Last updated: 30 August 2026
KindSift is operated by Malebo Labs (“Malebo Labs”, “we”, “us”, or “our”). This Privacy Policy explains how the KindSift iOS app handles information and the choices available to you.
KindSift is designed to work privately. Your photos and videos are analysed on your iPhone and are not uploaded to Malebo Labs or sent to our servers.
KindSift’s App Store privacy label is Data Not Collected. KindSift does not create accounts or collect app data for analytics, advertising, profiling, or tracking.
1. Information KindSift accesses on your device
Photos and videos
With your permission, KindSift accesses the photos and videos available to it through Apple’s Photos framework. It uses this access to:
- identify exact duplicates and similar photos;
- identify screenshots and large videos;
- show thumbnails and previews for your review;
- read relevant library information, such as media type, file size, dimensions, creation date, favourite status, and burst information;
- detect faces on the device when the face-protection setting is enabled; and
- delete only the items you select and confirm for deletion.
This processing takes place on your iPhone. Malebo Labs does not receive, store, view, or share your photos, videos, thumbnails, face-detection results, or photo-library metadata.
Scanning and grid thumbnails use only locally available previews and do not download iCloud originals. If you deliberately open an item in a full-screen preview and it is not currently available on your device, Apple’s Photos framework may download that item from Apple. That transfer is handled by Apple; the item is not sent to Malebo Labs.
Device storage information
KindSift reads your device’s total and available storage so it can show the potential and measured effect of a cleanup. This information remains on your device and is not sent to Malebo Labs.
App preferences
KindSift stores settings on your device, including whether onboarding has been completed and your protection preferences for favourites, faces, albums, and date ranges. These settings remain on your device.
Local scan cache
To speed up later scans, KindSift saves photo identifiers, fingerprints, and face-detection results on this iPhone. It does not store face identities or copies of your photos. The cache uses iOS file protection, is excluded from iCloud backup, is refreshed when photos change, and is removed when you delete KindSift.
Cleanup history
KindSift keeps a local record of recent cleanups, including the cleanup date, item count, local Photos identifiers, and estimated storage amount. This history:
- is stored only on your iPhone;
- uses iOS file protection;
- is excluded from iCloud backup; and
- is automatically removed after 30 days.
The cleanup history is informational and cannot restore deleted items.
2. Information we collect
KindSift does not require an account and does not collect information from the app for analytics, advertising, profiling, or tracking.
We do not collect:
- photos or videos;
- face data or biometric identifiers;
- photo-library metadata;
- precise or approximate location;
- contacts;
- advertising identifiers;
- app-usage analytics; or
- crash-reporting data through a third-party service.
Support communications
If you choose to email us for support, we receive the information you voluntarily include, such as your email address, message, and any attachments. Please do not attach private photos, videos, purchase credentials, or other sensitive information unless it is necessary for us to help you.
We use support communications only to respond to your request, investigate problems, protect our legal rights, and improve KindSift based on the feedback you choose to provide.
3. Purchases
KindSift offers a one-time in-app purchase through Apple’s StoreKit and App Store services. Apple processes the payment and manages purchase history and entitlement restoration under Apple’s own terms and privacy policy.
KindSift checks the purchase entitlement supplied by Apple to determine whether the app has been unlocked. We do not operate a separate payment server and do not receive your full payment-card details.
4. How information is shared
KindSift does not sell personal information and does not share your photo library or on-device analysis with advertisers, data brokers, analytics providers, or artificial-intelligence services.
Information may be handled by the following parties only where relevant:
- Apple: to provide Photos and iCloud Photos functionality, process in-app purchases, restore purchases, distribute the app, and operate the App Store. Apple’s handling of information is governed by Apple’s privacy policy.
- Our email service provider: if you contact us by email, our email provider processes the message so we can receive and respond to it.
- Legal or regulatory authorities: if disclosure is required by law, a valid legal process, or to protect the rights, safety, and security of users, Malebo Labs, or others.
5. Retention and deletion
Information on your device
- Cleanup history is automatically removed after 30 days.
- App preferences remain until you change them, reset them where the app provides that option, or delete KindSift.
