Privacy
Last updated November 3, 2026
SimchaSnap lets a host collect guests’ photos from a simcha in one shared album. This page explains, in plain English, what we keep and why.
What we collect
- Event details the host enters: names, type of event, date and settings, plus the host’s email address.
- Photos guests upload, with an optional name and, if the host turns it on, which side they sat on.
- Album sign-ups: a phone number or email a guest leaves to get the full album later (optional).
- Printed-sign orders: name, email, phone (optional) and shipping address.
- Basic technical data: a scrambled (hashed) version of your connection’s address to stop spam and abuse, and a small note on your phone that remembers which photos are yours so you can delete them.
Why
Only to run the album: show photos to the people the host invites, email the host their private link and important notices, send album sign-ups their album, and print and ship sign orders.
Who can see an album
Anyone who has the event’s link or QR code can open it, so share it only with your guests. The host can approve, hide or delete any photo.
Find my photos (face search)
If the host turns it on, a guest can take a selfie to find the album photos they appear in. This uses face recognition, so here is exactly how it works:
- On your phone only. Your phone compares your selfie with the album photos right on the device. Your selfie is never uploaded, and it is not saved.
- Nothing is stored. We don’t keep face data (face measurements or “faceprints”) of anyone, on our servers or on your phone. It is erased when you close the album page.
- Your choice. It only runs after you tick “I agree”. It is off unless the host turns it on, and you never have to use it.
- Never sold or shared. Face data is never sold, rented, shared or used for anything else.
- 13 and older. Children under 13 should not use face search on their own.
- The photos themselves are kept and deleted like every other photo in the album (see Deleting below).
Deleting
- Guests can delete their own photos. Hosts can delete any photo, or the whole event, at any time.
- Empty events (no photos) get a warning email after 23 days and are removed at 30 days.
- Events with photos and nothing new for 60 days get a warning email and are removed 30 days later, unless the host taps “Keep my event” in that email.
- Nothing is removed automatically without a warning email sent at least 7 days before. Events without a host email are never removed automatically.
- To have anything deleted, email info@getsimchasnap.com.
What we don’t do
We don’t sell your data, we don’t show ads, and we don’t use advertising trackers. Your photos and details are stored with our cloud hosting provider and are shared only as needed to run the service (for example, with a print partner to make a sign you ordered, or a payment processor when you pay).
Children
Photos at a simcha often include children. They are uploaded by guests at the host’s event and shown only to people with the event link. Hosts can remove any photo, and parents can ask us to remove one by email.
Contact
Questions or requests: info@getsimchasnap.com