How does Memrico recognize the people in my photos?
How Rico gathers photos by person, and the choice you make for your own uploads
When face recognition is on, Rico, your family's AI, notices the faces in the photos you add to a space and gathers every photo of the same person together. Name a face once ("Mom") and every picture of her collects under her name. That's what makes "show me photos of Mom" work.
It's your choice, space by space. The first time you add photos to a space, Memrico asks whether you'd like face recognition on for the photos you add there. Your answer covers only your own uploads, never anyone else's, and nobody else's answer covers yours. Choose Not now and your photos still upload as usual; Rico just doesn't group them by person. Change your mind any time in Profile › Privacy, where each space has its own switch.
What you're agreeing to. The screen lays out five things before you decide:
- What's stored: measurements of each face ("face data") from photos you add to the space. It's private to that space and never used for advertising.
- Why: to sort photos by person, so you can find anyone in a moment.
- Who handles it: a cloud service provider under contract with Memrico, named in our Privacy Policy. Face data is never sold or used to train AI.
- How long: until you turn face recognition off or delete the data, and in any case no later than 24 months after you last use Memrico.
- Delete anytime: any one person's face data, or all of it, whenever you choose.
Tick the I agree box, then tap Turn on face recognition. By turning it on, you confirm you have permission from the people in your photos and, for a child, from a parent or legal guardian.
Naming people. Open People from your space, tap a face Rico has found, and give it a name. Its photos gather.
Changing your mind. Turn face recognition off for a space, or delete one person's face data, whenever you like: What happens if I turn face recognition off? Face recognition isn't offered everywhere yet: Why isn't face recognition available in my area? In someone's photos but not a member? I'm in someone's Memrico photos. How do I have my face data deleted?
Full details are in our Privacy Policy.