1. Introduction
Built by Foundry, Inc., formerly known as Playpen Games, Inc. ("Foundry," "we," "us," or "our"), operates Garden-to-Table Companion (the "App") for Matthew Gauger and Greenhorn Grove Farm. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, share, and protect information when you use the App or contact us about it.Contact: For privacy requests, email privacy@builtbyfoundry.io. For general questions: hello@builtbyfoundry.io2. Information We Collect
2.1 Your Account
You can sign in with Apple, sign in with Google, or begin with an anonymous account. When a sign-in provider shares it, we receive your email address, display name, and provider account identifier. Your account keeps your garden, Plant Health history, Kitchen activity, saved recipes, and posts available across supported devices.2.2 Your Garden Plan and Activity
We store the plants you add, growing conditions, approximate location or gardening region you provide, plan dates, completed actions, notes, watering preference, and related garden history. This information is private to your account unless you deliberately publish part of it to a community area.2.3 Plant Health Photos and Checks
When you choose Plant Health, we store the photos, plant confirmation, symptoms, notes, check status, analysis result, and follow-up history with your account. Plant Health photos are private and are stored in protected storage rather than public links. A temporary signed link may be created so an authorized analysis service can access the selected photo for that check.2.4 Automated Plant Health Processing
When automated Plant Health analysis is available and you ask for a result, the App sends your selected plant photos and the symptoms or notes needed for the check through OpenRouter to Google Gemini. Each request enforces zero data retention and disallows provider data collection. Foundry stores the returned result, including likely issues, confidence, treatment guidance, and follow-up instructions, with your private check history so the feature works for you. We do not send unrelated account, Kitchen, or community data with the request.2.5 Optional Plant Health Evaluation Consent
You may separately choose to let Foundry use a Plant Health check in a private quality evaluation set. Evaluation consent is optional, is off by default, and is not permission to use your photo in marketing or public content. Declining it does not prevent you from using Plant Health. If selected, authorized reviewers may label the check to measure accuracy and safety before broader release.2.6 Kitchen and Community Content
Recipes you save or create, cooking attempts, pantry entries, and private notes are stored with your account. Kitchen Table posts are different: text, photos, display name, replies, and cheers you publish there are visible to other App members. Do not publish anything you want to keep private. You can delete your own posts and report content that breaks the rules.2.7 Seed Offers and Affiliate Links
The App may show clearly labeled seed offers that match a crop and territory. If you open an affiliate link, we record the offer, time, and your account identifier so we can measure whether the recommendation was useful. The supplier receives the information your browser or its checkout normally provides under the supplier's own privacy policy. If a supplier reports a purchase, we may receive an order reference, amount, currency, and commission attribution; we do not receive your payment card number.2.8 Subscription Information
RevenueCat returns subscription state, product, trial, renewal, and entitlement information so the App can unlock Companion Plus features. Apple or Google processes the payment, and Foundry does not receive your full card details.2.9 App Usage Analytics
We use PostHog to collect product analytics such as screens viewed, setup completed, plants added, garden actions completed, Plant Health flow steps, paywall views, and subscription events. This helps us find rough edges and improve the App. We do not use this information for advertising and do not sell it.2.10 Notifications, Camera, and Photos
Camera and photo-library access are used only after you choose an action that needs a photo, such as Plant Health, a profile photo, or a Kitchen Table post. Garden and watering reminders are local notifications scheduled on your device according to your selected watering mode. You can choose reminders, irrigation, or no watering reminders and change that preference later.2.11 Newsletter Signup
If you separately opt in to updates from Matthew, your email address is added to the Greenhorn Grove mailing list. You can unsubscribe using the link in any email. App use and Plant Health evaluation consent do not subscribe you to marketing.3. How We Use Your Information
• Create and update your personalized garden plan and timely actions
• Store your private Plant Health checks, results, and recovery follow-ups
• Show your Kitchen, saved recipes, pantry, and garden history on supported devices
• Publish and moderate Kitchen Table content you deliberately share
• Show relevant, clearly labeled seed offers and measure affiliate attribution
• Process subscriptions, restores, renewals, and support requests
• Measure activation, reliability, and feature usefulness without selling your data
• Detect abuse, enforce our terms, and comply with legal obligations4. Third-Party Service Providers
