Privacy Policy | Gavel Lens: Antique Identifier

This policy explains how Small Wonder Apps (“we”, “us”), operated by Sai Rahul, handles information when you use the Gavel Lens: Antique Identifier app for iPhone (the “App”). We have written it to be read, not skimmed past. If anything is unclear, email us at privacy@smallwonderapps.com.

1. Information we handle

We only handle the information the App needs to work. Here is the complete list:

Information	Why we need it	How long we keep it
Anonymous app ID: a random identifier created by the App on first launch. It is not your name, email, Apple ID or advertising identifier.	To recognise your device so your purchases and settings work, and to prevent abuse of our servers.	Until you delete your data or stop using the App for 24 months.
Purchase status: whether you have an active subscription, the plan and its renewal date.	To unlock the features you paid for and restore them on a new device.	For as long as needed to provide your subscription, and as required by tax and accounting law.
Photos of your items, not linked to you.	To identify the item and estimate its value. Photos are processed in memory and are not stored on our servers.	Not retained after the result is returned.
Notes you type when you correct a result, not linked to you.	To identify the item again with your extra information.	Not retained after the result is returned.
Usage data (scan counts, item category, confidence level), linked to your anonymous app ID.	To apply the free limit and the daily fair-use limit, and to see how well identification works.	Deleted when you tap Delete my data, or after 24 months.
Which onboarding and paywall screens were reached, not linked to you.	To see where people leave the first-run screens and the subscription screen, so we can make them clearer. The app sends only the screen names it reached, the app version and its language, with no app ID, device ID or account, and never your photos, notes or the answers you pick.	Kept only as daily totals for each screen, deleted after 24 months. Because they are not linked to you, there is nothing in them to delete for one person.
Support emails: anything you choose to send when you contact us.	To answer your question.	Up to 24 months after the conversation ends.

We do not collect your location, contacts, photos library, health data, browsing history or advertising identifier, unless a feature clearly asks for one of them and you allow it in iOS. The App does not use App Tracking Transparency because it does not track you.

2. AI features

Some features use artificial intelligence. When you use one, the text, image or other content you submit is sent over an encrypted connection to our server, which passes it to an AI provider listed below to generate your result.

Your content is used only to produce the result you asked for.
We use AI providers under business terms that do not allow them to use your content to train their models.
We do not use your content to train any models ourselves.
Please do not submit sensitive personal information such as medical, financial or government ID details.

3. How we use information

To provide the App and its features, including any premium features you have bought.
To keep our servers secure and prevent fraud and abuse (for example, rate-limiting automated requests).
To fix crashes and bugs and to understand, in aggregate, which features are used so we can improve them.
To answer support requests.

We never use your information for advertising, never build advertising profiles, and never sell or rent it. Where the GDPR applies, our legal bases are performance of our contract with you (providing the App), our legitimate interests (security and improvement) and, where required, your consent.

4. Who we share it with

We share information only with service providers that help us run the App, under contracts that restrict them to acting on our instructions:

Apple processes all payments through the App Store. See Apple’s Privacy Policy.
RevenueCat manages subscription status using your anonymous app ID. See RevenueCat’s Privacy Policy.
Our hosting providers store data on secured servers.
Google (Gemini API) identifies items and searches for recent sales from the photos and notes you submit, on the paid API tier, which is not used to train Google's models. See Google (Gemini API)’s privacy policy.
RevenueCat manages your subscription status. See RevenueCat’s privacy policy.

We may also disclose information if required by law, or to protect the rights, safety and property of our users or others. If Small Wonder Apps is ever sold or merged, this policy will continue to apply to information collected under it.

5. Your choices and rights

Delete your data: use Settings › Delete my data in the App, or email privacy@smallwonderapps.com with the app ID shown in the App’s settings. We delete it within 30 days.
Access or correct: email us and we will send you a copy of the information linked to your app ID, or correct it.
Cancel a subscription: in iPhone Settings › your name › Subscriptions. Deleting the App does not cancel a subscription.
Permissions: you can change any permission you granted (camera, notifications, etc.) at any time in iPhone Settings.

Depending on where you live (for example the EU, UK, California or other US states), you may have additional rights, including to object to or restrict processing, to data portability, and to complain to your local data protection authority. We honour these requests regardless of where you live and will never treat you differently for making one.

6. Security and storage

Data is encrypted in transit (HTTPS) and stored on access-controlled servers. Our servers and service providers may be located outside your country, including in the European Union and the United States; where required, we rely on appropriate safeguards such as Standard Contractual Clauses. No system is perfectly secure, but we take care to protect your information and keep as little of it as we can.

7. Children

The App is not directed to children under 13 (or the minimum age in your country), and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe a child has given us information, contact us and we will delete it.

8. Changes to this policy

If we make material changes, we will update the date at the top and, where appropriate, tell you in the App before the change takes effect.

9. Contact

Small Wonder Apps, operated by Sai Rahul
Privacy: privacy@smallwonderapps.com
Support: support@smallwonderapps.com