Klave is an IPTV player for iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV. It is built to be
privacy-first: your provider credentials and your library live on your device
and in your own private iCloud. We run no advertising, no tracking, and no
analytics, and our servers never see who you are or what you watch.
The short version
We do not create accounts, track you, run ads, or use third-party analytics or tracking SDKs.
Your IPTV credentials are stored in the device Keychain and are never sent to Klave.
Your favorites, ordering, watch history, and settings sync through your own private iCloud — we can't see them.
Our metadata service only ever receives cleaned movie/show titles to look up artwork — never your identity or credentials.
1. Who we are
Klave ("Klave", "we", "us") is the developer of Klave: IPTV Player,
distributed on the Apple App Store. This policy explains what data the app handles
and how. It applies to the Klave apps and the Klave metadata service described below.
2. Information we do not collect
Klave has no user accounts and no sign-up. We do not collect your name, email,
phone number, contacts, location, or device identifiers for advertising. The app
contains no advertising SDKs, no third-party trackers, and no third-party
analytics. We do not sell or share personal data, because we don't collect it.
3. Your IPTV provider credentials
To watch your streams, Klave needs the connection details for the IPTV service you
already subscribe to (for example a provider URL, username, and password, or an M3U
playlist URL). These are your credentials for a third-party service.
Credentials are stored locally in the iOS/macOS/tvOS Keychain, never in plain text.
With iCloud Keychain enabled, they may sync across your own Apple devices, encrypted by Apple.
Credentials are never transmitted to Klave's servers. They are used only by the app on your device to connect directly to your IPTV provider.
4. Your library and preferences (iCloud sync)
Klave keeps your library on your device and syncs a small overlay of your choices
across your devices using your private iCloud database (CloudKit).
This is tied to your Apple Account, not to any Klave account.
What syncs: a reference to your playlist/source, category and channel ordering, hidden items, favorites, theme and preferences, and watch history.
What stays on device: the full parsed channel catalog and the artwork cache, which are regenerated from your source as needed.
Because this lives in your private iCloud database, neither Apple nor Klave can see its contents, and we operate no servers that store it.
5. The Klave metadata service
To show posters, descriptions, and accurate titles, the app queries a Klave-run
metadata service that is backed by The Movie Database (TMDB). This is the
only Klave server the app talks to.
What is sent: a cleaned title and year (e.g. "Dune 2021") so the service can resolve it to a canonical movie/show and return artwork and details.
What is not sent: your identity, your IP-derived profile, your credentials, your playlist, or which specific streams you watch.
Results are cached on the service so that titles already resolved by anyone come back instantly. The cache holds public catalog metadata, not personal data.
Standard, short-lived web server logs (such as request timestamps) may be processed to operate and protect the service; they are not used to profile or identify you.
This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB. Movie and
TV metadata and images are provided by TMDB and remain subject to TMDB's terms.
6. Sharing a list with other people
If you choose to share a curated list, Klave uses Apple's CloudKit Sharing (CKShare).
The share travels through iCloud as an encrypted record. The underlying source
credential is carried inside that encrypted record so the recipient can play the
streams, but it is never shown to or editable by the recipient. Sharing only
happens when you explicitly initiate it, and you can stop sharing at any time.
7. Third-party services
Your IPTV provider: when you play a stream, your device connects directly to your provider. Their handling of your data is governed by their own policy, not ours.
Apple iCloud: sync and sharing rely on Apple's iCloud/CloudKit, governed by Apple's privacy policy.
TMDB: metadata and images originate from TMDB, governed by TMDB's terms and privacy policy.
8. Children's privacy
Klave is not directed at children and does not knowingly collect personal
information from children. The app plays content from sources you configure; that
content is outside our control.
9. Data retention and deletion
Because your data lives on your device and in your private iCloud, you are in
control of it:
Use the in-app "clear cache" control to remove the local catalog and artwork cache.
Remove your stored credentials from within the app, or delete the app to remove its on-device data and Keychain items.
Manage or delete your synced data through your Apple device's iCloud settings.
The metadata service stores only public catalog data and no personal profiles, so there is no personal account to delete there.
10. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy as the app evolves — for example, if we ever add optional,
privacy-respecting analytics or crash reporting, we will disclose it here and in the
App Store privacy label first. Material changes will be reflected by the "Last
updated" date above.