Hn Oral Cam Privacy Policy

Welcome to Hn Oral Cam, an Android application developed by HN Dental Innovations (“we,” “our,” or “us”). This Privacy Policy explains our practices regarding data handling, permissions, and media storage when you use our mobile and Android TV application.

HN Dental Innovations is committed to respecting the privacy of healthcare professionals, clinic personnel, and patients. Hn Oral Cam functions as a specialized intraoral camera monitoring, diagnostic, and reporting tool designed to connect locally to compatible Wi-Fi-enabled intraoral camera hardware.

By installing or using Hn Oral Cam, you acknowledge the terms of this Privacy Policy.

We believe that medical diagnostic tools should collect only what is strictly necessary for their core utility. Based directly on our application architecture:

• Personal User Identification: We do not collect names, email addresses, phone numbers, postal addresses, or user profile information. The app does not maintain user accounts or require login.
• Device Identifiers & Advertising IDs: We do not collect or track Android Advertising IDs, IMEI numbers, MAC addresses, or unique hardware identifiers.
• IP Addresses & Network Data: The application queries your local Wi-Fi router gateway IP (typically 192.168.1.1) purely to discover and open local communication with the intraoral camera wand. We do not log, harvest, or transmit your public IP address.
• Voluntary Clinical Report Data: When generating a PDF clinical examination report, the clinician may optionally enter a Patient Name, Patient ID / Chart Number, Examiner Name, and Clinical Findings. This text is processed exclusively in temporary device memory to render the PDF file onto local storage and is never stored in a database or sent to any remote server.
• Analytical & Usage Data: We do not gather telemetry, session analytics, usage metrics, or screen tracking data.

Because Hn Oral Cam is built for dental examination and visual diagnostics, the handling of visual media is central to its operation:

• Video Streaming: Live intraoral video frames are transmitted from your Wi-Fi camera probe directly to the mobile device over a local, peer-to-peer Wi-Fi connection (using local UDP and RTSP protocols). This video stream exists in volatile device memory and is never routed over the public internet.
• Still Captures: When the user taps the snapshot shutter or triggers the physical wand button, the current video frame is saved as a JPEG image (e.g., HN_PHOTO_*.jpg) directly into the device's local storage directory at Pictures/HNOralCam.
• Video Recordings: When recording is enabled, incoming frames are encoded into an MP4 video file (e.g., HN_REC_*.mp4) using Android's built-in hardware media encoders and stored locally in Pictures/HNOralCam.
• Clinical Annotations & Watermarks: Clinicians can annotate captures with drawings or apply tooth condition tags (such as Quadrant, Tooth Number, and Condition). These modifications are rendered directly onto the local image file (e.g., HN_ANNO_*.jpg).
• No Cloud Storage: Images and videos are never uploaded to a remote cloud, external server, or third-party storage provider. All media remains on the physical device.
• No Artificial Intelligence (AI) Processing: The application does not apply automated AI diagnostics, automated facial recognition, or cloud machine learning algorithms to your intraoral imagery.

Any data processed within Hn Oral Cam is used exclusively to facilitate local clinical functionality:

• To render real-time, low-latency intraoral video feeds on your phone, tablet, or Android TV.
• To capture high-resolution dental stills and record clinical procedure videos at the user's explicit command.
• To overlay anatomical reference marks and tooth location tags on clinical captures.
• To compile selected intraoral photos into standardized clinical examination PDF reports (A4 format).
• To save connection settings (such as local camera IP address and streaming port) within local SharedPreferences for seamless reconnection to your hardware.

We do not sell, rent, monetize, or transmit your personal or clinical data to any third party.

The only manner in which data leaves the application is through explicit, user-initiated actions using Android's native system share sheet (such as emailing a PDF report or sharing a captured image via messaging apps). When you initiate a share:

• The media is shared via Android's secure FileProvider with temporary, read-only permissions granted solely to the specific destination app you select.
• HN Dental Innovations has no control over or access to third-party applications you choose to share your files with. Clinicians should ensure that any external sharing complies with applicable patient confidentiality guidelines and professional regulations.

