Privacy Policy
The short version
- Blot finds faces, text and codes and renders your edits on your iPhone. Your photos, videos and edits are never sent to us.
- There is no account, no advertising, and no tracking across other apps or websites.
- The app sends a small set of usage events to PostHog and crash reports to Sentry so we can see which features are used and fix failures. They never include your media, file names, text in your photos, or face data.
- Apple handles purchases. We do not receive your payment details.
- We do not sell your personal data.
1. Who we are
Blot is made by Sherin Benny Antony, an individual developer in India (“we”, “us”). We decide how the personal data described here is used. Under India’s Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 we are the Data Fiduciary, and under the EU and UK GDPR we are the controller.
Contact: blot@abeyio.com
2. What this covers
This policy covers the Blot iPhone app, this website (blot.abeyio.com) and emails you send us. Apple’s privacy policy covers the App Store, payments and Apple services.
3. Your photos and videos
When you choose an item, the iOS Photos picker gives Blot only that item. Blot copies it into the app’s private storage, looks for faces, text, QR codes and barcodes with Apple’s on-device frameworks, and renders the masked copy on your iPhone. None of this is uploaded to us or to any service we use.
| Stored on your iPhone | Why |
|---|---|
| A working copy of the photo or video you choose, the masks you add and any saved project | To edit, preview and export. Delete a project from Recent projects to remove its copy. |
| The free video export count for the month, and your settings | To apply the free allowance and remember preferences |
| Exported copies | When you choose Save to Photos or Share, the copy goes to Photos or the app you pick. Their settings and policies then apply. |
Exported copies leave out the original’s location and camera details. Saving to Photos asks for add-only access, which lets Blot add the new copy without reading your library. Your iPhone or iCloud backup settings may include the app’s local data in a backup.
4. Usage events and crash reports
Usage events (PostHog)
PostHog, Inc. (United States) receives a limited set of events to help us understand how Blot is used:
- Which screen was opened: Home, Editor or Upgrade.
- Actions: onboarding completed or skipped, a photo or video imported (the type only), an export completed or failed, a mask split, and face tracking completed or failed.
- A completed purchase and which tier it was (Pro or Ultimate).
Events carry a random identifier that PostHog creates for this installation, the app’s name and the platform. They are not linked to your name, email, Apple Account or advertising identifier. We do not create person profiles, and we turn off PostHog’s IP-based location lookup. Screen recording, automatic tap capture, surveys and feature flags are off.
Crash reports (Sentry)
If the app crashes or hits a serious error, Functional Software, Inc. (Sentry, United States) receives a diagnostic report: the code location, app version, iOS version and device model. We remove messages and error text, breadcrumbs, request details and user fields before a report is sent. Screenshots and view hierarchies are never attached.
Legal basis and retention
We rely on our legitimate interest in keeping the app working and improving it, or your consent where the law requires it. Usage events and crash reports are kept for no longer than 24 months and are then deleted. Both providers process data for us under their data processing terms and may store it in the United States.
Information from Apple
If you turn on Share With App Developers in your iPhone’s privacy settings, Apple may give us crash reports and usage statistics. Apple’s settings control this, not the app.
5. Purchases
Pro and Ultimate are one-time purchases made through the App Store. Apple processes the payment. Blot reads the purchase status from Apple to unlock features. We do not receive your card details or Apple Account email.
6. This website and email
Cloudflare, Inc. hosts this website. To deliver and protect it, Cloudflare processes technical data such as your IP address, browser, the page requested and the time. The website has no analytics, advertising or tracking cookies.
If you email us, we receive your address and whatever you write, and use it only to reply and help. Please don’t attach private photos or videos. We keep support emails for up to 24 months after the conversation ends.
7. Sharing
We share data only with the providers above, to run the app and website, or when the law requires it. We do not sell or rent personal data or use it for advertising.
8. Your choices and rights
- Delete projects in the app at any time, or delete the app to remove all of its local data.
- You can ask us to access, correct or delete personal data, or object to its use. Email blot@abeyio.com. Usage events are not linked to your identity, so we may ask for details that help us find them.
- You can complain to your local data protection authority. In India, you can contact the Data Protection Board of India.
9. Children
Blot is a general-audience app and is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children.
10. Security
Data sent to PostHog and Sentry is encrypted in transit. Your media stays in the app’s sandbox on your iPhone, protected by iOS.
11. Changes
If we change this policy, we will update it here and change the effective date. Significant changes will also be noted in the app’s release notes.
Questions?
Email blot@abeyio.com.