Alblooms
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Privacy Policy

Last updated: 19/05/2025

Introduction

This Privacy Policy describes how Alblooms, provided by Patrick Schönmann, collects, processes, and protects your data.

Data We Collect

  • Account Information
    Email, username, authentication details, and optionally, phone number for authentication or contact discovery.
  • Uploaded Content
    Encrypted images and related metadata. Alblooms cannot view or decrypt images without secrets stored on your device after encryption.
  • Personal Naming and Notes
    Personal naming for contacts and clouds, personal notes associated with clouds.
  • Install History
    Tracking concurrent installations as part of paid functionality.
  • Activity Logs
    Date and time of uploads, safeguarding, discard actions, and other interactions.
  • Crash Reports
    Basic technical details via Crashlytics.

How We Use Your Data

  • Providing app functionality, content sharing, and collaboration.
  • Improving app performance and user experience.
  • Processing payments for subscriptions and purchases.
  • Ensuring traceability and functionality of paid features (e.g., concurrent installations).
  • Temporarily processing uploaded images for resizing purposes before re-encryption and storage.

Data Storage & Security

  • Your data is securely stored using strong encryption practices.
  • Uploaded photos are encrypted so that only you can decrypt them with your device or your PIN/password. Alblooms cannot access this content.
  • Data is stored exclusively within Switzerland and the European Economic Area (EEA).

User Rights

Under GDPR, you have the right to:

  • Access, rectify, or delete your personal account data.
  • Request restriction of processing or object to processing of your data.
  • Data portability for personal account data.

Note: Shared content uploaded to clouds is collectively owned and thus exempt from individual withdrawal or deletion requests, except under specific future functionality provisions.

Children's Privacy

Alblooms does not knowingly collect data from users under 12. Users under 16 require verified parental consent.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this policy periodically. Changes will be effective upon posting.

Contact

For any questions or exercising GDPR rights, contact: alblooms@alblooms.app

Effective Consent

By continuing to use Alblooms, you accept these terms and policies fully and without reservation.