The short version: your face photo is analyzed and immediately discarded. We keep no photos, no account, no name, no email. There is nothing to breach because there is almost nothing to hold.
what the app sends, and what happens to it
Your scan photo. When you scan, the photo is resized on your device, sent over an encrypted connection to our server, passed to an AI vision model for cosmetic analysis, and discarded. It is not written to disk, not logged, not used for training, and cannot be retrieved afterward — by you or by us. The same applies to product photos used by match.
A device identifier. A one-way hash derived from an Apple-provided per-device value. It contains no personal information and is used only to enforce the daily free tier. It resets if you reinstall the app.
Anonymous usage counts. So we know which features are used, the app sends plain event counts (e.g. "a scan happened", "a product was tapped"). These are tallied as daily totals with no device identifier attached — they cannot be traced to a person or a phone. No third-party analytics SDK is involved.
Nothing else. No account, no email, no location, no contacts, no advertising identifiers, no third-party trackers.
face data & the TrueDepth camera
The guided scan and the apply guide use Apple's ARKit face tracking (which relies on the TrueDepth camera) to locate your face in real time — only to frame the scan and to show where on your face each routine step goes.
What is collected. While the camera is open, ARKit produces face-position and face-geometry data on your device. mori nori reads this live, in memory, on your device only. The single thing that ever leaves your device is a standard 2D photo taken during the scan.
How it is used. The TrueDepth face data is used solely on-device, for real-time guidance — aligning the scan and positioning the apply markers. It is never used to identify or authenticate you. The 2D scan photo is sent to an AI vision model for cosmetic skin analysis, then discarded.
Sharing & disclosure. The TrueDepth face-tracking data is never transmitted to us or to any third party — it does not leave your device. The 2D scan photo is sent only to our AI inference providers (Anthropic, Google) transiently, under no-training API terms, and is shared with no one else.
Retention. The TrueDepth face data is never stored — it exists only while the camera is open. The 2D scan photo is never stored either: it is analyzed in memory and discarded — not written to disk, not logged, not used for training. Only the resulting scores and findings (text, no images) are kept, and those stay on your iPhone.
what stays on your device
Your scan history (scores and findings — never photos), your settings, and the optional weekly reminder all live on your iPhone only. Delete the app and they're gone.
optional research contribution
You can opt in to help build an anonymous skin-outcome dataset — and turn it off anytime. It is off until you choose it.
If you opt in, we keep only pseudonymous skin metrics (scan scores, the types and severity of findings, your routine, and capture quality) and product interactions (which items you tapped or marked as used). Nothing else.
Never a photo. Never your name, email, or an account — there isn't one. This data is keyed only to the device identifier above, is not linked to your identity, and is not sold. We use it to surface which routines tend to help which skin types — shown only as aggregates across many people, never as anything traceable to you.
It is revocable anytime: tap Delete my data in settings and your contribution is erased from our servers.
ai & the nature of the verdict
Scans are judged by an AI vision model. Verdicts are cosmetic observations, not medical advice — the judge is built to refuse medical language and to suggest seeing a dermatologist when something deserves human eyes. Nothing in mori nori diagnoses, treats, or prevents any condition.
purchases & product links
Subscriptions are handled entirely by Apple; we never see your payment details. Product recommendations may use affiliate links — if you buy through one, mori nori may earn a commission at no cost to you. Recommendations are chosen by ingredient fit, never by commission.
service providers
Scan analysis runs on AI infrastructure (currently Google Gemini and/or Anthropic Claude) under their API terms, which exclude training on submitted content. Our server runs on Vercel; rate-limit counters live in Upstash. Each receives only what is described above.
your choices
- Scanning is always explicit — the camera runs only inside the scan ritual.
- The weekly reminder is opt-in and can be turned off in settings.
- Reinstalling the app erases everything, everywhere.
contact
Questions: se7nz7@gmail.com
Effective 2026-06-13 · mori nori v0.5