediasolutions.com (https://drawshadow.adburnermediasolutions.com).