Privacy Policy

Effective date: 2026-04-29

This privacy policy applies to the Terra app (hereinafter "Application") for mobile devices, developed by Ramesh Cinnaiyann (hereinafter "Service Provider") as a Freemium service. This service is provided "AS IS."

What information does the Application collect?

Information you provide directly:

Email address (when creating an account)
Plant photos (when using the plant identification feature)
Plant names and care preferences you enter manually

Information collected automatically:

Device push notification token (FCM token) used to send watering reminders
Anonymous session identifiers for guest users
Basic device information (device type, operating system, IP address)

The Application does not collect precise GPS location. City name may be optionally entered by the user for display purposes only and is not used for tracking.

How is your information used?

Your information is used to:

Provide and operate the Application's core features (plant tracking, watering schedules)
Identify plants using AI services when you scan a photo
Send push notifications for watering reminders (only with your permission)
Improve the Application's performance and reliability

Does the Application use Artificial Intelligence?

Yes. The Application uses AI in the following specific ways:

Plant identification: Photos you take are sent to PlantNet API and/or Google Gemini to identify the plant species
Care data fallback: Google Gemini may be used to provide plant care recommendations when species data is unavailable from our primary database

Your photos are transmitted to these services solely for identification purposes and are not stored by the Service Provider beyond what is necessary for caching identification results.

Third-party services

The Application uses the following third-party services which have their own privacy policies:

Google Play Services
Firebase / FCM push notifications
Supabase database and authentication
PlantNet plant photo identification
Google Gemini AI plant identification fallback
RevenueCat subscription management

User data stored in Supabase is hosted on servers located in the United States. By using this Application, EU users consent to this data transfer.

Your GDPR rights (EU users)

If you are located in the European Economic Area, you have the following rights:

Right to access request a copy of your personal data
Right to erasure request deletion of your personal data
Right to portability receive your data in a structured format
Right to object object to processing of your personal data
Right to rectification correct inaccurate data

To exercise any of these rights, contact: rameshdevwork@gmail.com. We will respond within 30 days.

Legal basis for processing: We process your data on the basis of (a) contract performance to provide the services you requested, and (b) legitimate interest to improve the Application and prevent abuse.

Data retention

Account data is retained until you delete your account, at which point all associated data is permanently deleted from our servers
Guest/anonymous session data is automatically deleted after 3 days of inactivity
Plant photos used for identification are not permanently stored by the Service Provider

To request account deletion, contact rameshdevwork@gmail.com

Children's privacy

The Application is not directed at anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, contact us at rameshdevwork@gmail.com and we will delete it immediately.

Security

We implement appropriate technical safeguards including row-level security on all database tables, JWT authentication for all API calls, and no storage of sensitive API keys in the application bundle. However, no system can guarantee absolute security.

Changes to this policy

This policy may be updated periodically. We will notify you by updating the effective date at the top of this page. Continued use of the Application constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

Contact

Ramesh Cinnaiyann
rameshdevwork@gmail.com