Falka ("Falka", "we", "us") helps groups collect and share photos and videos from an event in one shared album. This policy explains what data we collect, how we use it, and the choices you have.
If you have any questions, contact us at hello@falka.app.
What we collect
How we use your data
We use your data only to provide and operate Falka:
We do not sell your personal data, and we do not use your photos or videos for advertising.
Who can see your content
Photos and videos you add to a plan are visible to the members of that plan, and to anyone the organiser gives a view-only link to. Your profile (name and photo) is visible to the members of the plans you belong to. Your email address and account details are private to you.
View-only links. The person who created a plan can generate a link that lets someone see the album in a browser without installing Falka or joining the plan. Anyone holding that link can see every photo and video in the album and save copies of them. They cannot add anything, cannot see the member list, and cannot see who uploaded what. A link lasts 30 days unless the organiser turns it off sooner. Turning it off prevents further access, but it cannot recall anything that has already been viewed or saved.
If you would rather your photos were not in an album that may be shared this way, you can leave the plan at any time — see Your rights — or ask the organiser not to create a link.
Where your data is stored
Falka is built on Google Firebase (Firebase Authentication, Cloud Firestore and Cloud Storage), operated by Google. Google acts as our data processor; see Google's privacy information for details on their practices.
Your photos and videos are stored in Frankfurt, Germany (Google Cloud's europe-west3 region), and the database holding your plans, members and profile is in Google's European multi-region. Your content does not leave the European Union.
One exception, stated plainly: the sign-in records themselves (your email address and authentication tokens) are handled by Firebase Authentication, a Google service whose region we cannot choose, and may be processed outside the EU. Where that happens, it relies on Google LLC's certification under the EU–U.S. Data Privacy Framework and the standard contractual clauses in Google's data processing terms.
How long we keep it, and auto-deletion
Falka is designed to be tidy. Photos and videos in a plan are automatically deleted 30 days after the event ends, whether or not anyone has saved them. The whole album expires together, on one date — not file by file. The app reminds you twice beforehand, a fortnight out and again a week before, so you have time to keep the ones you want. You can also delete individual items, or an entire plan, yourself at any time (as the owner).
Deleting your account and data
You are in control of your data:
Third-party services
These providers process data on our behalf to make Falka work.
Security
We use industry-standard measures to protect your data, including access rules that limit each plan's photos to its members and keep your profile private. No method of transmission or storage is 100% secure, but we work to protect your information.
Children
Falka is not directed to children under 16. If you believe a child has provided us with personal data, contact us and we will delete it.
Your rights
Depending on where you live (for example, in the EU/EEA under the GDPR), you may have the right to access, correct, export or delete your personal data, and to object to or restrict certain processing. To exercise these rights, contact us at hello@falka.app.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy from time to time. We will change the "Last updated" date above, and for significant changes we will provide a more prominent notice.
Contact
Questions about this policy or your data? Email hello@falka.app.