Privacy Policy for Coinpedia
Effective Date: September 18, 2025
Welcome to Coinpedia ("we," "our," "us"). We are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our mobile application (the "App"). Please read this privacy policy carefully. If you do not agree with the terms of this privacy policy, please do not access the application.
1. COLLECTION OF YOUR INFORMATION
We may collect information about you in a variety of ways. The information we may collect via the App includes:
Personal Data: While using our App, we do not require you to create a personal account with personally identifiable information like your name or email address. Your collection is stored locally on your device or linked to your anonymous App Store ID.
Image Data: We collect images of coins that you voluntarily provide by taking a photo with your camera or uploading from your device's gallery. These images are used solely for the purpose of identification and analysis.
Usage Data: We may automatically collect information about how you access and use the App, such as your device type, IP address, operating system, and in-app activity. This is used for analytics and to improve our service.
Financial Data: All financial transactions related to our premium subscriptions are processed by the Apple App Store. We use a third-party service, RevenueCat, to manage your subscription status. We do not collect or store any direct payment information like credit card numbers.
2. USE OF YOUR INFORMATION
Having accurate information permits us to provide you with a smooth, efficient, and customized experience. Specifically, we may use information collected about you via the App to:
Provide the core functionality of coin identification and analysis.
Anonymously process your uploaded images through our third-party AI service provider (OpenAI's GPT-4o model) to generate identification results. The images are not used to identify you personally.
Manage your in-app digital coin collection.
Monitor and analyze usage and trends to improve your experience with the App.
Manage premium subscriptions and restore purchases.
Perform other business activities as needed.
3. DISCLOSURE OF YOUR INFORMATION
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer your personally identifiable information to outside parties. We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations:
By Law or to Protect Rights: If we believe the release of information about you is necessary to respond to legal process, to investigate or remedy potential violations of our policies, or to protect the rights, property, and safety of others, we may share your information as permitted or required by any applicable law.
Third-Party Service Providers: We may share your information with third-party vendors, service providers, contractors, or agents that perform services for us or on our behalf. These include:
AI Service Provider: We share your uploaded coin images with our AI service provider (OpenAI) to perform the identification service.
Subscription Management: We use RevenueCat to process and manage in-app subscriptions. This service may receive anonymous user identifiers to validate and restore purchases.
Analytics: We may use third-party vendors for analytics purposes to help us understand the use of our App.
4. DATA SECURITY
We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable, and no method of data transmission can be guaranteed against any interception or other type of misuse.
5. YOUR CHOICES REGARDING YOUR INFORMATION
You are in control of the images you upload. You can manage your digital collection within the App and delete items at any time. You can also reset your advertising identifier in your device settings.
6. CHILDREN'S PRIVACY
While our App has an age rating of 4+ on the App Store, it is not directed to individuals under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we become aware that we have collected personal data from a child under 13, we will take steps to delete that information.
7. CHANGES TO THIS PRIVACY POLICY
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by updating the "Effective Date" at the top of this Privacy Policy.
8. CONTACT US
If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at: contact@scate.io