Last updated 20 October 2026
Privacy policy
Your photographs are yours. SpeedCull for Mac processes your shoot locally, and you choose when to export your ratings.
Who is responsible
SpeedCull is published by Will Burrard-Lucas, based in the United Kingdom. For privacy questions or requests, use the SpeedCull contact form on FrontierTwo. This policy covers this website and the Mac edition downloaded from speedcull.com. Separately distributed development editions have additional testing privacy disclosures.
Photos and culling on your Mac
SpeedCull reads photographs you choose and creates local previews, catalogues and culling decisions such as star ratings and pick/reject flags. Image processing is local and the app does not rewrite RAW or JPEG originals or upload your shoot. Your chosen storage or backup service may sync files independently under its own settings.
Writing XMP sidecars for RAW photos and exporting ratings are explicit actions. A local Lightroom plug-in handoff includes file paths and identifiers so RAW and JPEG ratings can be matched to the correct photographs. You do not need a SpeedCull account.
Diagnostics
Processing diagnostics stay local unless you choose to share them. They may include filenames, camera details, technical device information and errors: review them before sending. The Mac release does not include third-party advertising, tracking or analytics SDKs. If you use a separate TestFlight build, Apple may provide feedback and crash diagnostics according to your settings and its terms.
Software updates
The Mac app uses Sparkle to check the signed update feed at speedcull.com. You can check manually or opt into automatic checks in Settings → Updates. An update request includes standard connection information, such as your IP address and the app/update-client version, which our hosting providers process to deliver and protect downloads. Sparkle system profiling is disabled. Update checks do not send photographs, filenames, ratings or catalogue contents. You choose when to install an update.
Support
We receive the contact details, message and any attachments you choose to send. The FrontierTwo contact form uses Cloudflare Turnstile for spam protection and Postmark for message delivery to our support inbox provider, Help Scout. Email sent through our support address uses Cloudflare Email Routing. We use support information to answer requests, investigate problems and maintain appropriate support history—not to sell your data or enrol you in marketing.
We rely on our legitimate interests in helping users and operating a reliable, secure service for support and essential service/security processing, and comply with applicable legal obligations. Please send only what is needed to explain your issue. A general enquiry does not require your photo library or RAW originals.
This website
This is a static information site. We do not add advertising trackers, marketing analytics, newsletter forms or non-essential cookies. Hosting and delivery providers, including Cloudflare and OpenAI Sites, process technical request information such as IP address, browser details and request time to deliver and protect the site. Essential security cookies and provider logs follow their policies: Cloudflare and OpenAI. External links have their own privacy policies.
Storage and deletion
Local catalogues, previews and decisions remain until you remove them. Clearing previews does not erase ratings, catalogues, logs or backups. Export or back up decisions before uninstalling.
We retain support correspondence only as long as reasonably needed to resolve requests, maintain useful support history and meet legal obligations. Retention of Apple and hosting-provider records follows their policies and settings. We do not promise a fixed deletion period for systems we do not control.
Your choices and rights
You choose which folders the app can access through Apple's permission controls. You can ask about, access, correct or delete personal information we hold, and request restriction, object to applicable processing or request portability where the law provides these rights. We may need to verify your identity to protect your information. Some requests are subject to legal limits.
Our providers may process information outside the UK under their applicable transfer safeguards. Contact us with any concerns. You may also complain to the UK Information Commissioner's Office or your local data-protection authority.
Changes
The current Mac release does not include AI photo analysis. Any future AI service or materially different data use will be explained separately before you choose to use it. Policy updates will appear here with a new date.