PhotoKeep — Privacy Policy

October 31, 2026

Publisher and scope

SMARTNESS HOME, SAS; 5 rue Agrippa d’Aubigné, 91090 Lisses, France; RCS Evry 829 550 185. Contact: contact@smartnesshome.com. This policy describes PhotoKeep in its current local-first version.

Information you use in the app

Photos you import into the vault, albums, tags, favorites and export history.

Storage and protection

Vault originals and metadata are AES-256-GCM encrypted before persistence, with an encrypted SQLite index and OS-authenticated protected key lifecycle. Native temporary exports are explicit; ciphertext backup requires a user password. Keys and private plaintext are excluded from the app archive. The vault is excluded from ordinary device backup. External originals are never removed on intake.

Permissions and device features

Camera and selected-image access are requested for imports. Device authentication protects access to the vault. Explicit exports leave its protection.

Network and sharing

The local core does not require an account or an app backend. Your content is not sent to a SmartnessHome server. Sharing and export send selected content to the destination you choose, under that destination’s terms and privacy practices.

Advertising and privacy choices

Google AdMob and its consent tools support sponsored public guides. Requests are non-personalized and publisher personalization is disabled. Google may process device/network information, advertising identifiers, ad interactions and diagnostics. Your private app records are not provided for ad targeting. Consent tools display choices when required for your circumstances; Advertising privacy choices lets you revisit available choices. The core app remains usable without accepting advertising tracking. Test versions use Google demonstration ads.

Notifications

Local reminders are scheduled on your phone and depend on permission, device settings and operating-system delivery. They do not need Firebase or a push server. Remote alerts, where explicitly connected, require a remote service and have no delivery guarantee.

Retention and deletion

Content stays on your device until you delete it or reset app content. Confirmed reset removes app records, app-owned files, app reminders and supported native snapshots. Installation age, rating-request history, ad frequency limits and an earned cosmetic unlock remain local. Advertising choices are managed separately through Google’s privacy tools. External originals, exports and backups are not deleted by reset. Losing a device, key or backup password can make content unrecoverable. Vault wipe requires authentication. Photos and originals in other apps remain under your control.

Your rights

Depending on applicable law, you may request access, correction, deletion, portability, restriction or objection. You may withdraw consent without affecting earlier lawful processing. Contact contact@smartnesshome.com with the app name and request; contacting us does not upload your device database. We do not have a remote copy of local app content. Where applicable, you may opt out of sale, sharing or targeted advertising through available Advertising privacy choices, or contact us for help, and appeal a rights decision by replying to our response. We do not penalize users for exercising applicable rights.

Children, support and changes

The apps are not directed to children under 13. Contact us if you believe a child has provided personal information. Support correspondence contains the information you send us; do not send private documents, health records, passwords or vault keys. We update this policy when data handling changes. You may complain to the CNIL or another competent authority.

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