Redact Shield privacy policy

Redact Shield is designed as a local-first photo privacy tool. The app does not require an account, does not use advertising SDKs, does not use analytics SDKs, and does not track users across apps or websites.

Information processed by the app

When you choose or capture a photo, Redact Shield processes that image on your device so you can blur, pixelate, or cover sensitive regions. The app may use Apple on-device frameworks to detect faces and readable text when you tap Auto.

Face data and automatic detection

When you tap Auto, Redact Shield uses Apple Vision on device to detect face rectangles in the selected, captured, pasted, or demo image. The app uses those rectangles only to suggest redaction masks that you can keep, undo, clear, or edit before export.

Redact Shield does not identify people, verify identity, recognize individuals, create faceprints, create biometric templates, collect facial landmarks for identification, train machine-learning models, or use face data for analytics, advertising, profiling, or tracking.

Photos and camera access

Redact Shield asks for Photos access only when you choose an image or save a redacted copy. It asks for Camera access only when you choose to capture a new photo. You control which image is selected, captured, saved, or shared.

Where data is stored

Selected images, detected face rectangles, text-detection rectangles, redaction edits, and generated exports are handled locally on your device using Apple system frameworks. Redact Shield does not operate a customer database and does not upload your photos or face-detection results to a developer-run server.

Retention

Face-detection results and edit data are kept only in the active editing session and are discarded when you close the editor or the app session ends. Redact Shield does not retain face data after editing. A redacted export is retained only if you choose to save or share it through the Apple system share sheet, and that destination is controlled by you.

Tracking, analytics, and advertising

Redact Shield does not use third-party analytics, advertising SDKs, fingerprinting, cross-app tracking, or data brokers. The app does not collect data for tracking.

Data sharing

Redact Shield does not sell, rent, disclose, or share personal data, photos, face data, detected face rectangles, or redaction edits with third parties. If you export an image, sharing is performed only through the Apple system share sheet to the destination you choose.

Children's privacy

Redact Shield is a photo utility and is not directed to children under 13.

Contact

For support or privacy questions, email RobertCorbin84@gmail.com.