TazalaPrivacy policy
This policy explains how the Tazala mobile app (“the App”), developed by Arystan Ospanov (“we”), handles information. If you have any questions, write to osp.ars.work@gmail.com.
Your photos and videos
The App asks for access to your photo library to find similar photos, duplicates, screenshots, blurry photos and large videos. It reads small thumbnails and calculates technical fingerprints (for example, a sharpness score and an image hash) on your device. Original files are not copied, changed or uploaded. You can limit or revoke access at any time in your phone’s settings.
What is stored on your device
Analysis results, your choices, the Tazala trash and settings are kept in a local database inside the App. We don’t receive them. They are removed when you uninstall the App.
Ads
The App is free and uses Google AdMob to show ads. After you delete files, the App may show a short full-screen ad. The App requests only non-personalized ads: they are not based on your interests. To serve and measure ads, Google may collect and process:
- device and app information (model, operating system, language, app version);
- IP address and approximate location derived from it;
- ad interaction data (impressions and taps);
- on iOS: the identifier for vendor (IDFV). The App doesn’t request App Tracking Transparency permission, so the advertising identifier (IDFA) is not available to it;
- on Android: the Android advertising ID, which you can reset or delete in your device settings (Google → Ads).
Google never receives your photos, videos or analysis results. The App doesn’t track you across other companies’ apps and websites. To learn how Google uses this data, see How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services and the Google Privacy Policy.
iCloud
On iPhone, some videos may be stored only in iCloud. When you tap “Download from iCloud”, iOS downloads your own video through the Photos app. The transfer happens between your phone and Apple; we don’t receive anything.
What we don’t do
The App has no accounts, analytics or crash reporting. We don’t sell or share your data and don’t build profiles.
Deleting photos
Photos are deleted only after you confirm in the App and in the system dialog. On iPhone, deleted photos stay in “Recently Deleted” for 30 days.
Children
The App is not directed at children under 13, and we don’t knowingly collect their data.
Your rights
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct or delete your data and to object to its processing. We don’t store personal data, so requests about advertising data are best sent to Google. You can also write to us at osp.ars.work@gmail.com, and we will help.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy. The current version is always available on this page, and the date of the last update is shown above.