FaceApp
Good disclosure · High confidence
Dealbreaker flag
- Terms grant FaceApp a perpetual, irrevocable, worldwide licence to use and create derivative works from any user feedback, for any purpose.
Photos are not used for training and auto-delete within 48 hours, but a perpetual licence to user feedback trips a dealbreaker flag.
What the policy says
Training
Photos and videos are not used for training beyond providing the editing features.
Biometrics
Facial data is encrypted with locally-stored keys and cached only 24 to 48 hours before automatic deletion.
Transfers
Standard Contractual Clauses named, with encryption, pseudonymisation and a process to challenge unlawful government requests.
Rights
Access, deletion, correction and portability; photos can be removed from the cloud before auto-deletion.
Details
- Category
- Image & video
- Modalities
- image
- Processes biometrics
- Yes
- Policy last updated
- 2024-11-04
- Region scored
- Global / US-default
- Assessed
- 2026-06-20
Every grade scores what an app discloses about its data governance in its public privacy policy and terms, not its verified behaviour. A strong policy can hide weak practice, and a thin policy can hide good practice.