Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You.
We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. By using the Service, You agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this Privacy Policy. This Privacy Policy has been created with the help of the Privacy Policy Generator.
Interpretation and Definitions
Interpretation
The words of which the initial letter is capitalized have meanings defined under the following conditions. The following definitions shall have the same meaning regardless of whether they appear in singular or in plural.
Definitions
For the purposes of this Privacy Policy:
- Account means a unique account created for You to access our Service or parts of our Service.
- Affiliate means an entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with a party, where "control" means ownership of 50% or more of the shares, equity interest or other securities entitled to vote for election of directors or other managing authority.
- Company (referred to as either "the Company", "We", "Us" or "Our" in this Agreement) refers to Green Shoot Enterprises Inc., a California corporation doing business as Aurigentic.
- Cookies are small files that are placed on Your computer, mobile device or any other device by a website, containing the details of Your browsing history on that website among its many uses.
- Country refers to: California, United States.
- Device means any device that can access the Service such as a computer, a cellphone or a digital tablet.
- Personal Data is any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual.
- Service refers to the Website.
- Service Provider means any natural or legal person who processes the data on behalf of the Company. It refers to third-party companies or individuals employed by the Company to facilitate the Service, to provide the Service on behalf of the Company, to perform services related to the Service or to assist the Company in analyzing how the Service is used.
- Usage Data refers to data collected automatically, either generated by the use of the Service or from the Service infrastructure itself (for example, the duration of a page visit).
- Website refers to Aurigentic, accessible from https://aurigentic.com.
- You means the individual accessing or using the Service, or the company, or other legal entity on behalf of which such individual is accessing or using the Service, as applicable.
Collecting and Using Your Personal Data
We collect and use information as described in this Privacy Policy, including when You use Our Website and when You use the Bee – Saved Places iOS applications. The sections below describe the types of data involved and how they are used. Practices specific to Bee are set out first; Website-related practices follow.
Additional Information for Bee – Saved Places (iOS Application)
Bee – Saved Places is a mobile application developed by Green Shoot Enterprises Inc. (doing business as Aurigentic). This section describes practices specific to Bee – Saved Places and Bee – Saved Places Pro (together, “Bee”) and supplements the rest of this Privacy Policy.
Summary
Bee is designed so that your saved places, lists, notes, and most content you add are stored on your device using Apple’s on-device storage. Aurigentic does not operate a login for Bee and does not host or sync your full saved-place database on our servers.
Information you enter or import (for example, place names, addresses, captions, screenshots, photos, or social media links you choose to share into Bee) may be personal information under applicable laws. Most of that information is processed and kept on your iPhone or iPad. Certain features described below temporarily send limited data to Aurigentic’s backend and to third-party Service Providers (including Apple, Google, Anthropic, and SocialKit) solely to provide those features, or when you export data yourself (for example, a backup file).
In the Apple App Store “App Privacy” summary, Apple uses its own definitions (including what it means for an app to “collect” data). That summary is intended to work together with this Policy.
Bee does not embed third-party advertising or analytics SDKs whose purpose is to track users across other companies’ apps and websites for ads, in the current version described here.
Location
With your permission, Bee uses Apple’s location services on your device to support features such as Nearby, proximity-related reminders, and the app icon badge, depending on your settings and what you allow in iOS (When In Use and, if you enable it, Always for background behavior where applicable).
Aurigentic does not operate a location server for Bee and does not receive a separate, continuous feed of your location for our own use. Location is used on the device and through Apple’s system APIs to power these features. Apple’s privacy policy applies to Apple’s processing.
Search, maps, and links you share
To help you find and save places, Bee may use Apple MapKit / on-device search for place search. Apple handles those requests under Apple’s terms and your settings.
When you share a general webpage link into Bee (for example from Safari or another app), Bee may fetch that webpage on your device to help extract place details. The operator of that website may receive technical information typical of an HTTP request.
