A little clarity
App and newsletter privacy · Updated 8 November 2026
The Pixwave newsletter is operated by Štěpán Pazderka. Questions or requests: support@pixwave.app.
The Pixwave app
Pixwave needs no account and contains no advertising, tracking or third-party analytics. Your pictures and projects stay on your device, or in your own iCloud Drive when you save them there. We cannot see them.
iCloud sync and live collaboration run on Apple's iCloud (CloudKit) under your own Apple Account. Your projects are kept in your private iCloud database, and a project you share is visible only to the people you invite. Apple processes this data under its own privacy policy.
Share Diagnostics with the Developer is off until you turn it on (Settings → About). While it is on, crash and hang reports, anonymous performance timings and usage counts are sent to Pixwave's iCloud (CloudKit) database. They contain the device model, the system and app version and a list of recent app actions, never your pictures, typed text or file names. Turning it off deletes reports not yet sent. Send Diagnostics… only creates a file that you choose whether to share.
Pixwave asks for access to Photos only when you save to your library, and then only to add pictures. Photos you open are handed over by the system picker, one by one.
During the beta, Apple's TestFlight collects your feedback, screenshots, crash reports and basic device information and shares them with us under Apple's TestFlight terms. To ask about or delete anything we hold, write to support@pixwave.app.
What you share
When you sign up, we save your email address, the signup time and the wording and version of your consent. We use these to send you occasional news about Pixwave, beta access and releases. Signing up is optional and based on your consent.
Where it goes
Subscriber details are stored on our Oracle Cloud server, separately from the public website. They are accessible to the operator for managing the newsletter. We do not sell your address or use it for unrelated advertising. A delivery provider may process your email address when newsletters are sent; this page will be updated before a new delivery service is introduced.
You decide
You can unsubscribe using the link included with newsletter emails, or ask us at support@pixwave.app. You can also ask to access, correct or delete your details. We retain your address while you subscribe. After unsubscribing, your address is excluded from mailings; we retain the withdrawal record to respect your choice, and you can request deletion.
The website
The newsletter form does not use advertising trackers or cookies. The server processes your IP address to operate the website and limit automated signups. Signup rate limits use temporary in-memory counters; ordinary web server access logs also contain connection information. Your language choice is saved in this browser when you use the language switch. This privacy notice describes this website and newsletter, not Apple's TestFlight service. We also use server logs to create private audience statistics: page views, approximate visits, referring domains and broad device and browser categories. No analytics cookies, tracking script or cross-site identifiers are used. IP addresses are processed temporarily to estimate daily visits; the statistics store only daily aggregates, without IP addresses, email addresses or full referrer URLs. Aggregates are retained for up to 365 days. These statistics help us understand and improve the website; newsletter registrations are counted separately and are not linked to visitors.