privacy policy – gazd
this is short because there isn’t much to explain. read it anyway. we spent literal minutes on this.
1. what we collect
nothing. no servers, no accounts, no analytics, no telemetry, no advertising SDKs, no crash reporters, no third-party SDKs. we couldn’t tell you who uses gazd or how often. not an accident.
2. what stays on your device
your app preferences — theme colors, haptics, sounds, app mode, reveal timeout, whether the app icon follows your theme, and whether you’ve accepted these documents — are stored locally in OS user defaults. they never leave your device. we have no backend to send them to.
a local usage count (seals completed, first-launch date, and whether you’ve seen the tip prompt — “nag screen” is such a strong word) also lives in user defaults, solely to decide when to mention that options exist to support the developer. anonymous, on-device, gone when you delete the app. we don’t want your data. we don’t know where it’s been.
3. photo library access
gazd uses your photo library in two specific ways:
- selecting photos to seal or reveal: uses the OS photo picker, which runs in a separate sandboxed process. gazd never sees your full library — only the photos you hand it.
- saving sealed photos: requires write-only photo library access, which lets us save a new image without being able to read your existing photos.
all processing happens on your device. there’s no server to send photos to.
4. revealed photos
when you reveal a sealed photo, it’s shown on screen only — never written to disk, never saved. it clears from memory when you leave the reveal view, background the app, or hit your configured timeout. gazd blocks screenshots and screen recording during reveal. someone pointing a second phone at yours is outside our control.
5. no children’s data
gazd is rated 12+. we don’t knowingly collect personal information from anyone, children or otherwise. there’s nothing to delete on request — there is no database.
6. no tracking or advertising
we don’t track you, profile you, or share anything about you. there’s nothing to share. that’s the point.
7. third parties
gazd uses only OS-provided system frameworks for encryption and photo access — no third-party libraries. your OS provider’s practices govern system-level interactions — photo library access may be logged there, for instance. that’s between you and them.
8. changes to this policy
if this policy changes, the version and date at the top of this page will reflect it. the app links to the live version — updates apply immediately, no app update required. if something material changes, we’ll say so clearly.
9. contact
privacy questions: admin@orange-spider-565384.hostingersite.com