Privacy Policy
Effective Date: November 12, 2026 / Revised Date: November 14, 2026
In providing Shinamonogatari, FOUND Inc. handles information as follows.
Information Collected and Purposes of Use
We use photos of items that you take or select and submit to look up products and generate descriptions, related links, and audio. We do not retrieve your entire photo library. We also store generated descriptions, audio, and processing status. We do not record audio from your microphone.
User registration is not required. We use an identifier generated for each app installation, device identifiers, and the selected language to distinguish history and data for each user. If you allow notifications, we use Apple notification tokens to send completion notifications. To provide stable service and investigate issues, we also handle records such as processing timestamps, errors, and processing times.
To prevent abuse and manage usage limits, we verify app authenticity using Apple's App Attest. Key identifiers, attestation statements, request signatures, and counter values are processed on our servers. Private keys are never sent to the server.
Use of External Services
We use Google Cloud for our servers and data storage. Submitted photos and prompts are passed to Gemini, which references information from Google Search to generate descriptions. We also use Gemini to generate audio from description text. For notifications, we use Apple's push notification service. Processing by these services may take place outside Japan.
We use Apple's App Attest service to verify the authenticity of the app.
When you open related links, the policies of the respective website operators apply. We do not use your information for advertising delivery or for advertising tracking across other companies' apps and websites.
Retention Period and Deletion
App history is displayed for 7 days from creation. Even after the display period has passed, submitted photos and descriptions are not automatically deleted and are stored privately within Google Cloud. Generated audio is deleted sequentially after 7 days from the creation of the audio file. Notification registration information expires 30 days after the last update.
When you delete a displayed, completed story from the app, stored files for that story, such as photos, descriptions, and audio, are deleted. Management records indicating that deletion has occurred are retained. For requests such as deleting information that is no longer displayed in history, please contact the desk below. Storage and deletion mechanisms of each service apply to platform logs, backups, and similar data.
Photo Selection and Device Permissions
The camera is used to photograph items, and the photo selection feature is used to specify photos to import. Notifications are optional and can be changed in device settings. Please ensure that personal information not needed for descriptions, such as people, addresses, or shipping slips, is not captured in the photos you submit.
Inquiries and Policy Changes
For inquiries regarding the handling or deletion of information, please contact info+shinamonogatari@found.jp.net. We may ask questions within the necessary scope to verify your identity. Inquiry email addresses and message content are used to respond to inquiries.
Operator: FOUND Inc. If changes are made to how information is handled, the content and date on this page will be updated.