The App collects and transmits the following information. We do not collect your name, email address, phone number, location, or advertising identifier.
| Photos you take or select | Used to recognize record jackets, labels, barcodes, and similar details. Photos are sent, via a server operated by the App (Cloudflare Workers), to AI and image-analysis services (Anthropic Claude and Google Cloud Vision). Our server does not store photos in this recognition flow. Only when you use image search (Google Lens), the photo is temporarily placed on our server and exposed through a hard-to-guess temporary URL so that the search service can fetch it. The URL expires after 30 minutes, and the image is deleted within 24 hours of being stored. |
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| Text used for searching | Recognized artist names, titles, labels, catalog numbers, etc. are sent to the third-party services below to look up prices, candidates, videos, and listings. Video search results (the pairing of a release with a video) are cached on our server for a period of time for reuse and contain no personally identifiable information. |
| Device identifier | A random ID generated by the App. It is sent to our server to manage free-usage limits and prevent abuse. Usage counters are automatically deleted after 2 days. The ID is not linked to your name or other personal information. On iPhone it is also stored in the device Keychain so the device can still be recognized if the App is deleted and reinstalled. |
| Shared photos and records (only if you use the share feature) | When you issue a share code, the records you select and their photos are temporarily stored on our server. The code expires after 30 minutes, and the stored data is deleted within 24 hours. |
| API keys / access tokens | API keys you enter in the Settings screen, and any access token obtained by signing in to your Discogs account, are stored only on your device and used only for communication with the corresponding service. |
| Collection data | Recognition results you choose to save (artist name, title, label, price information, etc.) are stored only on your device (except when you use the share feature). |
The App uses the following third-party services. Each service's own privacy policy and terms of use apply. On first launch, we ask for your consent to send photos and search text to these services.
| Anthropic (Claude API) | Used to recognize artist names, titles, and similar details from the photos you send. |
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| Google Cloud Vision | Used for text and image recognition of the photos you send. |
| Google Lens (via Serper.dev) | Used to perform a visual search when a jacket image is difficult to read with text recognition. The temporary URL described above is used. |
| Discogs | Used to retrieve release information and real-time price data for records and CDs. If you sign in with your Discogs account, information is retrieved under your own account via OAuth. |
| YouTube Data API | Used to search for and embed related videos. Many search results are retrieved through a caching server (Cloudflare Workers) operated by the App to reduce quota usage. |
| Spotify | Used to play track previews. |
| eBay | Used to retrieve reference prices of current listings. |
| CDandLP | Used to search listings on a record-shop website. |
| Cloudflare | Used to operate the App's server (Workers, KV, R2). |
The App does not share or sell the information it collects to third parties for any purpose other than the recognition and search purposes described above.
The App requests camera access to photograph records and CDs, and photo library access to select images. You may revoke this permission at any time from your device settings, though the scanning feature will no longer work if you do so.
The App is not directed at any specific age group and does not knowingly collect personal information from children.
This policy may be updated without prior notice as features are added to or changed within the App. Material changes will be reflected by updating the "Last updated" date on this page.
If you have any questions about the App or this policy, please contact us at:
support@diggereye.com