Instagram and TikTok posts are handled differently. Those platforms do not reliably expose place details to a simple on-device webpage fetch, so Bee may use the smart place-extraction feature described below when you share such a post (or a related screenshot) into Bee.
Smart place extraction (Instagram, TikTok, and screenshots)
Bee can help identify a place’s name, address, and city from content you choose to share into the app—such as an Instagram or TikTok post/reel link, caption text, or a screenshot—using a temporary server-side analysis. Free accounts may receive a limited number of these smart imports; Bee – Saved Places Pro includes unlimited smart imports, subject to reasonable use and technical limits.
When you use this feature, Bee may send the shared link and/or limited related content (for example, caption text obtained through publicly available embedding APIs, or an image you attached for analysis) to an Aurigentic-operated backend service. That backend may:
- Retrieve publicly available post metadata (such as a caption or thumbnail) needed to identify the place;
- When the caption alone is insufficient, retrieve a temporary copy of the public video for the purpose of extracting a small number of still frames for analysis; and
- Use a third-party artificial intelligence service to extract structured place details (and, where present in the content, one or two notable items such as dishes mentioned or shown) and return those results to your device.
For this feature, Aurigentic currently uses Service Providers including:
- Anthropic — to analyze text and/or images and return structured place information; and
- SocialKit — when needed, to obtain a temporary download URL for a public Instagram or TikTok video so Bee can extract frames for analysis.
This processing is performed to provide App Functionality (helping you save a place), not for advertising profiling by Aurigentic. Aurigentic does not use the content you submit through this feature to train its own AI models. We do not retain the submitted link, caption, image, or video frames in a Bee user profile or long-term content archive after the extraction result is returned to your device, except as needed for security, abuse prevention, troubleshooting, legal compliance, or short-lived operational logs (for example, request counts used to enforce usage limits). Third-party Service Providers process data under their own terms and privacy policies; Aurigentic does not control those providers’ systems.
You control whether to use this feature by choosing what to share into Bee. If you prefer not to send content to our backend or these Service Providers, you can save places using other methods in the app (for example, manual entry, on-device OCR from a screenshot without using the server-side fallback, or sharing a non-social webpage link).
Bee – Saved Places Pro and the Google Places API
Bee – Saved Places Pro includes features that use the Google Places API to retrieve public business information (for example, whether a business may appear open, temporarily closed, or permanently closed) when that information is available.
When you use those features, Google receives information needed to perform the lookup. That may include:
- Business or place names and related search queries
- Where the feature uses location to refine results, approximate location (such as coordinates associated with a saved place) as part of the API request
Google processes that information under Google’s Maps Platform Terms and Google’s privacy policy. Aurigentic does not control Google’s servers and does not receive a copy of those requests into a separate Aurigentic database for the purposes described in this section.
These Pro features are used only in connection with saving and managing places in the app (for example, when you use flows that check business status with Google), not for advertising profiling by Aurigentic.
Purchases (Bee – Saved Places Pro)
Subscriptions are processed by Apple through the App Store and StoreKit. Apple collects the information it needs to complete purchases according to Apple’s terms. The app reads subscription status on your device so Pro features can unlock.
Photos, screenshots, and imports
If you add photos, screenshots, or shared content, those items are primarily processed on your device to support features such as saving a place or reading text from an image locally where applicable.
If on-device processing is not enough to identify a place and you have shared a screenshot (for example, of a social media caption) without a usable post URL, Bee may—when smart place extraction is available under your free-use allowance or Bee Pro subscription—send that image (and any text already recognized on the device) to Aurigentic’s backend for the analysis described in “Smart place extraction” above. Aurigentic does not upload your entire photo library to our servers; only content you choose to share into Bee for a specific import may be sent.
Children’s privacy
Bee is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13 in a way that is inconsistent with applicable law.
Changes to Bee
We may update Bee over time. If we introduce material new data practices (for example, optional account sync or new third-party services), we will update this Privacy Policy and, where required, provide notice or obtain consent in accordance with applicable law and Apple App Store requirements.
