(Last updated: October 9, 2026)
This application (hereinafter referred to as "the App") is operated by the "Rug Identifier" App Development Team (hereinafter referred to as "the Team"). This policy sets forth the handling of user data, including personal information, of all users (hereinafter referred to as "Users") who use the App. Please review this policy carefully so that you can use the App with confidence.
The App provides a feature to identify rugs, carpets, and woven textiles using the camera or photos from the gallery. In order to identify an item and display information such as rug type, style, origin, construction, likely materials, an estimated price range, and similar listings for reference, image data captured by the camera or selected from the gallery is transmitted to our server and processed by the following external services:
In addition, each identification is saved to your scan history: a reduced-size thumbnail of the photo of the face of the rug and the identification result are stored on our external storage service (Firebase). The original full-resolution images, including any photo of the back of the rug, are not stored. Please avoid including personal or sensitive information (such as people's faces or documents containing personal data) in the images you capture or upload.
You can delete a saved identification, together with its stored thumbnail, at any time by swiping the entry in the Collection or Scan History screen of the App and choosing Delete.
Before an identification, you may optionally enter the rug's measured size and its pile material, and indicate whether the material was read from the rug's label. This information is sent together with the photos to the OpenAI API to improve the identification and the estimated price range. It is not required, and nothing is sent for fields you leave blank.
The App creates an anonymous account automatically on first launch so that your identification history can be associated with your device. This identifier is a randomly generated value. The App does not ask for, collect, or store an email address, a password, a name, or any other information that directly identifies you.
The App requires a paid subscription. All payments are processed by Apple through your Apple ID account, or by Google through your Google Play account, depending on the platform you use. The Team does not collect or store your credit card number or other payment details; the Team may receive only limited, non-identifying transaction information (such as subscription status) necessary to provide the service. Subscription status is managed through RevenueCat, which receives a randomly generated identifier and the purchase information provided by the platform. On iOS, RevenueCat may also receive Apple Search Ads attribution data provided by Apple (information about which ad campaign, if any, led to the installation of the App). This data does not directly identify you.
Examples: IP address, device type, OS information, date and time of use, access history, etc. This information is recorded by the external services described in section 4 when the App communicates with them, and is used to identify and resolve issues, to prevent abuse (including enforcement of daily usage limits), and to ensure stable operation of the App. The Firebase SDK may also collect limited diagnostic information (such as the SDK version and device and OS information). The App does not use an analytics service to track which screens or features you use, does not display ads, and does not use an advertising identifier.
Examples: inquiries and survey responses voluntarily submitted by Users. This information is used for user support and service improvement.
The Team uses User information for the following purposes in operating the App.
As a general rule, the Team will not provide User information to third parties without the User's consent. However, personal information may be disclosed in any of the following cases:
Separately from the above, in order to provide the App's core features, the App shares certain data, including image data, with the external service providers described in "4. Use of External Services" below (for example, OpenAI and eBay for item identification and price reference, Firebase for authentication and storage, and RevenueCat for subscription management). These providers process such data as necessary to provide their services.
The App uses the following external services for service operation and quality improvement.
To help Users understand the approximate market value of an identified item, the App uses the eBay Browse API. Specifically, the App sends the photo of the face of the rug that you captured or selected to eBay's image search in order to find visually similar listings, and then retrieves and displays publicly available listing information from eBay, such as item titles, prices, and images. The App does not send your account information to eBay and does not require you to sign in to an eBay account.
Listing information obtained from eBay is used solely to display reference information within the App in response to your request. The App does not store this eBay listing information in its own database, including in your scan history, and does not use it to train or develop any machine learning models or artificial intelligence systems.
eBay's own handling of personal data is governed by the eBay User Privacy Notice. This Privacy Policy is intended to be consistent with the eBay User Privacy Notice.
The Team retains Users' personal information for the period necessary to fulfill the purposes of use, and will promptly delete or appropriately process such information once the retention period has ended.
Users may delete stored data themselves at any time. Deleting an entry from the Collection or Scan History screen of the App removes both the identification result and its stored thumbnail. If you wish to have all data associated with your anonymous account deleted, please contact us using the address in section 6.
The Team also implements appropriate security measures to prevent unauthorized access, loss, destruction, alteration, and leakage. All communication between the App and our servers is encrypted in transit.
If you have any questions regarding this policy, please contact us at the following: