Most “free” business card scanner apps are not really card scanners. They are contact harvesting businesses that use card scanning as a pretext to gain access to your entire address book. They build a graph of every person you have ever met and sell it. SnapSlips is different. We are a software company. You pay us a small annual fee; we give you a tool that works. Your contacts stay yours. Full stop.
Last updated: March 2026 · Effective immediately
✗ WARNING — CamCard, CardScan, and similar "free" apps
These apps require full contacts access. They build a graph of your entire professional network — every person you have ever met — and monetize it through data sales, lead generation services, and email verification platforms. The card scanning is incidental; collecting your contacts for free is their real product.
✓ SnapSlips
We charge a small annual fee. Our revenue comes from you paying for software, not from selling your contacts. We never request contacts permission. Card images are parsed and immediately discarded. Your professional network belongs to you — not us.
Your existing contacts — we never request access to your address book.
Your card photos — images are sent to AI for parsing and immediately discarded. We do not store them.
Your location, browsing history, or device identifiers.
Any data we could sell to advertisers, lead brokers, or data enrichment services.
Your email address and name — only when you create an account, used solely to identify you and send receipts.
Subscription status — so we know which plan you are on.
Export count — a simple number tracking how many contacts you have exported this billing period.
Basic server logs — standard web server logs (IP address, request timestamps) retained for 30 days for security purposes only.
To provide the service — that is it.
We do not sell your data to anyone.
We do not share your data with third parties except Stripe (payment processing) and our AI provider (card parsing only — no contact data is involved).
We do not use your data for advertising.
We do not build profiles of your professional network.
Delete your account at any time — all your data is permanently removed.
Export your data — request a copy of everything we hold about you.
Correct your data — update your name or email in your account settings.
Opt out — cancel your subscription at any time, no questions asked.
Stripe
Payment processing. Stripe handles all card transactions. We never see or store your payment card details. Privacy policy →
OpenAI
AI-powered card parsing. Your card photo is sent to OpenAI's API to extract text. The image is not stored or used for training. No contact data from your phone is involved. Privacy policy →
Questions about your privacy?
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