Insta Tools
Insta Tools has no server of ours behind it. There is no account, no login, and no database where your information could be stored — the app runs on your device and keeps what it needs there.
We do not collect personal information, we do not use advertising or analytics SDKs, and we have nothing about you to sell, share or hand over.
At a glance
Nothing.
We operate no backend for this app, so there is no personal information for us to receive, store or look up.
In shortNone. Insta Tools has no account system and sends no personal information to us.
We do not ask you to register, and we do not collect contact details, usage profiles or device identifiers through the app. If you email us with a question, we will of course have whatever you choose to write to us — nothing more.
In shortProcessing happens on your device, for the feature you asked for.
Whatever the app reads or writes is used solely to carry out the action you started — nothing is profiled, enriched or retained by us afterwards. Because no information reaches us, we do not use it for analytics, marketing, advertising or automated decision-making of any kind.
In shortApplies if you are in the EU, UK, Switzerland or Canada.
The GDPR and UK GDPR require us to explain the legal bases we rely on. Where any processing takes place, it rests on your consent — given when you choose to use a feature and grant the permission it needs — and you can withdraw it at any time by revoking the permission in your device settings or by uninstalling the app. We may also process information where a legal obligation requires it.
If you are in Canada, your consent may be express or implied depending on the circumstances, and can be withdrawn at any time. In limited cases set out in applicable law, information may be processed without consent — for example to comply with a subpoena, warrant or court order.
We are the data controller for any personal information described in this notice.
In shortNo one. There is nothing to share.
We do not sell, rent or share personal information, and we use no third-party analytics or advertising partners. In the event of a merger, sale of assets, financing or acquisition, any information we hold could be transferred as part of that business — but as no personal information is collected, there would be none to transfer.
In shortWe keep nothing. Your files stay until you delete them.
We hold no personal information, so there is no retention period on our side. Anything the app has saved on your device remains there until you delete it, clear the app's data, or uninstall the app. If you email us, we keep that correspondence only for as long as it takes to deal with your question.
In shortYou keep full control, because the data never leaves your device.
In regions such as the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, Switzerland and Canada, you have rights over your personal information: to access it and obtain a copy, to have it corrected or erased, to restrict or object to its processing, to data portability, and not to be subject to automated decision-making.
Because we hold no personal information, there is nothing for us to retrieve, correct or delete on request — the data is on your device, where you can review or remove it directly. You are welcome to contact us at darius@buhai.ro with any request or question, and we will act on it in accordance with applicable data protection law.
If you are in the EEA or UK and believe we are processing your personal information unlawfully, you have the right to complain to your national data protection authority. If you are in Switzerland, you may contact the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner.
Most browsers, and some mobile systems and apps, offer a Do-Not-Track ('DNT') setting. No uniform standard for recognising DNT signals has been finalised, so we do not currently respond to them. This is academic in our case: Insta Tools does not track you online at all. If a standard is adopted that we must follow, we will say so in a revised version of this notice.
In shortResidents of California, Colorado, Connecticut and Virginia have specific rights. In our case, every category comes back empty.
These are the categories of personal information defined under US state privacy laws, and what we have collected in the past twelve months:
We have not disclosed, sold or shared any personal information to third parties for a business or commercial purpose in the preceding twelve months, and we will not do so in the future.
Under the CCPA, California residents may request deletion of their personal information, request to know what is collected and why, limit the use of sensitive personal information, and are protected from discrimination for exercising these rights. Because we do not collect personal information, a request to know will be answered accordingly, and we are not obliged to re-identify de-identified data in order to respond.
The 'Shine The Light' law (Civil Code § 1798.83) lets California residents ask once a year, free of charge, about personal information disclosed to third parties for direct marketing. We make no such disclosures. Californians under 18 with publicly posted content may request its removal; Insta Tools has no public posting feature.
You may designate an authorised agent to make a request on your behalf, provided they can show valid authorisation.
Under the Colorado Privacy Act, the Connecticut Data Privacy Act and the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act, you have the right to:
To exercise these rights, email darius@buhai.ro. We will respond within forty-five (45) days, extendable once by a further forty-five days where reasonably necessary, and we will tell you if we need the extension. If we decline to act and you wish to appeal, email the same address: we will reply in writing with our reasoning within forty-five days in Colorado and sixty days in Connecticut and Virginia. If your appeal is denied, you may complain to your state Attorney General.
We may need additional information to verify your identity, or an agent's authority, before acting on a request. Anything provided for verification is used only for that purpose and deleted afterwards.
We handle personal information under Australia's Privacy Act 1988 and New Zealand's Privacy Act 2020, and this notice is intended to satisfy the notice requirements of both. You may request access to or correction of your personal information at any time using the contact details below. If you believe we are processing your information unlawfully, you may complain to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner or the Office of the New Zealand Privacy Commissioner.
You may request access to or correction of your personal information at any time. If you are unsatisfied with how we handle a complaint, you may contact the Information Regulator (South Africa): general enquiries at enquiries@inforegulator.org.za, complaints via POPIA/PAIA form 5 to PAIAComplaints@inforegulator.org.za and POPIAComplaints@inforegulator.org.za.
We may update this privacy notice from time to time to stay accurate and compliant. The updated version is indicated by a revised 'Last updated' date and takes effect as soon as it is accessible. If we make material changes, we will post a prominent notice of them. We encourage you to check back occasionally.
Questions or comments about this notice are welcome at darius@buhai.ro, or via darius.buhai.ro. For users in the United Kingdom, Darius Buhai is the data controller and the point of contact at the same address.
Depending on where you live, you may have the right to ask what personal information we hold, to change it, or to have it deleted. Since Insta Tools stores nothing with us, you can do all of this yourself: delete files from your device, clear the app's data in your device settings, or uninstall the app to remove everything it saved locally. If you would still like written confirmation of what we hold — which is nothing — email darius@buhai.ro.