Privacy Policy
Last updated · 24 October 2026Short version: iLidar is built to be private by default. We do not collect your scans, your photos, your location, or any personal data. Nothing you capture leaves your iPhone or iPad unless you choose to export or share it. There is no account, no server, and no tracking.
This page is linked from inside the app
(Settings → About → Privacy Policy) and reflects the commitments
declared in iLidar's PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy manifest filed with Apple.
Who we are
iLidar ("the app", "we") is developed by Marcio Rodrigues. Questions about this policy or your privacy can be sent to support@ilidar.app.
Data we collect
None. iLidar does not collect, transmit, or store any personal
data on any server. The app's privacy manifest
(NSPrivacyCollectedDataTypes) lists no data types — meaning there is
nothing being gathered from you to be sold, shared, or analysed.
In particular, iLidar does not collect any of the following:
- Contact information (name, email, phone number, address)
- User content (scans, photos, videos, meshes, point clouds, floor plans)
- Identifiers (device ID, advertising ID, account ID)
- Usage data, diagnostics, or crash reports
- Browsing history, search history, or purchase history
- Contacts, messages, or other sensitive information
Tracking
iLidar does not track you.
NSPrivacyTracking is set to false in the app's
privacy manifest, and NSPrivacyTrackingDomains is empty. The app
contains no third-party analytics SDKs, no advertising SDKs, and no attribution
frameworks. We do not present an App Tracking Transparency prompt because there
is nothing to track.
What stays on your device
Everything. When you scan a room, the resulting 3D mesh, point cloud, floor plan, photos, and any optional annotations are written to your device's local storage (via Apple's SwiftData persistence framework) and never uploaded anywhere by us. The app has no cloud account system and no background network activity related to your content.
Permissions iLidar requests
iOS will ask you to grant the following permissions the first time the app needs them. You can change your answers anytime in Settings → Privacy & Security.
Camera & LiDAR sensor
Required. The app uses ARKit to read the camera feed and LiDAR depth data so it can reconstruct surfaces in real time. Frames are processed entirely on-device and are never uploaded, saved as video, or sent to a third party.
Location (optional)
Optional and off by default. iLidar only asks for location if you turn on Settings → Location → Geo-tag scans in the app. It then records your approximate coordinates and compass heading alongside each 3D scan so you can tell captures apart across sites and export georeferenced LAS files. The data is stored with the scan in your local library and is never transmitted off-device by iLidar. Location is only used while the scanner is open, and you can turn geo-tagging off at any time.
Photo Library (add only)
Optional. When you choose Save Image (or a similar option) in the iOS share sheet for an exported file, iLidar saves it to your Photo Library. iLidar only has add access — it cannot read, enumerate, or delete any of your existing photos.
Required-reason APIs
In compliance with Apple's privacy rules, iLidar declares its use of the
following required-reason APIs in PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy:
- User Defaults (reason
CA92.1) — to remember app settings you've chosen (e.g. scan confidence, range, smoothing and geo-tagging). - File Timestamp (reason
C617.1) — to read the size of scan files in the app's own storage, so Settings can show how much space they use. - Disk Space (reason
85F4.1) — to show how much storage your scans use and how much is free, in the app's Settings. - Disk Space (reason
E174.1) — to check there is enough free space before saving a scan, so a save never fails half-way.
These APIs operate only on your own device and do not transmit anything.
When you choose to share or export
iLidar lets you export scans as USDZ, PLY, LAS, DXF, PDF, PNG, SVG, CSV, or JSON, and share them via the iOS share sheet. When you do this, you are in full control of where the file goes — AirDrop, iMessage, Mail, Files, a cloud drive, or a third-party app of your choice. Once a file leaves iLidar via the share sheet, it is governed by the privacy policy of whichever app or service you sent it to.
Children's privacy
iLidar is a general-audience app and is not directed at children under 13. Since we collect no personal data from any user, we likewise collect none from children.
Your rights (GDPR, CCPA, UK GDPR)
Because iLidar does not collect personal data, there is nothing stored on our side that we could access, correct, or delete on your behalf. All of your scan data lives in your device's local iLidar storage and in your own iCloud backup (if you have iCloud Device Backup enabled in iOS Settings). You can delete any of it at any time by deleting the relevant item inside the app, or by deleting the app itself.
If you have questions about your rights, you can still contact us at support@ilidar.app and we will respond within 30 days.
Changes to this policy
If we ever change what iLidar collects or how it uses data, we will update this
page and update the Last updated date at the top. Material changes
will also be reflected in an updated PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy file
in the next App Store release.