🔒 Privacy Policy

What We Collect

For Anonymous Users:

• Session tokens (stored in your browser only)
• Usage counts to prevent abuse (no personal data)
• Technical logs for debugging (automatically deleted after 30 days)

For Registered Users:

• Email address and name (for your account)
• Hashed password (we can't see your actual password)
• Plant photos you upload (stored securely via Cloudinary)
• Your plant identification history
• Payment info via Stripe (we don't store card numbers)
• Usage statistics (for service optimization)

How We Use It

• To identify your plants using AI
• To save your plant history (registered users only)
• To process payments for premium features
• To send you emails only if you have an account

We DON'T:

• Use cookies (we use localStorage instead)
• Track you across websites
• Sell your data to anyone
• Send marketing emails
• Use Google Analytics or advertising trackers
• Store personal data in debug logs

Who We Share With

• OpenAI: Your plant photos for AI identification
• Cloudinary: Stores your plant photos securely
• Stripe: Processes payments (they're super secure)

That's it. Nobody else gets your data.

Your Rights

You can:

• Download all your data anytime
• Delete your account and all associated data
• Update your information
• Cancel your subscription

Just email us or use the account settings page.

Security & Data Retention

• Everything is encrypted with HTTPS
• Passwords are hashed with bcrypt
• Authentication tokens stored in browser localStorage (not cookies)
• Debug logs automatically deleted after 30 days
• Technical logs deleted after 90 days
• Plant photos stored securely via Cloudinary
• We regularly update our security measures