FaceApp assigns rights to the User Content
News / / December 19, 2019
Recently Updated filters FaceApp again attracted the attention to the half-forgotten application. However, if you want to remain the owner of your photos, please refrain from using the program.
according to conditions Service, FaceApp leaves the user the owner of the rights to all photos. However, with the caveat: "Except for the licenseYou provide below, you retain all rights to your User Content. In addition, FaceApp does not claim ownership of any User Content that you post to the Services or through them. "
So what's the danger?
Sounds pretty good - if not for the license in question. Here are excerpts from the translation of it:
You provide FaceApp permanent, irrevocable, non-exclusive, royalty-free, worldwide, fully-paid, non-transferable sub-licensable license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works of, distribute, publicly perform and display your User Content and any name, user name, or other data provided with your User Content, in all formats and media channels that are currently known or under development, without compensation you. By using the Service, you agree that User Content may be used for commercial purposes. You also acknowledge that the use of FaceApp User Content for commercial purposes will not result in any injuries to you or any person on whose behalf you are authorized to act.
In fact, if you have something to create or load a program, FaceApp can do with your content anything. It can not only publish your picture without your permission, but to monetize them, directly or indirectly, without any compensation or notice to you about it.
This means that although FaceApp admits that they do not own the content they create, they are legally allowed to do with this content everything that they want. Not only can they use the content on your own, but say that you waive all rights, if their use in any way that causes you harm.
In addition, the document contains a small suggestion, stating that FaceApp can store your content, regardless of whether you have removed it from service or not. This is supposedly done to "comply with certain legal obligations," although the obligations are not specified. This adds a cause for concern, as the data leakage It has long ceased to be a rarity.
answer FaceApp
The company has responded quickly enough. Techcrunch has published FaceApp response to the excitement of the users. In short:
- FaceApp handles photos in the cloud, so loads the selected images to the user. No other photos from the device to the server does not go.
- Photos really can be stored on the server. This is done so that the user has not uploaded a few photos of the same, taking place in the cloud. Most photos It removed 48 hours after loading.
- You can request removal of a photo before. The application should open the tab "Settings» → «support» → «Report a problem" and write what you want your data to be deleted from the server.
- 99% of users are not registered, so the application does not have access to data that could identify you.
- No user data is not shared or sold to third parties.
- Although the development team and is in Russia, no data is transmitted to the country.
The full version of the answer can be found at the link above.
Note that although the company says it does not transmit data to third parties, it would not comment on the situation with the right to use - just like that, what kind of pictures can be stored on more than 48 servers hours.