This Bee–specific section supplements the broader Aurigentic Privacy Policy and applies only to the Bee – Saved Places and Bee – Saved Places Pro iOS applications.
Types of Data Collected
Personal Data
While using Our Service, We may ask You to provide Us with certain personally identifiable information that can be used to contact or identify You. Personally identifiable information may include, but is not limited to:
- Email address
- First name and last name
- Phone number
- Usage Data
Usage Data
Usage Data is collected automatically when using the Service.
Usage Data may include information such as Your Device's Internet Protocol address (e.g. IP address), browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that You visit, the time and date of Your visit, the time spent on those pages, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
When You access the Service by or through a mobile device, We may collect certain information automatically, including, but not limited to, the type of mobile device You use, Your mobile device unique ID, the IP address of Your mobile device, Your mobile operating system, the type of mobile Internet browser You use, unique device identifiers and other diagnostic data.
We may also collect information that Your browser sends whenever You visit our Service or when You access the Service by or through a mobile device.
Tracking Technologies and Cookies
We use Cookies and similar tracking technologies to track the activity on Our Service and store certain information. Tracking technologies used are beacons, tags, and scripts to collect and track information and to improve and analyze Our Service. The technologies We use may include:
- Cookies or Browser Cookies. A cookie is a small file placed on Your Device. You can instruct Your browser to refuse all Cookies or to indicate when a Cookie is being sent. However, if You do not accept Cookies, You may not be able to use some parts of our Service. Unless you have adjusted Your browser setting so that it will refuse Cookies, our Service may use Cookies.
- Web Beacons. Certain sections of our Service and our emails may contain small electronic files known as web beacons (also referred to as clear gifs, pixel tags, and single-pixel gifs) that permit the Company, for example, to count users who have visited those pages or opened an email and for other related website statistics (for example, recording the popularity of a certain section and verifying system and server integrity).
Cookies can be "Persistent" or "Session" Cookies. Persistent Cookies remain on Your personal computer or mobile device when You go offline, while Session Cookies are deleted as soon as You close Your web browser.
We use both Session and Persistent Cookies for the purposes set out below:
For more information about the cookies we use and your choices regarding cookies, please visit our Cookies Policy or the Cookies section of our Privacy Policy.
Use of Your Personal Data
The Company may use Personal Data for the following purposes:
- To provide and maintain our Service: including to monitor the usage of our Service.
- To manage Your Account: to manage Your registration as a user of the Service. The Personal Data You provide can give You access to different functionalities of the Service that are available to You as a registered user.
- For the performance of a contract: the development, compliance and undertaking of the purchase contract for the products, items or services You have purchased or of any other contract with Us through the Service.
- To contact You: To contact You by email, telephone calls, SMS, or other equivalent forms of electronic communication, such as a mobile application's push notifications regarding updates or informative communications related to the functionalities, products or contracted services, including the security updates, when necessary or reasonable for their implementation.
- To provide You with news, special offers and general information about other goods, services and events which we offer that are similar to those that you have already purchased or enquired about unless You have opted not to receive such information.
- To manage Your requests: To attend and manage Your requests to Us.
- For business transfers: We may use Your information to evaluate or conduct a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution, or other sale or transfer of some or all of Our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation, or similar proceeding, in which Personal Data held by Us about our Service users is among the assets transferred.
- For other purposes: We may use Your information for other purposes, such as data analysis, identifying usage trends, determining the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns and to evaluate and improve our Service, products, services, marketing and your experience.
We may share Your personal information in the following situations:
- With Service Providers: We may share Your personal information with Service Providers to monitor and analyze the use of our Service, to contact You, and—as described in the Bee section above—to provide smart place extraction and related features.
- For business transfers: We may share or transfer Your personal information in connection with, or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of Company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of Our business to another company.
- With Affiliates: We may share Your information with Our affiliates, in which case we will require those affiliates to honor this Privacy Policy. Affiliates include Our parent company and any other subsidiaries, joint venture partners or other companies that We control or that are under common control with Us.
