Privacy Policy

The short version

InstaShare is an anonymous, device-to-device utility. You use it at your sole discretion. We do not ask you to create a profile, and we do not operate a file archive. The person on the other paired device is the only party who receives your file.

Files

File bytes travel directly between the paired Android device and browser over an encrypted WebRTC data channel. WebRTC is an open web technology. Encryption in transit is meant to keep the file unreadable to others on the path between those two devices.

Before a transfer starts, the receiving side sees ordinary file details such as name, type, and size so it can accept or decline. InstaShare does not receive those bytes, does not keep a copy, and cannot search, moderate, or recover a transfer after the fact.

Pairing and connection data

To connect two devices, the website shows a short-lived QR code and the devices exchange the minimum technical information needed to form a direct WebRTC path. That pairing data is temporary. It is discarded when the session ends, you leave, or it expires.

Networks, browsers, operating systems, and ordinary WebRTC connection helpers may see IP addresses and other standard connection metadata so the two devices can find a route. They do not receive file contents. Those parties have their own privacy practices.

Local data on your devices

The website may store a Light or Dark appearance choice in the browser. The Android app stores appearance and language choices on the device. When a browser receives a file, it keeps a local copy only for download during that page visit, then removes it when you leave or clear site data. Android writes an accepted file only to the destination you approve.

Diagnostics

InstaShare may record coarse, non-content diagnostics so the software can be kept working: for example crash reports, that the app was installed, and whether a pairing or transfer generally succeeded or failed. Those diagnostics are not used to identify you, and they do not include file names, file contents, the QR code, or the contents of a transfer.

InstaShare does not sell personal information and does not use transfer contents for advertising or profiling. Because there is no account, we have no named profile to sell, share, or delete on request beyond what already vanishes when a session ends or you clear local data.

What we cannot do

Sessions are anonymous. We cannot see who paired with whom, what was shared, or why a particular transfer failed. We cannot recover a file, take down content, or tell you whether a use is lawful where you are. The laws of the place where you use InstaShare apply to your use; see the Terms of Use.

Your choices

You may decline any file, close the page, uninstall the app, revoke camera permission, or clear browser site data. Protect a live QR code the same way you would protect an unlocked device.

Children

InstaShare is a general-purpose utility. It is not directed at children, and it is not intended for anyone who cannot lawfully use it where they are.

Changes

This policy may change if the product changes. The effective date above identifies the current version.

Contact

Do not contact us for legal help, privacy advice, content disputes, or a failed transfer. We cannot help with those, because we never receive the file and we cannot identify an anonymous session.

Contact us only if the Android app or the website itself is broken as software. Use the support email on the official Google Play listing for dev.instashare.app.