Privacy Policy

Who we are

Art of Birding is operated by 508 Life LLC (“we”, “us”), Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418. Contact: hello@artofbirding.com.

What this service does

Art of Birding helps you display living bird artwork in your home. A Raspberry Pi and USB microphone at your location identify birds locally. The cloud receives species detections and generates scheduled artwork for your private display.

Information we collect

• Account information — email, password (hashed), name, shipping/billing address, timezone, and listening location details you provide.
• Device & detection data — pairing status, device heartbeats, and bird species detections (common/scientific name, confidence, timestamp). We do not receive audio, recordings, or waveforms from your Pi. No other information is taken from the device.
• Artwork & preferences — generated canvases (kept about 7 days in cloud storage), art-style choices, notification settings, and display keys. Members may download a copy to their own device.
• Payment — processed by Stripe when billing is enabled. We do not store full card numbers on our servers.
• Analytics — we may use Google Analytics to understand how the marketing site is used (see our Cookie Policy).
• Communications — messages you send via the contact form or email, and optional marketing emails if you opt in.

How we use information

• Provide, secure, and improve the service (pairing, detections, artwork generation, display).
• Ship hardware materials (such as a provisioned microSD) and support your account.
• Send transactional emails (pairing, digests, daily reports, device offline alerts) according to your settings.
• Process subscriptions and prevent abuse.
• Respond to contact requests and legal obligations.

We never sell or share personal information

We do not sell your personal information. We do not share personal information with third parties for their own marketing. We use trusted processors only as needed to run the product — for example hosting, email delivery, cloud storage for canvases, payment processing, analytics, and AI image generation (Gemini) from species lists and style preferences (not from audio).

Local identification (BirdNET)

Bird identification runs on your Raspberry Pi using BirdNET. Audio stays on that device. Only detection results are sent to Art of Birding servers.

Retention

Account data is kept while your account is active. Generated canvases are removed from our cloud storage after about seven days. Download a copy to your computer if you want to keep the artwork. You may request account deletion by emailing us.

Security

We use industry-standard practices such as hashed passwords, session cookies, and access controls for private displays. No method of transmission or storage is 100% secure.

Children

The service is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children.

Your choices

You can update account settings, notification preferences, and marketing opt-in in your dashboard. For access, correction, or deletion requests, email hello@artofbirding.com.

Changes

We may update this policy from time to time. The “Last updated” date will change when we do.