If a user (member/non-member) uses the app to edit photos and videos stored on the device, are they sent to the EPIK servers? ​

• If I use the app to edit photos and videos in my gallery, will the original photos/videos be sent to the EPIK servers?
• Are the photos and videos taken with the device's built-in camera, not the app's camera, sent to the EPIK servers?

EPIK does not send user photos or videos to the EPIK servers when a user uses the app to edit photos or videos saved on their device.

However, user photos may be sent to the EPIK servers when using certain filters, effects, or AI services to create results. Users are notified of this in advance.

The list of such filters, effects, and AI services is provided in the link below. Photos sent to the EPIK servers are not saved on the server. Photos used for My Template or other features are deleted when the template is deleted, or immediately after the results have been generated.

List of relevant features (filters, effects, etc.)

If a user (member/non-member) uses AI services provided by the app, such as the AI Yearbook, are the photos stored on the device sent to the EPIK servers?

For AI services such as the AI Yearbook, user photos must be sent to the EPIK servers to generate results, and EPIK notifies users before sending the photos.

The list of such AI services is provided in the link below. Photos sent to the EPIK servers are not saved on the server and are deleted immediately after the results are generated. 

List of relevant features (filters, effects, etc.)

Which templates, filters, and AI services require photos or videos to be sent to the EPIK servers?

The list of filters, effects, and AI services that require user photos to be sent to the EPIK servers is provided in the link below.

List of relevant features (filters, effects, etc.)

How long do EPIK servers keep the photos saved to the server?

EPIK does not send user photos to the EPIK servers when a user uses the app to edit a photo saved on their device.

However, user photos may be sent to the EPIK servers when using certain filters, effects, or AI services to create results. Such photos are not saved on the server and are deleted immediately after the results are generated.

In addition, if the user creates a My Template using photos, the photos used are saved until the My Template is deleted.

The list of filters, effects, and AI services that require user photos to be sent to the EPIK servers is provided in the link below.

List of relevant features (filters, effects, etc.)

Does EPIK share, provide, or sell the photos sent to the EPIK servers to third parties?

EPIK does not share, provide, or sell user photos sent to its servers to any third party.

In addition, user photos sent to the EPIK servers for certain filters, effects, and AI services are not saved on the server and are deleted immediately after generation. As such, they cannot be shared, provided, or sold to third parties.

Can my photos or videos be seen by other users?

EPIK does not send user photos to the EPIK servers when a user uses the app to edit a photo saved on their device. As such, they cannot be shared or provided to any third party.

However, if the user personally reveals or shares the results generated by certain filters, effects, and AI services, the results may be seen by third parties who can view the shared posts.

• My Template: The content is exposed within the app only after the user consents to the exposure.
• Edited photos or results generated by AI services: Users can personally share the content via social media, messaging, etc.

※ EPIK cannot prevent users from personally displaying or sharing photos. Any liabilities that may result from the display or sharing of photos rests with the user.

Is there a chance that photos will be leaked other than when a user (member/non-member) shares or uploads the edited photos?

EPIK does not send user photos to the EPIK servers when a user uses the app to edit a photo saved on their device.

However, user photos may be sent to the EPIK servers when using certain filters, effects, or AI services to create results. Such photos are not saved on the server and are deleted immediately after the results are generated.

Unless the user shares their photos with a third party or displays them outside of the app, there is no way for photos or videos edited with EPIK to be leaked.

I want to know what kind of information EPIK collects through EPIK.

• If I edit a photo in my gallery using the app, will the photo be sent to EPIK?
• Can EPIK see what photo I edit using the app?
• Can EPIK see what the user edited using the app?

EPIK may collect information generated by users when they use the various features provided by the app according to the Privacy Policy. The details are provided in the Privacy Policy.

• Privacy Policy

The following is an explanation of the information that EPIK/the company collects when a photo or video is edited.

EPIK does not send user photos to the EPIK servers when a user uses the app to take a photo or edit a photo saved on their device.

