Privacy Policy

Insect Identifier by Picture — Privacy Policy Last updated: October 5, 2026 Insect Identifier by Picture ("the app") is made by Adianit ("we", "us"). This policy explains what the app collects, why, who processes it, how long we keep it and how to delete it. Contact: support@adianit.com. 1. No account, one anonymous profile The app has no sign-up. On first launch it creates two random identifiers, stored in your device's keychain, and an anonymous profile on our server linked to the first one. We don't ask for your name, email or phone number. 2. What we collect and why Photos you identify (camera or photo library) Why: To identify the insect and show it in your collection Retention: Until you delete your data Your finds: the identification, date and, if you allow location, the place rounded to about 1 km Why: To show your collection, fit seasons and pest information to your region, and run the monthly challenge Retention: Until you delete your data Questions you ask Coco (the in-app chat) and the answers Why: To answer them and let you continue a conversation Retention: Deleted automatically two weeks after you last use a conversation, or when you delete your data A few short notes Coco keeps about you when you tell her something useful for later (for example "has a vegetable garden" or "has a dog"; at most eight) Why: To make later answers fit your situation Retention: Until you delete your data The app's identifiers and your RevenueCat customer id Why: To link your collection and subscription to this device Retention: Until you delete your data Subscription status Why: To unlock Pro Retention: While you use the app; purchase records are kept by Apple and RevenueCat Product analytics: onboarding steps, paywall views, subscription outcomes, app version and limited device information, linked to your anonymous profile id Why: To understand how the app is used and improve onboarding and subscriptions Retention: Subject to our analytics provider's retention settings; contact us to request deletion Usage counts: how many identifications you've tried and used for free, how many questions you've asked, and which paywall version you were shown Why: To enforce the free allowance and fair-use limits, protect the service from abuse, and measure which paywall works best Retention: See section 5: these counts are kept after you delete your data, linked only to a one-way hash of the app install's second identifier Your collection is visible only to you. We don't sell your data, don't use it for advertising, and don't track you across other companies' apps or websites. Product analytics contains no photos, chat questions, answers, precise location, names, emails or keychain credentials. We do not enable screen recordings, session replay, automatic touch tracking or automatic error reports. Location lookup from the IP address is disabled; our analytics provider still receives the IP address needed to deliver requests over the internet. Before a photo is analysed or stored, the app and our server remove its embedded metadata (for example the camera model and GPS tags); a library photo's location is used only if you allow location, and then only rounded as described above. 3. AI processing Photos you identify and questions you ask are sent to our server and processed by OpenAI to generate the identification, safety information and chat answers. If you allow location, a rough area (whole degrees of latitude and longitude, a region about 100 km across) and the month are sent with the photo so seasons and pest status fit your region. The app asks for your permission before the first photo or question is sent. We also use OpenAI to research each species' field guide on the web and to draw its sticker illustration; for this OpenAI receives the species name only, never your photo or location. When a question needs current or local facts, Coco may search the web; the search receives the question's topic, not your photo. Species names are also looked up on iNaturalist for how often a species is observed and for openly licensed reference photos. OpenAI processes this data on our behalf under its API terms. We ask OpenAI not to store these requests; under its API policies OpenAI may keep them for up to 30 days to monitor for abuse and does not use API data to train its models. Identifications and safety information are generated by AI and can be wrong. They are general guidance, not medical advice. 4. Who processes data for us Convex (database, file storage and server functions) — stores your profile, photos, finds, chats, Coco's notes and usage counts. OpenAI — processes photos, rough location and chat questions (see section 3). iNaturalist — receives species names only. RevenueCat — manages subscriptions (your RevenueCat customer id, purchase status, paywall version). PostHog — processes the limited product analytics described in section 2, using your anonymous profile id. It does not receive your collection, photos or chat content. Apple — processes payments; we never see your payment details. Data may be processed in the United States and other countries where these providers operate. 5. Your choices and deleting your data Location is optional: deny or change it in iOS Settings; finds are then saved without a place and nothing about your location is sent. AI data sharing: you can withdraw consent in the app's Settings; the app will ask again before sending anything. Delete my data: in the app, open Settings › Delete my data. This permanently deletes your finds, photos, chats, Coco's notes and profile from our servers and resets the app. To keep the free allowance and fair-use limits working, we keep only the usage counts described in section 2, linked to a one-way hash of an identifier stored on your device — not to you, your finds or your profile. Deleting your data does not cancel a subscription — cancel that in iOS Settings › Apple Account › Subscriptions. You can also email support@adianit.com to request access to or deletion of your data. If you are in the EU/UK, you have the rights of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability and objection, and you can complain to your data protection authority. 6. Children The app is not directed to children under 13 (or the minimum age for consenting to online services in your country), and we do not knowingly collect their data. If you believe a child has used the app, contact us and we'll delete the data. 7. Security Data is sent over encrypted connections (HTTPS) and stored with our providers' security controls. No method of storage is 100% secure. 8. Changes We'll update this page and its date when the app's data practices change. 9. Contact Adianit · support@adianit.com