Insect & Bug Identifier — Privacy Policy

Effective Date: August 10, 2026

Insect & Bug Identifier ("the App") is developed by Mobile Card Games & Travel Apps LLC. This Privacy Policy explains what data the App collects, how it is used, and how your privacy is protected.

1. Data We Collect

Insect & Bug Identifier collects the following data that you provide directly through your actions in the App:

• Insect photos: Up to three photos per identification that you take with your camera or select from your photo library.
• App language: The language your device runs the App in, sent with each identification request so results come back in your language.
• Identification history: Each identification (including the original photos, species information, and timestamps) is saved on your device.
• Purchase information: Transaction records for in-app subscriptions, managed by Apple and RevenueCat.

The App does not collect your name, email address, location, contacts, or advertising identifiers. It contains no analytics SDKs, serves no ads, does not send push notifications, and does not request the iOS App Tracking Transparency permission because it does not track you.

2. How We Use Your Data

To identify an insect, the photos you take or select are uploaded to OpenAI's AI vision model, which returns the species name, scientific name, description, habitat, danger level, and related information. To be clear: identification is not performed on your device — your insect photos are transmitted to OpenAI (through the AIProxy relay) for analysis each time you run an identification.

Your identification history, including the original photos, is saved so you can review past identifications. If you are a subscriber, that history also syncs across your devices through your private iCloud database (see Data Storage and Retention).

3. Third-Party Data Sharing

Your data is shared only with the services needed to run the App:

• OpenAI (openai.com): Receives the insect photos you submit (up to three per identification) and your app language. Data is transmitted through AIProxy (aiproxy.com), a secure API relay, over an encrypted HTTPS connection. Your photos are not stored on any server we operate — they exist in transit only during the request. Per OpenAI's API data usage policies, data sent through the API is not used to train their models.
• Apple and RevenueCat (revenuecat.com): Purchases are processed by Apple; the App never sees your payment card details. RevenueCat receives purchase transaction tokens and a random anonymous app-user ID — never your name or email.

We do not sell, rent, or share your data with anyone else.

Abuse prevention: every AI request the App sends also includes your device's Apple identifier-for-vendor and an Apple DeviceCheck token. These are used solely to prevent abuse and rate-limit AI requests; they are not linked to your name or identity and are not used for advertising or tracking.

4. Data Storage and Retention

• On your device: Your identification history — including the original insect photos — is stored in the App's local storage until you delete entries or uninstall the App.
• In your iCloud (subscribers): If you are a subscriber, each identification record, including the photos, is synced to your private iCloud (CloudKit) database so your history follows you across devices. This database belongs to your Apple ID; we cannot access, read, or retrieve anything in it. Non-subscribers' data stays on-device only.
• iCloud Keychain: A small purchase-state flag is stored in your iCloud Keychain (tied to your Apple ID) so your free credit and purchase state follow you across your devices and reinstalls. It contains no personal information.
• On our servers: We do not operate any server that stores your photos or personal data.
• Deletion: Delete individual history entries in the App at any time; uninstalling the App removes all local data. Removing the App's iCloud data can be done from your device's iCloud storage management settings.

5. Data Security

All network requests are made over encrypted HTTPS connections. AI requests are routed through AIProxy so that API keys are protected and never embedded directly in the App. iCloud sync uses Apple's CloudKit security under your Apple ID.

6. Your Rights

You have the right to:

• Delete identification history entries in the App at any time, or remove all App data by uninstalling the App.
• Deny camera or photo library permission, which prevents the App from accessing your photos.
• Choose not to subscribe, in which case your history is never uploaded to iCloud.

Depending on where you live, privacy laws such as the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act (CCPA/CPRA) give you rights over your personal data, including the rights to know, access, correct, and delete it. Because we do not hold your data on servers we operate, there is typically nothing for us to access or delete on request — deleting the App deletes your data. Where the App does process data in transit, or a third-party service described above collects data, you may contact us at the email below to exercise your rights, and we will respond as required by applicable law.

7. Children's Privacy

The App is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect data from children under 13. In some regions, including the European Union, a higher minimum age applies to consent for data processing; the same statement applies there — we do not knowingly collect data from anyone under the applicable age.

8. Data Breach Notification

In the unlikely event of a data breach affecting user data on any system we operate, we will notify affected users as required by applicable law.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Changes will be reflected by updating the "Effective Date" at the top of this page.

10. Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or your data, please contact us at:

v5cqpsj4e3u4@opayq.com