An answer sheet carries a child’s name, roll number and marks. Before a school adopts any scanning app, someone should ask where that data goes. This page gives a short list of questions to ask any vendor, and explains how ScanScore answers them. It is practical guidance, not legal advice — check your own school’s data-protection obligations.
Six questions to ask any OMR app
- Are sheet photos uploaded to a server to be read? If so, student data leaves the building every scan.
- Does it work offline? A good test: switch to airplane mode and scan.
- Is an account required? Accounts tie data to identities.
- What is backed up, and is it optional?
- Who can see the data? Teachers, admins, parents?
- Can data be exported and removed?
How ScanScore answers
- Scanning is on the phone. Sheet photos, answers and marks are not uploaded when you mark.
- No account is needed to create exams and scan.
- Backup is optional and off until you turn it on.
- Sharing is deliberate. With backup on, data is visible to you, your school’s admin if you belong to one, and families you gave a student code.
- Results export as PDF and CSV — see exporting results.
More on the architecture in offline OMR scanning and how automated MCQ grading works.
The AI parts
Some features run on servers: the question paper writer, reading a key from a photo and importing a class list from a photo. They only run when you use them. Avoid putting children’s personal details in photos you send for AI reading unless your policy allows it.
For schools
- Keep one device per exam cell, or use an organisation so access is by seat — see class and organisation management.
- Share a result only with that student’s family — sending results.
- Try the app first: ScanScore on Google Play.