Privacy
Deadpan collects nothing
This policy covers the Deadpan iPhone app. It carries the App Store privacy label Data Not Collected — no accounts, no analytics, no adverts, no tracking, no crash reporting, no email address.
In one line: your photos stay on your phone, the app makes no network connections other than Apple's own App Store when you choose to unlock it, and there is no server for anything to be sent to.
What the app collects
Nothing. That is the complete answer, but it's worth spelling out what it rules out:
- No name, email address, phone number or any other contact detail.
- No account, because there is nothing to sign in to.
- No analytics of any kind. No Firebase, no Mixpanel, no Amplitude, no attribution SDK, no advertising identifier.
- No crash reports, usage statistics or device identifiers.
- No cross-app or cross-site tracking, and nothing sold, shared or licensed to anybody — because there is nothing to sell.
This isn't a promise about how I handle your data. It's a description of the architecture: the app contains no networking code capable of sending anything anywhere, which is also why it works in aeroplane mode.
Your photos
Photos you take with Deadpan are written directly to your iPhone — to your photo library, to an album you name, or to a folder in the Files app, depending on what you choose in settings. They are never uploaded, transmitted, cached remotely, or seen by anyone but you.
Location
Deadpan does not request location access at all, so it cannot read your location or attach it to anything. It additionally strips any GPS metadata during processing unless you switch Save location in photos on yourself. That setting is off when you install the app, because a photo of something you're selling is usually taken at home.
Permissions the app asks for, and why
- Camera. Required — it's a camera app, and without it there's nothing to show you. Used only to display the viewfinder and take photos when you press the shutter.
- Add photos only. Requested the first time you save a photo. This is the narrowest photo permission iOS offers: Deadpan can write new photos into your library and nothing else. It cannot read, browse, list or open your existing photos, and never asks for the permission that would allow it to.
Deadpan does not request microphone access. It doesn't record audio, doesn't record video, and has no use for a microphone. It runs in Apple's sandbox, which enforces all of the above at the operating-system level.
What is stored on your device
Only your preferences — shape, size, file type, colour space, where photos are saved — plus a single number counting how many of your 25 free photos you've used, and whether the unlock has been purchased. All of it lives in the app's own sandbox and none of it is transmitted. Deleting the app deletes it.
Your purchase
Deadpan gives you 25 free photos, after which a single one-time purchase unlocks it permanently. That purchase is handled entirely by Apple. I never see your payment details, card number, billing address or Apple Account.
Apple tells the app one thing — whether this Apple Account has bought the unlock — and the app stores nothing about you beyond a local yes or no on your own device. For what Apple does with your payment information, see Apple's privacy policy.
Network activity
The only network connection Deadpan can make is Apple's own StoreKit framework contacting the App Store: to fetch the price to display, to complete a purchase you started, and to restore a purchase you already made. Nothing else in the app talks to the internet.
This website
getstudiodrop.com is a set of static files hosted on GitHub Pages. It sets no cookies and runs no advertising or cross-site tracking scripts. GitHub, as the host, records standard web-server information such as IP address and browser type when a page is requested; this is automatic and I don't have access to it in any identifiable form. See GitHub's privacy statement.
Your rights
Under UK GDPR and the EU GDPR you have the right to access, correct, export or delete personal data held about you. For Deadpan there is nothing to request, because none is held — but if you'd like that confirmed in writing, email me and I'll confirm it.
To remove the app's local data entirely, delete the app. Photos you've already saved stay in your photo library, because they're yours.
Children
Deadpan is rated 4+ and suitable for anyone. It collects no personal information from users of any age. There is no chat, no sharing feature, no user account and no advertising.
Changes to this policy
If this ever changes, the date below changes with it, and any change affecting what the app does will also appear in the App Store release notes. If a future version were ever to collect anything at all, it would say so here clearly and ask for your consent in the app first.
Contact
Connor Clements
connorclements@hotmail.com
United Kingdom
Data controller for the purposes of UK GDPR: Connor Clements. Privacy policy for StudioDrop and StudioDrop Go is here.
Last updated: 18 August 2026