Privacy Policy
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In short: your photos stay on your iPhone. FeelCam has no accounts, no ads and no tracking. It sends anonymous usage counts so we know which features people use, and you can turn that off in Settings.
Who we are
FeelCam is an iPhone camera app. This policy covers the FeelCam app and this website, feelcam.emfeld.com. Questions about it go to erich@emfeld.com.
Your photos
- FeelCam uses the camera only to show the viewfinder and take the photos you shoot.
- Photos are processed on your iPhone and saved to your photo library. FeelCam asks only for permission to add photos, not to read your library.
- When you add a feel from a photo, you pick that one photo in the system photo picker. FeelCam reads the feel stored in it and nothing else.
- Your photos, your custom feels and their names are never uploaded anywhere by FeelCam.
- Each photo FeelCam saves includes the feel it was shot with, alongside the usual camera details. That is how Send Feel works. If you share the photo, the people you share it with can see the feel.
Anonymous usage data
To learn which feels and features are used, FeelCam sends anonymous usage signals through TelemetryDeck, a privacy-focused analytics service based in the EU. These signals include:
- that a photo was taken, with the feel used (custom feels appear as “Custom” with a random ID and their settings, never their name), the processing mode, aspect ratio, file format, lens and which PRO controls were set;
- when a custom feel is saved, when PRO is turned on or off, and when a setting such as processing is changed;
- app sessions and how long they last;
- basic technical details: iPhone model, iOS version, app version, and language and region settings.
Signals carry an identifier that TelemetryDeck anonymizes by hashing before storing it, so the data can't be traced back to you or your Apple Account. It is not linked to your identity, not used to track you across apps or websites, and not sold or shared with advertisers.
Turning it off: open FeelCam, go to Settings → Privacy, and turn off Share Usage Data. FeelCam then sends nothing.
This website
This site counts anonymous page views with TelemetryDeck. It uses no cookies, shows no ads and does not track you across other sites. The site is hosted on GitHub Pages, which may keep standard server logs, such as IP addresses, for security; see GitHub's privacy statement.
Purchases
FeelCam is bought through the App Store. Apple handles payment and never shares your payment details with us. Apple's own data practices are covered by Apple's privacy policy.
What we don't do
- No accounts or sign-in.
- No advertising and no ad tracking.
- No location data.
- No selling or sharing of personal data.
Children
FeelCam does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone, including children. The anonymous usage counts above are the same for every user.
Your choices and rights
Because usage data is anonymous, we can't connect it to you. You can stop it at any time with Share Usage Data, and deleting FeelCam removes all of its data from your iPhone. For any privacy question or request, email erich@emfeld.com.
Changes
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new date at the top.