What Happens to Your Fingerprint Images After a MyFire Report?
A practical privacy guide explaining capture, access, report preparation, active deletion, backups and retained report records.
The Simple Version
MyFire uses fingerprint images to prepare your F.I.R.E. Report. The images are not used for login, authentication, identity verification, security access or advertising.
After the completed report has been delivered successfully, original fingerprint images are deleted from active operational storage. Some related records, such as the final report, support history, delivery records and payment records, may remain where they are needed for service, accounting, dispute handling or legal recordkeeping.
That is the privacy model in plain language.
Why Fingerprint Images Are Collected
MyFire needs clear images of all ten fingers because the report is based on fingerprint pattern observations. Three images per finger help with clarity and quality control.
The images are used for:
- Checking whether the fingerprint capture is usable.
- Preparing the report.
- Reviewing the report before delivery.
- Asking for exact retakes when a specific image is unclear.
They are not collected to identify you in a security system.
Who Accesses The Images
Access is limited to authorised MyFire administrators involved in preparation, review and delivery. The practical purpose is to complete your report correctly.
This is different from a biometric login system, where a fingerprint may be used repeatedly to verify access. In the MyFire process, the fingerprint images are part of a one-time service workflow.
What Active Operational Deletion Means
After successful delivery, original fingerprint images are deleted from active operational storage. Active operational storage means the storage used by the team and systems to complete the current service workflow.
This wording is important because technical systems may also have backups, logs or derived records that follow separate retention cycles. A responsible privacy explanation should be clear about the main deletion step and the supporting technical reality.
What May Remain
After the report is delivered, MyFire may retain:
- Your final PDF report.
- Customer and delivery details.
- Support messages.
- Payment records.
- Report-related notes required for service quality.
- Logs or backups that expire through normal technical cycles.
This helps with support, future access, delivery confirmation and records. It also means customers can ask informed questions about what kind of data they want help with.
How To Think About Fingerprint Privacy
A useful privacy question is not only "Do you collect data?" Any service needs some data to operate. Better questions are:
- Why is this data needed?
- Who can access it?
- What is it not used for?
- When is the original file deleted from active storage?
- What records remain after the service is complete?
- How can I contact the team later?
MyFire is built to answer those questions clearly.
What Customers Can Do
Before starting your report, you can keep your own simple checklist:
- Use the official MyFire capture link.
- Follow the capture instructions carefully.
- Ask any package or privacy question before payment.
- Keep your report PDF in a private place after delivery.
- Contact MyFire from the same email or phone number if you need support later.
Privacy is strongest when the process is clear at the start, not only after delivery.
Fingerprint Images Versus The Final Report
It helps to separate two things.
Fingerprint images are the source material used to prepare the report. These are deleted from active operational storage after successful delivery.
The final report is the product you receive. It may be retained so MyFire can support you, answer questions, resend it if needed or maintain service records.
That distinction keeps the privacy promise specific and understandable.
The Bottom Line
MyFire uses fingerprint images for report preparation, limits their operational use, avoids identity or authentication use, and deletes original images from active operational storage after successful delivery.
The report itself remains your practical guide: a private document meant to help you understand learning, communication, pressure response and direction more clearly.
- MyFire Privacy Policy
- MyFire Terms of Service
- MyFire How It Works page
- MyFire internal retention wording
