# Photo Privacy Check: Find GPS, Serial Numbers & Owner Names

**Use case:** 

Check photos before you publish them: does each file leak its GPS location, the camera's serial number, the owner's name, an embedded thumbnail or an edit history? One row per photo with a risk level (high, low or none), plus where and when it was taken. Works on JPG, HEIC, PNG, WebP, raw files and videos. Pay per file.

## Input

```json
{
  "files": [
    "https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/T5HtoeQYut1ufwkKC/records/exif-gps.jpg",
    "https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/T5HtoeQYut1ufwkKC/records/exif-edited.jpg",
    "https://api.apify.com/v2/key-value-stores/T5HtoeQYut1ufwkKC/records/exif-noexif.jpg"
  ],
  "datasetField": "url",
  "reverseGeocode": true,
  "includeAllTags": true,
  "onlyWithGps": false,
  "hashFiles": false,
  "maxFiles": 1000
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "url": {
    "label": "File",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "privacy": {
    "label": "Privacy",
    "format": "object"
  },
  "editing": {
    "label": "Editing",
    "format": "object"
  },
  "provenance": {
    "label": "Provenance and AI",
    "format": "object"
  },
  "error": {
    "label": "Error",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The EXIF Metadata Extractor: Photo & Video GPS, Camera, Dates Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "Photo Privacy Check: Find GPS, Serial Numbers & Owner Names". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/kkvgxcmAQtkg6afta) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "Photo Privacy Check: Find GPS, Serial Numbers & Owner Names" task

The EXIF Metadata Extractor: Photo & Video GPS, Camera, Dates Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like photo and video links, field with the links, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "Photo Privacy Check: Find GPS, Serial Numbers & Owner Names" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as file, privacy, editing, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "Photo Privacy Check: Find GPS, Serial Numbers & Owner Names" task via API](https://apify.com/bossless/exif-metadata-extractor.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [EXIF Metadata Extractor: Photo & Video GPS, Camera, Dates](https://apify.com/bossless/exif-metadata-extractor.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/bossless/exif-metadata-extractor.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/bossless/exif-metadata-extractor.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).