Privacy

Afters is built to keep as little about you as possible: no accounts, no ads, no third-party tracking.

Last updated 29 September 2026. Questions: hello@afters.photos

What we collect

• Photos you add. Resized copies made on your phone, with location and all other hidden details removed before upload. We never receive your originals.
• When each photo was taken, read from the photo on your phone before the details are removed.
• Your first name, if you choose to give it, so the album can show “Sarah added 17”.
• A random ID for your browser, stored in a cookie. It isn't linked to your name, number or email. It's how Afters knows which photos you can remove, whether you started an album, and which albums to list on the homepage.
• How the album is used, for example that the link was opened, photos were added, saved or shared, tied to that random ID. We use this only to learn whether Afters works and to improve it. You can turn this off below.
• Reports: if you report a photo, we keep the reason you chose, which photo it was and your random ID, so we can review it.

We don't collect phone numbers, email addresses or contacts, and we don't use face recognition or AI on your photos.

Who can see your photos

Anyone with the album link can see its photos and add their own. Links are long and random, so they can't realistically be guessed, and search engines are told not to list them. Forwarding the link gives access to whoever receives it.

How long we keep things

• Albums and their photos are deleted 30 days after the album is started.
• Removed photos are deleted immediately.
• When an album expires, names are deleted too. We keep the usage records described above to measure how Afters is used. They're linked only to the random browser ID, not to your name, number or email, but because the ID stays the same they aren't fully anonymous.

Cookies and storage

• did: the random browser ID described above. It does two jobs: it makes the album work for you (removing your photos, recognising albums you started), and it lets us count usage. Lasts a year.
• nomeasure: only set if you turn usage measurement off below.
• org_…: marks the phone that started an album as its organiser. Lasts 60 days.
• Your light or dark theme choice and your first name, if you gave one, are remembered in your browser's own storage, on your phone only.

We don't use advertising cookies or any third-party analytics or tracking.

Turning off usage measurement

Usage measurement is on for this phone. Turning it off stops us recording what you do on Afters. Everything keeps working as normal.

Reporting photos

If a photo shouldn't be there, for example you're in it and want it removed, or it's offensive or illegal, tap the photo, then Report. You can also email hello@afters.photos with the album link. We review every report and remove photos that break these rules.

Who processes your data

Afters runs on Cloudflare, which hosts the site and stores the photos and data on our behalf. Data may be processed outside the UK. We don't sell or share your data with anyone else.

Your rights

You can remove your own photos at any time. To ask what we hold about you, or to have something deleted, email hello@afters.photos with the album link. Because there are no accounts, the link is how we find your data. You also have the right to complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ico.org.uk).

Children

Afters isn't intended for children under 13.