Privacy Policy

Last updated 1 October 2026

Bozlea is run by Bozlea Pty Ltd (ACN 702 803 629, ABN 14 702 803 629), which is responsible for your information. Bozlea is a gardening app. You photograph and record things in your garden, and we help you identify them, track their health and plan their care. This page explains what we collect, why, and what you can do about it — in plain language.

What we collect

Your account — your email address and your name, and a password if you did not sign in with Google. We never see your Google password. If you add a home address, we keep that too.
Your garden records — the plants, weeds, pests, diseases and soil samples you add, along with your garden areas, notes, schedules and tasks.
Photos — the pictures you take or upload when you scan something or add it to a gallery.
Location — see the section below, because this one deserves its own explanation.
Your conversations — messages you exchange with the Bozlea advisers, so they can remember the context of your garden between visits.
Basic usage records — how many scans and chats you have used, so we can apply your plan's allowance.

Where your garden is kept

Bozlea needs an account. Your garden is saved to the cloud under that account, so you can reach it from your phone and your computer, and it is still there if you lose a device.

Location, specifically

When you photograph a plant, we read the GPS coordinates your camera recorded in that photo, so we can drop a pin in the right spot on your garden map. We read it from the picture itself — we do not track your device, and we do not follow you around after the photo is taken.

If you give us your home address, we convert it to a map position to centre your property. We also send that map position — not your name, email or street address — to a weather service, so the forecast, rainfall and frost warnings you get are for your garden rather than someone else's.

Who else sees your data

We do not sell your information, and we do not share it for advertising. We use a small number of services to make the app work:

Google Firebase — stores your account, your records and your photos, and runs the app itself.
Google Gemini — our AI. When you run a scan or ask an adviser a question, the relevant photo and text are sent for analysis and the answer comes back to you. We use Google's paid service, under which Google does not use what we send to improve its products.
Google Maps — draws your garden map, and turns the address you type into a map position when you set your property location, and looks up the ground height at your garden's map position for the Sun map.
A weather service — supplies the forecast, rainfall and frost figures for your garden's map position. It is not given your name, email or street address.
An email delivery service — sends the emails you have asked for (such as daily tips and frost warnings) and account messages. It receives your email address and first name, nothing from your garden.
Stripe — will handle payments when paid plans open. Stripe processes card details directly; Bozlea never receives or stores your card number.
Google Analytics — counts visits to our public web pages (the homepage, daily tips, plant of the day and what's on) and, inside the app, which screens are used and when a scan is saved or a plant added, so we can see what people find useful. It sets a cookie for that purpose; in Europe and the UK we ask before setting it, and you can change your cookie choice at any time. It never receives your photos, your garden records, your location or your email, and it is not used for advertising.

Where your data is stored

Bozlea is run from Australia and used around the world. Your account, records and photos are stored by Google Cloud in the United States, and the services above may handle your information in other countries. We choose providers with strong security and data protection commitments, and we only give each one what it needs to do its job.

Why we use your information

We use your information to run Bozlea for you: to save your garden, identify what you photograph, give you advice and apply your plan's allowance. We also use it to keep Bozlea secure, to fix problems and improve the app, to send the emails you have chosen, and where the law requires. If you are in Europe or the UK, the legal bases are: providing the service you signed up for, our legitimate interest in keeping it safe and improving it, your consent (for optional emails, which you can withdraw at any time), and legal obligations.

Community Showcase

Sharing is entirely your choice. Nothing you scan is visible to anyone else unless you explicitly share it to the Community Showcase, and only photos from your own scans can be shared. When you do share, that photo and the display name you chose become visible to other Bozlea users. You can unshare at any time, and deleting the original removes it from the Showcase too.

How long we keep things

Your data stays until you delete it. When you delete a plant, a scan or a photo in the app, we remove it from our database and delete the underlying file from storage. Backups may retain deleted records for a short period before they age out. You can remove your whole account and everything in it from your account settings, or email us and we will take care of it. Chats with the advisers, and what they remember about your garden, are kept until you delete them.

Your choices

See and edit your records at any time inside the app.
Delete individual plants, scans, photos or chats yourself.
Stop any of our emails with the unsubscribe link at the bottom of each one, or in your account settings.
Turn off the camera's location capture in your device settings if you would rather not have pins on your map.
Export a copy of your data from your account settings, or ask us for one.
Ask us to correct your information, or to delete your account entirely.
If you are in Europe or the UK, you can also ask us to limit or stop using your information, and object to how we use it.

We will not charge you for any of these, and we will reply within 30 days.

Complaints

If you are unhappy with how we have handled your information, email us first and we will try to put it right. If you are still not satisfied, you can complain to the privacy regulator: in Australia, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (oaic.gov.au); elsewhere, the data protection authority where you live.

Security

Your data is held in Google Cloud infrastructure and is protected by rules that restrict every record and file to the account that created it. Bozlea is designed for household gardening records; please do not store sensitive personal information in your garden notes. If a data breach is likely to cause you serious harm, we will tell you and the relevant regulator as the law requires.

Children

You must be at least 16 to have your own Bozlea account, and we do not knowingly collect information from anyone younger. If you think a child has given us information, email us and we will delete it.

Changes

If we change how we handle your information, we will update this page and change the date at the top. For an important change, we will email you before it takes effect.

Contact

Questions, requests, or a data deletion: support@bozlea.com.

Bozlea Pty Ltd, ACN 702 803 629, ABN 14 702 803 629
PO Box 7029, Warringah Mall NSW 2100, Australia