Privacy
Policy

Last updated 5 October 2026

First Press has no accounts. The app never asks for your name, email address, phone number or location, and we do not use advertising or third-party analytics software. The one place we ask for an email address is the launch waitlist on this website, and only if you choose to join it.

What we collect

• A random device identifier. Your phone generates a random identifier the first time you open the app. We use it to count your free scans and to remember that you have a subscription. It is not derived from any hardware identifier and is not linked to you.
• Photos you scan. A photo is sent to our servers so the record can be identified. We do not store your photos. The image is processed and discarded. We keep only the text read from it (catalogue number, matrix code, artist and title) together with a mathematical fingerprint of the image, for 24 hours, so that scanning the same sleeve twice does not repeat the work.
• Searches. What you type when you look up a record.
• How scans turn out. Whether a scan identified a record, which pressing you picked, how confident the match was and how long it took. This is tied to the random device identifier and tells us where the app is getting things wrong.

What stays on your phone

Your collection — the records you save, their grades and their estimated values — is stored on your device. We do not receive it and we cannot see it. Deleting the app deletes it.

The waitlist

The app is not released yet. If you join the waitlist on this site we store the email address you type and which of the plans you picked — including “free only” — because the price people would actually pay is the question we are asking. We also store your browser's time zone, so that the launch email arrives at a reasonable hour rather than in the middle of your night, and the address of the page you signed up from, which tells us which link brought you. The list is kept in a Google Sheet, separate from everything the app collects, and is never joined up with it. We use it to send one email when the app launches, and for nothing else: no newsletter, no sharing, no selling. Ask us at any time and we delete your entry.

Who else sees data

• Discogs receives search terms and catalogue numbers in order to return release and marketplace data. First Press is not affiliated with Discogs.
• Google processes scanned images to read the text on them, through its Gemini API, and holds the launch waitlist in Google Sheets.
• Apple handles all payments. We receive a signed receipt confirming that a subscription is valid. We never see your card, your Apple Account or your billing address.

We do not sell data and we do not share it with anyone else.

How long we keep it

• Image fingerprints and extracted text — 24 hours
• Prices — 6 hours
• Search results — 7 days
• Release details — 30 days
• Scan outcome records — kept while the app is in service, so we can measure and improve accuracy
• Waitlist entries — until the app launches, or until you ask us to remove yours

Your choices

The app holds no identifying information, so we cannot look you up by name. If you want the records associated with your device deleted, email us and we will explain how to find your device identifier in the app's settings, then remove everything tied to it. To come off the waitlist, email us from the address you signed up with and we will delete the entry.

Children

First Press is not directed at children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect information from them.

Changes

If this policy changes we will update the date at the top of this page.

Contact

[email protected]