Privacy Policy
1. Controller
Tamás Sándor Ali
Email: lookaroundapp@gmail.com
This policy applies to the Look Around (Vedd észre) app for Android and iOS (the app). Data is processed under the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR, 2016/679/EU) and the Hungarian Act CXII of 2011 on informational self-determination (Infotv.).
2. What stays on your device
The following is stored on your phone and is removed when you delete the app. Without an account we have no access to any of it:
- Your photos – the photos you take or pick for the daily, weekly and monthly challenges and in Discover, the edits you make to them, and your profile photo. Photos are saved without location or device data.
- Your diary – which challenge each photo answers, the date, favourites, rest days, the thoughts you liked, the ideas you saved and the tips you have seen.
- Your name, if you type one on the profile.
- Settings – such as language and the daily reminder. The reminder is a notification scheduled on your phone; no server is involved.
If your phone's own backup is on (Google backup on Android, iCloud on iOS), the system may include the app's data in it, under Google's or Apple's terms.
3. Processing that happens off your device
| What | Which data | Purpose and legal basis | Who processes it, how long |
|---|---|---|---|
| Account (optional) | Email address, sign-in method (email and password, Google or Apple), with Google or Apple the name the provider passes on, and an account id. With Apple you may hide your email address; we then receive a relay address from Apple. The password is stored only in hashed form by the provider; we never see it. | Providing the account and the automatic backup. Performance of a contract (GDPR Art. 6(1)(b)). | Google Firebase Authentication (Google Ireland Ltd., processor). Until the account is deleted. |
| Automatic cloud backup (account only) | Every photo you keep for a challenge, as saved (with your edits, without location or device data), and for each: the date, which challenge it answers, the time it was saved, whether it is a favourite and its main colour. Also your rest days and the day you started. Not included: Discover photos, your profile photo, the name you typed and your settings. | Backing up your diary and restoring it on a new or reinstalled phone. Performance of a contract (Art. 6(1)(b)). | Google Firebase Cloud Firestore and Cloud Storage, EU data centres (Google Ireland Ltd., processor). Only your own account can access it. When you retake a photo, the old one is deleted from the backup too; everything is deleted immediately when the account is deleted. |
| Usage statistics | Anonymous app instance id, device model, operating system, language, country, and which features you used (for example which screen you opened, whether you signed in and how, what kind of challenge you saved a photo for, whether you edited it). No photos, no text you typed, no names, email addresses or places are sent. | Improving the app by knowing what works and what does not. Legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f)). | Google Firebase Analytics (Google Ireland Ltd., processor). Kept for at most 14 months. |
| Crash reports | On a crash: a technical description of the error, device model, OS version, anonymous installation id. | Fixing bugs. Legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f)). | Google Firebase Crashlytics (Google Ireland Ltd., processor). Kept for 90 days. |
| Contacting us | Your email address and message, if you write to us. | Answering your request. Legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f)). | Us; the mail is stored by our email provider. Kept for 1 year after the matter is closed. |
Signing in with Google or Apple. The sign-in itself happens on Google's or Apple's screen, under their own privacy terms; the app receives only what is listed above.
Legal pages. The Terms of Use and this policy open in an in-app browser window on this website.
4. Transfers outside the EU
Account and backup data are stored in the European Union. Google may also process data in the United States (for statistics and crash reports, and for operations). Google participates in the EU–US Data Privacy Framework and applies the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses.
5. What we do not do
- We do not show your photos to anyone. The app has no feed, no sharing and no public profile.
- We do not look at or analyse your photos on our servers; the backup is used only for storage and for your own restore. The colour and every edit are worked out on your phone.
- We do not ask for or use your location, and we remove location data from your photos.
- We show no ads, do not sell your data and do not build a profile of you. The app does not track you across other apps or websites.
6. Deleting your account and data
You can delete your account in the app at any time: Profile → Settings → Account → Delete account. Your account and your cloud backup are deleted immediately. The photos on your phone stay until you delete the app. If you no longer have the app, you can ask for deletion by email as described on the account deletion page.
7. Children
The app is not made for children. We do not knowingly process data of anyone under 16.
8. Your rights
You may ask for information about the data we hold about you, and for its correction, erasure, restriction and portability; you may object to processing based on legitimate interest, and withdraw consent at any time. Statistics are tied to an anonymous id, so we usually cannot link them to you; write to us and we will help.
We answer within 30 days: lookaroundapp@gmail.com.
You may lodge a complaint with the Hungarian National Authority for Data Protection and Freedom of Information (NAIH, 1055 Budapest, Falk Miksa utca 9–11., naih.hu, ugyfelszolgalat@naih.hu) or with the supervisory authority of your country of residence, or go to court.
9. Changes
If this policy changes, we publish the updated version on this page with its effective date. We also tell you in the app about significant changes.