- Deleting KindSift removes the app’s locally stored preferences, local scan cache, and cleanup history from that device. The scan cache and cleanup history are excluded from iCloud backup.
Deleted photos and videos
When you confirm a deletion, Apple’s Photos app normally places the selected items in Recently Deleted for up to 30 days. You can recover or permanently remove them there. KindSift does not control Apple’s retention period and cannot restore those items itself.
Support messages
We retain support emails only for as long as reasonably necessary to respond, resolve the issue, maintain appropriate business records, meet legal obligations, or handle disputes. You may ask us to delete a support message, although we may retain information where the law permits or requires us to do so.
Purchase records
Apple controls the retention of App Store purchase records. Deleting KindSift does not cancel or erase a purchase from your Apple Account. You can restore an eligible purchase through the app using Apple’s StoreKit service.
6. Your choices and controls
You can control KindSift’s access to Photos in:
Settings → Privacy & Security → Photos → KindSift
You may grant full access, limited access, or no access. Restricting access limits which items KindSift can scan. Removing access prevents the app from scanning or deleting Photos items.
KindSift begins with no suggested items selected for deletion. You decide which items to select, and both KindSift and iOS ask for confirmation before deletion.
You can manage local protection preferences inside KindSift’s Settings screen. You can delete KindSift to remove its local app data. You can manage deleted media in the Photos app under Recently Deleted.
Because Malebo Labs does not receive your photo library, local scan cache, or cleanup history, we cannot access, export, correct, or delete that on-device information for you.
7. Security
KindSift minimises privacy risk by keeping its local scan cache and cleanup history on the device. Both use iOS file protection and are excluded from iCloud backup. The app does not contain advertising or analytics SDKs and does not operate a backend that receives your photo library.
No system is completely secure. You are responsible for protecting access to your iPhone, Apple Account, and email account.
8. Legal bases for processing
Where UK or European data-protection law applies, we rely on the following legal bases when we process personal information:
- Performance of a contract or steps at your request: to provide KindSift’s requested functionality and respond to support requests.
- Legitimate interests: to provide customer support, diagnose reported problems, improve the app from feedback you choose to send, prevent misuse, and establish or defend legal claims.
- Legal obligations: where we must retain or disclose information to comply with applicable law.
KindSift does not use personal information for automated decision-making or profiling that produces legal or similarly significant effects.
9. International transfers
KindSift does not transfer your photos, videos, photo-library metadata, device-storage information, local scan cache, or cleanup history to Malebo Labs or to another country.
If you contact us, your email may be processed in countries where our email provider operates. Where data-protection law requires it, we use service providers and transfer safeguards intended to provide an appropriate level of protection.
10. Your privacy rights
Depending on where you live and the circumstances, you may have rights to request access to, correction of, deletion of, restriction of, or portability of personal information we hold about you, and to object to certain processing.
These rights generally apply to information we actually hold, such as a support email. They do not give Malebo Labs access to photos, videos, preferences, or cleanup history that remain solely on your device.
To make a privacy request, email passytotola@gmail.com. We may need to verify your identity before completing a request.
If you are in the United Kingdom, you may also complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office through ico.org.uk/make-a-complaint. If you live elsewhere, you may contact your local data-protection authority.
11. Children’s privacy
KindSift is not directed specifically at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children through the app. Photos that contain children are processed on the device in the same way as other photos and are not sent to Malebo Labs.
If you believe a child has sent personal information to us in a support communication, contact us so we can review and delete it where appropriate.
12. Website information
This policy may be hosted on a Malebo Labs website. When you visit the page, our website and hosting provider may automatically process limited technical information, such as your IP address, browser type, requested page, and date and time, in standard server and security logs. This information is used to deliver and secure the website, diagnose faults, and prevent abuse.
The KindSift privacy page does not use this information to track you across other companies’ apps or websites or to deliver targeted advertising. Essential cookies may be used where required for website operation and security.
13. Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy when KindSift’s features, legal requirements, or data practices change. We will post the revised policy at this URL and update the date at the top of the page. If a change materially affects how we handle information, we will provide additional notice where appropriate.
14. Contact
KindSift is operated by Malebo Labs.
For privacy questions, requests, or support, contact:
Email: passytotola@gmail.com