Privacy Policy

1. Data Protection at a Glance

General Information
The following information provides a simple overview of what happens to your personal data when you visit our website or use our app. Personal data is any data with which you can be personally identified.

2. Responsible Party

Data processing on this website is carried out by the website operator. You can find their contact details in the imprint of this website.

3. Data Collection on our Website

Server Log Files
The provider of the pages automatically collects and stores information in so-called server log files, which your browser automatically transmits to us. These are: browser type/browser version, operating system used, referrer URL, hostname of the accessing computer, time of server request, IP address.
This data is not merged with other data sources. The basis for data processing is Art. 6 Abs. 1 lit. f DSGVO (legitimate interest in the secure and stable operation of the website).

SSL or TLS Encryption
This site uses SSL or TLS encryption for security reasons and to protect the transmission of confidential content, such as orders or inquiries that you send to us as the site operator. You can recognize an encrypted connection by the browser's address line changing from “http://“ to “https://“ and by the padlock symbol in your browser line.

4. App Usage & Permissions

Location Data (GPS)
To create tailor-made care plans for you, we use your location data (GPS). This data is processed exclusively locally on your device or sent anonymously to our weather service provider (Open-Meteo API) to retrieve local weather data. No permanent storage of movement profiles takes place on our servers. The legal basis for this is your consent (Art. 6 Abs. 1 a DSGVO), which we request before the first use.

Camera & Photos
The app requests access to the camera so that you can photograph your lawn and have it analyzed by AI image analysis. Photos you submit for analysis are forwarded via our server (hosted at Vercel Inc., USA) to Google Gemini AI for image recognition. The images are processed in real-time and not permanently stored on our server or by Google. Camera access is optional and is only activated upon your explicit request.

Media Library
The app can access your photo media library to save or share results (e.g., lawn status maps) as an image on your device. This access only occurs upon your explicit request, and the images do not leave your device unless you share them yourself.

Push Notifications
The app can send you push notifications to remind you of care tasks. For this purpose, a device token is generated and transmitted to Apple's Push Notification Service (APNs) or Google Firebase Cloud Messaging (FCM). No personal data is transmitted to these services. You can deactivate push notifications at any time in the device settings.

AI-powered Lawn Coach (Google Gemini)
The app uses Google Gemini AI to provide you with personalized lawn care advice. When you use the chat function, your messages, along with context data (weather, care plan, garden profile), are forwarded via our server (hosted at Vercel Inc., USA) to Google for processing. The data is not stored on our server, but only passed through in real-time. Your chat history is only stored locally on your device. No personally identifiable information is transmitted to Google — only the content of your lawn care questions. Google's privacy policy applies to the processing of this data: https://policies.google.com/privacy.

Local Storage
Your care history and settings are stored locally on your device. No user accounts, cloud storage, or server-side data collection are required to use the app.

5. Your Rights as a Data Subject

You generally have the rights to information, rectification, erasure, restriction of processing, data portability, revocation, and objection. If you believe that the processing of your data violates data protection law or that your data protection rights have otherwise been violated, you can complain to the supervisory authority. In Austria, this is the Data Protection Authority (Barichgasse 40-42, 1030 Wien, dsb.gv.at).

6. Contact

For questions regarding data protection, please contact:
support@lawncoach.net