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Privacy Policy

Last updated: June 7, 2026 · Applies to PhotoPure AI Studio for macOS

1. Overview — Privacy by Design

PhotoPure AI Studio is built on a single principle: your photos and archives are yours alone. The application does not collect, store, transmit, or share any personal data, photos, metadata, or telemetry with any server, third party, or cloud service. Everything happens on your device and stays there.

2. Data Collection

We do not collect personal data. PhotoPure AI Studio does not collect:

  • Photos, image content, or thumbnails
  • File names, paths, folder structure, or workspace shape
  • Device identifiers or usage statistics
  • Crash reports transmitted off-device
  • Location, contacts, or any other personal information
  • OCR text content, face geometry data, or any AI inference output

3. The AI Engine — On-Device, Built by the Developer

PhotoPure AI Studio uses a custom AI analysis engine developed entirely by the application's developer — not a third-party AI service, not a cloud model, not an external API. The engine is built on Apple's on-device machine learning capabilities (Vision framework, CoreML, Neural Engine) and processes your photos entirely within your device's hardware. No image, pixel, hash value, feature print, or analysis result ever leaves your device.

Technical methods used (all on-device):

  • pHash + SHA-256 — exact duplicate detection via perceptual hashing and cryptographic hash
  • VNFeaturePrintObservation — Apple Vision framework visual similarity matching, running on your Neural Engine
  • 10-D face geometry — landmark-based facial structure analysis for Person Finder and Best Portrait
  • VNRecognizeTextRequest — Apple Vision OCR for Text Finder, all on-device
  • Aesthetic quality scoring — brightness, blur, noise analysis to identify the best copy
  • Spill Disk caching — feature prints serialized to your device's local NVMe SSD only; never transmitted

3A. Face Data Disclosure

PhotoPure AI Studio may analyze facial landmarks locally on the user's device for the Person Finder and Best Portrait features.

  • No face data is collected by the developer.
  • No face data is transmitted off-device.
  • No face data is shared with third parties.
  • No biometric identifiers, biometric templates, or facial recognition profiles are created.
  • No identity verification or authentication is performed.
  • Face analysis is used solely for local photo organization and portrait quality evaluation.
  • No face data is used for machine learning training, model improvement, or external AI services.

Facial landmark information exists only during local processing and, where applicable, may be stored in the application's local on-device cache to improve performance. Any cached face-related feature data remains inside the application's sandbox and never leaves the user's device.

Because PhotoPure AI Studio performs all face analysis locally and does not operate any servers, no face data is retained by the developer.

4. Sandbox & Folder Access

PhotoPure AI Studio is a sandboxed macOS application. It operates only on folders you explicitly select via the standard file picker, or that you drag into the workspace. The app's sandbox prevents access to any folder you have not granted permission to. Persisted workspace folders are stored as security-scoped bookmarks so that, on the next launch, macOS can re-confirm your permission grant without exposing the path to other apps.

No system-wide scanning is ever performed. No file outside the explicitly selected folders is accessed. Duplicates the user chooses to remove are moved to your system Trash (not permanently deleted), with the option of moving them to a `_Duplicates` subfolder instead.

5. Workspace Persistence

Studio remembers the workspace shape (the list of folders you have added) across launches by writing a small JSON file to its sandboxed Application Support directory at ~/Library/Containers/com.onuryasar.photopure.studio/Data/Library/Application Support/PhotoPure Studio/workspace.json. This file contains only folder paths and security-scoped bookmark data. It contains no photo content, no scan results, no analysis output. The file never leaves your device.

6. Studio Tools Caches

Each Studio Tool (Text Finder, Best Portrait, Person Finder, Variant Finder) maintains its own on-device cache namespace so that re-scanning a folder is fast. These caches are stored in Studio's sandboxed Application Support and contain only feature prints, hashes, and OCR text indices derived from your photos. You can clear any tool's cache from inside the tool itself, or clear the main engine's cache from the File menu. No cache contents are ever transmitted.

7. No data transmission occurs

PhotoPure AI Studio does not make any outbound network requests during analysis. The application does not connect to any server, API, or analytics endpoint while processing your photos. The only network activity is limited to loading the App Store page (when using the in-app App Store button) and in-app support e-mail links — both initiated exclusively by the user.

8. App Store & Apple Compliance

PhotoPure AI Studio is distributed exclusively through the Apple App Store and complies with Apple's App Store Review Guidelines and Apple's Privacy Nutrition Labels. The application's declared data practices reflect the actual behavior of the software. PhotoPure AI Studio is sandboxed, hardened-runtime enabled, and adheres to Apple's platform security requirements on macOS.

9. GDPR (European Union)

PhotoPure AI Studio does not process personal data as defined under Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR). Since no data leaves your device and no data is collected, stored, or processed by the developer, the GDPR lawful basis requirements are not applicable. Users in the EU can confirm: no data is transmitted to any controller or processor.

10. CCPA (California, United States)

PhotoPure AI Studio does not sell personal information. PhotoPure AI Studio does not collect personal information. Accordingly, California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) opt-out rights are not applicable, as there is nothing to opt out of. No personal information is sold, shared, or disclosed to any third party.

11. KVKK (Turkey)

PhotoPure AI Studio does not process any personal data during photo analysis under Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data (KVKK). As the data controller, the developer does not carry out any personal data collection, storage, or transfer. All analysis is performed exclusively on the user's device; no data is transmitted to developer servers or third-party systems.

12. Children's Privacy

PhotoPure AI Studio is not directed at children under 13. The application does not knowingly collect any information from children. The App Store age rating for PhotoPure AI Studio is 4+, meaning it contains no objectionable content — not that it is specifically designed for children.

13. Changes to This Policy

The developer may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be reflected at this URL. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page will be revised accordingly. Continued use of the application after a policy update constitutes acceptance of the revised policy.

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