Privacy Policy – GiggleFace

Last updated: August 4, 2026

GiggleFace respects your privacy and is designed to keep camera, mask, facial landmark, audio, and video processing on your device. This policy explains the limited information used to operate and improve the app.

1. Accounts and Personal Information

GiggleFace does not require an account and does not ask you to provide your name, email address, phone number, contacts, or precise location to servers controlled by the developer.

2. Camera, Microphone, Photo Library, and Files

GiggleFace may request system permissions only when needed for app features:

• Camera: to capture and process the front-camera image in real time.
• Microphone: to include audio when you choose to record a video.
• Photo Library: to import images you select and save recordings when requested.
• Files and sharing: to import or export mask files through system interfaces you control.

These permissions are managed by iOS or macOS and can be changed in system settings. Denying a permission may prevent the related feature from working.

3. On-Device Media and Face Processing

Camera frames, imported images, masks, audio, and recordings are processed locally on your device. GiggleFace does not upload this media to servers operated by the developer.

GiggleFace uses temporary facial landmarks and contours to position masks. These landmarks are used only during processing, are not used to identify you, are not stored as a facial identity template, and are not sent to the developer or Himetrica.

4. Local Storage

Masks, editor settings, exported files, and recordings remain under your control on your device and in locations you choose, such as Apple Photos, Files, iCloud, or another service selected through the system Share Sheet. Retention and deletion of those files are controlled by you and the selected storage provider.

5. Anonymous Analytics and Error Diagnostics

GiggleFace uses Himetrica to understand feature usage and diagnose technical errors. The integration is configured without Himetrica's identify function and does not send your name, email address, camera image, imported images, masks, audio, video, recordings, or facial landmarks.

The limited diagnostic information may include:

• Randomly generated visitor and session identifiers;
• App screens or features used and session timing;
• App, operating system, and device version information;
• Error messages, stack traces, and technical context that does not contain media content.

When the device is offline, diagnostic events may be queued locally and sent when connectivity returns. Network information, including an IP address, may be processed by Himetrica and its infrastructure for delivery, security, and approximate geographic statistics as described in Himetrica's policy. Detailed analytics are retained according to the developer's Himetrica plan.

Learn more in Himetrica's Swift SDK documentation and Privacy Policy.

6. Purchases

GiggleFace Premium is offered as a one-time in-app purchase. Apple processes payment, purchase verification, restoration, and refunds under its own terms. The developer does not receive your complete payment card information.

7. Sharing and Virtual Camera Use

When you export a mask or recording, the system Share Sheet sends the selected file only to the app or service you choose. Those third parties process the file under their own privacy policies.

When you select GiggleFace as a macOS virtual camera, the processed camera feed becomes available to the communication app you selected. Services such as Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, or FaceTime may transmit, display, or record that feed according to their settings and policies. GiggleFace does not control how those services handle a call.

8. Data Sharing and Advertising

We do not sell or rent personal information and do not use your data for targeted advertising. Information is disclosed only to Himetrica for the limited analytics described above, to Apple for purchases and platform services, or to a service you intentionally select for sharing, storage, or communication.

9. Data Retention and Your Choices

The developer does not maintain a remote media library or named user account for GiggleFace. You can remove local masks and recordings using the app, Photos, Files, or the applicable storage service. Anonymous diagnostic data is retained under Himetrica's applicable retention period and may not be directly linkable to a named person.

10. Security

We minimize the information sent outside your device and apply reasonable technical safeguards. No method of electronic storage or transmission is completely secure, and third-party services remain responsible for their own systems.

11. Children's Privacy

GiggleFace is not designed to knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe information has been handled in conflict with this policy, please contact us so the issue can be reviewed.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect product, technical, or legal changes. The latest version and its effective date will remain available on this page.

13. Contact

For questions about this Privacy Policy or GiggleFace, contact: [email protected]