Omil Privacy Policy

This English page is a machine translation of the Korean original, so some wording may read a little off.

Omil (Android package net.mrlatte.omil) is an app where close friends each add short moments and see them together, one day at a time. It is operated by Mr. Latte. This policy applies to the app and to the invite page (www.mrlatte.net/services/omil/join/) that an invite link opens when the app is not installed. Contact us at hello@mrlatte.net.

Delete your account

You can delete your account and everything in it at any time.

In the app: tap your photo at the top right to open Settings, tap Delete account and confirm. It is deleted right away.
Without the app: email hello@mrlatte.net from the address of the Google account you sign in to Omil with and ask us to delete your account. We confirm the account from that address, delete it within 30 days and reply when it is done.

Deleting your account deletes:

every moment you posted, including photo and video files, previews, captions and place names
your replies and your reactions
invite links you made
your profile (name and photo), notification settings and tokens, and your block list
your Omil account (the link to your Google sign-in)
any space where you are the last member, together with everything in it

Spaces that still have other members stay. If you owned one of them, the member who joined earliest becomes the owner.

These are not deleted:

Files other members saved to their own phones, in spaces that allow saving. They are on those phones and Omil cannot delete them.
Reports, which we keep as long as we need to handle them.
Usage statistics, if you turned them on. They are not linked to your account and are kept by Google as described under Usage statistics below.

Signing out or uninstalling the app does not delete your account.

You need a Google account to use Omil. When you sign in, Firebase Authentication (Google) gives us your Google account's name, email address and a user identifier. We use them only to sign you in, to keep your account secure and to answer you if you contact us. Your email address is never shown to other people, and Omil never sees your Google password.

Your profile

We store the name you use in the app (1 to 20 characters) and, if you add one, a profile photo. Only members of the spaces you are in can see them, and nobody can open your profile on its own. If you leave a space and keep your moments there, your name and photo stay in that space so people can see who posted them.

Moments, reactions and replies

When you post a moment, we store:

the photo (JPEG, 1600 pixels on the long side, including a picture taken with both cameras) or the 3 second video with sound, and a small preview image
a one-line caption, if you write one (up to 80 characters)
a place name, if you turn on Add place for that moment: your phone reads your approximate location and turns it into a name such as "Seongdong-gu, Seoul", and only that name is stored. Coordinates are never stored or sent to our servers.
background music, if you choose it: the label of a track that comes with the app. The music files are inside the app, and Omil does not connect to any music service.
when it was taken, the day it belongs to, whether it is in today's reel, and the photo size or video length
the reactions you tap and the replies you write (up to 200 characters)
the one-line "today's topic" you set (up to 40 characters). Members of the space see it, and any member can change it.

Looks and Glow are applied on your phone before posting, only when you choose them, and only the result is uploaded. No face or skin data is stored or sent for this. Photos you pick from your phone are also resized and saved again, so information inside the photo file such as where it was taken is not uploaded.

Who sees what

A space is a private, invite-only group of up to 10 people. Moments, place names, reactions and replies are visible only to members of that space. Spaces cannot be searched and have no public address.
New members also see the moments posted in the space before they joined. The invite screen and the capture screen say so up front.
If the space owner allows saving, members can save other people's moments to their own phone. You can always save your own moments.
When you save today's reel as a video, your phone makes one video and puts it in the Omil folder in your gallery. In a space that does not allow saving, it contains only your moments.
Files saved to a phone are outside the app, and Omil cannot delete them.
Someone who opens an invite link sees the space name, who invited them and the members' names in the app before joining. The invite web page itself shows only the invite code and collects no usage statistics.
Photo and video files reach the app through addresses kept in records that only members can read.

Notifications

To send notifications we store your device's notification token (Firebase Cloud Messaging), the app language, your time zone, your quiet hours and your notification settings for each space. The notification text (space name, sender's name and the start of a reply) passes through Google's messaging servers to your device. We send nothing during your quiet hours, and nothing caused by someone you blocked. Daily reminders are scheduled by your phone, and their time is not sent to our servers.

Blocking and reporting

Your block list is stored only in your account, and the other person is not told. When you report something we store who reported, who is reported, the space, the moment or reply, the reason, your note and the time, together with the reported caption, place name or reply text so the report still makes sense if the content is deleted. We use this only to review and act on reports, and keep it as long as that takes.

Usage statistics

Usage statistics are off until you turn them on, and you can change this in Settings at any time. When on, Google Analytics for Firebase receives: actions such as creating a space, sharing an invite, joining a space, posting a moment (photo or video), playing and saving today's reel, opening side by side, opening a past day and failed uploads; the screens you use; how long you use the app; your device model; Android and app versions; an approximate country from your IP address; and an identifier set per installation. Your name, email address, photos, videos, captions, place names, replies and advertising ID are never sent.

We use these statistics only to improve the app, and Google keeps them for the retention period set in Google Analytics. See Firebase privacy information for how Firebase handles data.

App updates

When installed from Google Play, the app uses Google Play's in-app update feature to check for a newer version. To check, the Play Store sends the app version and device information to Google. Google Play handles this check and the update download, and Omil collects nothing extra in the process.

Permissions

Camera: to take moments.
Microphone: to record sound with videos. If you decline, videos are recorded without sound.
Approximate location: only for moments where you turn on Add place. Everything else works without it.
Notifications: for new moments, reactions and replies, space news, the end of the day, Together time and reminders.

The app reads only the photos you pick yourself in Android's photo picker. On older Android versions, saving a moment to your phone may ask for storage permission. Omil never asks for your contacts.

Where data is kept and for how long

Data is stored in Google Cloud (Firebase) in the Seoul region. Sign-in and notification delivery may use Google's global infrastructure.

Moments, reactions and replies are kept until you delete them, choose to delete your moments when leaving a space, or delete your account.
If you leave a space and choose to keep your moments, they stay in that space and are deleted when you delete your account.
The space owner can delete any moment in the space. When the last member leaves, the space and everything in it is deleted.
Invites expire 7 days after they are made, and expired invites are deleted 7 days later.

Omil has no ads. We do not sell personal information or use it for advertising. To run the app we use Google Firebase (Authentication, Cloud Firestore, Cloud Storage, Cloud Functions, Cloud Messaging and, if you turn it on, Analytics). We do not hand personal information to anyone else unless the law requires it.

Age

You must be at least 14 in Korea and at least 13 elsewhere to use Omil. If we learn that an account belongs to someone younger, we delete it. When you first set your name, the app asks you to confirm this; the answer is not stored.

If you add the Omil widget to your home screen, it shows a small photo, the name and the time of the most recent moment a friend left in the space you last opened. It only shows on your phone what the app already shows; it collects or sends nothing new, and it goes away when you remove the widget.

Support and your rights

If you email us, we use your reply address and the information you provide only to answer and resolve your request, and keep it for as long as needed to handle it. To request access to, correction or deletion of your information, or to ask how it is handled, contact hello@mrlatte.net. The rules for using Omil are in the community rules.

Changes to this policy will appear on this page. Material changes to how information is handled will also be explained in the app.