PRIVACY
🔒 YOUR PRIVACY (SIMPLE):
✓ We DON'T ask for your name
✓ We DON'T ask where you live
✓ We DON'T share your photos
✓ We DON'T track you around the internet
✓ We DON'T show you ads
✓ Everything stays on YOUR phone
📊 WHAT WE COLLECT:
WITHOUT LOGIN (anonymous):
• Photos of litter (analyzed by AI, stored locally first)
• Approximate location (city/region, NOT your exact address)
• Weight you entered
• $P51 balance (stored on YOUR device)
WITH LOGIN (optional):
• Email address (for account recovery only)
• Cleanup history (synced to cloud)
• $P51 balance (synced to cloud)
🚫 WHAT WE DON'T COLLECT:
✗ Full name or age
✗ Exact GPS coordinates
✗ School or home address
✗ Phone number
✗ Photos of YOU (only litter photos)
✗ Browsing history
✗ Device identifiers for ads
🎯 HOW WE USE YOUR DATA:
AI51 Scanning: Detects litter type, weight, brands
Fraud Prevention: Stops fake/duplicate photos
Environmental Research: Anonymous pollution tracking
Corporate Accountability: Which brands pollute most
Grant Applications: Showing impact to funders
We NEVER sell data. We NEVER show ads based on your data.
👶 COPPA COMPLIANCE (Under 13s):
Earth51 is designed for children and complies with COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act).
No account required: Kids can use anonymously
Parental consent: Recommended before creating account
Minimal data: Only what's needed for app to work
Right to delete: Parents can request data deletion anytime
No third-party ads: Zero commercial tracking
🤖 AI51 PRIVACY TECH:
On-Device Processing: Photos analyzed on YOUR phone first
Privacy-First Vision: Only essential data sent to server
Encrypted Storage: All data encrypted at rest
No Facial Recognition: AI only looks at LITTER, not people
Blockchain Verification: Cleanups cryptographically signed
Open Source: Code publicly auditable on GitHub
✊ YOUR RIGHTS:
Access: See what data we have about you
Delete: Request full account deletion
Correct: Fix any wrong information
Export: Download your cleanup history
Opt-Out: Stop any data collection (use anonymously)
Contact: privacy@earth51.love
👨👩👧 FOR PARENTS:
You have the right to:
• Review data collected about your child
• Refuse further collection
• Request deletion of child's data
• Be notified of any material changes to this policy
We recommend supervising your child's use and reviewing photos before submission.
Questions? parents@earth51.love
📧 PRIVACY QUESTIONS:
Privacy Officer: privacy@earth51.love
Safeguarding: safety@earth51.love
Data Deletion: delete@earth51.love
Talk to AI51:
Last updated: February 2026
If we change this policy, we'll notify you via email (if logged in) or on-screen message.
Material changes affecting children require renewed parental consent.