GIF GiverPrivacy, without the fine-print fog.
GIF Giver is designed to collect as little personal information as possible. There is no GIF Giver account, no advertising, no analytics SDK, and no developer-operated database of your personal GIF library.
Your personal library
In GIF Giver 1.0.1, favorites, recents, collections, and settings stay on the device where you make them. On iPhone and iPad, the companion app and Messages extension share one same-device library through Apple's App Group. Version 1.0.1 neither reads nor writes iCloud library or settings data. Any iCloud KVS data left by an older release remains untouched under your Apple Account. GIF Giver's developer cannot access your local library. Durable cross-device synchronization through the user's private CloudKit database is future work.
Search requests
When you browse or search, GIF Giver sends the search term, pagination information, and selected content rating over HTTPS to the GIF Giver API proxy. The proxy requests results from GIPHY and Klipy and returns them to the app. Provider API keys remain on the server. GIF Giver does not use search terms to create a profile, sell information, or target advertising. The live demo on the homepage uses the same proxy in the same way, and GIF media in the demo loads directly from GIPHY and Klipy.
Infrastructure
The API proxy is hosted by Cloudflare. Standard infrastructure logs may temporarily include technical information such as an IP address, request time, and error details for security and reliability. GIF Giver does not combine this information with an account or personal library.
Third-party services
- GIPHY and Klipy, for GIF search and media results.
- Cloudflare, for API proxy hosting and security.
Those services process information under their own privacy policies. GIF Giver 1.0.1 does not access iCloud for library storage, and CloudKit-based cross-device library sync is not active.
macOS Choose GIF to Copy
On Mac, Services → Choose GIF to Copy opens the picker and copies the selected GIF to your clipboard. Press Command-V to paste it. GIF Giver does not request Accessibility permission, monitor input, or control another app.
Children and content controls
GIF Giver does not knowingly collect personal information from children. On iPhone and iPad, search is always capped at the family-safe PG-13 maximum and there is no mature-content option. On Mac, mature results require an explicit opt-in in Settings.
Data deletion
Because GIF Giver has no user account or developer-held personal library, there is no server account to delete. You can clear library items in the app or remove the app's local data by deleting the app. Any KVS data left by an older release remains under your Apple Account and is not accessed by version 1.0.1.
Changes
If this policy changes materially, the effective date above will be updated. New collection or tracking will not be introduced silently.
Contact
Questions? Email wjsigmon@gmail.com.