Last updated: September 19, 2026
BirdCare helps users record and manage companion-parrot and duck profiles, weight, photos, veterinary visits, medication, egg laying, condition, and other care information. This Privacy Policy explains how BirdCare handles user data and device permissions.
BirdCare may store information that you enter or select in the app on your device.
Profile information: name, species, subspecies or color mutation, sex, date of birth, adoption date, status, and notes
Photos and documents: selected profile photos, photo records, dropping-record photos, and document records such as sexing or disease test results
Health information: weight, condition, diet, disease-management records, and information used for health insights
Egg and hatching records: laying dates, egg status, hatching status, and related notes
Veterinary and medication records: clinic name, visit date, appointment time, treatment notes, costs, medication name, schedule, and notes
Care information: cage grouping, diet, food-change reminders, food opening dates, grooming and cage-cleaning records, notification settings, and display settings
When you sign in or choose to use server-based features, the following information may also be processed.
Account information: sign-in provider, email address, Firebase user ID (UID), nickname, level and experience, community-consent records, and account status
Transfer and shared-care information: transfer codes, selected profiles and text records, invitations, and shared-care member information
Community information: posts, comments, author UID, nickname, level, timestamps, reports, moderation actions, and comment-notification information
Technical and advertising information: app launches, taps, ad views and other interactions, app-instance or device identifiers, IP-based approximate location, operating system, app version, and diagnostic information
Information is stored or processed for the following purposes.
Displaying records for each companion bird
Providing health reference information such as weight trends, condition history, and egg-laying likelihood
Delivering reminders set by the user for veterinary visits, medication, weight and condition records, food changes, grooming, and cage care
Organizing photo, document, egg, veterinary, medication, and diet history
Maintaining home-screen preferences and app settings
Providing Google or Apple sign-in, nicknames, levels, and experience points
Providing user-initiated record transfer and shared care
Operating community posts, comments, notifications, reports, and moderation
Measuring app usage in statistical form and improving reliability and usability
Providing and measuring ads and preventing abuse and fraud
Companion-bird records, photos, and documents entered by the user are stored primarily on the user’s device. Signing in by itself does not automatically back up or synchronize on-device bird records to Firebase. BirdCare does not automatically send ordinary local records to its server or routinely inspect them.
You may choose to sign in with Google or Apple. Firebase Authentication and the selected sign-in provider process account authentication and may process your email address, Firebase UID, IP address, user agent, and other information needed for authentication.
BirdCare stores your nickname, UID, sign-in provider, level, experience, and community-consent records in Firebase Firestore.
When you initiate a record transfer, selected profile information and text records, excluding photos and documents, are stored in Firestore for the transfer. A transfer code can be used for 30 minutes. BirdCare attempts deletion after receipt, cancellation, expiration cleanup, or account deletion. An expired document may remain temporarily depending on network conditions and cleanup timing.
When you send or accept a shared-care invitation, profile information and text-based care records needed for synchronization are stored in Firestore. Profile photos, photo records, dropping photos, and document files are not currently included in record-transfer or shared-care server data.
Community posts, comments, reports, notifications, and moderation records are also stored in Firestore to provide and operate those features.
BirdCare uses Firebase Analytics to improve app reliability and usability. It may process app opens, active app instances, interactions, device type, operating system, country or language, app version, app-instance identifiers, and technical information.
BirdCare does not intentionally send the contents of names, photos, notes, weight, condition, diet, veterinary, medication, or egg records as Analytics events.
BirdCare uses Google AdMob and the Google Mobile Ads SDK to provide banner ads and optional rewarded ads. For ad delivery, performance measurement, analytics, and fraud prevention, the SDK may automatically collect or share the following information with Google:
IP-based approximate location
Product interactions such as app launches, taps, and ad views
App and advertising SDK performance and diagnostic information
Advertising IDs, app-set IDs, and other device or account identifiers
This information is encrypted in transit. Ad personalization and identifier use may vary based on operating-system permissions, your advertising settings, region, and Google’s policies and settings.
