Flory Privacy Policy
Effective 6 November 2026 · Apps: Flory for Android and iOS (com.flory.ai)
1. Who is responsible
Flory is developed by Andrey Tikhonov (Google Play developer account: Operator Ventures). Privacy contact: support@operatorventure.uk.
2. What stays on your device
- Plants: name, species, location, light, notes, photos, care schedule, care history and growth moments.
- Health-check results and messages of your conversations with Flory.
- Settings (language, reminder time) and a random installation identifier.
This data is not sent to us and is not synced with our server. On Android, Google system backup is disabled for the app. On iOS, app data may be included in your device backup (iCloud or computer) if you enabled it in iOS settings — that backup is made by Apple, not by us.
3. What is sent when you use AI features
Only when you start a feature:
| Feature | What is sent |
|---|---|
| Plant identification | 1–3 downscaled JPEG photos of the plant, interface language |
| Health check | leaf photo; selected symptoms and your description; plant name and species, location, light, notes, last watering date and watering interval; for a re-check, the date, status and summary of the previous check |
| Ask Flory | up to the last 10 messages of the conversation; for a plant conversation, its name, species, location, light, notes and schedule |
| Care recommendations, AI species search | plant name and species, conditions, your query |
Each request includes a random installation identifier (generated by the app, not linked to your name, phone, e-mail or advertising ID), used only for rate limiting.
Where it goes. The request reaches our server (hosted by Vercel Inc., USA), which forwards it to the Google Gemini API (Google LLC) and returns the answer. Our server does not store photos, texts or answers; server logs keep only technical error details (error code, request path) without content. Vercel, as the host, keeps its own technical request logs (including IP address) under its privacy policy.
Google Gemini. The service is used on the free tier. Under Google's terms for unpaid Gemini API services, Google may use submitted content to improve its products, including with human reviewers. Please do not include personal or confidential information in photos or messages. See the Gemini API terms and Google Privacy Policy.
AI answers are suggestions, not a guaranteed diagnosis.
4. What we do not do
- No registration; we do not collect your name, phone number, e-mail, contacts or location.
- No ads and no advertising identifier.
- We do not sell data or share it for advertising.
- No third-party analytics: usage events (e.g. "plant added") are counted on the device only.
- No payments: this version has no purchases.
5. Permissions
- Camera — to photograph a plant for identification, health checks or the photo story. Used only when you tap.
- Photos — to choose existing pictures of your plant.
- Notifications — local care reminders at your chosen time, scheduled on the device; our server does not send them.
- Internet — only for AI features.
6. Backup
The app creates a backup file (.zip with plants, schedules, history and photos) only when you ask, and saves it where you choose. We never receive it. Restoring from a file replaces the current garden.
7. Retention and deletion
On-device data is kept until you delete it: delete a plant in its profile, delete everything in Settings → Delete all data, or uninstall the app. Our server does not retain AI request content; retention by Google and Vercel is governed by their policies.
8. Children
The app is not specifically directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect their data.
9. Your rights
Because we do not keep your data on our servers, you control it directly in the app. Questions and requests: support@operatorventure.uk.
10. Changes
If data handling changes (for example, analytics or cloud sync is added), we will update this page before such a version is released and change the date above.