Effective July 23, 2026
This policy explains what Focal Click collects, why, and the choices you have. The short version: your photos are private by default, we read their metadata to power recipes, we never store photo location, we don't sell your data, and public means public.
fc_vid holding a random id, kept for up to 400 days. It is not your name or your email, and it is never sold or used for advertising. It lets us recognise this browser across visits so we can measure things a per-visit counter cannot, like whether people come back and which page actually sends them to the Lab, and so the site can remember useful things for you, such as the camera you connected and the recipes you were comparing. From those events we keep a small profile: your camera model and whether it connected, whether you have developed a photo, recipes you recently opened, your device and browser, rough country, and the site that first sent you here. If you sign in, we link that id to your account so your history stays yours across devices. Turn it off and we delete the cookie and stop, and the site keeps working exactly the same. This data lives in Cloudflare D1, not with an advertising company.The Recipe Extractor works without an account. Your browser sends only the file's metadata header to read the recipe; if you export a recipe card, a resized copy of the photo is sent to render the card and discarded the moment the image comes back. Nothing from the free tools is stored unless you choose to pin or post the photo.
Nothing you upload is public until you share it. When you share a photo to the community, the photo and its metadata (recipe settings and camera info, never location) appear on your profile, on Explore, on the recipe's page, in followers' feeds, and in recipe embeds on third-party websites. Your username, profile photo, bio, public saves (with the names you chose and any source links), follows, likes, and the comments you write are visible to others. If you enable downloads on a shared photo, anyone can save its original file. Search engines can index public content.
We do not sell your personal data, use your photographs to train machine-learning models, or share your private library with anyone.
Focal Click runs on infrastructure providers who process data on our behalf:
Photos you delete are removed from storage promptly, including originals and derivatives (embedded or cached public copies may persist briefly). You can delete all your photos from Settings. To delete your account entirely, email us. We remove your account data within 30 days. A recipe you named and published keeps its name and credit, since other photographers' shots rely on it; the name passes to the next photographer who published it. Emails collected on our pre-launch waitlist are kept only to let those photographers know signups are open, and are removed on request.
Traffic is encrypted in transit; storage is access-controlled with row-level security; passwords are hashed; passkeys never leave your device. No system is perfect. If we learn of a breach affecting you, we'll notify you without undue delay.
Depending on where you live (e.g. GDPR, PIPEDA, CCPA), you may have rights to access, correct, export, or delete your personal data, and to object to certain processing. Email us and we'll honor them. You can also use the service's built-in tools: edit your profile, download your originals, delete photos, manage your email preferences in Settings, or leave entirely. If you opted in to product-update email, you can withdraw that consent anytime from Settings or the unsubscribe link in any such message.
Focal Click is not for children under 16, and we don't knowingly collect their data.
We'll announce material changes in the app or by email before they take effect. Questions or requests: use the contact form or email hello@email.focal.click. See also our Terms of Use.