Privacy Policy
App: Belgem • Effective date: October 14, 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how the Belgem mobile application ("Belgem", "the app", "we", "us") handles information. Belgem is a document tool that lets you crop, sign, edit text in, archive and share PDF files and document photos. We designed the app so that your documents stay on your own device.

In short: No account and no login are required. Your documents, signatures and settings are stored only on your phone. We do not upload your documents to our servers. The app shows ads from third-party advertising partners, and it asks for permission to send notifications.
1. No account, no login
You can use Belgem without creating an account, signing in, or giving us your name, email address or phone number. We do not run user accounts and we do not keep a database of our users.

2. Data stored on your device
The following is saved locally on your phone, inside the app's storage:

Documents and images you open, crop, sign or edit, and the archive of saved documents;
Signatures you draw in the app;
App preferences, such as language and day/night mode.
This information is not sent to us and we cannot see it. You can delete individual documents in the app's Archive at any time. Uninstalling the app or clearing its data removes everything it has stored. Documents are kept in the app's local storage and are not separately encrypted by the app, so we recommend protecting your phone with a screen lock.

3. How your documents are processed
Features such as cropping, signing, text recognition (OCR), text editing, and PDF creation run on your device. Your files are not uploaded to our servers for processing.

When you first use some features (for example text scanning or PDF reading), the app downloads open-source software libraries and language data from public content delivery networks (CDNs). Requesting these files means the CDN provider may receive technical information such as your IP address and device/browser type, as with any internet request. Your documents are not included in these requests.

4. Advertising
Belgem contains advertisements provided by third-party advertising partners. To show, measure and improve ads, these partners may collect and use certain information through their software, for example:

Advertising identifier (such as the Android Advertising ID);
IP address and approximate location derived from it;
Device and app information (device model, operating system version, language, app version);
Information about ad impressions and interactions.
Ad partners handle this information under their own privacy policies. We do not give advertisers access to your documents, signatures or archive.

Your choices: You can reset your advertising ID or opt out of ad personalization in your phone's settings (usually under Settings → Privacy or Google → Ads). Opting out does not remove ads, but they will be less personalized.

5. Notifications
The app asks for your permission to send notifications. Notifications are used only to display messages from the app on your device. Granting this permission is optional, and you can turn notifications off at any time in your phone's system settings. The app works without this permission.

6. Permissions
Files / photos: The app accesses a document or image only when you choose it through your phone's file or photo picker.
Notifications: See section 5.
Internet: Used to download the libraries described in section 3 and to load ads.
7. Sharing your documents
Your documents leave your device only when you choose to share them, for example by tapping Share and picking another app. What happens to a file after you share it is governed by the app you shared it with.

8. Children's privacy
Belgem is not directed to children under 13 (or under the minimum age required in your country). We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided information through ads or any other feature, please contact us at the email below.

9. Your rights
Because your documents and settings are stored only on your device, you control them directly and can delete them at any time. Depending on where you live (for example under the GDPR, UK GDPR, CCPA/CPRA or Turkey's KVKK), you may have rights to access, correct, delete or object to the processing of personal data. We do not hold your personal data ourselves; for data processed by advertising partners, you can use the controls in section 4 or contact those partners directly. You may also contact us with any privacy question.

10. Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The latest version will always be available at this page, and the effective date at the top will be updated. Continued use of the app after a change means you accept the updated policy.

11. Contact us
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or about how Belgem handles information, contact us at:
sonsuznetbilgi@gmail.com