Privacy Policy - Aves ID

Last updated: 23 August 2026

Thank you for choosing Aves ID.

Aves ID is built on a simple principle: your observations, your photos and your notes belong to you. Almost nothing leaves your phone. This policy explains exactly what does and what doesn't.

1. What stays on your device

Everything that makes Aves ID useful runs locally, without a network connection:

• Photos. Bird identification is performed entirely on your device. Your photos are never uploaded and never seen by us.
• Diary entries. Sightings, notes, timestamps and locations are stored locally on your device.
• Profile and statistics. Name, avatar, streaks, achievements and birding statistics are stored locally.
• Settings. Language preference and app settings are stored locally.

This data stays on your device. If you uninstall the app, the data mentioned above is deleted with it.

2. What we do not do

• No advertising. No ads, no advertising SDKs.
• No analytics. We do not track how you use the app.
• No accounts. You never create an account, and we never ask for your email.
• No data sales. We do not sell, rent or share your data.
• No cookies.

3. Location

You can optionally attach a location to a diary entry. This is fully optional and stored only on your device.

Two external services support this feature:

• Map tiles, provided by OpenFreeMap, to display the map. Privacy policy
• Address lookup, provided by the Android geocoding service, to convert coordinates into a readable place name.

Neither service receives any other data from the app.

4. Subscription purchases

When you subscribe to Aves ID PRO, we store limited transaction information to verify your access to PRO features and maintain your subscription status. We do not store your name, email or payment details. The app store handles all payments; we never see your payment information.

Legal basis: Performance of a contract (GDPR Article 6(1)(b)).

Where: Our verification service is hosted in the European Union. Infrastructure is provided by Google Cloud. Google Privacy policy

Security: Sensitive identifiers are stored in hashed form and access to this data is restricted.

Retention: Subscription records are automatically deleted when the subscription expires.

5. Your rights

We hold almost no data about you. Your content - photos, diary entries, profile and settings never reaches us. Uninstalling the app removes everything stored locally.

The only data we hold is a limited subscription record (see Section 4), used solely to provide your PRO access. It is not linked to your identity, exists only for the duration of your subscription, and is automatically deleted once it expires. Cancelling your subscription through the app store ends your PRO access at the end of your current billing period; the record is deleted once the subscription itself ends.

If you have any questions about your data, contact [email protected]. You may also lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

6. Children

Aves ID does not collect personal data from anyone, including children. Since the app does not create accounts or require any personal information, this is true regardless of who uses it.

7. Changes to this policy

If we change how the app handles data, we will update this policy and change the date at the top. Material changes will be noted in the app's release notes.

8. Who we are

Aves ID is developed and published by Offline Apps, registered in the Netherlands (KVK: 42062468).

Contact: [email protected].

Offline Apps is the data controller for the limited data described in this policy.