What we do with your picture
It's a picture of your home, so we keep as little as we can for as short a time as we can, and it stays on my own computers.
Who's behind this
Catch Claus is run by me, Nathan Marlor, as a personal fundraiser in aid of Alder Hey Children's Charity. I'm the one responsible for your data. You can reach me at [email protected].
What we collect
We keep the still you upload. The moment it arrives we re-save it as a plain picture, which strips out the location and camera details that photos carry, and only that stripped copy is kept.
We keep your email address so we can tell you when your video is ready, or if we need a different picture. We don't send it anything else. We also keep your two answers, about where your front door is and what time you want on the clock.
Stripe takes the payment. Your card details go straight to them and never touch this site. All we see is that you paid, how much and when.
We don't use advertising cookies, trackers or analytics. Cloudflare, which protects the site, may set a security cookie of its own.
Where it goes
Your still is stored on servers in my own home in the UK, and your video is made on a computer in the same house. It isn't sent to any AI company or used to train anything.
Three other companies are involved. Stripe takes the payment. Resend delivers our emails, so it sees your address and what the email says. Cloudflare sits in front of the site to keep it safe, so your connection passes through its network on the way here, and that includes the picture you upload.
Who can see it
Your still and your video sit behind a long private link that only you have. They aren't listed anywhere and can't be found by searching. I can see them, because I check that videos have come out properly. Nobody else can.
How long we keep it
- If you upload a still and don't pay, it's deleted within 24 hours.
- Your still, your video and every working frame made along the way are deleted 30 days after your video is ready. Download it before then.
- If you're refunded, your still is deleted straight away.
- Your email address is erased on 31 March 2027. After that, all that remains is a record that a video was paid for, so the donation adds up.
Your rights
You can ask for a copy of what we hold about you, or for it to be deleted sooner, by emailing [email protected]. If you're unhappy with how I've handled your data you can complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk.
Children
This site is for grown-ups. Please don't upload pictures with anyone in them, least of all children. Stills with people in them are turned away automatically.