Privacy

Your photo is read on your device. It is never uploaded to our website or stored anywhere.

Photo checks and USB tests are free. A one-off fee applies only to unlocking a camera’s or lens’s history in the public log when records exist, and to issuing a shareable verification certificate.

What we record

We record the shutter count, camera brand, model and firmware, when the photo was taken, the date and time of the check, a one-way fingerprint and the last 4 characters of the serial number, and whether a history unlock or certificate was paid — never the photo itself or your location.

The full serial is kept for up to 7 days so a certificate can be issued, and then only on a certificate you buy. We do not store your IP address. If you buy something, we keep the email address you give at checkout. There are no customer accounts.

The public log

The make, model, shutter count and a masked serial appear in the public log when the count is greater than zero.