🐾 Privacy Policy

• Personal Data: Names, email addresses, usernames, phone numbers, and profile photos.
• Messaging Data: Messages sent within the app are stored temporarily for facilitating communication and resolving disputes.
• Phone Numbers: Users may optionally provide their phone numbers when posting ads. This information is collected solely to facilitate communication between buyers and sellers, based on the user's choice to share this information.
• Device Data: Information about the device you use, such as IP address, browser type, and operating system.
• Ad Content Data: Information you provide when creating ads, including descriptions, images, prices, and pet details.
• AI Interaction Data: Your queries and interactions with our AI Assistant feature to improve suggestions and service quality.

• Facilitate user registration and account management
• Enable in-app messaging and transaction features
• Provide AI-powered ad suggestions and recommendations
• Communicate with you about updates, promotions, and support
• Analyze app usage to improve functionality and user experience
• Optional Contact Information: Phone numbers provided by users are displayed in ads only when users explicitly choose to allow contact through their phone numbers. This data is not used for authentication or marketing purposes.

• With Other Users: Limited information, such as username and transaction details, is shared to facilitate transactions.
• With Third Parties: Service providers who assist with analytics and cloud data storage (e.g., Firebase), bound by confidentiality agreements.
• AI Service Providers: Your queries to the AI Assistant may be processed by third-party AI services (e.g., Google Gemini) to generate responses and suggestions.
• Legal Obligations: If required by law, we may disclose data to comply with legal processes or prevent fraud.

What Our AI Assistant Does:

• Ad Suggestions: Provides intelligent recommendations for creating effective pet ads, including suggested titles, descriptions, and pricing guidance.
• Content Improvement: Helps enhance your ad descriptions to attract more potential buyers.
• Pet Care Tips: Offers general information and tips about pet care, breed characteristics, and health considerations.
• Q&A Support: Answers your questions about app features, pet-related queries, and buying/selling guidance.

AI Data Processing:

• No Permanent Storage: AI conversations are not stored permanently in our databases.
• Anonymized Processing: Your queries are processed without linking to personally identifiable information whenever possible.
• Third-Party AI Service: Google Gemini AI processes your queries. Please review Google AI Principles for more information.
• Optional Feature: You can choose not to use the AI Assistant feature at any time.
• No Sensitive Data: We recommend not sharing sensitive personal information with the AI Assistant.

• Encryption: Data encryption for both storage and transmission using industry-standard protocols.
• Security Monitoring: Regular monitoring for security vulnerabilities and potential threats.
• Access Control: Strict access control mechanisms to restrict unauthorized access to user data.
• Secure Infrastructure: Firebase and Google Cloud Platform provide enterprise-grade security.
• Regular Audits: Periodic security audits to identify and address potential risks.

• Personal Data: Retained while your account is active.
• Messaging Data: Retained for up to 90 days for dispute resolution, after which it is permanently deleted.
• Transaction Data: Retained for five years to comply with legal and financial regulations.
• AI Interaction Data: Not permanently stored. Temporary processing data is deleted after response generation.
• Ad Data: Expired ads are deleted after 15 days. Sold ads are retained for 30 days before permanent deletion.

• Access: Request a copy of the data we hold about you.
• Correction: Update incorrect or incomplete data.
• Deletion: Request the deletion of your data.
• Objection: Opt-out of data processing for marketing purposes.
• Portability: Request your data in a commonly used, machine-readable format.
• Control Over Contact Information: Users can update or remove their phone numbers from ads at any time through the app's settings or by editing the ad details.
• AI Opt-Out: You can choose not to use the AI Assistant feature at any time.

• Firebase Authentication: Secure user sign-in and account management.
• Cloud Firestore: Real-time database for storing app data.
• Firebase Storage: Secure storage for user-uploaded images and media.
• Firebase Analytics: App usage analytics to improve user experience.
• Firebase Cloud Messaging: Push notifications for important updates.

Our AI Assistant feature is powered by Google Gemini AI. When you interact with the AI Assistant:

• Your queries are sent to Google's Gemini AI API for processing.
• Responses are generated based on your input and general knowledge.
• Google may process your queries according to their AI principles and privacy policies.
• We do not permanently store your AI conversations.

Learn more about Google AI Principles and Google Privacy Policy.

• Update the "Last updated" date at the top of this policy.
• Notify you through the app or via email.
• Give you an opportunity to review the changes before they take effect.