In addition, user photos that are sent to the EPIK servers when using certain filters, effects, or AI services are not saved on the server and are deleted immediately after the results are generated. As such, the app (service name)/company cannot know what photo or video the user edits.

When a user uses EPIK, the app generates the following information, which EPIK may collect and use such information to improve the service, correct errors, and comply with laws and regulations.

• The user's login information (access date, time, etc.)
• The name of the filter or effect and the number of times it has been used by the user

I cannot confirm how the app processes data when a user uses an AI service.

• Are the photos sent and saved to the server to train the AI used by EPIK or the company without the user's consent?

EPIK may collect information generated by users when they use the various features provided by the app according to the Privacy Policy. The details are provided in the Privacy Policy.

• Privacy Policy

The information that is collected during the use of AI services is deleted immediately after the results are generated. Users are notified of this policy while using the service.

EPIK's AI services do not use photos provided by users to improve, research, or train AI functions.

The photos and videos provided by users are only used to generate AI service results, such as the AI Yearbook, and the results are deleted immediately after generation.

Can I use the Opt-Out policy to request the deletion of the photos sent to the EPIK servers?

• If I used certain filters, effects, and AI services that require photos to be sent to the EPIK servers, can I use the Opt-Out policy to request the deletion of photos sent to EPIK's server?
• The Privacy Policy states that I can refuse consent through Opt-Out, but I am unable to find more detailed information.
I want to know how I can refuse consent in order to delete the photos or videos I submitted

User photos that are sent to the EPIK servers when using certain filters, effects, or AI services are not saved on the server and are deleted immediately after the results are generated.

Even if you request the deletion of the photos that you submitted through the Opt-Out policy, EPIK cannot take further action regarding such requests as the photos submitted by users are not retained.

The Privacy Policy states that I can refuse consent through Opt-Out, but I am unable to find more detailed information.

• Privacy Policy

Users may withdraw their consent for the collection, use, and storage of the information they provide when using EPIK at any time.

Service provision may be restricted if you refuse to provide the information that is essential to the operation of EPIK's services. As such, we recommend deleting your account in order to delete all of the data that you provided. However, even if you delete your account, data that must be retained according to the law may be stored for a certain period of time and deleted later.

User photos may be sent to the EPIK servers when using certain filters, effects, or AI services to create results. Such photos are not saved on the server and are deleted immediately after the results are generated.

Even if you request the deletion of the photos that you submitted through the Opt-Out policy, EPIK cannot take further action regarding such requests as the photos submitted by users are not retained.

The Opt-Out policy is for opting out of the collection of advertising identifiers used for customized advertising and advertising indicator analytics as stated in the Privacy Policy.

Users can opt out of the collection of advertising identifiers via the device's OS (Android/iOS) or through the feature provided by the advertising platform company.

For more information, please refer to the Privacy Policy below.

• Privacy Policy

If a user (member/non-member) uses an AI service such as the AI Yearbook, are the photos submitted or sent by the user to the EPIK servers used to train AI?

EPIK's AI services, such as the AI Yearbook, do not use photos or videos submitted by users to improve, research, or train AI functions.

The photos provided by users are only used to generate AI service results, such as the AI Yearbook, and the results are deleted immediately after generation.

Does the AI service use user photos to train AI?

• The generated result appears to be the face of another user and not an artificially created photo. Are user photos used to train AI?
• The result appears to be a photo of another user using the service. Can the data training materials or source data be accidentally shown as generated results?

EPIK's AI services do not function by photoshopping user photos, but rather by creating new results to look similar to the submitted materials through AI training. Photos other than the ones submitted by the user, such as another user's photo, are not used.

Results that appear to be another user's face are results that attempted to create new images of the user, but were unsuccessful. (In other words, the new images were created to resemble the photos submitted by the user, but did not match the source material 100%.)

What is the source of the data that is used to create templates?

Templates provided by EPIK can be created using templates created by users, provided by the app, or published within the app.

Public templates are composed of templates created and provided by EPIK and templates published by users. User templates are made public if the user creates the template and agrees to share them.