DecadeShot — Privacy Policy
Last updated: 2 October 2026
Effective: 24 September 2026
1. Who we are
DecadeShot is an app and website that turns a photo you choose into a stylised portrait that looks like it was taken in a past decade. Tagline: Your face, any decade.
DecadeShot is operated by an individual trading as DecadeShot ("DecadeShot", "we", "us"), not by a company. We are contacted by email only: [email protected].
This policy covers the DecadeShot Android app, the DecadeShot iOS app and the website at decadeshot.com (together, the "Service"). It does not cover what you do with a picture after you save it to your device or share it on another platform.
Where the Service is offered. DecadeShot is not offered to, marketed to, or directed at people in the European Union, the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom. If you are located there, please do not use the Service.
2. The short version
- No account. We never ask for your name, email address, phone number, address or date of birth.
- Your photo is not stored by us. It is used only to make the picture you asked for. It is held in our server's memory while your picture is being made, sent to a third-party AI image service to create it, and never written to our databases, storage or logs.
- Pictures are deleted after 24 hours. The pictures we make for you are deleted automatically 24 hours after they are created. Save the ones you want to keep.
- No face data. We do not create or keep face templates, face geometry or any biometric data.
- No training. We do not use your photos, prompts or pictures to train AI models, and we do not allow our AI image service providers to use them for that purpose.
- No ads, no data sales. The app has no advertising and we do not sell or share your data for advertising.
- Adults only. The Service is for people aged 18 and over.
3. What we collect, and why
3.1 A random app identifier
When you first open the app or website, it creates a random identifier. It is not your name, not an advertising ID and not taken from your device's hardware. We use it only to keep your credit balance, link your pictures to your app and restore purchases.
| Platform | Where it is kept | What happens when you uninstall |
|---|---|---|
| Android | Private app storage | Deleted. A new install gets a new identifier; purchased credits come back with Restore purchases. |
| iOS | The device Keychain | Kept on the device, so credits you bought are still there if you reinstall the app. |
| Web | Browser storage | Deleted when you clear the site's data. |
3.2 Protecting the free photo from abuse
Each new install gets one free photo. To stop the same person claiming it again and again, the app may send a one-way code (a hash) made on the device from an installation value. The original value never leaves your device and the code cannot be turned back into it. We also make a one-way code from the network range of your IP address. We never store your IP address itself.
These codes are used only to decide whether a new install gets its free photo. They are never used for paid pictures, purchases or promo codes, and they are kept only for as long as they are needed to prevent abuse.
3.3 The photos you upload
Most styles take one photo. A few family styles take two: one of you as you are today and an older photo of your family. Everything below applies to each photo.
- The app shrinks your photo on your device before sending it.
- It is sent over an encrypted (HTTPS) connection as part of one request to make your picture.
- Our server keeps it in memory only while your picture is being made (usually under a few minutes) and may crop your own photo to the shape of the style you chose. The older family photo is never cropped.
- It is sent, together with the text description of the style, to a third-party AI image service provider that creates the picture (see §5.1).
- When the request finishes, our server discards it.
We never write your photo to our databases, file storage, logs or backups. We do not run face recognition on it, we do not create face templates or any biometric data, and we do not try to work out your age, gender, ethnicity or emotions. Your photo is never shown to other users and never used in our marketing.
3.4 Your generated pictures
The pictures we make are kept in private cloud storage and shown to you through links that expire. They are deleted automatically 24 hours after they are created, and the links stop working. If you want to keep a picture, save it to your device before then.
3.5 Share links
If you choose to share a picture, anyone with the link can see it until the picture is deleted 24 hours after it was made. Share links are not listed in search engines, but anyone who has the link can open it.
3.6 Purchases
Credits and subscriptions are sold through Google Play (Android) and the Apple App Store (iOS). We never see your card number or bank details. We use RevenueCat to confirm purchases; it receives the store's receipt and your random app identifier. We keep the store transaction ID, the product, the platform and the credits granted, so we can deliver what you bought, restore it and keep our accounts.
3.7 App analytics and crash reports
The apps use Firebase Analytics and Firebase Crashlytics (Google); the website uses Google Analytics. They record basic events — for example app opens, styles viewed, whether a picture was made or failed, purchases started and completed, and crashes — linked to your random app identifier. We also keep similar events on our own server.
Your photos, prompts and pictures are never included in analytics or crash reports. The Android app does not collect the advertising ID. The iOS app does not use the advertising identifier (IDFA), does not track you across other apps or websites, and therefore does not show a tracking prompt.
3.8 Reports
If you report a picture, we receive the picture's job reference, the reason you chose and your random app identifier, so we can review it.
3.9 Emails to support
If you email [email protected], we receive your email address and your message, plus anything you choose to include (such as the app identifier shown in Settings). We use it only to answer you.
