This Privacy Notice for Sai Veshwa (doing business as Treeak) ('we', 'us', or 'our'), describes how and why we might access, collect, store, use, and/or share ('process') your personal information when you use our services ('Services'), including when you:
Questions or concerns? Reading this Privacy Notice will help you understand your privacy rights and choices. We are responsible for making decisions about how your personal information is processed. If you do not agree with our policies and practices, please do not use our Services. If you still have any questions or concerns, please contact us at saiveshwa15@gmail.com.
What personal information do we process? When you visit, use, or navigate our Services, we may process personal information depending on how you interact with us and the Services, the choices you make, and the products and features you use.
Do we process any sensitive personal information? Habit content, mood ratings, and journal entries (text, photos, voice notes) may be considered sensitive in some jurisdictions. They are stored on your device, and (optionally) in your own Google Drive backup. They are never transmitted to a server operated by the Developer.
Do we collect any information from third parties? We do not collect any information from third parties.
How do we process your information? We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law. We may also process your information for other purposes with your consent. We process your information only when we have a valid legal reason to do so.
In what situations and with which parties do we share personal information? We may share information in specific situations and with specific third parties.
How do we keep your information safe? We have adequate organisational and technical processes and procedures in place to protect your personal information. However, no electronic transmission over the internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorised third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information.
What are your rights? Depending on where you are located geographically, the applicable privacy law may mean you have certain rights regarding your personal information.
How do you exercise your rights? The easiest way to exercise your rights is by visiting https://groveapp.in/privacy.html, or by contacting us. We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
In Short: We collect personal information that you provide to us.
We collect personal information that you voluntarily provide to us when you express an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and Services, when you participate in activities on the Services, or otherwise when you contact us.
Personal information provided by you. Treeak is a local-first app. The personal information we have access to is limited to the following, and only when you choose to provide it:
Sensitive information. The following categories of content may be considered sensitive in some jurisdictions. They are stored exclusively on your device, and (optionally) in your own Google Drive backup. They are never transmitted to a server operated by the Developer:
Payment data. Treeak does not collect, store, or transmit any payment instrument data. All payment processing for in-app purchases is handled directly by Google Play (on Android) and the Apple App Store (on iOS, when supported). Card numbers, CVVs, UPI IDs, and billing addresses pass between you and the respective store; the App and the Developer never see them. RevenueCat, Inc., which the App uses to validate your subscription entitlement, receives only an anonymized purchase token from these stores. You may find the relevant privacy notices here: policies.google.com/privacy, revenuecat.com/privacy, and apple.com/legal/privacy.
Application data. When you use the App, the following may apply, depending on the permissions you grant on your device:
All personal information that you provide to us must be true, complete, and accurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such personal information.
In Short: Treeak does not automatically collect any information about you, your device, or how you use the App.
The App contains no analytics, no telemetry, no crash-reporting SDK, no advertising network, and no behavioural tracking. We do not automatically collect IP addresses, device identifiers, carrier or ISP information, browser characteristics, location, language preferences, referring URLs, or usage events. There is no Treeak-operated server that could receive such information even if we wanted to.
Our use of information received from Google APIs will adhere to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.
In Short: We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you, for security and fraud prevention, and to comply with law. We process the personal information for the following purposes listed below. We may also process your information for other purposes only with your prior explicit consent.
We process your personal information for a variety of reasons, depending on how you interact with our Services, including:
In Short: We only process your personal information when we believe it is necessary and we have a valid legal reason (i.e. legal basis) to do so under applicable law, like with your consent, to comply with laws, to provide you with services to enter into or fulfil our contractual obligations, to protect your rights, or to fulfil our legitimate business interests.
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and UK GDPR require us to explain the valid legal bases we rely on in order to process your personal information. As such, we may rely on the following legal bases to process your personal information:
We may process your information if you have given us specific permission (i.e. express consent) to use your personal information for a specific purpose, or in situations where your permission can be inferred (i.e. implied consent). You can withdraw your consent at any time.
In some exceptional cases, we may be legally permitted under applicable law to process your information without your consent, including, for example:
In Short: We may share information in specific situations described in this section and/or with the following third parties.
