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Privacy Policy
Effective 15 July 2026 · Citus Camera for iOS
The short version: Citus Camera has no accounts and collects no personal data.
Your photos are processed entirely on your iPhone and saved only to your own photo library.
The app sends a small number of anonymous usage events (like "a photo was taken with the FROST look")
to help us improve it — with no identifiers that could link them to you, and you can turn even
that off in Settings.
Who we are
Citus Camera is developed by Citus Studio (Leon Yakobov), an independent developer.
Contact: leon.netoart@gmail.com.
Your photos and videos
Everything you shoot with Citus Camera is captured, processed, and rendered on your device.
Photos are saved to your own iOS photo library (in a "Citus Camera" album). We never see, upload,
store, or have any access to your photos, videos, or the contents of your photo library.
Permissions the app asks for
- Camera — to shoot photos with real-time film looks in the viewfinder.
- Photo library — to save your shots and show your Citus album in the in-app gallery.
- Microphone — only if/when video recording ships; not requested at first launch today.
Denying a permission never breaks the rest of the app; you can change permissions any time in iOS Settings.
Anonymous usage analytics
To understand which features matter, the app sends a small number of anonymous events to our own
server (a Cloudflare Worker we operate). What an event contains:
- an event name (e.g. photo.captured, recipe.saved) with small technical properties
(e.g. which look was active, the aspect ratio);
- onboarding progress (which tutorial step was reached, completed, or skipped);
- permission outcomes (whether camera/photo access was granted, denied, or limited — never
anything about the content those permissions unlock);
- app-health signals: capture errors and their stage, camera-session interruptions and
recoveries, bucketed capture timing (e.g. "under 1.5 s"), and the device's thermal state
at capture (e.g. "nominal");
- a random session identifier that is generated fresh each time the app launches and is
never stored — sessions cannot be linked to each other, to a device, or to a person;
- the app version, iOS version, and device model (e.g. "iPhone15,2").
What is not collected: no names, no email addresses, no phone identifiers (no IDFA/IDFV),
no location, no contacts, no photo contents or filenames, no advertising data. We do not track you
across apps or websites, we build no profiles, and we never sell or share data with third parties.
Events are used only in aggregate ("how many sessions used Recipes this week").
Opt-out: Settings → Privacy → "Share Usage Data" turns analytics off entirely.
Data retention
Analytics events are retained as aggregate statistics. Since events contain no identifiers,
there is nothing that could identify you to retain or delete — but if you have any concern,
email us and we will help.
Children
Citus Camera does not knowingly collect any personal information from anyone, including children.
Changes
If this policy changes (for example, when video recording or new features ship), we will update
this page and the effective date above.
Contact
Questions or requests: leon.netoart@gmail.com