Privacy Policy

Effective October 31, 2026 · Applies to the LensRadar app and md5to.com/lensradar

LensRadar is made by MD5TO, a business name of A&M Olivieri LLC ("we", "us"). This policy explains what the app does with your information. The short version: we keep only the email you sign up with, we never keep a history of where you go, and we never sell your data.

Your account

To use LensRadar you create a free account with Sign in with Apple, Google or your email (we email you a one-time code; there is no password). We store your email address, the name Apple or Google shares (if any), how you signed up, when you joined, and whether you asked to receive camera news by email. Apple may give us a private relay address instead of your real email. Your sign-in is kept in your iPhone's Keychain.

Camera news emails are sent only if you check that box, and every email has an unsubscribe link. You can delete your account at any time in the app (Alerts › Delete account); this removes your email and sign-in data from our server.

Location

With your permission, LensRadar uses your device's location while the app is open to show cameras near you and to give drive alerts. Your location is processed on your phone. To load cameras, the app sends a rounded map position (about 100 m precision) to the public OpenStreetMap Overpass service. We do not receive, store or share a history of where you go. You can turn location off at any time in iOS Settings.

Alerts with the app closed. If you allow location "Always", LensRadar gives iOS a short list of nearby camera spots (geofences). iOS tells the app when your phone gets close to one, and the app shows a notification on your phone. This happens on your device; your position is not sent to us.

Driver reports

When you report police, a crash or a hazard, LensRadar sends that report type and your current position to our server (md5to.com) with your account, so other drivers can see it and so we can limit abuse. Reports have no text or photos. They are shown to other drivers without your name or email, disappear from the map within about 1 to 2 hours, and are deleted from our server after 24 hours. Votes ("still there" / "not there") are kept only as long as the report.

CarPlay and Live Activities. LensRadar for CarPlay and the Drive Live Activity on your Lock Screen run on your iPhone and use the same camera data and reports as the app. They do not send us your route or a history of where you drive.

Routes

When you ask for routes without cameras, your start point and destination are sent to the public Valhalla routing service run by FOSSGIS e.V. on OpenStreetMap data, and the route area is sent to Overpass to find cameras. We do not store your trips. "Start in Google Maps" opens Google Maps, whose own privacy policy applies.

Search

When you search for a place, the text is sent to Apple's geocoding service to find it on the map. We do not store your searches.

Advertising

The free version shows ads from Google AdMob. We request non-personalized ads. AdMob may collect device information such as your IP address and advertising identifier to show and measure ads, as described in Google's advertising policy. Upgrading to Pro removes ads.

Purchases

Subscriptions are processed by Apple. We never see or store your payment card.

Affiliate links

The Gear section links to Amazon. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. Amazon's own privacy policy applies on its site.

Website

md5to.com may use Google AdSense, which uses cookies to serve ads. You can manage ad personalization at adssettings.google.com.

Children

LensRadar is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect information from them.

Map data

Camera locations come from OpenStreetMap and are © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License. They may be incomplete or out of date.

Changes and contact

If this policy changes, we will update this page and the effective date. Questions: contact@md5to.com.