Dark AI Studio ("we", "our", or "us") respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how our mobile application Dark AI Studio collects, uses, and protects information when you use the app.
By using the Dark AI Studio mobile application, you agree to the practices described in this Privacy Policy.
- No accountNo name or email. Credits are linked to a device ID we generate.
- Photos only after your consentThe app names who receives them before anything is uploaded.
- Deleted after each generationUploads are removed from our backend as soon as the request finishes.
- No training, no face recognitionYour photos are never used to train AI, sold or used for ads.
1Information We Collect
Dark AI Studio is designed to minimize data collection. We do not require you to create an account, and we do not collect your name, email address, or other personal identity information in order to use the app.
To provide the service, the app processes the following:
- Photos you explicitly select from your device’s photo library
- A device identifier we generate to associate your credit balance and purchases with your device
- Basic device information necessary for the app to function
- Optional, aggregated analytics data about app usage
2Your Photos & Face Data
Dark AI Studio lets you select photographs of yourself, and of any other people you choose to include, in order to generate AI portraits. Because those photographs show human faces, we treat them as face data and set out our handling of them in full in this section.
What face data we collect
The only face data we process is the photographs you explicitly select from your device’s photo library and submit for portrait generation, together with the portraits generated from them. We do not create, derive, or store faceprints, face templates, facial-geometry measurements, or any other biometric identifier, and we do not use face data to identify, recognise, or authenticate any person.
How we use it
Selected photographs are used for a single purpose: producing the portraits you request, at the time you request them. Your photographs and the portraits generated from them are never used to train AI models, are never sold or rented, and are never used for advertising, profiling, or any form of facial recognition.
Your consent
Before any photograph leaves your device for the first time, the app displays an in-app disclosure that states exactly what will be sent and names the third parties that will receive it, and asks you to agree. No photograph is uploaded unless you accept. You may withdraw your consent at any time from the same screen, after which the app will not send further photographs until you agree again.
Who receives it, and where it is processed
To generate your portraits we share the photographs you selected with the following processors, and with no one else:
- Convex — hosts our backend. Your selected photographs are uploaded to Convex file storage and held only for the duration of the generation request.
- fal.ai — the AI platform that runs the image model. It receives a temporary link to your selected photographs in order to perform the generation, and temporarily hosts the resulting portraits so they can be delivered to your device.
- OpenAI — provides the underlying image model that is executed through fal.ai.
These providers process your photographs solely to perform the generation on our instructions and under contractual data-protection commitments that we consider equivalent to those described in this policy. They are not permitted to use your photographs to train models or for any purpose of their own. Processing may take place on servers located outside your country of residence, including in the United States.
How long we keep it
Photographs you upload are deleted from our backend automatically as soon as the generation request finishes — whether it succeeded or failed — and are not retained afterwards. We do not keep a copy of the photographs you upload. Generated portraits are delivered to your device and stored there under your control; you can delete them at any time from within the app, and removing the app deletes them entirely.
3Generated Images
The portraits generated for you are delivered back to your device. You have full control over your generated images and may save, share, or delete them at any time. We do not maintain a public gallery of your generated content.
4Purchases & Subscriptions
Dark AI Studio offers credits and subscriptions that are purchased through Apple In-App Purchase. Subscription and credit entitlements are managed for us by RevenueCat.
- All payments are handled by Apple. We never receive or store your credit card or payment details.
- We receive purchase and transaction status (for example, whether a subscription is active) tied to your device identifier, so we can grant the credits you paid for.
5Third-Party Services
Dark AI Studio relies on a limited set of third-party services:
- Convex — to host our backend and temporarily store uploads
- fal.ai — to run the AI image model that creates your portraits
- OpenAI — provider of the underlying image model, via fal.ai
- RevenueCat — to manage purchases and subscriptions
- Apple — to process payments via In-App Purchase
- Optional analytics tools — to understand aggregate app usage
These services process data only as needed to provide their function. We do not permit them to reuse your photos beyond generating the output you requested.
6Data Security
We take reasonable technical measures to protect information processed within the app and during upload. However, no digital service can guarantee absolute security.
7Children's Privacy
Dark AI Studio is not directed toward children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe a child has provided information through the app, please contact us and we will take appropriate action.
8Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will update the "Effective Date" at the top of this document. Continued use of the app after changes indicates acceptance of the updated policy.
9Contact
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, you may contact us at:
Email: syhnserkan@gmail.com