Privacy Policy

Contact page: https://www.getposely.com/contact

Privacy at a Glance

We believe your photos belong to you.

Posely is designed to collect as little personal information as possible.

No account required
No cloud photo library
Photos are processed on-device for Posely's editing and machine-learning features and are not uploaded to Posely-operated servers for photo processing
No advertising or tracking SDKs
No Firebase Analytics or Crashlytics
You decide what to save and share

Welcome to Posely

This Privacy Policy explains how Posely ("Posely", "we", "us", or "our") handles information when you use the Posely mobile application ("the App") and website.

Posely is designed as a privacy-focused camera and creative photo-editing application. Most photo processing and editing happens directly on your device.

1. What Posely Does

Posely helps you plan, capture, and creatively edit photos.

With Posely, you can:

Browse pose ideas for solo, duo, and group photos
Use pose and framing guides while taking photos
Upload your own pose references
Use photo and outline overlays in the camera
Create subject outlines and cutouts
Add text, decorative elements, and text-behind-subject effects
Apply photo Filters and Beauty adjustments
Draw directly on photos using Sketch tools
Add handwritten-style notes and creative annotations
Create photos using templates and collage layouts
Save edited photos to your device
Share creations using your device's built-in sharing options

Posely does not currently require you to create an account.

2. Photos, Camera and Photo Library Access

Posely may request access to your:

Camera, so you can take photos using Posely's camera features
Photo Library or device media storage, so you can select photos for editing and save completed images

Your photos remain under your control.

Posely does not upload your photos to Posely-operated servers for routine photo editing, pose guidance, Beauty effects, Sketch editing, or machine-learning image analysis.

Your device operating system controls camera and Photo Library permissions. You can change these permissions at any time through your device settings.

If you deny a permission, the related Posely feature may not function until the permission is granted.

3. Photo Editing and Local Processing

Most Posely editing is performed locally on your device.

Some features also use on-device machine learning, as described in Section 4.

Editing functionality includes features such as:

Filters
Beauty adjustments
Sketch and drawing tools
Handwritten notes
Text and decorative elements
Templates and collages
Image overlays
Framing and pose-guidance tools

Saved or exported images are written to your device only when you choose to save them.

4. Machine Learning and Google ML Kit

Posely uses Google ML Kit for certain image-processing features.

Current uses include:

Subject segmentation for features such as Outline and Cutout
Text-behind-subject effects
My Pose subject preparation and overlays
Certain template and collage effects
Face detection and facial geometry used by some Filter and Beauty effects

The image analysis used by these features is performed on-device using Google ML Kit. Google describes ML Kit as providing machine-learning capabilities optimized to run on-device.

Your photos are not uploaded to Posely-operated servers for machine-learning processing.

Posely does not use this machine-learning processing to:

Identify who you are
Recognise individuals
Authenticate users
Create biometric identity profiles
Conduct facial recognition

Google's ML Kit face-detection API detects facial features and contours but does not recognise people.

Google states that ML Kit SDKs may collect limited technical and diagnostic information, which can include device or application information, performance metrics, API configuration, identifiers used for diagnostics or usage analytics, feature events, and error-related information.

This information is handled by Google under its applicable terms, policies, and ML Kit documentation.

Posely does not operate its own server-based machine-learning system for analysing your photos.

5. Beauty and Face-Based Effects

Certain Beauty and Filter tools use on-device face detection to locate facial areas so visual effects can be applied appropriately.

Depending on the selected effect, this may include identifying general facial areas or contours in order to apply effects such as:

Smoothing
Glow
Dewy effects
Blush
Lip colour
Other localised visual adjustments

This processing is used only to position and apply creative visual effects.

Posely does not use these features for:

Facial recognition
Identity verification
Surveillance
Authentication
Biometric identification

6. Sketch and Handwritten Notes

Sketch allows you to draw, write, and add handwritten-style annotations to your photos.

Sketch content is created and processed locally within the App.

When you save your creation, your drawings, handwritten notes, and other Sketch elements become part of the exported image.

Posely does not separately collect or analyse the content you draw or write using Sketch.

7. Information We Collect

Posely is designed to collect as little personal information as reasonably possible.

We do not require you to provide:

A Posely user account
Your name
Your email address
Your phone number
Your date of birth
Your precise location

Posely does not sell your personal information.

Third-party software or platform services used by the App, including Google ML Kit and services provided by Apple or Google, may process limited technical information according to their own policies.

8. Analytics and Diagnostic Information

Posely does not currently include its own third-party analytics or crash-reporting SDKs.

In particular, Posely does not currently use:

Firebase Analytics
Firebase Crashlytics
Advertising SDKs
Behavioural tracking SDKs

Technical or diagnostic information may still be generated or processed by:

Your device operating system
Apple App Store services
Google Play services
Third-party SDKs used by Posely, including Google ML Kit

Depending on the platform or SDK, this may include:

Device information
Application information
App version
Performance metrics
Feature or API events
Error codes
Diagnostic identifiers
Similar technical information

Google publishes separate ML Kit data-disclosure guidance for Android and iOS describing this collection.

We do not use this technical information to identify the people appearing in your photos.

9. Sharing Your Photos

Posely does not automatically publish or share your photos.

If you choose to use your device's sharing functionality, your device may allow you to send an image to third-party applications or services, including messaging or social-media platforms.

You decide what content to share and where to share it.

Once you choose to share content with another service, that service's own privacy practices apply.

10. Data Storage

Posely does not currently operate:

A user-account system
A cloud photo library
A Posely-operated cloud photo-storage service

Photos you save through Posely are generally stored in your device's Photo Library or media storage.

Some temporary files may be created on your device while you edit or process a photo. These may be deleted by the App or operating system when they are no longer required.

11. Children's Privacy

Posely is not designed to knowingly collect personal information from children.

Because Posely does not currently require user accounts or request identifying profile information, we do not intentionally collect children's personal information through account registration.

If you believe personal information has been provided to us inappropriately, please contact us using the details in this Policy.

12. Security

We take reasonable steps to design Posely in a way that minimises unnecessary collection and transmission of user information.

However, no software, device, electronic transmission, or storage method can be guaranteed to be completely secure.

13. Third-Party Services

Posely relies on certain third-party technologies and platform services to provide functionality.

These may include:

Google ML Kit
Apple iOS system services
Google Android system services
Apple App Store services
Google Play services

Those third parties may process technical information according to their own privacy policies, terms, and platform requirements.

Apple also requires app developers to account for data collection performed by third-party code included in their apps when completing App Privacy disclosures.

14. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy as Posely evolves, including when we add, remove, or modify features, permissions, or third-party technologies.

If we make material changes, we will update the effective date and, where appropriate, the version number shown at the top of this Policy.

15. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, Posely's privacy practices, or information handling, contact us:

Email: heyposely@gmail.com

Contact page: https://www.getposely.com/contact

Website: https://www.getposely.com