Privacy Policy — Bayou AuraLens
Effective date: August 1, 2026
Bayou AuraLens does not collect, store, transmit, sell, or share any personal data. Your photos, your sensor readings, and your aura videos are created and kept entirely on your device.
Your photos stay on your phone
When you capture an aura, the app takes a photo with your camera and processes it on your device: the person outline is detected with on-device machine learning (Google ML Kit selfie segmentation, running locally), the aura is rendered locally, and the temporary photo file is deleted immediately after processing. No photo, video, or image data is ever uploaded anywhere.
What the app stores on your device
Your preferences (chosen scene, sound, aura intensity, toggles), your onboarding status, and which purchases you own. Aura keepsake videos you choose to save are written to your own gallery (Movies/AuraLens). All of this lives only on your device. We cannot see any of it.
What the app does NOT do
- No accounts or sign-in
- No analytics or tracking
- No advertising
- No transmission of your data to us or anyone else — the aura experience works fully offline
- No access to contacts, location, or your existing files and photos
Permissions the app requests, and why
- Camera — to show the live viewfinder and capture your aura portrait. Processing is entirely on-device; if you decline, the app still works with its scene backdrops instead.
The app also reads your device's motion, magnetometer, and pressure sensors on-device to shape the aura. These readings are used in the moment, shown to you honestly in the reading, and never stored long-term or transmitted.
Purchases
Optional scene and soundscape purchases are processed by Google Play. All payment details are handled by Google under its own privacy policy — the app never sees or stores your payment information. The app only remembers, on your device, which items are unlocked.
Sharing
If you choose to share an aura video, the app hands the file to Android's standard share sheet and the app you pick. Nothing is shared unless you tap Share.
Data deletion
Uninstalling the app permanently deletes all of its data. Keepsake videos you saved to your gallery remain yours, in your gallery, until you delete them.
Children
The app does not collect data from anyone, including children.
A note on readings
Aura readings are a creative visualization built from your device's real sensor readings — for reflection and fun, not medical, health, or scientific advice.
Changes
If this policy ever changes, the updated version will be posted at this same address with a new effective date.
For privacy questions, contact privacy@bayoubytestudio.com.