Verdai Privacy Policy

The following is stored only on your device, inside the app's private sandboxed storage, and never leaves it unless you explicitly share it:

• Your garden: identified plants, nicknames, health results, care tasks and reminders
• Timeline photos you add to a plant and any notes
• Care streak and usage counters shown in the app
• Onboarding completion and language preference

You can remove this data at any time: delete an individual plant, use Settings → Delete my data to erase everything at once, or uninstall Verdai.

When you scan a plant or ask for a re-analysis, the photo is sent over an encrypted connection to our backend (hosted on Supabase), which forwards it to our AI provider, Anthropic (Claude), to identify the plant and assess its health.

These images are processed only to generate your result. They are not stored on our servers or used to train models. The result (identification, health, care plan) is returned to your device and saved locally in your garden.

If you use the AI expert chat, your question and a small amount of context about the plant (such as its name and known care guide) are sent to Anthropic (Claude) to generate a reply. Messages are processed to answer you and are not stored on our servers beyond what is needed to complete the request.

On first launch, Verdai creates an anonymous session through Supabase. This does not require your name, email, or any personal identifier — it is a random anonymous ID.

We store, tied to that anonymous ID, a count of how many scans and chat messages you use per period. This is used solely to enforce fair-use and free/premium limits.

For subscription management and purchase validation we use RevenueCat, Inc. (https://www.revenuecat.com/privacy/). RevenueCat receives:

• An anonymous identifier (not linked to your real identity)
• Device platform (Android) and country code (for localized pricing)
• Purchase history of Verdai subscriptions only
• IP address (used temporarily for tax/region calculation)

RevenueCat does not receive your plant photos, chat messages, or any personal content.

Purchases are processed by Google Play Billing, governed by Google's Payment Terms and Google's Privacy Policy (https://policies.google.com/privacy). Google receives your payment method and Google account email. Verdai never sees or stores your payment information.

• Camera — to take photos of your plants for identification and diagnosis
• Photos/media — to let you pick an existing photo from your gallery
• Notifications — to send the care reminders you enable
• Location (approximate) — optional, only to show local weather and adjust care tips

If you enable local weather, your approximate (city-level) location is sent to the weather provider Open-Meteo (https://open-meteo.com) to fetch current conditions. It is not stored on our servers, and precise/GPS location is never used.

• Your name, email, or account profile
• Precise location, contacts, calendar, or files
• Advertising identifiers — Verdai shows no ads
• Any data used to track you across other apps or companies

Verdai is not directed to children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them.

• On-device data: retained until you delete it (Settings → Delete my data) or uninstall
• Plant photos sent for analysis: processed transiently, not retained on our servers
• Usage counters (anonymous ID): retained while needed to enforce limits
• RevenueCat and Google Play purchase records: retained per their policies

• Delete everything yourself: Settings → Delete my data erases your plants, tasks, notes, treatments, history, preferences, usage counters and the anonymous identifier itself — on the device and on our servers
• Deletion is immediate and irreversible: we keep no backups of deleted data and there is no retention period
• Full instructions, including what to do if you have already uninstalled: salazarsdevs.com/apps/verdai/delete
• Cancel subscriptions via Google Play Store → Subscriptions → Verdai — deleting your data does not cancel an active subscription

• All communication with our backend, Anthropic, RevenueCat and Google uses TLS (HTTPS)
• AI API keys are held only on our server, never in the app
• On-device data uses Android's app-private storage

We may update this Privacy Policy. Material changes will be notified through the app or the Google Play listing. The "Last updated" date reflects the most recent revision.

For privacy questions or requests related to Verdai, contact: salazardevelopmentsolutions@gmail.com