Looky Privacy Policy
Looky helps you find photos of yourself, in your own camera roll and on the public web. This policy says what data Looky uses, where it goes, how long it is kept, and how to delete it.
Your camera roll scan stays on your phone
When you scan your camera roll, Looky reads the photos you let it access and compares the faces in them with the face photo you added. This runs entirely on your iPhone. No photo from your camera roll, and no face data made from it, is sent to us or anyone else. Looky keeps a small list on your phone of which photos it already checked, so the next scan is faster. That list holds no images and no face data.
Web search: what is sent and to whom
Web search only runs when you start it and agree on the consent screen. When you start one:
- Your face photo and the 1 to 3 photos you chose are sent to our server.
- Our server sends the photos you chose to Google Lens (through our provider SearchApi.io) and, when enabled, to TinEye, so they can look for those photos on the public web. Their own privacy policies apply to what they receive: https://policies.google.com/privacy, https://www.searchapi.io/legal/privacy-policy, https://tineye.com/privacy.
- Our server makes a face template (a list of numbers that describes a face) from your face photo, and from the images the search finds, only to check whether those images show you. Results that don't show you are thrown away.
Face data (biometric data)
Face templates are made only in memory, only during your search, and only to compare faces. We never save them, never sell them, never use them to identify anyone else, and never use them to train models. Your uploaded photos are kept in memory only while the search runs (about 10 seconds) and are deleted when it ends. We do not store your photos, face templates, or the links we found for you.
What we keep
- A random install ID that Looky creates on your phone. It is not linked to your name, email or Apple ID.
- One record per web search: the time, the version of the consent you agreed to, how many photos you sent, how many results came back, and an error note if it failed. It contains no images, face data or links.
- Daily search counts, used to enforce search limits. These are stored under one-way hashes of your install ID and IP address, never the ID or address itself, and are deleted after 2 days.
- Device and request information. Device type, OS, app version and IP address, which reach our servers with each request, used only to run the app, fix problems and prevent abuse.
Security and retention
We use industry standard practices like encrypted connections and limited access. We keep information only as long as needed to run the app, meet legal obligations and resolve disputes, and no longer than the times stated above.
Deleting your data
In Looky, open Settings and tap Delete all my data. This deletes everything Looky stored on your phone and the search records tied to your install ID on our server. Deleting the app also removes everything stored on your phone.
Who can use Looky
Looky is for adults (18 and over). You may only search for your own face. Searching for anyone else is not allowed.
Sharing and selling
We do not sell your data. We share it only with the search providers named above, and only for your search, with Apple, and with service providers that host our servers and, if you subscribe, process payments and manage subscriptions. We may disclose data if the law requires it.
Changes and contact
If this policy changes, we will update this page. Using Looky after a change means you accept the update. Questions: [email protected].