Privacy policy
colors & hues is built so your photos never leave your iPhone. We don't collect, store or share any personal data.
This policy covers the colors & hues app for iPhone (the "app"), published by Missing Traders ("we", "us").
Your photos
With your permission, the app reads photos in your Photos library on your iPhone so it can find their colours. You choose whether it reads your whole library or only selected albums, and you can change that at any time in the app or in the iOS Settings app.
- For each photo, the app saves a small colour palette (a handful of colour values) linked to that photo's identifier in your library. It never saves copies of your photos.
- This colour index is stored only on your iPhone. It is excluded from iCloud and device backups, because it can always be rebuilt.
- The app never downloads your iCloud-only originals to analyse them. When you open a photo, iOS may load a preview from your own iCloud Photos so it can be shown, exactly as the Photos app does.
What we collect
Nothing. The app has no account, no sign-in, no advertising, no third-party analytics and no tracking. No photos, colours, palettes or any other data derived from your photos are sent to us or to anyone else. The app works fully offline.
Saving and sharing
Colour albums you create and palette images you export are saved to your own Photos library, or shared only to the place you choose using the iOS share sheet. Your preferences (such as your brand colours and indexing settings) are stored on your iPhone.
Purchases
Subscriptions and purchases are processed by Apple through the App Store. We do not receive your name, email address or payment details. Apple's handling of that information is described in Apple's Privacy Policy.
Diagnostics from Apple
If you have chosen to share analytics with app developers in your iPhone's settings, Apple may provide us with anonymous, aggregated crash reports and usage statistics. These do not identify you, and you can turn this off at any time in Settings › Privacy & Security › Analytics & Improvements.
Deleting your data
You can delete the colour index at any time in the app under Settings › Privacy › Delete colour index. Deleting the app removes everything it stored. The app never edits or deletes your photos.
Children
The app does not collect personal information from anyone, including children under 13.
Changes
If this policy changes, we will update this page and the date above.
Contact
Questions about privacy? Email missingtraders@gmail.com.