Privacy policy

What this policy covers

This policy explains how the Cavo iPhone app and this website handle information. Sam Jandris, based in Florida, United States, develops Cavo and is responsible for the personal information handled as described here. In this policy, "we" and "us" refer to Sam Jandris.

Your recordings and settings

Cavo processes camera images, audio, and color adjustments on your device. Recordings go to the destination you choose: the app's storage, Photos, a folder, or a connected external drive. When saving to Photos, Cavo first records to App Files and removes that copy after Photos confirms the save. If the save fails, the copy stays in App Files. Graded exports are separate files and preserve the original recording.

Camera preferences and imported LUTs are stored on your device. Cavo does not send us your footage, LUTs, settings, location, or advertising identifiers. It has no advertising, analytics SDK, or account system.

Device access

Camera and microphone

Used to show the viewfinder and record video with audio.

Photos

Used when you save recordings to Photos or choose videos to review and grade. Cavo respects the library access you grant in iOS.

Motion

Device motion provides the optional horizon level. Cavo does not save a motion track or send motion readings to us.

Files and external storage

Used to open LUTs and save recordings to destinations you select.

You can change Camera, Microphone, and Photos permissions in iOS Settings. Turning off a permission makes the related feature unavailable.

Photos, iCloud, and sharing

If you open a video stored in iCloud, Apple's Photos service may download it. Photos, iCloud Drive, and device backups may sync or back up your files according to your Apple settings. Cavo does not operate its own cloud storage.

When you use the system share sheet, the app or service you choose receives the file. Those services handle information under their own policies. Apple's services are covered by Apple's privacy policy.

Keeping and deleting files

Recordings remain in the destination you selected until you delete them. Cavo removes temporary working copies used for Photos review when the media sheet closes. It also cleans up temporary graded copies after sharing ends and incomplete exports after cancellation or failure. Interrupted cleanup can leave temporary files in app storage until iOS clears them or you delete the app. Removing a LUT removes it from Cavo's library.

Deleting Cavo removes its local app data. Offloading the app in iOS preserves its data. Files saved to Photos, other folders, external drives, or backups may remain and must be deleted there separately. We do not hold a server copy of your recordings or settings to delete.

This website

Cloudflare hosts this website and processes connection information, including your IP address, browser information, request time, and requested page, to deliver pages and protect against abuse. We do not add advertising, analytics scripts, or tracking cookies, and we do not keep separate copies of website request logs.

Cloudflare retains service information as needed to provide its services and meet its legal obligations, as described in Cloudflare's privacy policy. Visiting this website does not give us access to recordings in the app.

Contact and privacy requests

For help with the app, email hello@shotoncavo.com. For privacy questions or requests, email privacy@shotoncavo.com.

If you email us, we receive your email address and whatever information you choose to include. We use that information to respond and resolve your request, and keep the correspondence only as long as needed for that purpose or any legal obligations. You can ask us to delete it by emailing privacy@shotoncavo.com. Please do not send private recordings unless they are needed to help with your request.

Email to these addresses passes through Cloudflare Email Routing to our Gmail inbox. Cloudflare processes messages for forwarding, and Google processes and stores the correspondence and attachments. See Cloudflare's privacy policy and Google's privacy policy. We handle support from the United States. Service providers may process information in other countries under their own privacy terms.

You can request access to, correction of, or deletion of personal information we hold about you at privacy@shotoncavo.com. Depending on the law that applies to you, you may also have rights to object to processing, restrict it, receive a portable copy, or complain to your local data protection authority. We may need to verify your identity before responding. We cannot access or delete recordings that remain on your device.

We do not sell personal information or share it for targeted advertising. We use support correspondence to answer your request, not to build an advertising profile.

Changes to this policy

If Cavo's data practices change, this page will be updated with a new revision date.