We share limited data with service providers to operate the App. All are contractually required to protect your data and use it only as we instruct.Infrastructure and Authentication: Supabase provides database, protected photo storage, authentication, and server functions. Apple and Google support sign-in where available.Plant Health Analysis: OpenRouter routes the Plant Health photos and symptom context you submit to Google Gemini when automated analysis is available. Each request enforces zero data retention and disallows provider data collection. The App stores the result in your protected Greenhorn account history.Subscriptions and Payments: RevenueCat manages subscription entitlements. Apple App Store and Google Play process purchases, renewals, cancellations, and store refunds.Product Analytics: PostHog provides product analytics used to understand activation, retention, reliability, and feature use. It is not used for advertising, and the data is not sold.Seed Suppliers: Suppliers receive visits when you choose to open their external offer. Their sites operate under their own privacy policies and may report affiliate attribution back to Foundry.Distribution: Apple App Store and Google Play distribute the App and may provide aggregated store, installation, and purchase reporting.We Never Sell Your Data. Full service provider details and privacy policies available upon request.5. International Data Transfers
The App is hosted in the United States. If you access from other regions, your data is transferred to and processed in the US.EU/UK Users: International transfers are handled under the legal mechanisms and safeguards available for the applicable provider and request. Those mechanisms may vary by service and processing location. You can request information about the safeguards used for a particular transfer by contacting privacy@builtbyfoundry.io.6. Data Retention and Deletion
We retain data only as long as necessary or required by law.While your account is active, we retain your account details, garden plan and history, Plant Health checks and protected photos, Kitchen activity, community content, analytics identifiers, and subscription state so the App can operate.When you delete a community post, it is removed from the Kitchen Table. Plant Health checks remain private unless you delete your account or request deletion.After account deletion, we remove or de-identify active account data, including uploaded photos and posts, within 30 days; backup copies are purged within 90 days. We may retain support records for up to 3 years and subscription, affiliate, accounting, and tax records for up to 7 years where required. Mailing-list data is retained until you unsubscribe.To request access, correction, or deletion, email privacy@builtbyfoundry.io from the address tied to your account.7. Your Privacy Rights
All Users can request access, correction, or deletion of personal data.EU/UK Users (GDPR)
Additional rights: Data portability, restrict processing, object to processing, withdraw consent, file complaints with your Data Protection Authority.File a complaint: UK (ICO: ico.org.uk), Ireland (dataprotection.ie), or your local EU authority.Legal basis: Contract performance, legitimate interests (analytics, security), consent (session replay), legal obligations.California Users (CCPA/CPRA)
Additional rights: Know what data we collect and who we share with, delete data, correct inaccuracies, opt out of certain data sales or sharing where applicable, limit use of sensitive information.You can designate an authorized agent to make requests. We verify identity before fulfilling requests. No discrimination for exercising rights.How to Exercise Rights
Email privacy@builtbyfoundry.io with your name, email, user ID (Settings → Profile), and specific request.In-app deletion: Settings → Account → Delete AccountResponse time: GDPR: 30 days, CCPA: 45 days. Requests are free.8. Children's Privacy
Garden-to-Table Companion is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect data from children under 13.Parents: If your child under 13 has provided information, contact privacy@builtbyfoundry.io. We'll delete it within 30 days.Teens (13-17): Review this policy with a parent or guardian.9. Data Breach Notification
If a breach compromises your data, we will notify you and relevant authorities within 72 hours, describing what happened, what data was affected, what we're doing, and what you should do.Report security concerns: privacy@builtbyfoundry.io10. Security
We use encryption in transit (TLS 1.3+), encryption at rest (AES-256), secure authentication (OAuth 2.0), access controls, and regular security audits. While no system is 100% secure, we work to protect your data.You should: Protect your device passcode and biometric authentication, use strong Apple/Google account passwords, enable two-factor authentication.11. Plant Health Is an Educational Reference
Plant Health may be incomplete or wrong and is not a laboratory diagnosis, a guarantee, or a substitute for a local extension service, qualified horticulture professional, pesticide product label, or applicable local rule. The App can ask for more information or say that the evidence is insufficient.12. Community Content
Kitchen Table content is created by members, not reviewed before publication, and may be inaccurate. Use your judgment around gardening, treatment, food safety, preservation, and health claims, and report unsafe content.13. Updates to This Policy
We may update this policy to reflect new features or legal requirements. Material changes will be communicated via email or in-app notification 30 days before taking effect. Continued use after changes means you accept the updated policy.