Privacy policy

Last updated: 12 October 2026.

Facet is published by Facet Software Ltd, registered in England and Wales under company number 17441311. Registered office: 71–75 Shelton Street, Covent Garden, London, WC2H 9JQ, United Kingdom. Contact: hello@facetapp.io.

Summary

Facet analyses your photos on your phone. We never receive your photos, and Facet has no account, ads or tracking.

Your photos

Facet asks for access to your photos so it can show and sort your gallery. It only reads them; it never moves, edits or deletes them. Your photos are analysed on your phone. We don't upload them, see them, sell them or use them to train AI models.

Data stored on your phone

Facet stores its analysis results, your decisions and your settings on your phone so it doesn't have to analyse the same photos twice. None of this is sent to us. It is deleted when you uninstall Facet, clear its data or reset analysis in the app.

Android

The Android app has no internet permission, so it cannot send anything over the internet.

iPhone

• Analysis: Facet sorts your photos with Apple's tools built into iOS (image and text recognition, and Apple's Sensitive Content Warning if you turn it on in iOS Settings) and a small image model included in the app. Nothing is sent to us or anyone else for analysis.
• Photos stored in iCloud: if a photo's original is only in iCloud, iOS downloads it through Apple's Photos framework so Facet can analyse it. Facet keeps a reduced copy only while it analyses the photo, then discards it. By default this happens only on Wi-Fi.
• Face ID: iOS handles Face ID, Touch ID and your passcode. Facet never receives your face data or passcode.
• App Store privacy label: Data Not Collected.
• Crash reports: Facet has no crash-reporting service of its own. If you share analytics with app developers in iOS Settings, Apple may pass us crash reports under Apple's privacy policy. They are not meant to include photos.
• Sharing: a photo leaves your iPhone only when you share it yourself through Apple's share sheet.

Information you send us

• Problem reports: if Facet runs into a problem, you can choose to share a report with us. It contains technical details such as your phone model, system version, Facet version and error messages, and is not meant to include photos. Nothing is sent unless you share it.
• Emails: when you email us, we receive what you write and attach. Please don't send private photos.

Services we use

Squarespace hosts this website, Google Workspace handles our email, and Google Play and the App Store distribute the app. Google Play and Apple may give us download, crash and performance figures under their own privacy terms.

How long we keep data

We keep problem reports and emails only as long as we need them to help you and fix problems.

Your rights

You can ask us for a copy of the personal information we hold about you, ask us to correct or delete it, ask us to limit or stop using it, object to how we use it, withdraw consent you've given, and ask for it in a portable format. Because Facet's analysis stays on your phone, we can't see or delete it remotely; delete it by uninstalling Facet or clearing its data.

To make a request, email hello@facetapp.io or write to the registered office above. You can also complain to the UK Information Commissioner's Office (ico.org.uk).