Privacy policy
Last updated 5 November 2026. Applies to plant-wiki.com and the Plant Wiki app for Android.
Plant Wiki is run by Nightingaley. This page says what we collect, why, who helps us run the service, and how to get your data deleted. Questions: info@nightingaley.com.
What we collect
- Your account, if you sign in with Google: your name, email address and an account ID from Google. You can use most of Plant Wiki without signing in.
- Photos you take or choose: to identify a plant, the photo is sent to Pl@ntNet for identification. To make a 3D model, it is sent to Replicate, which runs the model. Photos you save to My plants are stored with your account.
- Location, only when you allow it: Near me works out what's around you on your phone. To look things up, we send a position rounded to about 1 km (for plant shops, parks and gardens) or a box of about 10 km (for plant records from GBIF). If a photo has a location, it is kept with that plant in My plants. Finds you choose to share on the Plant Hunt map are blurred to about 1 km unless you mark the spot as a public place.
- What you add: saved plants, notes, tips, names and photos you add to plant pages, Plant Hunt finds, hidden notes, wishes and your note for plant pals. Tips, names and photos added to plant pages and shared finds are public, as the page that adds them says.
- Questions you ask with Ask the web are sent to Anthropic to write the answer.
- Usage limits: to stop abuse, we count daily uses per account, or per device using a one-way scrambled form of your IP address.
- Payments on the website (not in the Android app) are handled by Stripe. We receive what you bought and your email, never your card number.
- Emails and reminders, only if you turn them on: your email address is used to send the weekly Plant Hunt email through Resend, and watering reminders go through your browser's push service.
- Ad measurement: the website uses the Google Ads tag to count sign-ups and purchases that came from our ads. Google may use cookies or device identifiers for this.
What we don't do
- We don't sell your data.
- We don't show your real name or email on the Plant Hunt; you appear under a made-up hunter name.
- We don't track your location in the background.
Who helps us run Plant Wiki
Google Firebase (hosting, sign-in, database and file storage), Google Maps Platform (places near you), OpenStreetMap (maps and places), GBIF (plant records), Pl@ntNet (photo identification), Replicate (3D models), Anthropic (answers), Stripe (website payments), Resend (email) and Google Ads (ad measurement). Each only gets what it needs for its part.
How long we keep it
Your account data stays until you delete it or ask us to. Saved places near you are kept for up to 30 days and aren't linked to you. Payment records are kept as long as tax law requires.
Deleting your data or account
- Remove any saved plant, photo or note from My plants at any time, and stop sharing any Plant Hunt find from its pin.
- To delete your whole account, sign in and open Account (on the website or in the Android app), then tap Delete my account at the bottom and type DELETE to confirm. It happens straight away: your account, My plants and their photos, your Plant Hunt finds, landmarks and notes, and the tips and photos you added to public plant pages are deleted, any Supporter subscription is cancelled, and you are signed out. Payment records are kept only as long as tax law requires.
- If you can't sign in any more, email info@nightingaley.com from the address you sign in with, with the subject "Delete my Plant Wiki account". We delete it within 30 days and tell you when it's done.
Children
Plant Wiki is a general audience service, not made for children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect their data.
Changes
If this policy changes, we'll update the date at the top, and tell signed-in users about big changes.