Privacy

Camera access is required for the live preview and taking photos. Add-only photo library access lets RawCam save new photos, and the copies you save after editing, to your library; it never changes a photo that’s already there.

Opening the Roll asks for Photos access so RawCam can show its own photos at full resolution, export them, and delete them when you ask. Limited or full access both work. RawCam looks up only the photos it took itself, not your full library. With full access, it also notices photos deleted in the Photos app, so they leave the Roll. If a photo isn’t available, the Roll keeps its saved preview.

Importing with + in the Roll uses the system photo picker, which gives RawCam only the photo you choose and needs no permission. Its Files button, and Import preset, open only the files you pick.

Location access is optional and off by default. Turning on Save location asks for access while using the app; new photos, and copies you save after editing, then keep where they were taken. RawCam gets location updates only while it’s open. With it off, photos save without location and edited copies leave it out. Turning it off doesn’t remove coordinates from photos already saved.

RawCam 2 takes photos only and does not ask for the microphone. You can review and revoke permissions in the Settings app under RawCam or Privacy & Security.

RawCam deletes a photo only when you tap Delete. For a photo you took, iOS asks you to confirm and the photo goes to Recently Deleted in Photos. For an imported photo, RawCam removes only its own copy; your library and Files aren’t changed.

Export prepares a temporary file for the share sheet. You choose whether and where to share it; embedded metadata, including a saved location, can travel with the file. Export → JPEG without location leaves the location out.

• Your settings: Save as, the selected preset and its strength and texture, capture settings, Haptics, Save location, the format of copies (JPEG or HEIC) and the saved copy size.
• The Roll’s index of photos you took or imported: Photos IDs for the ones you took, small previews, capture details such as lens, ISO, shutter speed, exposure, white balance and preset, and coordinates when location was on.
• Working files for editing: a copy of each photo you edit and its edits, kept so you can continue later. A photo you import is kept this way until you delete it from the Roll. Deleting a photo in RawCam removes its working copy too, and Settings → Editing → Delete all edits removes every edit.
• Presets you save or import, including RawCam’s copy of each .cube file.

Photos you take live in your photo library; photos you import live on the Roll, in RawCam’s own storage. Deleting RawCam removes everything in its own storage.

RawCam makes no network requests of its own; taking photos, presets and editing all work offline. Opening an original stored only in iCloud Photos asks Apple’s Photos framework to download it. Opening a photo’s location map uses Apple MapKit, which loads map data for that area from Apple, only when you open it.

• Your name, email, phone number or any contact information
• Location history or background location tracking
• Your photos or edits
• Your usage patterns
• Crash reports
• Any device or advertising identifier

RawCam uses no third-party SDKs, analytics services, advertising networks or backend services. It is appropriate for all ages and has no signup or account.

If this policy changes, the new version is posted here with a new date. Questions about privacy: hi@santiagoalonso.com.