Privacy Policy

Last updated: September 28, 2026

Headcam is built so that your face, your voice, and your motion never leave your hands. The short version: we don't collect anything.

What we collect

Nothing. Headcam has no servers, no accounts, no analytics, no telemetry, no crash reporting, no advertising IDs, and no third-party SDKs that phone home. The app does not send any data to us or to anyone else. The Android app can also download an optional tracking model, but only when you ask it to; see Tracking model downloads below.

How your data flows

Everything runs locally:

• The app uses your phone's front camera (the TrueDepth camera on iPhone) and microphone on-device to produce head tracking data, video, and audio.
• That data is sent over your own local network (WiFi) or, on iPhone, a direct USB cable to your own PC running OBS or a game.
• The QuickFeed OBS plugin and the USB Companion app receive that stream on your PC. They do not upload it anywhere.

If you choose to stream or record using OBS, where that output goes (a local file, Twitch, YouTube, etc.) is entirely up to you and governed by the privacy policy of whichever service you use.

Face data

Headcam uses your phone's front camera (on iPhone, the TrueDepth camera through Apple's ARKit) to follow the position and orientation of your head and to separate you from your background for the green screen and blur effects. Here is exactly what happens to that face data:

• Collection and use: face data is processed on your device, in real time, only while a session is running. It is used for head tracking and the camera effects, and for nothing else. Headcam never identifies you, never reads facial expressions, and never uses face data for anything beyond the features you can see.
• Sharing and disclosure: face data is never shared with us or with any third party. The only things derived from your face that leave the phone are six head-pose numbers (position and rotation) and, if you turn streaming on, your own video stream, and both go exclusively to the computer you point the app at.
• Retention, storage, and deletion: face data is never written to storage. It exists only in memory during the live session and is gone the moment the session ends. Nothing is retained, by us or by the app, so there is nothing to delete.

Permissions the app requests

The app asks for camera and microphone access because it needs them to do its job. It uses your local network to talk to your PC. These permissions are used only for the live session; nothing is recorded, uploaded, or retained by us.

Tracking model downloads

On Android, the Tracking tab has a Check for Model Updates button. Only when you tap it does the app fetch a small list of available tracking models from headcam.app, and only when you then choose Download does it fetch a model. The app never checks on its own. These requests carry nothing about you, your face, or your tracking. Like any visit to a website, they reach GitHub, which hosts headcam.app, along with the details every web request carries, such as your IP address; GitHub's privacy statement covers what it does with those. A downloaded model is checked against its published fingerprint before the app uses it, and Use Built-in Model deletes it.

Purchases

Headcam Pro is bought through Apple's App Store or Google Play. That store handles the payment and tells the app whether the account owns Pro; we never see your name, address, or payment details, and we keep no purchase records of our own. The unlock is stored on your device.

Children

Headcam is not directed at children. Because we don't collect any data, we have nothing to collect from anyone of any age.

Third parties

The iOS app is distributed through Apple's App Store and the Android app through Google Play; Apple's and Google's own privacy policies apply to your use of those stores. The site itself is hosted on GitHub Pages and serves its own fonts, so it makes no third-party requests. GitHub Pages also serves the Android app's optional tracking model downloads. We do not run analytics, tag managers, or trackers on this site.

Changes

If this ever changes (for example, if a future version of the app adds an optional cloud feature), we'll update this page and clearly call it out in the app. Anything optional will stay optional.

Contact

Questions? Reach out on Bluesky: @itsloopyo.