Last updated: October 1, 2026
Canon is made by Raze Labs, LLC (“Raze Labs”, “we”, “us”). This policy explains what information Canon collects, how we use it, and the choices you have. It applies to the Canon app for iPhone.
The short version: Canon has no accounts, shows no ads, does not sell your information, and does not track you across other apps or websites. What you do inside a universe stays private to you. If you make a universe and share it with everyone, other players can see and play it.
An anonymous identifier for your install. Canon does not ask for your email or a password, and asks for a name only if you choose to play as yourself. Instead the app creates a random identifier the first time it runs and uses it to keep your universes together. It stays in your device's secure storage and can carry over through your Apple account if you switch phones. It is not your name and we cannot use it to find out who you are.
Your age. You enter your age when you set up the app. We use it to confirm you are old enough to use Canon.
What you create. Posts, replies, messages, choices you make in events, the name and bio you give your character, and any photos you attach. Canon needs these to generate the story around you and to show your universes back to you.
Your own character, if you play as yourself. You can make a character of your own, with a photo, name, handle, pronouns, age, bio, and an “about you”, and say who you are in each universe you join as yourself. You can change it at any time in Settings.
Universes you make. If you make a universe, we collect what you put in it: its name, description, and cover photo, its characters (their names, handles, bios, and face photos), how the characters are connected, and its key moments. You choose who can see it: “Everyone” (the default) or “Just me”, and you can change this later. A universe shared with Everyone is visible to everyone in Canon. Anyone can find it on Home and in search and play it, and we may feature it. Other players see what you made and what AI wrote for it, labeled “Community”. Your identity is never shown. A universe set to Just me stays with you. The text of every universe is checked automatically before it is built and every time it is changed, and anything that breaks the rules is refused. Shared universes can be reported by other players and removed.
Reports, blocked creators, and the community rules. The reports you make, the creators you block, and when you agreed to the community rules, tied to your install's identifier. We use these to moderate Canon and keep it safe.
Subscription status. Whether you have an active Canon Pro subscription and when it renews or ends. This comes from Apple, through the service we use to manage subscriptions. We never see your payment details.
A notification token, if you turn notifications on, so the app can tell you when a character has written to you, or when something is ready, like a new chapter of your story.
Diagnostics. Basic technical information such as your device type, app version, and error reports, so we can fix problems.
How you use the app. Which screens you reach, the choices you make along the way (such as the universe and character you pick, or whether you turn notifications on), what you search for in the app, and how long the things you send are. We record what you search for, to improve search and to decide which universes to make next. We do not record the words of your posts and messages for analytics, only their length. This is tied to your install's identifier and used only to understand where the app works and where it does not.
We do not use your information for advertising, and we do not sell it.
The characters in Canon are powered by artificial intelligence. To generate their responses, what you write inside a universe, along with any photos you attach, is sent to service providers that run AI models on our behalf. They receive only what is needed to produce a response. We do not send them your identifier, the age you enter when you set up the app, or your subscription information.
If you play as yourself, the name, handle, pronouns, age, bio, and “about you” of your own character are sent to our AI providers so the story knows who you are. Its photo never is.
The text of universes you make is sent to our AI providers to check it and to write the story. Photos added to a universe (covers and faces) are not sent to AI providers. Photos attached to posts still are.
Your play is private: other people who use Canon can't see what you write inside a universe, including one someone else made. Universes you share with everyone are public inside Canon (see Universes you make).
We keep your information for as long as you use Canon, so your universes are there when you come back. You can delete everything tied to your install at any time in the app, under Settings, Delete my data, or by emailing us with the App ID shown in the app's Settings. Universes you made are deleted along with their photos. A shared universe that other people are already playing is instead taken off Home and search, unlinked from you, and kept so those players can finish. The same happens if you delete a single universe that others are playing. We may keep limited records of purchases where the law or our obligations to Apple require it.
Canon is for people aged 13 and older. We do not knowingly collect information from anyone under 13. If you believe a child under 13 has used Canon, email us and we will delete the information.
Canon is operated from the United States, and your information is processed there. If you use Canon from somewhere else, your information is transferred to the United States.
We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your information. No method of storage or transmission is completely secure, and we cannot promise absolute security.
If we change this policy, we will post the new version at this address and update the date at the top. Continuing to use Canon after a change means you accept the new policy.
Raze Labs, LLC
ian@razelabs.app