3.10 What we do not collect
We do not collect your name, phone number, contacts, calendar, precise location, messages or health data (the approximate country described in §3.11 is all we know about where you are). The app does not ask for camera access. You pick a photo through your phone's own photo picker, so the app only receives the photos you choose. On iOS the app asks for permission to add pictures to your photo library, only when you tap Save.
3.11 Device and region details
Alongside the random app identifier (§3.1) we keep a few coarse details about the device, to see which app versions and devices are in use, find problems that only happen on some of them, and understand where the app is used:
- the platform (Android, iOS or web), the operating system version, the device model (for example "Pixel 8") and the app version;
- the language and time zone your device is set to;
- your approximate country, as a two-letter code. It is worked out by our network provider from your internet connection when you use the app. We never store your IP address, and we do not know your city or precise location;
- how the app was installed, if the app can tell: for example an invite code, a share link, or the campaign name the app store passes on (such as "installed from a Google Play ad"). This is a label for a campaign or link, not information about you.
None of this includes your name, contact details or an advertising ID, and none of it is used for advertising. It is kept with the app identifier for as long as the identifier is kept (§7).
4. Your agreement, and age
The Service is for people aged 18 and over. Before your first picture, the app tells you that your photo will be sent to a third-party AI image service to create it and asks you to agree. After that, each time you tap Generate you agree to the Terms of Service and this policy. We record which version you agreed to and when, linked to your random app identifier.
Old family photos may show you or your relatives as children. You may upload them as long as you have the right to use them (Terms of Service §3). Do not upload a photo that shows anyone under 18 in a sexual, harmful or degrading way. If you believe such a photo has been sent to the Service, email [email protected] and we will act on it promptly.
5. Who else receives data
We share data only with the service providers we need to run the Service.
5.1 AI image service providers
To create your picture, your photo and the text description of the style are sent over an encrypted connection to a third-party AI image generation service provider. To keep the Service available, we may use more than one such provider, but each request goes to one provider at a time. We do not send them your app identifier, purchase records or contact details.
We use these providers only to create your picture. We do not allow them to use your photo, prompt or pictures to train AI models or for any other purpose of their own. They may keep request data for a limited period under their own policies (for example, for security and abuse monitoring), after which it is deleted.
5.2 Other service providers
| Provider | What they receive | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Google (Google Play, Firebase Analytics, Firebase Crashlytics, Google Analytics) | Purchase receipts; usage events and crash reports linked to the random app identifier | Purchases, app stability and usage statistics |
| Apple (App Store) | Purchase receipts | Purchases and subscriptions |
| RevenueCat | Purchase receipts and the random app identifier | Confirming purchases |
| Cloudflare | Network traffic; generated pictures in private storage | Security, content delivery, and storing pictures for 24 hours |
| Our server hosting provider | Our application and its database | Running the Service |
We do not sell personal information, and we do not share it for advertising.
6. Where your data is processed
Our servers and our service providers may be located in countries other than yours, so your data, including your photo while your picture is being made, may be processed outside your country. The protections in this policy apply wherever it is processed.
7. How long we keep things
| What | How long |
|---|---|
| The photo you upload | Not stored — held in memory only while your picture is being made |
| Generated pictures and share links | 24 hours, then deleted automatically |
| Face or biometric data | Never created |
| Random app identifier and credit balance | While you use the app (see §3.1 for what uninstalling does) |
| Records of generations (time, style, result — no images, no prompts) | As long as needed to run the Service and handle support questions |
| Purchase records | As long as tax and accounting law requires |
| Analytics and crash events | As long as needed to understand and fix the app, under our analytics settings |
| Free-photo abuse codes | As long as needed to prevent abuse of the free photo |
| Support emails | Until your question is resolved |
8. Your choices and rights
- Keep only what you save. Pictures delete themselves after 24 hours; save the ones you want.
- Clear local data. Settings → Clear cache removes cached pictures and styles from your device.
- Uninstall. On Android and the web this deletes your random app identifier. On iOS it stays in the device Keychain so purchased credits are not lost; to have it and its records deleted, email us.
- Ask us. Email [email protected] with the app identifier shown in Settings to ask what we hold about it or to ask us to delete it. Because we do not know your name or email, that identifier is the only way we can find your records. We reply within 30 days.
- India and Gulf countries. Questions and complaints under local data protection law can be sent to [email protected].
9. Security
All connections to the Service are encrypted (HTTPS). Generated pictures are kept in private storage and shown only through links that expire. Our admin tools are protected by secret credentials. The best protection is what we do not keep: your photo is never stored by us, and your pictures are deleted after 24 hours.
10. Advertising
DecadeShot has no advertising. The apps contain no advertising SDKs. If that ever changes, we will update this policy and the store privacy labels first.
11. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy. The date at the top will change. If a change is significant, the app will tell you before your next picture and ask you to agree again.
12. Contact
Operator: an individual trading as DecadeShot Email: [email protected]
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