BirdCare does not intentionally send bird profiles, photos, or health-record content to the advertising SDK for personalization.
BirdCare may use the following permissions or device features.
Notifications: for veterinary, medication, weight, condition, food-change, grooming, cage-care, and community comment notifications
Photo access or photo picker: for profile photos, photo records, or dropping records selected by the user
File picker: for test results and other documents selected by the user
BirdCare does not collect photos or files that you do not select. Photo and document files are not currently included in record-transfer or shared-care server data.
BirdCare does not sell your companion-bird records or photos.
Text records are shared with a designated user only when you provide a transfer code or accept a shared-care invitation. A nickname, post, or comment that you submit to the community may be visible to other signed-in users.
BirdCare uses the following Google LLC services for authentication, server storage, usage measurement, and advertising:
Firebase Authentication
Cloud Firestore
Firebase Analytics
Google Sign-In
Google AdMob and the Google Mobile Ads SDK
If you choose Sign in with Apple, BirdCare also uses Apple Inc.’s Sign in with Apple service.
Each provider may process the account, technical, analytics, and advertising information described in this policy under its own terms and privacy policy. Firebase Authentication is processed in United States data centers. Other Firebase and Google services may be processed in the configured storage location and across Google’s global infrastructure.
Local records may remain on your device until you delete them or uninstall the app.
Deleted profiles may remain in the in-app trash for a limited period before permanent deletion. Uninstalling the app may remove app data, while original photos in your device gallery may remain after an in-app record is deleted.
Account information and nickname reservations are retained until you delete your account. After reauthentication, Settings > Account > Delete Account attempts to delete the Firebase sign-in account, nickname reservation, user document, owned transfer data, and shared-care links.
Profiles, photos, and health records on the device remain unless you also choose to delete them. Local copies stored on a shared caregiver’s device are not automatically deleted when shared care ends.
Deleting your account does not automatically delete existing community posts or comments. They may remain visible to preserve conversation context and moderation records, together with the UID, nickname, and level stored when they were created.
To remove your posts or comments, delete them in the app before deleting your account or contact us at the email address below after account deletion.
Reports and suspension records may be retained for as long as reasonably necessary for safety, dispute handling, abuse prevention, or legal obligations.
Retention of Firebase Analytics and advertising information is governed by Google’s service settings and policies. Information that must be retained by law will be destroyed after the required retention period ends.
If you use device, file, or operating-system backup features, data may be retained separately according to your backup environment.
Management and deletion of that backup data are governed by the settings and policies of the device, operating system, and backup provider you use.
You can view, correct, or delete your profiles and records in the app and request account deletion in Settings.
To request access to, correction of, deletion of, or restriction of personal information stored on the server, contact us at the email address below.
We may request the minimum information needed to verify account ownership. A request may be limited where retention is required by law or where fulfilling it would infringe another person’s rights.
A minor’s legal representative may exercise applicable rights as provided by law.
BirdCare uses Firebase Authentication, Firestore Security Rules, access restrictions, and encrypted communications to reduce unauthorized access to server information.
BirdCare limits information to what is needed for the service and restricts report and moderation functions to authorized accounts.
BirdCare’s health insights, disease-management tools, behavior guides, food-safety information, and community experiences are provided only to help users record and reference the condition of companion birds.
They do not replace veterinary diagnosis or treatment. Contact an avian or exotic-animal veterinarian if symptoms persist or an emergency is suspected.
BirdCare does not knowingly collect personal information specifically from children.
Minors should use the app and community with a parent or guardian’s guidance and consent where appropriate. Guardians should help minors avoid posting personal information publicly.
BirdCare may update this policy when features, external services, or applicable laws change.
Material changes may be announced in the app, store listing, or another appropriate way, and renewed consent will be requested when required by law.
Privacy contact: BirdCare operator
For questions about this policy, requests concerning your personal information, account deletion, or removal of posts and comments that remain after account deletion, contact:
birdcare93@gmail.com
This policy reflects BirdCare’s current on-device storage, optional sign-in, record transfer, shared care, community, analytics, and advertising features.