Terms of Use

Draft for legal review · Version 2026-10-07.1

These terms are an agreement between you and Ado Prudent Ltd ("we", "us"), which provides NookScan through its SEP Africa programme. NookScan is published on Google Play under the developer name NookScan. By ticking "I agree" and using NookScan, you accept these terms. If you don't agree, don't use the app.

1. What NookScan does

NookScan helps you look for possible hidden cameras and transmitting devices using your phone's own Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, camera and magnetometer, and guides you through a physical search.

2. What NookScan cannot do

• NookScan's Wi-Fi, hotspot and Bluetooth scans cannot detect devices that don't transmit, such as cameras that record offline to an SD card, or offline recorders.
• The camera sweep can help you find some of these cameras, by the way a lens reflects the flash or by the infrared light of night-vision cameras. It can miss them (for example a lens that is covered, behind dark glass, very small, out of view or too far away) and it can mistake shiny objects such as screws or jewellery for a lens. "Possible camera" and "Inspect area" mean a spot worth looking at closely, not a confirmed camera.
• A physical search is always needed.
• NookScan does not guarantee that it will find every device, and it never tells you that a room has no devices in it. A result of "no signal found" means only that your phone did not pick up a signal.
• Results show possible devices, rated Low, Medium or High. A flagged device may be legitimate, such as a smart TV, a doorbell or someone's phone, and a flag is not proof of wrongdoing.
• Accuracy depends on your phone, its Android version and the room. Some features, such as infrared spotting, may not work on every phone.
• Airport bag records are your own notes and photos. They help you recognise your bags; they are not an airline record and don't replace reporting a missing or switched bag to the airline.
• NookScan is not a professional counter-surveillance sweep and is not a substitute for the police or a licensed professional.

3. Using NookScan lawfully

You agree to:

• use NookScan only in places you are lawfully staying in, renting, own or manage;
• scan only the Wi-Fi network your phone is connected to and that you are permitted to use;
• not use NookScan to find, follow or monitor a person, or to locate someone else's property without their consent;
• not tamper with, damage, open or remove any device that isn't yours, even if NookScan flags it; and
• follow the laws where you are. Laws on recording, privacy and scanning networks vary by country.

NookScan never logs in to devices or opens their video, and you agree not to try to use it to do so.

4. If you find something

If you find a device, don't touch it. Photograph it where it is, contact the host, landlord or booking platform, and report it to local police. In an emergency, contact local emergency services first. Decisions you make based on NookScan's results are your own.

5. We are not part of any dispute about a hidden device

NookScan is a search aid. We make the app; we have nothing to do with any room you check or any device in it. In particular:

• We don't place, own, sell, install, operate or control any camera, recorder or other device found or not found in a hotel, rental home, short-term rental (for example one booked through Airbnb, Booking.com or a similar platform), workplace, vehicle or anywhere else. Responsibility for a device lies with whoever placed or controls it, and with the owner or operator of the property.
• We are not a party to any dispute, complaint, claim or legal proceeding between you and a host, hotel, landlord, property manager, booking platform, the person who placed a device, or anyone else. We don't act for you, represent you or take sides.
• NookScan's results are not evidence, a forensic examination or an expert finding. They show what your phone detected at one moment. Whether a device exists, what it recorded and who is responsible are matters for the police, the courts and qualified professionals.
• We hold no record of your scans. Scan results stay on your phone, so we have no data to provide about any room, device or scan. We are not able to act as a witness about your scan, and you agree not to name us as a witness or party on the basis of your use of the app.
• You agree not to bring a claim against us arising from the presence, absence, discovery, removal or recordings of a device placed by someone else, or from a dispute with a host, property or platform, to the fullest extent the law allows.

6. Your responsibility to us

You agree to indemnify us, meaning to cover our reasonable losses and legal costs, if a claim is brought against us by someone else because you broke section 3, tampered with or damaged a device or property, made an accusation against someone based on NookScan's results, or otherwise misused the app. This doesn't apply where the claim results from our own breach of these terms or our negligence.

7. Free plan and NookScan Pro

• The free plan includes one sweep a day (Bluetooth devices nearby, then a guided camera sweep), the Bluetooth tool and the camera sweep on their own once a day each, and the guides described in the app. The Wi-Fi network scan, the nearby hotspot scan, the magnetic field check, unlimited sweeps, the tracking bar, PDF export, extra rooms and the Airport bag records are part of Pro. Safety guidance and disclaimers are always free.
• NookScan Pro is sold through Google Play as a monthly or yearly subscription, or a 7-day pass. Prices are shown in Google Play before you pay and may vary by country.
• Subscriptions renew automatically until you cancel. You can cancel at any time in Google Play → Payments & subscriptions; Pro stays active until the end of the period you paid for. The 7-day pass does not renew.
• Refunds are explained in our Refund Policy (in the app under Settings → Legal, and at nookscan.netlify.app/refunds/), which forms part of these terms. In short: within 48 hours of a purchase you can ask Google Play directly; after that, write to us. Any rights you have under consumer law are not affected.
• We may change what the free plan and Pro include. If a change reduces what you've already paid for, we will tell you in the app first.

8. Privacy

NookScan has no accounts. Scan results, room notes and photos stay on your phone, and we don't collect them. Payments are handled by Google Play; we never see your payment details. The Privacy Policy explains this in full and forms part of these terms.

9. Your licence to use the app

We give you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable licence to use NookScan on devices you own or control, for your own lawful use. You may not resell the app, remove its notices or use it to build a competing product. NookScan, its name and its logo belong to us.

10. No warranty

NookScan is provided "as is" and "as available". To the fullest extent the law allows, we make no promises that it will be error-free, uninterrupted or able to detect any particular device.

11. Limits on our liability

To the fullest extent the law allows, we are not liable for any loss or harm arising from a device NookScan did not detect, a device it flagged that turned out to be legitimate, any device placed or operated by someone else, any recording made by such a device, or actions you take based on NookScan's results. Our total liability to you is limited to the amount you paid us for NookScan in the 12 months before the claim. Nothing in these terms limits liability that cannot be limited by law, or your rights as a consumer.

12. Ending use

You can stop using NookScan at any time by uninstalling it; remember to cancel any subscription in Google Play. We may suspend or end your licence if you break these terms, in particular section 3.

13. Changes to these terms, and transfer

We may update these terms. If a change is significant, the app will ask you to review and accept the new version before you continue.

We may transfer NookScan, and our rights and obligations under these terms, to a company in our group or to a successor, for example a new holding company, or move NookScan to a different Google Play developer account. If we do, we will tell you in the app, and the transfer will not reduce your rights under these terms. Your Pro purchase moves with the app.

14. Governing law and arbitration

These terms are governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Any dispute arising out of or in connection with these terms or NookScan, including any question about their existence, validity or termination, will be referred to and finally resolved by arbitration seated in Lagos, Nigeria, under the Arbitration and Mediation Act 2023, before a sole arbitrator, in English.

This does not stop either side from asking a court for urgent interim relief, and it does not remove any right you have under the consumer laws of the country you live in to bring a claim in your local courts.

15. Contact

Ado Prudent Ltd, 40 Yakubu Gowon Way, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria. Email: info@sepafrica.com