GiftZine

GiftZine

Privacy Policy

Effective October 31, 2026 · GiftZine for iPhone and Android, version 1.0 and later

In short: GiftZine collects no personal data. There is no account, no server, no analytics, no advertising and no tracking. Your photos and magazines stay on your phone.

This policy covers GiftZine for iPhone and GiftZine for Android. The sections below describe the iPhone app; how the Android app differs is described in GiftZine for Android.

Information we collect

None. GiftZine contains no analytics, advertising, tracking or crash-reporting software from us or from third parties, and the app makes no network requests of its own.

Your photos

You choose photos with Apple’s system photo picker, so GiftZine receives only the photos you select — never your whole library — and it does not request full Photos access. To keep your magazine working even if the original changes, GiftZine keeps a working copy of each selected photo in the app’s private storage on your device. Face, pet and composition analysis is done on your device with Apple’s Vision framework. Photos are never uploaded.

If a photo you select is stored only in iCloud Photos, iOS may download the original from iCloud before handing it to GiftZine. That download is made by Apple’s Photos service under your iCloud settings, not by GiftZine.

Magazines and text you write

Magazines and the names, dedications, memories and messages you enter are stored only in GiftZine’s private storage on your iPhone. Like other app data, they may be included in your device backups (for example iCloud Backup) according to your settings. Deleting a magazine, or “Delete All Magazines” in Settings, removes its files; deleting the app removes all of its data.

Sharing, saving and Instagram

Nothing leaves your iPhone unless you export it. When you export a PDF or images, you choose where they go with the iOS share sheet, Save to Files or Save to Photos. Save to Photos asks only for “Add Photos Only” access. When you choose Share to Instagram, the carousel slides are saved to your photo library and GiftZine opens the Instagram app on your device; it sends nothing to Instagram itself. Once you share a file, it is governed by the app or service you shared it with.

GiftZine for Android

You choose photos with the Android system photo picker, so GiftZine receives only the photos you select — never your whole library — and it does not ask for access to your photos or storage. To keep your magazine working even if the original changes, GiftZine keeps a working copy of each selected photo in the app’s private storage on your phone.

Face, pet and composition analysis is done on your phone with Google’s ML Kit, which is provided through Google Play services. ML Kit does not send the images or the analysis results to Google’s servers. GiftZine never uploads your photos or the text you write, and never sends them to us or to anyone else. GiftZine has no account, no server, no advertising and no analytics of its own.

ML Kit, through Google Play services, may contact Google’s servers from time to time, for example to receive bug fixes and updated models. It also sends Google limited diagnostic and usage information about how its features perform in the app: device information (such as manufacturer, model and Android version), the app’s package name and version, device and per-installation identifiers, and metrics such as latency, image format and resolution, event types and error codes. Google states that this data is encrypted in transit and not transferred to third parties, and that it uses it to measure performance, debug, maintain and improve ML Kit and detect misuse or abuse, as described in the Google Privacy Policy and the ML Kit Terms. It does not include your photos or the analysis results, and GiftZine does not receive it. For the full list, see Google’s ML Kit data disclosure for Android.

Magazines, the text you write and the photo copies are stored only in GiftZine’s private storage on your phone. As with other app data, they may be included in your Google backup and in a device-to-device transfer to a new phone, according to your settings.

Exports are created on your phone and leave GiftZine only when you share them with the Android share sheet or save a copy to your Downloads or Pictures folder; GiftZine requests no storage permission for this. When you choose Share to Instagram, the carousel slides are saved to your Pictures folder and handed to the Instagram app on your phone; GiftZine sends nothing to Instagram itself.

Deleting a magazine, or “Delete All Magazines” in Settings, removes its files; uninstalling the app removes all of its data from your phone. Copies you saved to Downloads or Pictures stay there until you delete them.

This website

This site uses no cookies, analytics or third-party services; its fonts and media are served with the site. Your language choice is remembered only in your browser’s local storage. The site is hosted on GitHub Pages, which may keep standard server logs as described in GitHub’s privacy statement.

Children

GiftZine does not collect personal information from anyone, including children.

Changes

If this policy changes, we will update this page and its effective date.

Contact

Çağlar Sert · caglar.sert1@gmail.com