01About this policy
This policy explains how the GIF Taxi app for Android ("gif.taxi"), listed on Google Play as "GIF Taxi: Video to GIF Maker", handles your information. GIF Taxi is developed by EMPORIVM ("we", "us"). It turns videos into GIFs, and it does all of that work on your phone.
By using gif.taxi, you agree to this policy. If you don't agree, please don't use the app. Our Terms of Service cover the rest of the rules for using it.
02What we collect
Nothing. gif.taxi does not collect, store, transmit, sell or share personal information. That includes your name, email, contacts, location, device identifiers, photos, videos and GIFs.
There are no user accounts, no advertising and no third-party tracking in the app. Everything you create is processed and kept on your device.
03Camera privacy
gif.taxi asks for camera access only so you can record a video to turn into a GIF.
- The camera is used only while you are recording inside the app.
- Recording and GIF conversion happen entirely on your device.
- No images, video or audio are ever sent to us or to anyone else.
- The camera records video only, without sound. The app never asks for your microphone.
- We never access the camera in the background.
You can turn camera access off at any time in your phone's settings (Settings › Apps › gif.taxi › Permissions). You can still make GIFs from videos already on your phone.
04Other permissions
Photos and videos
You choose videos with Android's system photo picker, or by sharing a video to gif.taxi from another app (for example Google Photos). The app only gets the video you chose, and it doesn't ask for access to your photos and videos. These files are never uploaded by the app.
When you save a GIF or video, it goes to the Pictures/GIF Taxi or Movies/GIF Taxi folder on your device. On Android 8 and 9 only, the app asks for storage permission to do this.
The app has no internet permission, so it can't send anything over the network. Every permission can be changed or revoked in your phone's settings.
06Purchases & Google Play
gif.taxi is sold through Google Play. Google handles the payment and processes the information it needs for that under the Google Privacy Policy. We never receive your payment details.
If your phone is set to share usage and diagnostics with Google, Google Play may show us anonymous crash and performance reports for the app (such as the phone model, the Android version and where the app stopped). They never include your videos, GIFs or anything you made. You control this in your phone's settings, not in gif.taxi.
07Storage, security & deleting your data
Because we don't collect your data, there's nothing stored on our side to delete. Your videos and GIFs live on your device, where you control them.
Security: your projects and library are kept in the app's private storage, which other apps can't read, and they are left out of device backups. Because the app has no internet access, they can't leave your phone unless you share or save them yourself.
What's kept on your phone: the GIFs in your library; your projects, each with its own copy of the video you edited so you can reopen it (the Expert Editor saves your edit as a project automatically; Easy mode only keeps one when you keep the GIF); and your settings, such as language, theme, default export and which tips you've already seen. All of it stays in the app's private storage.
How long things are kept: raw camera recordings and temporary working files, including the copy made of a video that wasn't on your phone yet (for example one still in the cloud), are deleted automatically the next time you open the app. Library items and projects, with their copy of the video, stay until you delete them. Deleted items wait in the app's Trash for 7 days, then they're removed for good.
Deleting everything: uninstalling gif.taxi removes the app's data from your phone. GIFs you saved to your gallery stay there until you delete them.
08Children
gif.taxi is not directed to children under 13. We don't knowingly collect information from anyone, including children.
09Our website & analytics
This section is only about the gif.taxi website. The app still collects nothing.
With your permission, the website uses Google Analytics to count visits and see which pages are used, so we can improve the site. It sets cookies and collects information such as pages viewed, approximate location (country or city), device and browser type, and how you arrived at the site. Google processes this data under the Google Privacy Policy. We don't use it for advertising, and ad-related data sharing is turned off.
Analytics cookies are only set if you tap "OK" on the cookie banner. You can change your choice anytime with the Cookie settings link, or opt out of Google Analytics on every site with Google's opt-out browser add-on.
Like most websites, our server may also keep standard technical logs (such as IP address and browser type) for security. Some images load from Pexels, which receives your IP address when those images load.
Our homepage shows videos from our YouTube channel. The preview images load from YouTube's image servers, which receive your IP address. The YouTube player itself (in Google's privacy-enhanced mode) only loads when you press play. From then on, YouTube's own privacy policy applies to that video.
10Changes to this policy
If we change how gif.taxi handles information, we'll update this page and the effective date above before the change takes effect.
11Contact us
GIF Taxi is developed by EMPORIVM. Questions about privacy? Email us at hello@gif.taxi.