1. Information We Collect

When you use Yardcast, we collect:

Photos you upload: Images of your yard for design generation
Questionnaire responses: Your style preferences, location, and project details
Email address: For order confirmation and design delivery
Payment information: Processed securely by Stripe (we don't store card details)
Usage data: How you interact with our service (anonymized analytics)

2. How We Use Your Information

Generate personalized landscape designs using AI
Process payments and deliver your design pack
Send order confirmations and product updates
Improve our AI models and service quality
Respond to customer support requests

3. Photo Privacy

Your uploaded photos are used solely to generate your landscape designs. We do not:

Share your photos publicly without consent
Sell your photos to third parties
Use your photos for advertising without permission

Photos are automatically deleted from our servers after 30 days unless you choose to save them.

4. Data Sharing

We share data only with:

Stripe: For payment processing
Replicate: For AI image generation
Vercel: For hosting and analytics

We never sell your personal information to advertisers or data brokers.

5. Your Rights

You have the right to:

Access the personal data we hold about you
Request deletion of your data
Opt out of marketing communications
Request a copy of your data in a portable format

To exercise these rights, email us at privacy@yardcast.ai.

6. Cookies

We use essential cookies to remember your preferences and keep you signed in. We use analytics cookies (which you can opt out of) to understand how people use Yardcast.

7. Security

We use industry-standard security measures including HTTPS encryption, secure payment processing via Stripe, and regular security audits. However, no system is 100% secure — use Yardcast at your own discretion.

8. Contact Us

Questions about this policy? Email us at privacy@yardcast.ai.

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