Your data.
Your decisions.

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Écrin is published by Régis Porte under the OS Studio name. For questions about your data or this policy, contact the studio.

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Écrin does not require an OS Studio account. Your personal content is neither sold nor sent to advertisers. Free mode uses Google AdMob to show ads; Premium and Family do not load ads. iCloud backups and shared albums use Apple services.

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Écrin processes the photos, videos, documents and notes you choose to add, along with their available metadata. This information is used to display, organise, search, protect, import and export your content.

The app also stores preferences, album and folder organisation, and information needed to protect access. Display previews do not replace the original files retained.

When enabled, the decoy space and access attempt history help protect your privacy. They are not used to create an advertising profile.

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Permissions relate to the features you use: selecting photos, taking a photo, recording video with sound or accessing a chosen file. Manage them in your device settings.

Écrin does not scan your photo library to build a profile or send its content to OS Studio. Access requests and options depend on Apple’s system pickers and permissions.

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Backups are encrypted on your device. You choose their protection and locations: a copy within the app’s data on the device, a copy in your own iCloud, or both.

With automatic backup enabled, changes trigger updates to selected locations. The app distinguishes a local copy from a confirmed iCloud transfer. iCloud services also let you recover the same Écrin space on compatible devices.

iCloud services are optional and included in Premium and Family. Apple handles storage and transfer, depending on your account, connection, available space and system. OS Studio does not host your content or receive a readable version.

Restoring an existing personal backup and exporting your own files remain available without a subscription. Creating new backups, manually or automatically and iCloud continuity are included in Premium and Family.

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Sharing features let you choose albums and authorised participants. Content is encrypted before transfer; private invitations use Apple’s CloudKit services.

Authorised participants can access shared items according to their permissions. Your other content remains private. Family Sharing of a subscription does not automatically share albums, documents or notes.

Apple processes the information needed for invitations, participants, sync and storage under its terms. OS Studio does not use it for advertising.

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Export your content as a ZIP to a location you choose, with or without a password. Exports preserve originals, available metadata and any additional descriptive information needed.

An export without a password contains files readable by anyone with access. Exported copies are no longer protected by the app lock. Their retention depends on where you store them and whom you share them with.

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Apple manages purchases through the App Store. Écrin receives information needed to determine feature access: purchased product, validity and Family Sharing. OS Studio does not receive your banking details.

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Écrin uses encryption, a passcode lock and, when enabled on a compatible device, biometrics. Protection also depends on your device security, recovery secrets and Apple Account.

Apple may receive diagnostics according to the sharing choices in your device settings. In Free mode, Google’s advertising service may also process technical diagnostics, as explained in the Advertising and privacy section.

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In the Free plan, banners appear in the main Albums, Documents and Notes lists, and compact banners appear in photo and video grids inside albums, including Imports, in portrait and landscape. Occasional full-screen ads may appear after you finish viewing content and return to a main list. No ads while viewing a photo, video, document or note, entering your passcode, using the camera, importing or exporting, or on the lock screen.

Google and the partners shown in the form may process your IP address, an approximate location inferred from it, device and app information, certain device identifiers, displayed ads, advertising interactions and operational diagnostics. This data helps serve and measure ads, prevent fraud and operate the service. It is separate from your photos, videos, documents, notes and protection secrets, which are not provided to the advertising SDK.

Google User Messaging Platform presents the choices required for your situation before an ad request is permitted. You can review them in Settings → Privacy → Advertising and tracking when necessary. Apple tracking refusal is respected: the IDFA advertising identifier is not used without this permission. Ads without that identifier may still be possible depending on your privacy choices. No ad click or tracking consent is required to use your personal space.

The form identifies the partners and purposes involved. Their retention and transfer rules apply to advertising data. You can read Google’s policy below and contact OS Studio about processing carried out by the studio. Refusing consent does not guarantee that no ads will appear; the app follows the permission to request ads resulting from your choices.

In Settings → Privacy → Advertising and tracking, you can read this information and report an inappropriate ad to the studio. Do not include private files in your report.

Google privacy policy

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Manage deletion of content and backups in the app. Turning off a backup location stops automatic updates without deleting existing copies.

The device copy stays within Écrin’s local app data. It does not protect against device loss or deletion of app data. iCloud backups and exports are separate copies: deleting local content does not remove every earlier copy.

When a trial or subscription ends, you return to Free mode with ads. All your personal files remain stored and accessible: add, view, edit, export and delete, with no item limit. Paid features stop. Your shared albums become private and you leave received shares when connectivity allows access rights to be updated. Resubscribing does not automatically restore shares.

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View, export and delete your content in the app, manage device permissions and choose which online services to enable. Contact OS Studio for requests about your data.

OS Studio does not know your protection secrets and cannot decrypt your space for you.

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Écrin is a general-purpose app and is not specifically designed for children. It does not create a public profile. Google AdMob ads must match the app’s age rating. No content from your private space is used to target ads.

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This page may be updated to reflect Écrin’s features and services. The date above identifies this version of the policy.

Videos on the studio website

The website’s YouTube player loads only when you choose to play a video. Your browser then connects to YouTube, which applies its own privacy rules. The website uses the player’s privacy-enhanced mode; this does not mean that YouTube receives no data during playback.

Read Google’s privacy policy ↗

The website contact form

The website form sends your message and contact details to FormSubmit for forwarding to the studio. FormSubmit states that submissions are retained for 30 days. Spam protection uses Google reCAPTCHA.

FormSubmit documentation · Google privacy policy

Website language and appearance

This website uses your browser’s preferred language to suggest a translation. You can change it at any time. Your language and theme choices are saved in your browser when possible. No precise location is requested.