Privacy Policy
Effective date: April 2026
Wildlife Spotter is an application that identifies animals on your Ring cameras. This
policy describes what data is collected and how it is stored.
What we collect
When your Ring camera detects animal motion, Wildlife Spotter stores the following data:
Event metadata — device name, event timestamp, detected species, confidence
level, and Claude's visual reasoning text. Stored in a private Cloudflare D1 SQLite database.
Retained indefinitely (rows are small; no personal information is in them).
Snapshots — JPEG images of the moment of detection, downloaded from Ring
and stored in a private Cloudflare R2 bucket. Automatically deleted after 90 days by a
scheduled cleanup job. Images are of outdoor scenes captured by your own cameras.
Ring account tokens — OAuth access and refresh tokens for your linked
Ring account, stored encrypted at rest in Cloudflare D1. Used solely to fetch snapshots
and video clips on demand.
What we do not collect
We collect the email address you use to sign up. We do not collect other personal identifying
information beyond what is inherent in your Ring account. We do not store video files — video clips are
fetched from Ring on demand when you click "Play" and are never written to disk.
SMS notifications
If you choose to enroll in SMS alerts in Settings, we
collect and store your mobile phone number for the sole purpose of sending you
text messages when wildlife is detected on your linked Ring cameras. Your phone
number is never shared, sold, or rented to any third party. SMS delivery is
handled by Twilio under their own privacy policy. Message frequency varies based
on your camera activity. Standard message and data rates may apply. You can
unsubscribe at any time by replying STOP to any alert, or by toggling alerts off
on the Settings page.
Data sharing
We do not sell, share, rent, or otherwise disclose your data to any third party.
Snapshots are sent to Anthropic's Claude API for classification; Anthropic's own
privacy policy governs that processing. SMS messages, if you opt in, are sent
through Twilio. No other third parties receive your data.
Access
Only the account holder (you) can view data stored by this application. The dashboard
is protected by your account credentials.
Contact
Questions: sfeis111@gmail.com