Does digiKam collect data from my photos, tags, or face recognition?
Asked 3/31/2021
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I'm considering switching from Lightroom to digiKam and was confused by its privacy statement mentioning that it may require personally identifiable information, including pictures. Does digiKam collect or transmit data from my photo library, tags, or face recognition features, or does it run entirely locally unless I use online services?
Originally by Photography Stack Exchange contributor. Source · Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0
Photography Stack Exchange contributor
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Digikam is FOSS, so normally not interested in your data. As far as I can tell the privacy policy is only about using the photo uploaders (Google Drive and others) present in the application. Otherwise the app will run entirely on your computer and doesn't leak information to anyone.
Originally by user75947. Source · Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0
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Based on the community answer, digiKam itself is generally a local, open-source application and is not normally interested in collecting your data. The privacy-policy wording appears to relate mainly to optional online uploader/integration features such as Google Drive and similar services built into the app.
In normal local use, digiKam runs on your computer and your images, tags, and face-recognition data stay local. If you use cloud or web upload services from within digiKam, then the data you choose to send would be handled by those services.
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