FakeNews Privacy Policy

Our Commitment to Privacy

At FakeNews, we are committed to protecting your privacy. This privacy policy explains how our app handles your information when you create parody news videos.

Information We Do NOT Collect

FakeNews does not collect, store, or transmit any information that identifies you personally. Specifically, we do not collect:

• Personal identification information (name, email, phone number)
• Your photos, videos, or the content you create
• The text you type into a template
• Location data
• Your contacts
• Apple's advertising identifier (IDFA)
• Payment or card details
• Any other personally identifiable information

Anonymous Usage Analytics

FakeNews collects anonymous usage analytics so we can see which templates people actually use and where the app gets confusing. This is the only information the app sends over the internet.

What is sent:

• Actions you take in the app: opening a template, adding a clip, starting and finishing an export, seeing the Pro screen, and whether a purchase completed. These are recorded as named actions, never as the content of your work.
• Which template was used: its name and category, so we can tell which ones are popular and which to build more of.
• Basic technical context, attached automatically: app version, iOS version, device model, screen size, language, region, time zone, and accessibility settings such as larger text or reduced motion.
• An anonymous identifier: a one-way scrambled version of the per-app device identifier Apple provides. It is not your Apple Account, not your name or email, and not an advertising identifier. We cannot use it to work out who you are, and it cannot be matched to you in other apps or on the web.

What is never sent: your photos, videos, audio, headline text, or finished exports. Your media is composited on your device and stays there.

We do not use this information for advertising, and we do not track you across other companies' apps or websites. Because of that, FakeNews does not show Apple's App Tracking Transparency prompt.

You can turn this off. Open the gear icon in the app's gallery and switch off "Share anonymous usage data". Nothing further is sent from that moment on — the analytics component is shut down immediately and is not started again on future launches. Turning it off sends no parting message of any kind, and the app works exactly the same either way.

Analytics is provided by TelemetryDeck, a privacy-focused analytics service. Events are sent over an encrypted connection and stored on TelemetryDeck's servers, and retention is governed by their privacy policy. As with any internet request, their servers receive the IP address your device connects from.

How FakeNews Works

Everything you create stays on your device:

• On-Device Processing: Your photos and videos are composited into templates entirely on your device and never uploaded anywhere
• Camera & Microphone: Used only to record clips you choose to put in your videos; recordings stay on your device
• Photo Library: Accessed only to insert media you pick and to save finished videos back to your library
• No Account Required: The app does not require registration or account creation
• No Ads or Trackers: The app contains no advertising and no cross-app tracking. Its only third-party component is the TelemetryDeck analytics SDK described above

In-App Purchases

The optional Pro unlock is a one-time purchase processed entirely by Apple through the App Store. We never see or store your payment information. Purchase records are managed by Apple and tied to your Apple Account, not to any account with us.

Our analytics record whether a purchase or restore completed, so we can tell how many people find the Pro unlock worthwhile. This is a simple count against the anonymous identifier described above — it contains no price, receipt, Apple Account, or payment details.

Data Security

• Your photos, videos, and finished creations never leave your device, so they are not at risk in any breach of ours
• We hold no names, emails, passwords, or payment details — there is no account to compromise
• Analytics events contain no personal information and are transmitted over an encrypted (HTTPS) connection
• All app data is protected by your device's built-in security features

Children's Privacy

FakeNews does not collect personal information from anyone, including children under 13. The anonymous usage analytics described above contain no personal information, are not used to build a profile of any individual, and are never used for advertising.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. Any changes will be reflected in the "Last Updated" date above.

App Store Privacy Labels

In accordance with Apple's App Store requirements, FakeNews's privacy label declares three types of data, all collected for analytics only:

• Product Interaction — the in-app actions described above
• Device ID — the anonymous scrambled identifier described above
• Purchase History — whether the Pro unlock was purchased or restored

All three are marked Not Linked to You and Not Used to Track You.

This privacy policy is effective as of the date listed above and applies to all users of the FakeNews app.