Image Flow

Privacy Policy

Image Flow for Windows and Linux · Effective 13 September 2026

In short: Image Flow does not collect, transmit, sell or share any personal information. It has no account, no advertising, no analytics, no telemetry and no crash reporting.

Everything the app knows about your photos and videos is created and kept on your own computer, and it is removed when you clear the library or delete the app's data.

This policy covers the Image Flow desktop application ("the app") published by Ahmad BD ("I", "me") on Microsoft Windows — including the version distributed through the Microsoft Store — and on Linux, including the magic-image-viewer snap in the Snap Store. It also covers this website.

Contents

  1. What the app processes
  2. Where it is stored
  3. What is not collected
  4. Network access
  5. Permissions
  6. Stores, links and third parties
  7. Deleting your data
  8. Children
  9. Your rights
  10. This website
  11. Changes to this policy
  12. Contact

1. What the app processes

Image Flow works only with the folders you choose to scan (or, if you pick "My media folders", your standard Pictures and Videos folders). To build its library it reads, on your computer:

It also saves your preferences: which folders to scan, theme, viewer transition, slideshow settings and window size and position.

GPS location, where present, is only shown to you as coordinates in the photo details panel. It is not sent to any map or location service.

The app only reads your photos and videos. It never modifies, moves, renames, uploads or deletes them.

2. Where it is stored

The library (a local database file named library.db, which includes the thumbnails) and the preferences file (settings.json) are stored in your user profile on your own computer:

PlatformLocation
Windows %LOCALAPPDATA%\ImageFlow\
(usually C:\Users\<you>\AppData\Local\ImageFlow\)
Windows — Microsoft Store version The same location, which Windows keeps inside the app's own private package storage (under %LOCALAPPDATA%\Packages\) and removes when you uninstall the app.
Linux — snap ~/snap/magic-image-viewer/current/.local/share/ImageFlow/ and ~/snap/magic-image-viewer/current/.config/ImageFlow/
Linux — other builds ~/.local/share/ImageFlow/ and ~/.config/ImageFlow/

This data is not encrypted by the app; it is protected by your operating system account like your other personal files. It never leaves your computer unless you copy it somewhere yourself — for example as part of your own backups.

3. What is not collected

I do not receive any information from the app. Specifically, the app does not collect or send:

There are no accounts, no sign-in, no advertising, no in-app purchases and no third-party SDKs that collect data.

4. Network access

The app does not connect to the internet. It makes no network requests of its own — it doesn't check for updates, download content or contact any server.

On Linux, the snap is built without the network permission, so the system itself stops it from connecting.

The only thing that leads outside the app is the "Buy me a coffee" button in Settings → About. Clicking it asks your operating system to open https://buymeacoffee.com/ahmadbwidani in your web browser; the app sends nothing with it. What happens on that website is covered by its own privacy policy (see section 6).

Updates are delivered by the store you installed from (the Microsoft Store or the Snap Store), not by the app.

5. Permissions

Windows

Image Flow is a desktop application. In the Microsoft Store it may be listed with the capability "Uses all system resources" (runFullTrust), which Windows requires for every classic desktop app. The app uses it only to read the folders you choose, show your photos and play your videos. It does not use your camera, microphone, contacts or location services.

Linux (snap)

The snap runs in strict confinement and requests only:

6. Stores, links and third parties

Image Flow shares no data with third parties. However, services you use to get the app, or that you choose to visit, have their own privacy practices that I don't control:

7. Deleting your data

Because all data is stored on your computer, you are in full control of it:

8. Children

Image Flow collects no personal information from anyone, including children under 13 (or the equivalent minimum age in your country).

9. Your rights

Depending on where you live, laws such as the EU/UK General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) or the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) give you rights to access, correct, delete or move your personal data, and to object to how it is used. Because I don't collect or hold any personal data through the app, there is nothing on my side to access or delete — everything is on your device, where you can view and delete it directly as described above. You are welcome to contact me with any question about this.

10. This website

This website uses no cookies, no analytics and no tracking, and loads no fonts, scripts or other content from third parties. It is hosted on GitHub Pages; like any web host, GitHub may log technical information such as your IP address when you visit, under the GitHub General Privacy Statement. I don't have access to those logs.

If you open an issue on the GitHub support page, what you write, and your GitHub username, is public and visible to me.

11. Changes to this policy

If the way Image Flow handles data changes, this page will be updated before the change is released, and the effective date at the top will change. The history of this page is public in its repository.

12. Contact

Questions about this policy or about Image Flow: