Privacy Policy for Insect ID

Effective Date: July 29th, 2024

1. Introduction

Welcome to Insect ID ("we," "our," or "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 iOS application, Insect ID (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 App.

2. Information We Collect

a. Personal Information We do not collect personal information such as your name, email address, or contact details unless you provide them voluntarily.

b. Uploaded Images When you use the App to identify insects, you upload images of insects. These images are sent to ChatGPT, a third-party service, for identification purposes. ChatGPT's privacy policy applies to the handling of these images.

3. Use of Your Information

We use the images you upload solely for the purpose of identifying insects. The images are processed by ChatGPT, and we do not store or retain the images after the identification process is complete.

4. Disclosure of Your Information

We may share information we have collected about you in certain situations. Your information may be disclosed as follows:

a. Third-Party Service Providers We share your uploaded images with ChatGPT for the purpose of identifying the insect in the image. ChatGPT's privacy policy will govern the handling of these images.

b. 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, rule, or regulation.

5. Security of Your Information

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal 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.

6. Third-Party Websites

The App may contain links to third-party websites and applications of interest, including advertisements and external services, that are not affiliated with us. Once you have used these links to leave the App, any information you provide to these third parties is not covered by this Privacy Policy, and we cannot guarantee the safety and privacy of your information.

8. 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" of this Privacy Policy. You are advised to review this Privacy

This content may violate our Terms of Use or usage policies.

Policy periodically to stay informed of updates. Continued use of the App after any changes to this Privacy Policy constitutes your acceptance of the changes.

9. Your Consent

By using our App, you consent to our Privacy Policy and agree to its terms.

10. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at:

Limbic Apps Yazilim LTD STI
support@limbicapps.com

Gulbahce Mah. Gulbahce Cd. Kulucka Merkezi Binas Sit. No: 1  / 45 /21 Urla / İzmir 

11. International Users

Please be aware that your information may be transferred to, stored, and processed via servers located in the United States and Europe through Google Cloud. By using the App, you consent to the transfer of your information to our facilities and to the facilities of those third parties with whom we share it as described in this Privacy Policy.

12. Governing Law

This Privacy Policy is governed by the laws of Turkey without regard to its conflict of laws principles. You agree to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts located in Turkey for the resolution of any disputes.

13. Third-Party Services

As mentioned, we use ChatGPT, a third-party service, to identify insects from the images you upload. ChatGPT's privacy policy can be found here. We encourage you to review their policy to understand how your images are handled by ChatGPT.

By using Insect ID, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy, including the third-party services terms, and agree to be bound by them.

Information about General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

We may be collecting and using information from you if you are from the European Economic Area (EEA), and in this section of our Privacy Policy we are going to explain exactly how and why is this data collected, and how we maintain this data under protection from being replicated or used in the wrong way.

What is GDPR?

GDPR is an EU-wide privacy and data protection law that regulates how EU residents' data is protected by companies and enhances the control the EU residents have, over their personal data.

The GDPR is relevant to any globally operating company and not just the EU-based businesses and EU residents. Our customers’ data is important irrespective of where they are located, which is why we have implemented GDPR controls as our baseline standard for all our operations worldwide.

What is personal data?

Any data that relates to an identifiable or identified individual. GDPR covers a broad spectrum of information that could be used on its own, or in combination with other pieces of information, to identify a person. Personal data extends beyond a person’s name or email address. Some examples include financial information, political opinions, genetic data, biometric data, IP addresses, physical address, sexual orientation, and ethnicity.

The Data Protection Principles include requirements such as:

• Personal data collected must be processed in a fair, legal, and transparent way and should only be used in a way that a person would reasonably expect.

• Personal data should only be collected to fulfil a specific purpose and it should only be used for that purpose. Organizations must specify why they need the personal data when they collect it.

• Personal data should be held no longer than necessary to fulfil its purpose.

• People covered by the GDPR have the right to access their own personal data. They can also request a copy of their data, and that their data be updated, deleted, restricted, or moved to another organization.

Why is GDPR important?

GDPR adds some new requirements regarding how companies should protect individuals' personal data that they collect and process. It also raises the stakes for compliance by increasing enforcement and imposing greater fines for breach. Beyond these facts it's simply the right thing to do. At PlantApp we strongly believe that your data privacy is very important and we already have solid security and privacy practices in place that go beyond the requirements of this new regulation.

Individual Data Subject's Rights - Data Access, Portability and Deletion

We are committed to helping our customers meet the data subject rights requirements of GDPR. PlantApp processes or stores all personal data in fully vetted, DPA compliant vendors. We do store all conversation and personal data for up to 6 years unless your account is deleted. In which case, we dispose of all data in accordance with our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy, but we will not hold it longer than 60 days.

We are aware that if you are working with EU customers, you need to be able to provide them with the ability to access, update, retrieve and remove personal data. We got you! We've been set up as self service from the start and have always given you access to your data and your customers data. Our customer support team is here for you to answer any questions you might have about working with the API.

California Residents

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) requires us to disclose categories of Personal Information we collect and how we use it, the categories of sources from whom we collect Personal Information, and the third parties with whom we share it, which we have explained above.

We are also required to communicate information about rights California residents have under California law. You may exercise the following rights:

• Right to Know and Access. You may submit a verifiable request for information regarding the: (1) categories of Personal Information we collect, use, or share; (2) purposes for which categories of Personal Information are collected or used by us; (3) categories of sources from which we collect Personal Information; and (4) specific pieces of Personal Information we have collected about you.

• Right to Equal Service. We will not discriminate against you if you exercise your privacy rights.

• Right to Delete. You may submit a verifiable request to close your account and we will delete Personal Information about you that we have collected.

• Request that a business that sells a consumer's personal data, not sell the consumer's personal data.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

We do not sell the Personal Information of our users.

For more information about these rights, please contact us.

California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA)

CalOPPA requires us to disclose categories of Personal Information we collect and how we use it, the categories of sources from whom we collect Personal Information, and the third parties with whom we share it, which we have explained above.

CalOPPA users have the following rights:

• Right to Know and Access. You may submit a verifiable request for information regarding the: (1) categories of Personal Information we collect, use, or share; (2) purposes for which categories of Personal Information are collected or used by us; (3) categories of sources from which we collect Personal Information; and (4) specific pieces of Personal Information we have collected about you.

• Right to Equal Service. We will not discriminate against you if you exercise your privacy rights.

• Right to Delete. You may submit a verifiable request to close your account and we will delete Personal Information about you that we have collected.

• Right to request that a business that sells a consumer's personal data, not sell the consumer's personal data.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

We do not sell the Personal Information of our users.

For more information about these rights, please contact us.

This Privacy Policy was last updated on July 29th 2024.

Limbic Apps Yazilim LTD STI
support@limbicapps.com