Last updated 21 October 2026
The short version
Your photos never leave your iPhone. Flic has no account and no photo server. Flic sends anonymous usage counts, and only if you tap Allow on the tracking prompt does it share ad measurement data with TikTok and Meta. Never a photo, and never anything about a photo.
Flic has no account and no photo server. Flic uses Apple's built-in tools on your iPhone to sort your photos, find similar shots, pick Your Best 25 and notice faces. All of that is stored only on your iPhone, inside Flic. No photo, and nothing about any photo, is ever sent to anyone.
If you hide someone from Your Best 25, Flic keeps a small face thumbnail on your iPhone so you can see who you hid and unhide them in Settings. Delete the app and all of it goes too.
Flic never downloads your photos from iCloud. It reads only what is already stored on this iPhone.
A short summary. Each part is explained below.
Flic sends counts to TelemetryDeck so we can see what people use:
These counts sit under a scrambled device code that resets if you delete the app. They do not include your name, your photos or anything about your photos.
If you found Flic through an App Store ad, Flic asks Apple once which campaign it was. The answer goes into the usage counts above.
Flic uses the TikTok Business SDK and Meta's Facebook SDK to check whether our ads on TikTok, Facebook and Instagram work. Neither one starts unless you tap Allow when your iPhone asks to let Flic track your activity.
If you tap Allow, TikTok and Meta receive:
Events that happen before you answer are kept on your iPhone. They go out only if you later tap Allow.
TikTok and Meta never receive a photo, anything about a photo, your name, your email or your contacts. What they do with the data they receive is covered by their own privacy policies.
If you tap Ask App Not to Track, or tracking is off on your iPhone, Flic never starts either SDK and sends TikTok and Meta nothing. Ad networks then get only Apple's anonymous install reports (SKAdNetwork), which never say who you are.
You can change your answer any time in iOS Settings › Privacy & Security › Tracking.
Flic asks for access to your photo library so it can show you your photos and act on the ones you swipe. That access is used for nothing else. You can change or revoke it at any time in iOS Settings › Privacy & Security › Photos.
Flic never deletes anything unless you ask. Deleted photos go to your iPhone's Recently Deleted album and stay there for 30 days, where you can get any of them back.
If you buy a paid plan, the purchase is handled by Apple through your App Store account. We never see your name, email or payment details. If you tapped Allow, the plan, price and currency are also sent to TikTok and Meta as described above.
If you write to us, we have your email address and whatever you chose to tell us, for as long as it takes to answer you. We do not add you to a mailing list and we do not pass it on.
Flic is not directed at children under 13.
Laws such as the GDPR and the CCPA give you rights over personal data held about you. Flic itself holds no account and nothing that identifies you. The data TikTok and Meta receive after you tap Allow is held by them, under their own policies, and you can stop it at any time by turning tracking off for Flic in iOS Settings.
If what Flic collects changes, this page will say so and the date above will change. One thing will not change: your photos stay on your iPhone.
Questions about privacy: support@getflic.com
See also our Terms of Use.