We may need to share your personal information in the following situations:
In Short: We keep your information for as long as necessary to fulfil the purposes outlined in this Privacy Notice unless otherwise required by law.
We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Notice, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting, or other legal requirements). No purpose in this notice will require us keeping your personal information for longer than the following: retention is user-controlled. Local data is kept on the user's device until they delete it or uninstall the app. Cloud backups: most recent 5 snapshots in the user's own Google Drive (older auto-deleted). RevenueCat purchase records: subscription lifetime plus a reasonable accounting period.
When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymise such information, or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible.
In Short: We aim to protect your personal information through a system of organisational and technical security measures.
We have implemented appropriate and reasonable technical and organisational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorised third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our Services is at your own risk. You should only access the Services within a secure environment.
In Short: The App is intended for users at least 13 years of age. Minors must use the App with the supervision and consent of a parent or guardian.
Treeak does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 years of age, or the equivalent age in your jurisdiction. By using the App, you represent that you are at least 13. If you are a minor in your jurisdiction (typically under 18), you may only use the App with the involvement and consent of a parent or guardian, who must read and agree to the Terms of Service and this Privacy Policy on your behalf. If we become aware that we have data from a user under 13, we will take reasonable steps to delete it. If you believe a child under 13 has provided information to us, please contact saiveshwa15@gmail.com.
In Short: Depending on your state of residence in the US or in some regions, such as the European Economic Area (EEA), United Kingdom (UK), Switzerland, and Canada, you have rights that allow you greater access to and control over your personal information. You may review, change, or terminate your account at any time, depending on your country, province, or state of residence.
In some regions (like the EEA, UK, Switzerland, and Canada), you have certain rights under applicable data protection laws. These may include the right (i) to request access and obtain a copy of your personal information, (ii) to request rectification or erasure, (iii) to restrict the processing of your personal information, (iv) if applicable, to data portability, and (v) not to be subject to automated decision-making. If a decision that produces legal or similarly significant effects is made solely by automated means, we will inform you, explain the main factors, and offer a simple way to request human review. In certain circumstances, you may also have the right to object to the processing of your personal information. You can make such a request by contacting us by using the contact details provided in the section 'How can you contact us about this notice?' below.
We will consider and act upon any request in accordance with applicable data protection laws.
If you are located in the EEA or UK and you believe we are unlawfully processing your personal information, you also have the right to complain to your Member State data protection authority or UK data protection authority.
If you are located in Switzerland, you may contact the Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner.
Withdrawing your consent: If we are relying on your consent to process your personal information, which may be express and/or implied consent depending on the applicable law, you have the right to withdraw your consent at any time. You can withdraw your consent at any time by contacting us by using the contact details provided in the section 'How can you contact us about this notice?' below.
However, please note that this will not affect the lawfulness of the processing before its withdrawal nor, when applicable law allows, will it affect the processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.
If you have questions or comments about your privacy rights, you may email us at saiveshwa15@gmail.com.
Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a Do-Not-Track ('DNT') feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. At this stage, no uniform technology standard for recognising and implementing DNT signals has been finalised. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking is adopted that we must follow in the future, we will inform you about that practice in a revised version of this Privacy Notice.
California law requires us to let you know how we respond to web browser DNT signals. Because there currently is not an industry or legal standard for recognising or honouring DNT signals, we do not respond to them at this time.
In Short: If you are a resident of California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Oregon, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, or Virginia, you may have the right to request access to and receive details about the personal information we maintain about you and how we have processed it, correct inaccuracies, get a copy of, or delete your personal information. You may also have the right to withdraw your consent to our processing of your personal information. These rights may be limited in some circumstances by applicable law. More information is provided below.
