Privacy
Creating art in KURV: Studio does not require an account or internet connection. Artwork, imported photos and editing history are stored in the app's storage on your device. Creating and saving do not upload anything. If you choose Publish to feed, a snapshot of the artwork is sent to our community service and shown with your public profile. Your source photo and editable project are not uploaded. Exporting uses the destination you choose.
Optional Apple profile
If you choose Sign in with Apple, we store your Apple account identifier, display name, session records and an Apple authorization token so you can sign in and delete your account. We do not request your email address or real name. Your public profile may include an artwork you choose as your avatar. We also store published snapshots, follows, blocks and reports to operate the community. This profile does not back up or sync editable projects.
The account service runs on Cloudflare. Short-lived hashed network identifiers help limit abuse and expire automatically. Operational logs may contain request metadata, but do not log sign-in tokens or request bodies. There are no advertising or analytics SDKs in the app.
Challenges and remixes
Challenge prompts are public starting points. Publishing an entry sends only a chosen snapshot and its challenge reference. If you enable remixes, other artists may download the published snapshot into a new local work with credit; your private sources and editable document are never included. Turning remixes off stops new remix requests. Moderation, blocking and deletion are enforced when retrieving or publishing attributed community works, but cannot erase private copies already downloaded to another device.
Nearby collaboration
When you explicitly host or join a nearby session, the chosen artwork and its saved source assets are shared directly with one nearby device. Each device keeps a local editable copy, including credited actions. Studio does not relay this session through a server. Ending the connection does not erase the other device’s local copy.
Optional KURV handoff
Connecting to KURV is separate from an Apple profile. Only after you prepare, review and explicitly send a batch are its finished images or recordings and metadata transferred to KURV. Originals and editable documents are excluded. Connection credentials are stored in the phone’s secure storage. Our callback service keeps only short-lived hashed state; authorization codes and credentials are not stored in its database or application logs. KURV is a separate service with its own privacy policy.
Your control
Sign out or delete your profile from You in the app. Deletion revokes Apple authorization and removes your profile, published artworks, avatar, sessions and social records; local artwork remains. A hashed Apple identifier may be retained solely to enforce a community ban. Removing the app can remove local artwork, so export pieces you want to keep. Account deletion does not erase backups or logs held temporarily by infrastructure providers.