Last updated: July 5, 2026
Tree Identifier by Photo ("the App", "we", "our", or "us") is an AI-assisted web tool that helps users identify possible trees and tree species from photos they choose to upload or capture with their device camera.
1. Information You Provide
The App may process uploaded images, camera photos selected through the browser, optional location or habitat notes, tree size, season, selected identification mode, selected language, visible feature notes, and any extra details typed into the form. Do not upload private images, faces, documents, addresses, payment information, or sensitive personal data.
2. AI Processing
When you request an identification, the submitted image and form details may be sent to an external AI API provider configured by the site owner, such as OpenAI, to generate the result. The OpenAI API key is stored only on the server side in the PHP configuration file and is not printed into frontend JavaScript or embedded inside a future Android application.
3. Usage Limits and Technical Data
The website may process technical data such as IP address, browser information, session identifiers, request time, usage count, upload size, and error logs to apply the free-identification limit, prevent abuse, diagnose issues, and maintain the App.
4. AI Content Reports
The App includes an in-page report form for offensive, unsafe, or inappropriate AI-generated content. Reports may include the current generated result, selected reason, optional comment, compact prompt summary, browser user agent, app details, and a hashed IP address. The plain IP address is not stored in the report.
5. Accounts, Payments, and Google Play
The current web version does not include website subscriptions or paid website plans. The site may link to the owner's Google Play developer page or a future app listing. If a future Android version uses subscriptions or purchases, payments are handled by Google Play according to Google's own terms and policies.
6. Data Sharing
We do not sell personal information. Limited request and technical data may be processed by hosting, security, analytics, payment, or AI service providers only as needed to operate, protect, and improve the App.
7. User Responsibility
AI tree identification may be inaccurate or incomplete. Users are responsible for verifying important identifications before eating, planting, removing, treating, pruning, selling, or relying on any result for safety, legal, environmental, gardening, or medical decisions.
8. Contact
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or Tree Identifier by Photo, please contact: [email protected]