The table below shows the categories of personal information we have collected in the past twelve (12) months. The table includes illustrative examples of each category and does not reflect the personal information we collect from you. For a comprehensive inventory of all personal information we process, please refer to the section 'What information do we collect?'
| Category | Examples | Collected |
|---|---|---|
| A. Identifiers | Contact details, such as real name, alias, postal address, telephone or mobile contact number, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, and account name | YES |
| B. Personal information as defined in the California Customer Records statute | Name, contact information, education, employment, employment history, and financial information | NO |
| C. Protected classification characteristics under state or federal law | Gender, age, date of birth, race and ethnicity, national origin, marital status, and other demographic data | NO |
| D. Commercial information | Transaction information, purchase history, financial details, and payment information | NO |
| E. Biometric information | Fingerprints and voiceprints | NO |
| F. Internet or other similar network activity | Browsing history, search history, online behaviour, interest data, and interactions with our and other websites, applications, systems, and advertisements | NO |
| G. Geolocation data | Device location | NO |
| H. Audio, electronic, sensory, or similar information | Images and audio, video or call recordings created in connection with our business activities | YES |
| I. Professional or employment-related information | Business contact details in order to provide you our Services at a business level or job title, work history, and professional qualifications if you apply for a job with us | NO |
| J. Education information | Student records and directory information | NO |
| K. Inferences drawn from collected personal information | Inferences drawn from any of the collected personal information listed above to create a profile or summary about, for example, an individual's preferences and characteristics | NO |
| L. Sensitive personal information | Health data | YES |
We only collect sensitive personal information, as defined by applicable privacy laws or the purposes allowed by law or with your consent. Sensitive personal information may be used, or disclosed to a service provider or contractor, for additional, specified purposes. You may have the right to limit the use or disclosure of your sensitive personal information. We do not collect or process sensitive personal information for the purpose of inferring characteristics about you.
We may also collect other personal information outside of these categories through instances where you interact with us in person, online, or by phone or mail in the context of:
We will use and retain the collected personal information as needed to provide the Services or for:
Learn more about the sources of personal information we collect in 'What information do we collect?'
Learn more about how we use your personal information in the section, 'How do we process your information?'
We may disclose your personal information with our service providers pursuant to a written contract between us and each service provider. Learn more about how we disclose personal information in the section, 'When and with whom do we share your personal information?'
We may use your personal information for our own business purposes, such as for undertaking internal research for technological development and demonstration. This is not considered to be 'selling' of your personal information.
We have not disclosed, sold, or shared any personal information to third parties for a business or commercial purpose in the preceding twelve (12) months. We will not sell or share personal information in the future belonging to website visitors, users, and other consumers.
You have rights under certain US state data protection laws. However, these rights are not absolute, and in certain cases, we may decline your request as permitted by law. These rights include:
Depending upon the state where you live, you may also have the following rights:
To exercise these rights, you can contact us by visiting https://groveapp.in/privacy.html, by emailing us at saiveshwa15@gmail.com, or by referring to the contact details at the bottom of this document.
Under certain US state data protection laws, you can designate an authorised agent to make a request on your behalf. We may deny a request from an authorised agent that does not submit proof that they have been validly authorised to act on your behalf in accordance with applicable laws.
Upon receiving your request, we will need to verify your identity to determine you are the same person about whom we have the information in our system. We will only use personal information provided in your request to verify your identity or authority to make the request. However, if we cannot verify your identity from the information already maintained by us, we may request that you provide additional information for the purposes of verifying your identity and for security or fraud-prevention purposes.
If you submit the request through an authorised agent, we may need to collect additional information to verify your identity before processing your request and the agent will need to provide a written and signed permission from you to submit such request on your behalf.
Under certain US state data protection laws, if we decline to take action regarding your request, you may appeal our decision by emailing us at saiveshwa15@gmail.com. We will inform you in writing of any action taken or not taken in response to the appeal, including a written explanation of the reasons for the decisions. If your appeal is denied, you may submit a complaint to your state attorney general.
California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the 'Shine The Light' law, permits our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, information about categories of personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing to us by using the contact details provided in the section 'How can you contact us about this notice?'
In Short: You may have additional rights based on the country you reside in.
If you are located in India, the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDPA) applies to our processing of your personal data. Under the DPDPA, you have the right to (i) seek confirmation of, and access to, the personal data we process about you, (ii) request correction or erasure of inaccurate or no-longer-necessary data, (iii) nominate another individual to exercise these rights on your behalf in the event of your death or incapacity, and (iv) raise a grievance regarding the way your data is processed.