- With business partners: We may share Your information with Our business partners to offer You certain products, services or promotions.
- With other users: when You share personal information or otherwise interact in the public areas with other users, such information may be viewed by all users and may be publicly distributed outside.
- With Your consent: We may disclose Your personal information for any other purpose with Your consent.
Retention of Your Personal Data
The Company will retain Your Personal Data only for as long as is necessary for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy. We will retain and use Your Personal Data to the extent necessary to comply with our legal obligations (for example, if we are required to retain your data to comply with applicable laws), resolve disputes, and enforce our legal agreements and policies.
The Company will also retain Usage Data for internal analysis purposes. Usage Data is generally retained for a shorter period of time, except when this data is used to strengthen the security or to improve the functionality of Our Service, or We are legally obligated to retain this data for longer time periods.
Transfer of Your Personal Data
Your information, including Personal Data, is processed at the Company's operating offices and in any other places where the parties involved in the processing are located. It means that this information may be transferred to — and maintained on — computers located outside of Your state, province, country or other governmental jurisdiction where the data protection laws may differ than those from Your jurisdiction.
Your consent to this Privacy Policy followed by Your submission of such information represents Your agreement to that transfer.
The Company will take all steps reasonably necessary to ensure that Your data is treated securely and in accordance with this Privacy Policy and no transfer of Your Personal Data will take place to an organization or a country unless there are adequate controls in place including the security of Your data and other personal information.
Delete Your Personal Data
You have the right to delete or request that We assist in deleting the Personal Data that We have collected about You.
Our Service may give You the ability to delete certain information about You from within the Service.
You may update, amend, or delete Your information at any time by signing in to Your Account, if you have one, and visiting the account settings section that allows you to manage Your personal information. You may also contact Us to request access to, correct, or delete any personal information that You have provided to Us.
Please note, however, that We may need to retain certain information when we have a legal obligation or lawful basis to do so.
For Bee, your saved places and most imported content remain on your device unless and until you delete them in the app or remove the app. Content temporarily sent for smart place extraction is not kept as a Bee account archive; to stop future submissions, do not use smart imports and/or uninstall the app.
Disclosure of Your Personal Data
Business Transactions
If the Company is involved in a merger, acquisition or asset sale, Your Personal Data may be transferred. We will provide notice before Your Personal Data is transferred and becomes subject to a different Privacy Policy.
Law enforcement
Under certain circumstances, the Company may be required to disclose Your Personal Data if required to do so by law or in response to valid requests by public authorities (e.g. a court or a government agency).
Other legal requirements
The Company may disclose Your Personal Data in the good faith belief that such action is necessary to:
- Comply with a legal obligation
- Protect and defend the rights or property of the Company
- Prevent or investigate possible wrongdoing in connection with the Service
- Protect the personal safety of Users of the Service or the public
- Protect against legal liability
Security of Your Personal Data
The security of Your Personal Data is important to Us, but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While We strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect Your Personal Data, We cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Children's Privacy
Our Service does not address anyone under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13. If You are a parent or guardian and You are aware that Your child has provided Us with Personal Data, please contact Us. If We become aware that We have collected Personal Data from anyone under the age of 13 without verification of parental consent, We take steps to remove that information from Our servers.
If We need to rely on consent as a legal basis for processing Your information and Your country requires consent from a parent, We may require Your parent's consent before We collect and use that information.
Links to Other Websites
Our Service may contain links to other websites that are not operated by Us. If You click on a third party link, You will be directed to that third party's site. We strongly advise You to review the Privacy Policy of every site You visit.
We have no control over and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third party sites or services.
Changes to this Privacy Policy
We may update Our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify You of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
We will let You know via email and/or a prominent notice on Our Service, prior to the change becoming effective and update the "Last updated" date at the top of this Privacy Policy.
You are advised to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes. Changes to this Privacy Policy are effective when they are posted on this page.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, You can contact us:
- By email: [email protected]
- By visiting this page on our website: https://aurigentic.com/privacy-policy
