Brilliante apps

Privacy Policy

Effective June 15, 2026 · Last updated October 17, 2026

Apps this policy covers

This policy covers every app in the Brilliante suite by Murphy Industries, on every platform and store where it is offered (“the apps”):

• Brilliante Photo Viewer, including its demo, on Windows, macOS, and SteamOS / Linux
• Brilliante Capture, on Windows, macOS, and SteamOS / Linux
• Brilliante Converter, on Windows
• The Brilliante Image Extensions for Windows (the RAW, EXR, and HEIF Image Extensions) and their settings apps
• Classic 7 Photo Viewer, on Windows

It applies however you got the app: from the Microsoft Store, Steam, the Mac App Store, or a direct download from us.

Information we collect

None. The apps have no user accounts and do not ask you to sign in. They collect no personal information, and they contain no advertising, analytics, telemetry, crash reporting, or usage tracking of any kind. The apps never connect to Murphy Industries servers, and they do not check for updates on their own (the store you installed from handles updates).

Your photos, screenshots, and files

The apps open and process images locally, on your device. Screenshot capture and encoding, decoding, format conversion, HDR display, color management, and reading of embedded metadata all happen on your computer. Your photos, screenshots, and the files you open are never uploaded, copied to us, or shared with any third party by the apps.

On-device AI. Brilliante Photo Viewer’s AI 3D feature uses a depth-estimation model that ships inside the app and runs offline on your computer. Your photos are never sent to an AI service, and the model is not downloaded or updated over the internet.

What the apps store on your device

Like most desktop software, the apps keep a small amount of data on your own computer. It never leaves your device:

• Settings, such as your preferences and the folders you chose to start in or save to.
• Diagnostic log files, kept in your system’s temporary or log folder. They can include the names of files you opened, and they exist only to help with troubleshooting if you choose to send one to us.
• Thumbnails. Brilliante Photo Viewer can add thumbnails of your photos to your operating system’s own thumbnail cache, so they also appear in File Explorer or your file manager. You can turn this off, or clear the cache, in the app’s settings.
• License files. The Image Extensions keep a signed license file that is verified offline on your PC.

Screenshots and metadata

Brilliante Capture saves screenshots only where you tell it to: your Screenshots folder, or one you choose. When you copy a screenshot, it goes to your system clipboard. Each screenshot file records the date it was taken, the app’s version, and your operating-system version (for example, “Windows 11”). It does not record your name, your computer’s name, or your location.

Brilliante Converter keeps a photo’s capture date in the files it exports and drops other metadata, including GPS location.

Device permissions

The apps ask for operating-system permissions only to do their job, and they use them locally:

• Screen recording (Brilliante Capture), to take the screenshots you request.
• Files and folders, to open images you select and save output where you choose.
• Photos library (Brilliante Photo Viewer on macOS), to show your photos. If a photo is stored in iCloud, macOS may download it from Apple when you open it, under Apple’s privacy policy.
• Game controllers, so you can use a controller or the Steam Deck’s controls, and (in Brilliante Capture) take a screenshot with a controller button. On macOS this needs USB and Bluetooth access, which is used only to read controller input.
• Launch at sign-in (Brilliante Capture on Windows), so the screenshot shortcut is ready. You can turn this off.

The apps do not use your camera, microphone, contacts, or your device’s location.

Photo location data (GPS)

Many photos record where they were taken as GPS coordinates inside their metadata. Brilliante Photo Viewer reads this data locally and can display it to you alongside the photo’s other details.

If you choose to tap the map button, the app opens that location in your web browser using the map service selected in Settings: Google Maps by default, or Apple Maps, Bing Maps, OpenStreetMap, HERE WeGo, Naver Map, Kakao Map, Yandex Maps, or Amap. Your coordinates are shared with that service only at that moment, and only because you asked to open the map. From there, that service’s privacy policy applies.

Links you choose to open

Some buttons in the apps open a web page or a store page, for example this website, an app’s page in the Microsoft Store or on Steam, or a download page for a component the app needs. These open only when you click them, in your browser or store app, and the site you visit applies its own privacy policy. Links to our store pages can carry a tag naming which app the link came from, so we can see in the store’s anonymous statistics that the link was used. The tag identifies the link, not you.

Purchases and licensing

The apps are sold through app stores, which handle purchases, refunds, free trials, and demos. We never see or store your payment details. To check that you own an app, the app asks the store software already on your computer, and gets back only whether your license is active. No photos, files, or personal information are included in that check.

• Microsoft Store: the app checks your license with Windows’ built-in store service. Purchases are processed by Microsoft under the Microsoft Privacy Statement.
• Steam: the app connects to the Steam client running on your computer to confirm that your Steam account owns it, to use Steam Input for controllers, and to follow the language you set in Steam. Steam may record things like your playtime in the app, as it does for every app it launches, and it can show its in-app overlay (for example, to open the store page). Valve processes this data under the Steam Privacy Policy. The apps do not use Steam Cloud, achievements, or Steam’s screenshot library, and they never upload your photos or screenshots to Steam.
• Mac App Store: the app checks your purchase with Apple’s StoreKit, which verifies it on your Mac. Purchases are processed by Apple under the Apple Privacy Policy.
• Direct downloads from us perform no license check and make no connection.

What the stores share with us. As the developer, we receive the reports Microsoft, Valve, and Apple give every developer: aggregated sales, download, and usage numbers, and crash reports collected by the operating system or store, which tell us where an app crashed so we can fix it. We cannot use these reports to identify you, and the apps add nothing to them.

Operating-system components

To display certain formats, the apps may rely on components built into your operating system. For example, Microsoft’s HEVC/HEIF extensions open HEIC images, and Media Foundation plays the video in motion photos. These components run locally as part of Windows, macOS, or Linux. Using VR requires SteamVR, which is run by Valve under its own privacy policy.

Children’s privacy

The apps collect no personal information from anyone, including children.

This website

The website you are reading (brilliante.photo) uses Google Analytics to understand how visitors use the site, for example which pages are popular and which languages are in demand. Analytics cookies are set only if you accept them in the cookie banner. If you decline, no analytics cookies are stored. You can change your choice at any time by clearing this site’s data in your browser. When enabled, this measurement data is processed by Google under the Google Privacy Policy. Store buttons on this site link to the Microsoft Store and Steam, which apply their own privacy policies once you are there. The apps themselves stay analytics-free.

Changes to this policy

If this policy changes, we will update this page and revise the date above. Any material changes will be reflected here.

Contact

Questions about this policy? Email support@brilliante.photo.

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