Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy
Effective date: July 26, 2026 · Last updated: September 24, 2026
Your photos never leave your iPhone. Passport Photos has no accounts, no servers and no analytics. Face detection, background replacement and every adjustment run on the device, and finished photos are saved only where you choose. We collect nothing, so there is nothing to sell, share or delete.
CS42.org ("we", "us", "our") built Passport Photos as a free application. This policy explains what the app handles and where it goes. The short version: nowhere. Passport Photos has no accounts, no servers and no analytics, and it contains no code that transmits your photos or data.
1. What We Collect
Nothing. We operate no servers for the app and receive no data from it. We cannot see your photos, which country format you picked, or how often you use the app.
2. What the App Stores on Your Device
- The photo you are working on, captured with the camera or imported from your library, is held in memory while you adjust and export it.
- Finished photos and print sheets are written to your photo library only when you tap Save.
- Shareable files are prepared in the app's temporary folder when you open the export screen, so the Share button can hand them to another app. iOS clears that folder, and each new export replaces the last.
- Preferences: your chosen document format (including a custom size), pose guide and guide style, print-sheet paper size, and the sound and haptics switches.
None of it is transmitted. The app keeps no photo archive of its own; what you don't save is gone when the session ends.
3. Camera
The camera is used only while the camera screen is open, to show the live preview and take the picture you ask for. The pose guide is drawn on screen and is never part of the captured photo. If you decline camera access, you can still import an existing photo.
4. Photo Library
Saving uses iOS's add-only permission: the app can add your finished photo to the library but cannot read, browse or index what is already there. Importing uses the system photo picker, which gives the app only the one photo you choose.
5. On-Device Processing
Face measurement uses Apple's Vision face landmarks; finding the top of your head, the shoulders and the person for background replacement uses Apple's on-device person segmentation; light and colour adjustments use Core Image. All of it runs entirely on your iPhone or iPad. No image ever leaves the device for processing.
6. Sharing Is Always Your Choice
Nothing is shared automatically. When you tap Share, iOS hands the file to whichever app you pick, and from that point that app's privacy policy applies.
7. No Tracking, No Ads, No Third-Party SDKs
The app contains no advertising, no analytics, no crash-reporting services and no tracking identifiers. It does not use the Advertising Identifier and does not "track" you as defined by Apple's App Tracking Transparency framework.
8. Children
The app is rated 4+. Because we collect no data at all, we hold no personal information about anyone, including children.
9. Your Control and Your Rights
- Photos you saved live in your photo library, under your control like any other picture.
- Start Over discards the current session's working photo.
- Deleting the app removes its preferences; saved photos stay in your library until you delete them there.
There is no request to make of us under GDPR, CCPA or similar laws, because we hold nothing to disclose, correct or erase.
10. Data Retention
We retain nothing, for any period. The app keeps only the preferences above, on your device, until you delete it.
11. Security
Your photos are protected by your device's own security: your passcode, Face ID or Touch ID, and iOS app sandboxing. Keep your device updated and locked.
12. International Users
No data is transferred anywhere, so no international data transfer takes place.
13. Changes to This Policy
If this policy changes, the dates at the top change with it, and material changes will be described in the app's release notes.
14. Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, contact us at hello@cs42.org.
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