Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Welcome to AgOG (Agricultural Original Guide), developed by Vijay Dhakal. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring transparency regarding how our application handles data.

AgOG provides AI-powered plant disease diagnosis and horticultural learning resources while prioritizing user privacy through fully offline processing.

2. Privacy-First Design

AgOG is designed to work entirely on your device. Plant disease diagnosis is performed locally using an embedded machine learning model without requiring an internet connection.

• No user account is required.
• No cloud processing is used for disease diagnosis.
• No personal information is collected.
• No internet connection is required for core features.
• Plant images remain on your device.

3. Information We Collect

3.1 Personal Information

AgOG does not collect personal information such as:

• Name
• Email address
• Phone number
• Physical address
• Government identification
• Location information

3.2 Plant Images

When you use the camera to diagnose plant diseases, images are processed directly on your device using our machine learning model.

Images are not uploaded, transmitted, or stored on our servers.

3.3 Diagnostic History

AgOG may save diagnosis history locally on your device to help you track plant health over time.

This data remains on your device and is never transmitted to us.

3.4 Analytics and Tracking

AgOG does not use analytics or tracking technologies.

• No advertising identifiers
• No behavioral tracking
• No device fingerprinting
• No usage analytics

4. Camera Permission

AgOG requests camera access solely for capturing images of plants and leaves to perform disease diagnosis.

Images are processed locally and are not shared with any external service.

5. Machine Learning Processing

AgOG uses a custom fine-tuned machine learning model converted for Apple's ecosystem.

• All inference runs locally on the device.
• No cloud-based AI processing occurs.
• Results are generated in real time.
• No plant images leave your device.

6. How Information Is Used

Information stored locally is used exclusively for:

• Plant disease diagnosis
• Displaying diagnostic results
• Maintaining scan history
• Providing horticultural learning resources

We do not use information for advertising, marketing, profiling, or commercial data sharing.

7. Data Sharing

We do not sell, rent, share, or disclose any user information to advertisers, marketers, analytics providers, or third parties.

Since AgOG does not collect personal information, there is generally no user data available for sharing.

8. Data Security

AgOG minimizes privacy risks by keeping information on your device.

• Local storage only
• Offline AI processing
• No cloud synchronization required
• No image transmission to external servers

9. Data Retention

Diagnosis history remains stored locally on your device until you choose to delete it.

You may remove stored information by:

• Deleting scan history within the application (if available)
• Clearing app data
• Uninstalling AgOG

10. Children's Privacy

AgOG is suitable for educational and agricultural use by users of all ages. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

11. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have rights under applicable privacy laws, including GDPR and CCPA.

Because AgOG does not collect personal information, most privacy controls can be exercised directly through your device.

12. Agricultural Disclaimer

AgOG provides AI-assisted plant disease identification for educational and informational purposes only.

Diagnostic results may not always be accurate and should not replace professional agricultural, horticultural, or plant pathology advice.

13. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time to reflect changes in functionality, legal requirements, or privacy practices.

Updates will be reflected by revising the "Last Updated" date at the top of this policy.