Surveyor’s Fieldbook Privacy Policy
Last updated: 12 November 2026
This policy covers the Surveyor’s Fieldbook app for Android. The app is developed by Surveyor.DEV Ltd (“we”, “us”).
Surveyor’s Fieldbook is a site notebook: your notes, photos and setup records are your work, and they stay with you. The app is free, it doesn’t show adverts, and it contains no analytics, tracking or crash-reporting code. You don’t need an account to use it.
The Short Version
Everything you record stays on your phone. The app makes no internet connections at all: we don’t collect, receive, sell or share any of your data. Your records leave your phone only when you choose to export or share them, and only to where you send them.
Information the App Keeps on Your Phone
- Your records: projects, shifts, notes, setups (heights, readings, instruments), traverses, levelling runs, survey control and their edit history are stored in the app’s private storage on your phone.
- Location (GPS): the app uses your phone’s location only when you ask for it (for example “Add location” on a note) and when you take a photo with the in-app camera. The position, with its accuracy, is saved with that note or photo and written into the photo’s own data (EXIF). It is never sent anywhere by the app, and the app doesn’t track your location in the background.
- Camera & photos: photos you take in the app, or pick from your gallery, are copied into the app’s private storage. The originals are kept untouched.
- Compass: your phone’s compass is used to record which way a photo faced. It is not stored separately or sent anywhere.
- Clients: if you add clients (names, contacts, phone numbers, email addresses), they are stored only on your phone, for you to pick on your projects.
- Preferences: your settings (such as language, formats and units) are saved locally on your phone.
When Information Leaves Your Phone
We do not use third-party analytics, crash reporting or any other online service. Information leaves your phone only when you choose to send it:
- Exports & backups: PDF reports, spreadsheets (Excel, CSV) and project backups (.snb files) are handed to your phone’s sharing menu. You choose where they go (for example email, Google Drive or your Files app), and that service handles them under its own policy. These files contain the records you exported, which may include photos, positions and client details.
- View on map: if you open a control point on a map, its latitude and longitude are handed to the map app you choose (for example Google Maps), under that app’s own policy.
- Links: links to our website open in your browser.
- Your phone’s own backup: if your phone backs up apps to your Google account (Android backup), the app’s data can be included, as for other apps. That backup is run by Google under the Google Privacy Policy and can be turned off in your phone’s settings.
Permissions
- Location (precise and approximate, only while the app is in use): positions for notes and photos.
- Camera: photos in the app.
The app doesn’t ask for your microphone, your contacts or access to your files.
Keeping and Deleting Your Information
Your records stay on your phone until you delete them. A note, setup or project you delete in the app is removed from its lists but kept in the notebook file as part of the record’s history, because a site record should show what was changed. Uninstalling the app, or clearing its data in your phone’s settings, deletes everything it holds, including the photos it stored. Make a backup first if you want to keep your records.
Children’s Privacy
Our app does not contain ads, accounts or social features and is safe for all ages. We do not collect personal information from anyone, including children under 13.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this policy occasionally to reflect new features. Any changes will be posted on this page with a revised date at the top.
Contact
If you have any questions or concerns about this policy, please email [email protected] or use the contact form on our website.