Effective Date: November 9, 2025

This Privacy Policy explains how Photobop ("we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, and shares information about you when you use our photo storage Service.

1. Information We Collect

We collect information directly from you and automatically through your use of the Service.

1.1. Data You Provide Directly

• Account Data: When you register, we collect your email address, password (hashed), and display name.
• Billing Information: If you subscribe to a paid plan, we collect necessary payment processing information (though actual payment details like credit card numbers are handled by a third-party payment processor and are not stored by us).
• User Content (Photos & Videos): This includes all media you upload to the Service. This is the core data of the Service.

1.2. Automatically Collected Data

• Metadata: We collect file metadata associated with your User Content, such as file size, creation date, camera model, and geolocation data (if embedded in the file and not stripped by you).
• Usage and Log Data: Information about how you use the Service (e.g., login times, features accessed, files uploaded/deleted, device type, IP address). This helps us monitor, diagnose, and improve the Service.

2. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

• To Provide the Service: To store, retrieve, and display your User Content and to deliver core functionalities like sharing and organizing.
• Service Improvement and Analysis: To monitor and analyze usage patterns to diagnose technical issues and improve the speed, security, and features of Photobop.
• Communication: To send you service announcements, security alerts, and administrative messages.
• Enforcement: To enforce our Terms of Service and protect the rights, property, and safety of Photobop and its users.

3. How We Share Your Information

We do not sell your personal data or User Content to third parties. We only share information in the following limited circumstances:

• With Third-Party Service Providers: We use third-party cloud hosting providers (e.g., major cloud infrastructure platforms) to store your data, and we use external payment processors. These providers are obligated to protect your information and use it only for the purposes we define.
• Legal Compliance and Protection: We may disclose your information if required to do so by law, or if we believe in good faith that such action is necessary to comply with a legal obligation, protect our rights or property, or prevent illegal activity.
• With Your Consent: We will share your User Content with others only based on the sharing permissions you explicitly set (e.g., sharing an album link).

4. Data Security Disclaimer and Storage

We use industry-standard security measures (including encryption-at-rest and in-transit) to protect your information. However, you must understand that no data transmission or storage system can be guaranteed to be 100% secure.

5. Your Choices and Rights

5.1. Content Deletion

You may delete your User Content from the Service at any time. We will initiate the deletion of your content from our production systems shortly thereafter, though copies may persist in backup storage for a limited time.

5.2. Account Deletion

You may request deletion of your entire account via the app settings.