If you're already comfortable using Instagram, Facebook, or WhatsApp, this list is a one-way ratchet — every difference here is a thing we don't do that they do.
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Jambo.pics
Advertising on your content
Your photos, posts, and engagement signals are used to target advertising shown to you and to others.
We don'tWe don't run advertising. Your photos are never used to target ads, and there are no third-party ad SDKs in the app.
Selling or sharing data with advertisers
Shares aggregated and de-identified data, plus inferred attributes, with advertising partners and measurement providers.
We don'tWe don't sell, rent, or share your personal data with third parties for their own marketing.
Training AI on your photos and posts
Public posts on Facebook and Instagram are used to train Meta's generative AI. UK and EU users can object, but the default is opt-in.
We don'tYour content is not used to train AI models — not by us, and our sub-processors (Microsoft Azure, OpenAI Whisper) contractually do not retain it for training either.
Tracking you around the web
The Meta Pixel, Conversions API, and Facebook SDK track your activity on millions of other websites and apps to build advertising profiles.
We don'tNo tracking pixels, no advertising cookies, no analytics services that share data with third parties. One strictly necessary session cookie keeps you signed in.
What rights they get over your photos
A non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide licence to host, use, distribute, modify, run, copy, publicly perform, display, translate, and create derivative works of your content.
We don'tA limited licence to store and display your content to other members of your album, and — only if you or your unit orders one — to reproduce it in a photo book. The licence ends when you delete the post.
Who can see what you post
Public-by-default on Instagram and Facebook in many regions. Discoverable by strangers, recommended in feeds, indexed by search.
We don'tInvitation-only albums. No public profiles, no discovery, no algorithmic feed, no search indexing. Only invited members of an album can view its content.
Children's accounts
Self-attested 13+ on signup. Limited verification of parental consent.
We do moreEvery account under 18 needs verifiable parental consent before activation. Parents are emailed and must approve before the account can view or post anything.
Who handles your content day-to-day
Tens of thousands of moderators, contractors, and engineers worldwide.
We don'tEvery operator with access to members' content is an adult member of The Scout Association (UK) holding a current enhanced DBS check.
Time to act on a report
No public service-level commitment.
We do moreReported content is hidden from the feed immediately. Every report is reviewed within 24 hours.
Where your data lives
Stored and replicated globally across Meta's data centres.
We don'tSingle UK region (Microsoft Azure UK South). No geo-replication outside the UK for stored content.
Photo metadata (EXIF, GPS)
Retained on the platform; some metadata is stripped from public delivery, some is preserved internally for safety and analytics.
We don'tRe-encoded on processing — EXIF, camera model, and GPS coordinates are stripped from everything other album members can see or download.
If you delete a post
Removed from view; backups and derivative copies may persist for an unspecified period.
SameRemoved from album views immediately; residual copies in backups are purged within 30 days. The content licence ends with deletion.
Your copyright
You keep the copyright in everything you post.
SameYou keep the copyright in everything you post.
How payments are handled
Card data handled by Meta's payment processor; Meta does not see raw card numbers.
SameCard data is handled directly by Stripe. We never see or store your card details.
Reporting and blocking other users
Report and block tools are available across the apps.
SameReport and block tools are available on every memory and member.
We're a smaller surface area than Meta on purpose. There are no ads, no AI training, no public profiles, no algorithmic feed, and no cross-site tracking. The trade-off is that we're a small team — so we lean on clear rules, automated moderation, and a 24-hour human review SLA to keep the album safe.
Last reviewed against Meta’s public Terms of Service, Privacy Policy, Instagram Terms of Use and WhatsApp Privacy Policy: May 2026. Meta’s policies change — if you spot a discrepancy please email team@jambo.pics.