Privacy policy
This is a translation. The binding version is the German one; in case of doubt, the German text prevails.
Controller
Stefan Hölting
c/o Autorenglück #42102
Albert-Einstein-Straße 47
02977 Hoyerswerda
Germany
E-mail: support-fotowecker@your-app-world.de
The short version
Fotowecker runs entirely on your device. There is no user account, no registration, no server operated by the provider, no advertising, no tracking and no third-party analytics. Your photos, reminders and notes stay on your device and – if you use iCloud – in your private iCloud database.
The provider never has access to this data.
What the app processes
Fotowecker only processes what you create yourself:
- the photos you pick, hand over through the share sheet or take in the app, each as a copy with a thumbnail
- the capture date and pixel dimensions contained in those photos
- for photos from the picker, the identifier of the original in your library. It is a device-internal string with no link to your person and only serves to match a photo to its original later. It does not grant any access to the library.
- the chosen day, the time, an optional note and the surprise flag
- the app's settings, such as the suggested time
This data is kept in the app's protected storage on your device.
Photo library
Fotowecker does **not** request read access to your photo library. Picking runs through the iOS photo picker, so the app only receives the images you tap yourself.
Write access ("add to Photos") is requested only if you deliberately save a photo from a reminder to your library – one at a time while viewing it, or all at once via "Save all photos to your library" in Settings.
Camera
The camera is used only when you take a photo inside the app. Such a photo is stored in Fotowecker alone and is never added to your photo library by itself; it gets there only if you save it there yourself. The legal basis is Art. 6 (1) (a) GDPR; you grant the permission in iOS and can withdraw it there at any time.
Notifications
Reminders are scheduled locally on your device. There is no push service operated by the provider, no device tokens and no server connection. You are asked for permission only when you create your first reminder. For the notification the app writes the thumbnail to a temporary file so iOS can display it; for a surprise reminder not even that happens.
iCloud sync
If you are signed in to iCloud and iCloud is enabled for Fotowecker, the app additionally mirrors reminders and photos in your **private** iCloud database (Apple CloudKit) and syncs them with your other devices. The provider cannot technically access this private database.
The service is provided by Apple Inc., One Apple Park Way, Cupertino, CA 95014, USA, and Apple Distribution International Ltd., Cork, Ireland. Apple's privacy policy applies: https://www.apple.com/legal/privacy/
The legal basis is Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR – syncing is part of the function you asked for. You can turn it off for this app at any time in the iOS settings under "Apple Account → iCloud"; the app remains fully usable and the data stays on the device.
Sharing from other apps
If you hand an image to Fotowecker through the share sheet, the app receives only that image. There is no channel back to the sending app.
App Store and in-app purchases
Purchase, payment and restoring of "Fotowecker Pro" are handled exclusively by Apple. The provider receives only aggregated, non-personal sales and payout reports from Apple. Payment data is neither collected nor stored by the provider.
Legal basis: Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR.
Diagnostics
The app contains no crash or analytics services of its own. If your device sends diagnostic data to Apple, that is based on your consent in the iOS system settings ("Analytics & Improvements"). At most the provider receives anonymised crash reports through App Store Connect.
Contact and support
If you write us a support e-mail, we process your details – sender address, subject, message text and any attachments – solely to handle your enquiry and any follow-up questions. The legal basis is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR; our legitimate interest lies in answering you. If the enquiry concerns a purchase, Art. 6 (1) (b) GDPR applies in addition.
We do not run the support mailbox ourselves: it is hosted by Google (Google Ireland Limited, Gordon House, Barrow Street, Dublin 4, Ireland) as our processor under Art. 28 GDPR, covered by a data processing agreement.
A support enquiry needs neither your photos nor your reminders – please send such content only where the question requires it.
Retention
Your reminders and photos are stored until you delete them in the app. Deleting a reminder also removes its copies of the photos – on the device and in your iCloud. The originals in your photo library are untouched. If you delete the app, the locally stored data goes with it.
Your rights
Under the GDPR you have the right to access, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability and objection, as well as the right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority.
Because the provider collects no personal data about you and has no access to your content, we can neither provide information about that content nor delete it. It is in your own hands: in the app and in your device's iCloud settings. For your rights towards Apple as the operator of iCloud, please see Apple's privacy policy.
This English text is provided for convenience; the German version is authoritative.
Hosting of this page
This text is additionally served as a web page through GitHub Pages (GitHub, Inc., USA). In doing so GitHub processes technically necessary connection data such as the IP address; we do not receive the server logs ourselves. The legal basis is Art. 6 (1) (f) GDPR. Details are set out in the privacy policy of the website: your-app-world.de