encausto-privacy

<h1>Encausto Privacy Policy</h1>
<p><em>Last updated: 8/19/2026</em></p>

<p>This policy describes how the Encausto mobile app, presented by Infinite Fine Arts, handles your photos and personal information. It applies specifically to the Encausto app — for how our website uses cookies and browsing data, see our <a href="/policies/privacy-policy">general Privacy Policy</a>.</p>

<h2>What Encausto collects</h2>
<p>To generate your preview portrait, Encausto asks for:</p>
<ul>
  <li>A selfie photo of you (or someone you're creating a portrait for)</li>
  <li>A photo of an artwork whose colors you'd like used as a reference</li>
  <li>A photo of the wall where you'd like to preview the portrait</li>
</ul>
<p>You can either take these photos directly in the app, or choose existing photos from your device's photo library.</p>

<h2>How your photos are used</h2>
<p>Your selfie and artwork reference photos are sent to our server, which forwards your selfie to <strong>OpenAI</strong> to generate your stylized portrait. <strong>Nothing is saved to disk or a database at any point</strong> — your photos are processed entirely in memory for the duration of that single request and discarded immediately afterward.</p>

<p>The wall photo, and the portrait placement preview built from it, stay on your device — they aren't sent to our servers unless you choose to save that preview image to your own photo library.</p>

<h2>If you choose to commission a piece</h2>
<p>Encausto never sends anything to our studio automatically. Only if you choose to commission a physical piece, we send:</p>
<ul>
  <li>Your approved portrait image and any notes you provide, to <strong>Resend</strong> (our email provider), to notify our studio of your order</li>
  <li>Your order and payment details to <strong>Shopify</strong>, to create your order and process your deposit payment</li>
</ul>
<p>We do not sell or share your photos with advertising partners, and none of the data described above is used for targeted advertising.</p>

<h2>Permissions the app requests</h2>
<ul>
  <li><strong>Camera</strong> — to take your selfie, artwork reference, and wall photos</li>
  <li><strong>Photo library (read)</strong> — to let you choose existing photos instead of taking new ones</li>
  <li><strong>Photo library (save)</strong> — to save your wall-placement preview to your device, if you choose to</li>
</ul>

<h2>Your choices</h2>
<p>You can decline any camera or photo library permission and still use the parts of the app that don't require it. If you'd like a photo or order removed after you've submitted a commission request, contact us and we'll take care of it.</p>

<h2>Contact us</h2>
<p>Questions about this policy or your data? Reach out via our <a href="/pages/contact">Contact page</a>.</p>