Terms & Conditions
Terms & Conditions
Effective date: July 26, 2026 · Last updated: September 24, 2026
Passport Photos helps you frame and size a photo to published requirements. It is guidance, not a guarantee: authorities change their rules and apply them with varying strictness, so check the current requirements before you submit. The app is not affiliated with any government, and whether to edit a photo meant for an official document is your decision.
1. Acceptance of Terms
By downloading, installing or using the Passport Photos application ("the App"), published by CS42.org ("we", "us", "our"), you agree to these Terms and Conditions. If you do not agree, please do not use the App.
2. Description of Service
Passport Photos is a free application that helps you take and prepare passport, visa and ID photos. It shows a pose guide over the camera, measures the face in the photo on your device, crops the photo to the published size and head-size rules of the document format you choose, lets you change the background colour and adjust light and colour, and exports exact-size photos, print sheets and files for online applications.
3. Licence
We grant you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to use the App on Apple devices you own or control, in line with the Apple Media Services Terms and Conditions. We retain all rights not expressly granted.
4. Your Content
Photos you capture, import or export with the App are yours. We claim no ownership of them and, because they are not transmitted to us, we have no access to them. You are responsible for what you photograph and for anything you choose to share.
5. Guidance, Not a Guarantee
The App's document formats, head-size rules, background colours and compliance checks reflect requirements published by the issuing authorities when they were last checked (September 2026). They are guidance, not legal advice, and not a guarantee of acceptance. Authorities change their rules and apply them with varying strictness. Always verify the current requirements of the issuing authority before submitting a photo. We are not responsible for rejected applications, fees or delays.
6. Edited Photos
Many authorities reject digitally altered photos, including replaced backgrounds, filters and retouching. The App marks the formats where the authority says so and warns you when you use the background or adjustment tools on them. Whether to edit a photo meant for an official document is your decision and your responsibility.
7. Not Affiliated with Any Government
The App is not endorsed by, affiliated with, or connected to any government, passport office or issuing authority. Country names identify photo formats only.
8. Example Images
The reference people in the pose guide are illustrative sample images provided to demonstrate posing. They do not depict real applicants.
9. Acceptable Use
- You shall not use the App to create fraudulent identity documents or to misrepresent anyone's identity.
- You shall not photograph another person without their permission.
- You shall not reverse-engineer, decompile or disassemble the App, except where that restriction is prohibited by law.
- You shall not use the App for any unlawful purpose.
10. Your Device and Storage
Finished photos are saved to your photo library only when you tap Save; the App keeps no archive of its own. You are responsible for managing your device storage and backing up photos you care about.
11. Third-Party Services
Saving to Photos, printing and sharing to other apps are handled by Apple and by whichever service you use. Those services have their own terms and privacy policies.
12. Availability and Changes
We may add, change or remove features or formats at any time, and we may stop supporting the App.
13. Disclaimers
The App is provided "as is", without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including fitness for a particular purpose and uninterrupted or error-free operation.
14. Limitation of Liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, CS42.org is not liable for indirect or consequential loss, including rejected applications, travel costs, missed deadlines or loss of photos, arising from your use of the App. Nothing here limits liability that cannot lawfully be limited.
15. Termination
You may stop using the App at any time by deleting it. This licence ends automatically if you breach these terms.
16. Governing Law
These terms are governed by the laws applicable at the developer's place of establishment, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.
17. Changes to Terms
We may update these terms. The dates at the top change when we do, and continued use after an update means you accept the revised terms.
18. Contact
If you have any questions about these terms, contact us at hello@cs42.org.
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