Effective Date: August 9, 2026
Insectra (“Insectra,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) respects your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how information is processed when you use the Insectra mobile application (the “App”).
Insectra lets you take a photo using the in-app camera or select an image using Apple’s photo picker. The App does not scan your photo library or use the camera in the background.
When you start an analysis, the selected image is resized and compressed, then sent through an encrypted HTTPS connection to Kie.ai’s temporary file service. Kie.ai provides the image and an analysis instruction to a configured Google Gemini model so the App can return a likely insect or arthropod identification, safety profile, bite or sting information, behavior, habitat, and natural-history guidance.
These service providers may also process technical information normally associated with an internet request, such as your IP address, request time, and server logs.
Camera preview frames remain on your device unless you capture a photo. If you do not want a photo sent for remote AI processing, do not start an analysis.
Insectra does not use submitted photos for advertising, facial recognition, or biometric identification.
If you save an analysis to your Collection, the App may store the following information locally in its private storage on your iPhone:
Collection records and analysis results are not uploaded to a database operated by Insectra. Depending on your Apple device and backup settings, locally stored App data may be included in an iCloud or device backup managed by Apple.
The App uses iOS Keychain to store a device-only record indicating whether the free analysis has been used. Keychain records may remain on the device after the App is removed.