This policy explains how SwiftLee B.V., established in the Netherlands, handles information when you use Video Compressor. SwiftLee B.V. is the controller for the limited personal data described below. Questions and privacy requests can be sent to [email protected].
Photo Library and on-device processing
With your permission, Video Compressor reads your Photo Library to identify videos, show metadata such as duration, dimensions, creation date, and file size, generate thumbnails, estimate savings, and perform compression. Scanning, analysis, and compression take place on your device. Your photo and video content is not uploaded to SwiftLee servers.
The app may keep local caches and settings to make future scans faster and remember completed compression results. These remain in the app’s storage and are removed when you delete the app. Compressed videos are saved to your Photo Library. An original is deleted only after you choose to delete it and confirm Apple’s system prompt; deleted items may remain in Photos’ Recently Deleted album under Apple’s rules.
Apple services
If an original is stored in iCloud, the app asks Apple PhotoKit to download it for processing. Apple handles that transfer under your Apple account and Apple’s privacy terms. The app may use Apple geocoding to turn existing location metadata into a place name and, on supported devices and languages, Apple Foundation Models for Smart Cleanup labels or requests. Foundation Models processing is provided by Apple’s system framework; the app limits inputs to the facts needed for the feature and does not send filenames or Photo Library identifiers to SwiftLee.
Invite Friends and referrals
If you use Invite Friends, the app registers an anonymous referral identifier and creates an invite code stored on SwiftLee servers (hosted on Cloudflare). We store counts such as how many friends joined through your link and how much bonus compression allowance you have earned, together with program settings needed to operate the feature. We do not collect names, contacts, or media for referrals.
To limit repeat redemptions on the same device, the app uses Apple’s DeviceCheck. Apple provides a per-device flag; SwiftLee does not store device identifiers beyond that flag, which is managed by Apple. The public invite landing page may call our API to confirm that a code is valid and show the promised bonus amount; it does not expose your identity.
You can delete referral data in the app under Account → Invite Friends → Delete Referral Data, or by emailing [email protected] with a privacy request. Deletion removes your referral account and code; anonymized redemption records may remain so friends who already joined keep their credited bonuses.
Email updates and invites
If you choose to receive email updates, we store your email address, an optional first name, and your app language so we can send occasional messages about Video Compressor (for example better compression or new cleanup features). Sign-up is optional, requires your confirmation through a link we email you (double opt-in), and is never required to use the app or unlock features.
If you invite a friend by email, we use the address you type only to send that one message. We do not keep their email in readable form; we store only an irreversible hash so we can honor block requests and delivery limits. Your first name may appear in the message so your friend knows who invited them.
Transactional email is sent through Resend (a US-based email provider). You can unsubscribe from updates using the link in every message, or email [email protected] to ask us to remove your address. Confirmed subscribers are kept until you unsubscribe or we remove your address on request; pending sign-ups that are never confirmed are removed after a reasonable period; invite recipient hashes and suppression records are retained only as long as needed to prevent abuse.
Subscriptions and purchases
Apple StoreKit processes purchases, billing, cancellation, and refunds. RevenueCat helps validate entitlements and subscription status. RevenueCat may receive an app-scoped user identifier, product and transaction information, country or store region, app version, and device or platform information. SwiftLee does not receive your full payment-card details.
Apple Ads attribution
If you install Video Compressor after tapping an Apple Ads ad in the App Store, the app can retrieve an attribution token from Apple’s AdServices framework and send it to RevenueCat. RevenueCat uses the token to ask Apple which campaign, ad group, and keyword led to the install, and links that result to your app-scoped RevenueCat identifier. We use it only to measure which advertising produces trials, purchases, and revenue and to evaluate our own advertising. Apple provides this standard attribution without your device advertising identifier. Video Compressor does not ask for App Tracking Transparency permission for it, does not combine it with data from other companies’ apps or websites for advertising, and does not share it with data brokers. If you install without an Apple Ads interaction, or if Apple does not return attribution data, no campaign information is stored.
Analytics
Amplitude receives bounded, aggregate product analytics from the app so we can understand feature use and improve reliability, for example that a scan completed or a purchase flow was opened. Analytics does not include filenames, Photos identifiers, file or web URLs, user-entered or generated text, localized prices, raw errors, or photo and video content. Debug builds, automated tests, and explicitly disabled sessions do not configure analytics.
This website uses Plausible Analytics for cookie-free, aggregate website measurement. Plausible records pageviews and App Store download CTA context, such as the button placement and format. It does not use cookies, collect the contents of your media, or receive support messages.
Support and diagnostics
If you contact support, we process your email address, message, and anything you choose to attach. You may optionally initiate a diagnostics email from the app. Review its contents before sending; do not include media you do not want to share. We use support information to respond, troubleshoot, prevent abuse, and keep a reasonable record of the request.
Retention and deletion
On-device data remains until you clear it through the app, delete affected media, or remove the app. Subscription and Apple Ads attribution records are retained as needed to provide entitlements, meet tax and accounting duties, resolve disputes, and prevent fraud. Support correspondence is kept only as long as reasonably needed for those purposes. Analytics retention follows our configured provider settings and is periodically reviewed.
Legal bases and your rights
Where the EEA or UK GDPR applies, processing is based on providing the service you request, your consent for permissions or optional communications, our legitimate interests in secure product improvement and support, and legal obligations. Depending on your location, you may request access, correction, deletion, restriction, portability, or objection, or withdraw consent. Email [email protected]. You may also complain to the Dutch Data Protection Authority or your local regulator.
International processing
Providers such as Apple, RevenueCat, Amplitude, Plausible, Resend, and email services may process data outside your country. Where required, transfers rely on recognized safeguards such as adequacy decisions or standard contractual clauses.
Children
Video Compressor is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children. Contact us if you believe a child provided personal data through support.
Security and changes
We use technical and organizational safeguards appropriate to the limited data we handle, but no system is perfectly secure. We may update this policy when the app or legal requirements change. Material changes will be identified by a new effective date and, when appropriate, an in-app notice.