Privacy Policy.

The short version.

Standby Booth runs entirely on your iPad. We do not operate a server. We do not run analytics SDKs. We do not embed advertising. We do not collect telemetry. Recordings live on your device until you decide to share them.

The rest of this page is the formal version — the same posture, broken out into the sections a privacy review expects.

Who we are.

Standby Booth ("the app") is published by Kai Ventures. You can reach a human at support@standbybooth.com with any privacy question, request, or concern.

What we don't collect.

To be specific about the absence of data collection:

• No personal information. We don't ask for your name, email, phone, address, or birthday.
• No analytics. No Google Analytics, no Mixpanel, no Amplitude, no anonymous "we'd love to see how you use the app" pixels. None.
• No advertising IDs. We don't read your IDFA.
• No location data. The app never asks for location and never reads it.
• No contacts, calendars, or reminders.
• No device fingerprinting, no third-party tracking, no cross-app correlation.
• No remote logging. Crash reports stay on the device unless you choose to share them with Apple via the standard iOS setting.

What the app uses on your device.

iOS asks you to grant permission for these because the app needs them to function. All data they touch stays on the iPad:

Camera

Required to record video. Video is written to your iPad's local storage. We have no access to it.

Microphone

Required to record audio with your video. Same locality rules.

Photo Library

Required only if you set "Photos library" as the storage destination in admin. The app saves recordings to your Camera Roll using Apple's standard PHPhotoLibrary API.

Local Network

The app declares this permission for AirDrop and peer-to-peer file transfer to nearby devices. AirDrop is system-managed by iOS; the app does not perform its own network scanning.

Storage destinations.

Standby Booth supports three storage options for guest recordings, chosen by the admin in the admin panel:

• iPad local storage — recordings live in the app's sandbox. iOS reclaims them when the app is deleted.
• Photos library — recordings save to the Camera Roll via Apple's PHPhotoLibrary API. They are subject to your iCloud Photos settings, if enabled.
• USB-C external drive — recordings copy to the connected drive. The app uses iOS security-scoped bookmarks; we never see the drive contents.

In each case, the recording never traverses a server we operate. If you AirDrop a recording to another device, AirDrop is peer-to-peer over Bluetooth/WiFi between your two devices — nothing goes through us.

In-app purchase.

Standby Booth Pro is a one-time, non-consumable in-app purchase via Apple's StoreKit. Apple handles the entire payment flow. We do not see your payment method, billing address, or any other identifying information about you. We receive only a verified entitlement receipt from Apple confirming you have purchased Pro — and that receipt is stored in the iOS Keychain on your device.

Refunds, cross-device restoration, and family-sharing eligibility are managed by Apple. Apple's privacy policy applies to the payment transaction.

Required Reason APIs.

Apple requires apps to declare why they use certain on-device APIs. The app's PrivacyInfo.xcprivacy manifest declares the following, all for legitimate on-device functionality:

• UserDefaults (reason CA92.1) — to store the USB-C drive bookmark and the local file-naming sequence counter.
• File timestamp (reason C617.1) — to read file size attributes after writing a recording.
• Disk space (reason E174.1) — to check available space before starting a long recording, so a 5-minute take doesn't fail halfway through.

None of these touch personal information; all reads stay on-device.

Third parties.

The app does not embed third-party SDKs at launch. If we add an optional Google Drive storage destination in the future, signing into Google Drive would trigger Google's SignIn SDK, and your interaction with Google would be governed by Google's privacy policy. We would only receive an OAuth token, stored in your iPad's Keychain, to write recordings into your own Drive folder.

Children's privacy.

Standby Booth is appropriate for users of any age, but the app itself does not knowingly collect any personal information from anyone — including children under 13. If you believe a child has shared information through the app, please contact us at support@standbybooth.com. We will respond promptly.

Your rights.

Because we do not collect personal data, there is nothing in our possession to disclose, correct, port, or delete. If you have used the app to record guests at an event, those recordings are on your iPad — you control them entirely. You can delete them from the Photos library or the Files app on your iPad at any time.

Residents of jurisdictions with specific data-protection rights (GDPR, CCPA, others) — your rights are preserved by the fact that we hold no data about you. If you have questions, email us.

Changes to this policy.

If we update this policy, the effective date at the top will change. Material changes — for example, if we ever add a server-side component — will be announced in the app and on the Standby Booth home page before they take effect.

Contact.

Questions, concerns, or requests: support@standbybooth.com. We read every reply.