All media files created by Hn Oral Cam (including JPEG photographs, MP4 video recordings, annotated images, and generated PDF reports) are stored in the device's public media folder:

Pictures/HNOralCam/

Data Retention Policy

• Indefinite Local Storage: Files remain on your physical device until you manually choose to delete them.
• No Automatic Remote Purge: Because HN Dental Innovations does not operate an external server or database for this app, there is no remote database retention period or server-side expiration.
• Backup: If your Android device has system-level cloud backups enabled (e.g., Google Photos or Google Drive Backup), files stored in the device's Pictures folder may be backed up in accordance with your personal device settings.

To interface with camera hardware and manage clinical media, Hn Oral Cam declares specific Android permissions. Each permission corresponds to a verified functional requirement:

We maintain a clean and transparent codebase. Hn Oral Cam incorporates only the following libraries:

• AndroidX Support & Material Components: Standard Google open-source framework libraries for UI rendering, backward compatibility, and accessibility.
• ijkplayer (tv.danmaku.ijk.media): An open-source media playback engine based on FFmpeg, utilized exclusively for high-performance hardware/software decoding of RTSP and MJPEG video streams from the intraoral camera wand.

Excluded Services: Hn Oral Cam contains NO advertising SDKs (such as Google AdMob), NO analytics SDKs (such as Firebase Analytics or Google Analytics), NO crash telemetry loggers (such as Crashlytics), and NO social media trackers (such as Facebook SDK).

We employ privacy-by-design principles to ensure your clinical data remains secure:

• Local Isolation: By avoiding cloud databases and remote servers, the primary attack vectors associated with data breaches are eliminated. Your data stays within the physical security perimeter of your Android device and local clinic environment.
• Android Sandboxing: All application processes run within the standard Android security sandbox.
• Secure Sharing Architecture: Media exports utilize Android's secure androidx.core.content.FileProvider, enforcing transient, content-URI-based access that expires once the receiving application finishes processing.

Depending on your jurisdiction, you may have rights under regional data protection laws regarding personal data. Because Hn Oral Cam operates entirely on your local device and does not collect or transmit personal records:

• Access & Portability: You have immediate and unrestricted access to all photos, videos, and PDF reports directly through the built-in gallery or any file browser on your device.
• Rectification: You can edit clinical annotations, regenerate PDF reports, or modify patient details at any time before sharing.
• Withdrawal of Permissions: You can revoke permissions (such as Camera, Microphone, or Storage) at any time through your Android system settings.

Because we do not store your data on external servers or maintain user accounts, you do not need to submit a remote deletion request. You have complete autonomous control to delete your data at any time:

• In-App Deletion: Open the built-in Gallery, tap any photo or video to open the Media Detail screen, and tap the Delete icon to permanently remove the file.
• Device File Manager: Use Android's Files or Gallery app to navigate to Pictures/HNOralCam and delete individual files or the entire folder.
• App Data Removal: Clearing the application's storage in Android Settings or uninstalling the application will remove local connection preferences.

If you have any questions about data deletion or need technical assistance, you may contact us at contact@hndentalinnovations.com.

Hn Oral Cam is a professional utility intended for dental practitioners, healthcare workers, and general adult users operating compatible intraoral hardware. It is not marketed toward or designed for use by children under the age of 13.

We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If an intraoral scan of a pediatric patient is recorded by a licensed healthcare provider, that media remains under the exclusive custody and control of the treating professional on their local device.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect operational modifications, technical advancements, or regulatory requirements. Any updates will be posted to this page with an updated “Last Updated” date.

We recommend reviewing this policy periodically to stay informed about our data handling practices.

If you have questions, comments, or concerns regarding this Privacy Policy or the data practices of Hn Oral Cam, please reach out to us: