The short version: your baby’s video and audio travel directly between your own devices over your local network. They are never sent to, or stored on, any server. The app has no accounts and collects no personal data itself.
Who we are
Private Baby Monitor & Camera (“the app”) is developed and published by DedalDev Doo (“we”, “us”). You can reach us any time at info@dedaldev.com.
How the app works, and why that matters for privacy
The app turns two of your devices into a baby monitor. One device acts as the camera, the other as the parent unit. They connect to each other peer to peer over your local WiFi network, using an encrypted WebRTC connection established directly between the two devices.
This design means:
- The video and audio stream never leaves your home network. It goes from one of your devices to the other, and nowhere else.
- We operate no video servers and no cloud storage. We could not view, store, or hand over your footage even if asked, because it never reaches us.
- The monitor works without an internet connection. A working WiFi router is enough.
- Nothing is recorded unless you tap to capture a photo or video, and those are saved only to your own device (see below).
What data we collect
Data the app itself collects: none
- No account or registration. The app has no sign-up, no login, and no user profiles.
- No personal data. The app does not ask for or collect your name, email address, phone number, location, or contacts.
- No advertising or tracking. The app contains no ad networks and does not track you across other apps or websites.
Anonymous crash and usage data (via the platform stores)
Like most mobile apps, the app may receive anonymous crash reports and aggregated usage statistics through the standard mechanisms of the platform it runs on: Apple’s App Store analytics and crash reporting on iPhone and iPad, and Google Play’s equivalent on Android. This data is anonymized by the platform, is only shared with us if you have opted in to sharing analytics with app developers in your device settings, and never includes any video, audio, or personal information. We use it solely to find and fix bugs.
Photos and videos you capture
If you use the capture feature, the resulting photos and video clips are saved directly to the photo library of your own device. They are not uploaded anywhere by the app. You control them like any other item in your photo library, including deleting them at any time.
Device permissions and why we ask for them
The app requests only the permissions it needs to function as a baby monitor:
| Permission | Why the app needs it |
|---|---|
| Camera | Used on the device acting as the camera unit, to show you the live video of your baby. |
| Microphone | Used on the camera device to stream sound from the nursery and to detect crying and other noises. |
| Local network | Required so your two devices can discover each other and connect directly over your WiFi. On iPhone and iPad this appears as the Local Network prompt; Android uses the local network without a separate prompt. This is what makes the peer-to-peer connection possible. |
| Notifications | Used to alert you on the parent device when the app detects crying, sound, or motion. |
| Photo library | Used only to save the photos and videos you choose to capture to your own device. |
You can grant or revoke any of these at any time in your device settings. The app will keep working with reduced functionality where possible.
Data sharing and third parties
We do not sell, rent, or share any user data with third parties, because the app does not collect any to share. The only data flow to a third party is the anonymous crash and analytics reporting handled by the platform stores, described above and governed by Apple’s privacy policy and Google’s privacy policy respectively.
Data retention and deletion
Since we store no user data on any server, there is nothing for us to retain or delete. Everything the app produces lives on your devices: the live stream exists only for the moment it is displayed, and captured photos or videos stay in your photo library until you delete them. Deleting the app removes all of its local data.
Children’s privacy
The app is designed for use by parents and caregivers, not by children. It points a camera at a child, which is exactly why we built it so the footage never leaves your home. We do not knowingly collect any data from or about children; by design, we do not collect data about anyone.
Security
The peer-to-peer connection between your devices is established with WebRTC, which encrypts media streams in transit by default. Because the stream stays on your local network, the security of your home WiFi (a WPA2/WPA3 password) is your first line of defense, as it is for every device in your home.
Changes to this policy
If we ever change how the app handles data, we will update this policy and change the effective date at the top before the change ships. Given the app’s architecture, we intend for the core promise, that video never leaves your home network, to remain unchanged.
Contact
Questions about privacy, or anything else? Email us at info@dedaldev.com. A human at DedalDev reads every message.