App Terms of Service

The ScanFakes app helps you check whether a dating profile is genuine. You choose a saved screenshot, and we analyze the visible photo, name, and bio, then return a Fake Score with the evidence behind it.

ScanFakes uses the same publicly available reverse image search that anyone can run manually. We simply make it faster and easier for people protecting themselves. We don't access private accounts, hacked data, or anything that isn't already public on the open web.

ScanFakes is designed to help individuals verify photos shared with them. It is not intended for surveillance, stalking, or any harmful use.

By using the app you agree not to use it to:

• stalk, harass, threaten, or intimidate anyone;
• monitor a partner, ex-partner, or any person without a legitimate safety reason;
• discriminate against anyone in housing, employment, credit, or similar decisions;
• scan photos of minors;
• scan photos of people who have not shared them with you, except to protect yourself or someone in your care from fraud.

We may suspend or close accounts that misuse the service, without refund.

To run a scan, the app opens your device's system image picker so you can choose the screenshot you want checked. The app does not request camera or microphone access. The image is deleted when your scan finishes, as described in our Privacy Policy.

Every scan is started by you, one at a time. ScanFakes does not offer background monitoring, automated scanning, or alerts about other people. The person you scan is never notified.

A Fake Score is an informed signal, not a fact. Reverse image search and AI analysis can miss things or flag innocent profiles, so results may contain errors. Use ScanFakes as one input alongside your own judgment, never as the sole basis for a decision about another person, and follow the advice in our safety guides whatever the score says.

You need an account to run scans, and you're responsible for keeping your login details safe. The mobile app includes a monthly allowance of scans at no charge and does not contain a purchase flow or link to an outside purchase flow. Some accounts may have additional scan access associated with them. If paid digital features are offered inside the mobile app in the future, they will use the applicable app store's billing system where required.

Uploaded photos are deleted after the scan finishes. We keep account details and saved scan results, but do not sell them or use them for advertising. How we handle this data is covered in our Privacy Policy.

If you downloaded the app from the Apple App Store or Google Play, your use is also subject to that store's terms. Apple and Google are not responsible for the app or its content and are not party to these terms; the standard Apple Licensed Application End User License Agreement applies to the extent required, and where it conflicts with these terms, these terms govern our relationship with you.

ScanFakes is provided "as is". To the fullest extent permitted by law, we are not liable for decisions you make based on scan results, for the actions of people you meet online, or for indirect or consequential losses arising from your use of the service. Our total liability is limited to the amount you paid us in the twelve months before the claim.

We may update these terms as the app evolves. If we make a material change, we'll note the new date at the top of this page and, for significant changes, email account holders. Continuing to use ScanFakes after a change means you accept the updated terms.

Questions about these terms? Email hello@scanfakes.com or use the contact page.