GeoLens Privacy Policy

• Camera — to capture the photos you take. Photos are processed entirely on your device.
• Precise location — to stamp coordinates, altitude, heading, and address onto your photos and into their EXIF metadata. Location is read at capture time only and is never transmitted to us.
• Photo library (add-only) — to save your stamped photos. GeoLens cannot read your existing photos.
• Weather (Apple Weather) — your capture coordinates are sent to Apple's WeatherKit service to fetch current conditions, subject to Apple's privacy policy.
• Maps (Apple Maps) — capture coordinates are used with Apple's MapKit to render the map tile on your stamp and reverse-geocode the address, subject to Apple's privacy policy.
• Sign in with Apple (optional) — used solely to obtain your verified name for the "By:" line on stamps. The name is stored on your device only and can be removed at any time in Settings.

Nothing. GeoLens has no servers, no analytics, no advertising, and no trackers. Your photos, location history, site labels, and name are stored on your device — and, for the free-tier capture counter, in your personal iCloud under your Apple ID, which is inaccessible to us.

• Stamped photos and their metadata are written with iOS Complete Protection, meaning they are encrypted and unreadable while your device is locked.
• Your verified name and your attested site (its label and coordinates) are stored in the iOS Keychain, restricted to this device and not included in any backup.

If you use iCloud Backup or back your device up to a computer, GeoLens's on-device data — your in-app capture gallery and its metadata — is included in that backup, like any other app's data. Those backups belong to you and are protected by your Apple ID and your backup encryption settings. We have no access to them.

If you prefer GeoLens data not to be backed up at all, you can turn GeoLens off in Settings → [your name] → iCloud → Manage Storage → Backups.

Stamped photos you save to your photo library are covered by your Photos backup settings, not by GeoLens.

Purchases are processed by Apple. We never see your payment details. Subscription entitlements are verified on-device through StoreKit.

Deleting a capture in GeoLens removes it from the app's storage (copies you saved to your Photos library remain yours, under your control). Removing your name in Settings deletes the only identity data the app holds. Uninstalling the app removes all app data from your device.

Questions about this policy: preet2020@icloud.com