Privacy Policy

Overview

Photoflare is designed with privacy at its core. The app connects directly to your self-hosted PhotoPrism server, and all communication happens exclusively between your device and your server. We have no access to your photos, your server, or any of your personal information.

Data We Do NOT Collect

We want to be completely transparent: Photoflare does not collect any data. Specifically, we do not collect:

• Your photos or videos
• Your server address or credentials
• Your location data
• Your device information
• Usage analytics or statistics
• Crash reports (unless you explicitly choose to share them)
• Any personally identifiable information

How the App Works

Photoflare connects directly to your PhotoPrism server using the credentials you provide. All data transfer happens directly between your device and your server:

• Your server address and login credentials are stored securely on your device only
• Photos and thumbnails are fetched directly from your server
• No data passes through any third-party servers, including ours
• We cannot see, access, or intercept any of your communications

Local Storage

The app stores some data locally on your device for functionality purposes:

• Your server URL and authentication tokens (stored securely in the iOS Keychain)
• Cached thumbnails for faster loading (stored in the app's local cache)
• Your app preferences and settings

All locally stored data remains on your device and is never transmitted to us or any third party.

Apple Intelligence

Photoflare offers optional Apple Intelligence features to help you search and interact with your photo library. These features are disabled by default and only activate if you choose to enable them in the app's settings.

If you enable Apple Intelligence features, information about your library (such as photo metadata, album names, or search queries) is processed entirely by Apple's on-device models. No data is sent to Apple's servers or any external service — all processing happens locally on your device.

No library data is processed by Apple Intelligence unless you have explicitly enabled it in the app. You can disable it at any time to stop all on-device processing.

For details on how Apple handles data used by Apple Intelligence, please see Apple Intelligence & Privacy.

Third-Party Services

Photoflare does not integrate with any third-party analytics, advertising, or tracking services. The only external connection the app makes is to your own PhotoPrism server. Apple Intelligence features, if enabled, run entirely on-device and do not make any external connections.

Your Rights

Since we don't collect any of your data, there's nothing to delete, export, or modify on our end. You have complete control over your data:

• Delete the app to remove all locally stored data
• Clear the app cache in iOS Settings if desired
• Your photos remain on your server under your control

Changes to This Policy

If we ever change this privacy policy, we will update this page and notify users through the App Store update notes. However, our commitment to not collecting your data will never change.

Contact

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or the app, please open an issue on our GitHub repository.