Privacy Policy

1. What this policy covers

This policy explains how Buddy the Unicorn handles your account information, uploaded source photos and generated portraits. The photo rules below apply when you submit a photo for processing. Choosing a file previews it locally. Selecting Generate submits it for private storage and processing.

2. Your photos remain private

Uploaded source photos and generated images are stored privately, not in a public gallery. We do not publish them in marketing pages, public image feeds or search-engine sitemaps. Only access needed to provide your requested service is permitted, including authorized processing providers and restricted operational support.

Private does not mean that no service provider processes the image. When you request generation, the relevant photo is sent to the AI provider to create your portrait. Keep any download or processing link private; someone who receives an authorized link may be able to use it while it remains valid.

3. Automatic deletion after 30 days

Source photos expire 30 days after upload. Generated portraits, including saved previews and originals, expire 30 days after creation. Expired files are no longer available for viewing or downloading and are automatically removed by our scheduled cleanup. Viewing a photo or buying a pack does not restart its retention period.

Download any result you want to keep before it expires. This is temporary photo storage, not a backup service. Deleting our copy does not delete files already downloaded to your device or copies you have shared elsewhere.

This photo retention period does not apply to account, payment or security records. Those records are handled separately for account administration, transaction records, abuse prevention and applicable legal obligations.

4. Permission to process your photo

By uploading a photo and submitting it for generation, you authorize the processing necessary to deliver that request: receiving and storing the source photo, sending it to the selected AI provider, transforming it into the chosen look, storing the results and making them available to you.

This limited permission does not transfer ownership of your source photo. It does not authorize us to publish your likeness, use your photos in advertising or train our own AI models on them. Any additional use would require a separate permission. Merely visiting the website or previewing a file locally does not authorize a server upload.

5. Storage and AI providers

Cloudflare provides our private image storage. Replicate is the selected AI processing provider and uses the model selected for the service. Providers receive the information needed for processing and delivery; their processing locations and retention rules may differ from ours.

Replicate states that API prediction inputs, outputs, files and logs are removed after one hour by default. Our saved copies are subject to our separate 30-day photo retention rule. Provider processing and deletion are governed by their own policies, rather than by a promise that every copy everywhere is retained for exactly the same period.

6. Accounts, payments and website data

We process the account details you provide and authentication information needed to sign you in. Necessary cookies support sessions and preferences. Payment providers handle payment credentials when you make a purchase; we do not need your full card number to generate a portrait.

Operational records may include request times, task status and security information needed to diagnose failures and prevent misuse. We do not sell your photos or make them available for public image search.

7. Your choices and requests

Before submission, you can remove the selected photo at any time. Removing a local selection clears the browser preview; it is not a request to delete an image that has already been uploaded.

For questions about uploaded photos, access requests or early deletion, email us using the contact page or use account Support. Include a task reference if available, rather than posting your photo publicly. We may need to verify account ownership before acting. Stopping processing cannot undo a completed generation or recover copies you previously downloaded.

8. Adults and authorized photos only

The current service is intended for adults aged 18 or older using their own photo. Do not upload children’s photos, another person’s photo without the necessary rights, identity documents or images containing sensitive information unrelated to the portrait.

9. Contact us

For privacy questions, access or deletion requests, photo-rights concerns, billing or refunds, email support@buddytheunicorn.xyz. You do not need to sign in to contact us.

Include your account email and a task or order reference if available. Do not send passwords, full payment card details or private photos in your initial message. We may need to verify account ownership before making changes or deleting data.