Privacy policy

1.Who is responsible and what this policy covers

Individual Entrepreneur Gleb Kucherenko, Georgia, identification number 347013670, is the controller of personal data that you deliberately send to Photress or that is processed when you visit photress.com. This policy covers the Photress iPhone app, website and official support, privacy and security email channels.

2.Your media is not collected by Photress

Photress does not require an account and has no developer-operated media server. Photos, videos, thumbnails and library metadata are encrypted on your iPhone and may be copied only to destinations you choose, such as iCloud Drive, another Files provider or external storage.

The operator cannot browse, recover or remotely delete that library. Your device-local App Code, backup passphrase and 24-word Recovery Key are not sent to Photress. A local App Code cannot unlock a copied portable backup.

3.Information the operator may receive

Photress receives information only in limited situations that you control.

• Messages, contact details and attachments you choose to send to support, privacy or security addresses.
• A redacted diagnostics bundle only if you review it and share it through the iOS share sheet; it is designed to exclude media, file names, album names, credentials and keys.
• Basic request and security data processed at Cloudflare’s network edge when you visit the website, such as IP address, user agent, requested URL and time of access.
• Purchase and entitlement information handled on-device by Apple StoreKit. Photress has no purchase-account backend and does not receive your payment-card details.

4.Purposes and legal grounds

We use correspondence to answer requests, investigate defects or security reports and meet legal obligations. Website request data is processed to deliver and protect the site. Where applicable, these activities rely on performance of a requested service, legitimate interests in operating and securing Photress, compliance with law, or consent when you deliberately send optional diagnostics.

Photress does not sell personal data, use it for behavioural advertising, build marketing profiles or make automated decisions about you.

5.Apple, Cloudflare and storage providers

Apple distributes the app, processes App Store purchases and may provide iCloud Drive or Files services under its own terms. Cloudflare hosts the preview and production website and forwards mail sent to @photress.com to a verified private mailbox. A Files provider or external drive you select acts independently under its own terms.

These providers receive only what is necessary for their role. Photress does not grant them access to a developer media library because no such library exists.

6.International processing

The operator is established in Georgia. Apple, Cloudflare and the destination email or storage provider may process limited data in other countries. Where data-protection law requires safeguards for an international transfer, the relevant provider and the operator rely on the legally available transfer mechanism for that service. Provider locations and terms may change independently of Photress.

7.How long information is kept

Media and backup packages remain under your control on your device and chosen destinations. Photress does not set their retention period.

Correspondence and voluntarily shared diagnostics are kept only while needed to handle the request and for a limited follow-up period required for security, dispute prevention or legal obligations, then deleted or anonymised. Network and mail-routing records are retained according to the relevant provider configuration and only for operational security and delivery needs.

8.Security measures and honest limits

Photress uses AES-256-GCM for media resources, SQLCipher for library metadata, Argon2id for backup passphrases and separate keys for different protection domains. The website uses encrypted transport and has no analytics, advertising or data-entry forms.

No system can promise absolute security. Device compromise, loss of credentials, unavailable storage providers, weak passphrases and failure to keep a usable backup can still lead to loss or exposure. Photress therefore distinguishes a local write, remote upload confirmation, integrity verification and a tested restore.

9.Your data-protection rights

Depending on the law that applies to you, you may request information about processing, access and a copy, correction, deletion, restriction or objection, portability where applicable, or withdrawal of consent without affecting earlier lawful processing. You may also complain to the competent supervisory authority.

Send a request to privacy@photress.com. We may ask for proportionate information to verify that the request concerns you. Because the operator cannot access your encrypted local library, a request to us cannot erase media stored only on your iPhone or chosen destination; you control those copies directly.

10.Children

Photress does not seek personal information from children through an account, advertising or profiling. If a child sends information through an official email address without the consent required by applicable law, a parent or legal representative may contact privacy@photress.com to request deletion.

11.Changes and contact

Material changes will be published on this page with a revised date and, where required, explained in the app before they take effect. Privacy questions and requests should be sent to privacy@photress.com. Product support belongs at support@photress.com; suspected vulnerabilities belong at security@photress.com. Never send real media, passwords, backup passphrases or Recovery Keys by email.