Because Treeak is local-first and stores your data on your own device (and, optionally, in your own Google Drive), the most direct way to exercise the right to access or correct is by opening the App and editing or deleting the relevant content. To exercise the right to erasure of any data the Developer may hold (for example, an email you sent to support), or to raise a grievance, please contact saiveshwa15@gmail.com. The Developer also acts as the Grievance Officer under the DPDPA for the purposes of the App and can be reached at the same address. We will acknowledge grievances within seven (7) days and resolve them within thirty (30) days where practicable.
We collect and process your personal information under the obligations and conditions set by Australia's Privacy Act 1988 and New Zealand's Privacy Act 2020 (Privacy Act).
This Privacy Notice satisfies the notice requirements defined in both Privacy Acts, in particular: what personal information we collect from you, from which sources, for which purposes, and other recipients of your personal information.
If you do not wish to provide the personal information necessary to fulfil their applicable purpose, it may affect our ability to provide our services, in particular:
At any time, you have the right to request access to or correction of your personal information. You can make such a request by contacting us by using the contact details provided in the section 'How can you review, update, or delete the data we collect from you?'
If you believe we are unlawfully processing your personal information, you have the right to submit a complaint about a breach of the Australian Privacy Principles to the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner and a breach of New Zealand's Privacy Principles to the Office of New Zealand Privacy Commissioner.
At any time, you have the right to request access to or correction of your personal information. You can make such a request by contacting us by using the contact details provided in the section 'How can you review, update, or delete the data we collect from you?'
If you are unsatisfied with the manner in which we address any complaint with regard to our processing of personal information, you can contact the office of the regulator, the details of which are:
The Information Regulator (South Africa)
General enquiries: enquiries@inforegulator.org.za
Complaints (complete POPIA/PAIA form 5):
PAIAComplaints@inforegulator.org.za and POPIAComplaints@inforegulator.org.za
Google API Services User Data Policy and Limited Use. Treeak's use and transfer to any other app of information received from Google APIs will adhere to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements. Specifically, Treeak does not use Google user data for advertising, does not allow humans to read the data unless we have your affirmative agreement for specific support purposes, does not sell or transfer the data, and does not use it for any purpose other than to provide the backup, restore, and account-display features described in this Privacy Policy.
Local-first architecture. Treeak is built as a local-first application. There is no Treeak-operated server that stores, collects, or has access to your habits, journal entries, mood ratings, or any other content you create in the app. All such data resides on your device. The only network communication initiated by the app is to Google's servers (for the optional Drive backup you control), to Apple's or Google's app store servers (for subscription transactions), and to RevenueCat (for purchase entitlement verification). The Developer cannot read, browse, or aggregate user content because no infrastructure exists for the Developer to do so.
No AI or machine-learning training. Treeak does not use any user data to train, fine-tune, or improve artificial intelligence or machine-learning models. Treeak does not transfer, sell, or share user data with any AI training service, large language model provider, or model marketplace. Insights such as the vitality score, streak calculations, and habit correlations are computed by deterministic, statistical algorithms on the user's own device.
In Short: Yes, we will update this notice as necessary to stay compliant with relevant laws.
We may update this Privacy Notice from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by a revised "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Notice. If we make material changes, we will indicate that with the revised date and may post a prominent notice on this page. Treeak does not send email notifications about policy updates. We encourage you to review this Privacy Notice from time to time to stay informed of how we are protecting your information.
If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may email us at saiveshwa15@gmail.com or contact us by post at:
Sai Veshwa
Raman Thottam
Meenambakkam
Chennai, Tamil Nadu 600114
India
Based on the applicable laws of your country or state of residence in the US, you may have the right to request access to the personal information we collect from you, details about how we have processed it, correct inaccuracies, or delete your personal information. You may also have the right to withdraw your consent to our processing of your personal information. These rights may be limited in some circumstances by applicable law. To request to review, update, or delete your personal information, please visit: https://groveapp.in/privacy.html.