01Private file storage
Your photos
Your original images and the smaller copies Storky makes are kept in private Amazon S3 storage. They are encrypted and are not placed on a public website.
Your data, explained simply
Your memories stay yours.
Here is where your photos go, who can access them, and what it means if you choose face recognition.
Where your data lives
A private home, with clear boundaries.
Storky uses trusted cloud services for different jobs. Access is limited to you, people you choose, and the systems needed to run your library.
02Private database
Your library details
Details such as captions, people you name, and book work are kept in a Neon database. Your sign-in is handled by Clerk.
03Reference numbers only
Background work
Storky uses Inngest to keep uploads and story jobs moving. It receives private reference numbers—not your photo files or names.
Face recognition
Optional means you choose.
Face recognition will be off when it becomes available. Storky will ask before using it, and your library will still work if you say no.
What Storky will not do
- No guessing age, gender, emotion, or relationships.
- No automatic names—you confirm every identity.
- No face recognition just because you uploaded photos.
Before launch, Storky will require an AWS setting that prevents these photos from being used to improve Amazon's AI services.
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A smaller copy is sent
A secure background worker sends Amazon Rekognition a smaller, correctly rotated copy that may contain a face—not your full original by default.
- 2
A face pattern is made
Amazon turns each detected face into a set of numbers called a face vector. The vector is stored with a random ID in a collection set aside for your library.
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You stay in control
Storky uses the result to suggest photo groups and possible matches. It never decides who someone is—you review and confirm every name.
Delete means delete
You can change your mind.
Turning face recognition off stops new face work. Removing your consent also starts deletion of the face patterns and links made for your library.
- When you delete a photo
- It disappears from normal use right away. Storky removes it and related data from its main systems within 24 hours.
- What about backups?
- Backup history expires on a schedule of up to 30 days. Deleted items cannot return to your library during that time.
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