Privacy Policy

We collect only what is needed to run the service:

• Account details — your name and the email address you register with.
• Business card data — the contact details extracted from cards you upload (name, company, designation, emails, phone numbers, website, address).
• Email settings — the default subject, body and any CC/BCC addresses you configure.
• Billing records — plan purchased, amount, tax breakdown and the payment reference returned by our payment gateway.
• Usage records — credit debits and credits, processing status and timestamps.

Card images are processed transiently to extract text and are never written to our database or file storage. Only the extracted contact fields are saved to your processing history so you can review what was sent.

Connecting Gmail is optional. If you connect it, Gmail access is used exclusively to send emails explicitly approved by you from your connected Gmail account. We request only the permission needed to send email on your behalf, and messages are sent from your own Gmail address.

We do not read your Gmail inbox or Gmail messages. We do not receive, process, or store any data from your Gmail inbox.

Google Workspace API user data is not transferred to OpenAI or any other AI/ML provider. Google Workspace API user data is not used as input to AI/ML models and is not used to train, fine-tune, develop, or improve AI/ML models.

The AI functionality in InstaConnect is separate from the Gmail integration. OpenAI is used only to process business-card images and data that you provide directly to InstaConnect, not data obtained from Google Workspace APIs.

Google access tokens are held by our platform's connector layer — we do not store your Google password or refresh tokens in our own database. You can disconnect Gmail at any time from Settings, and you can also revoke access from your Google Account security settings.

Email sending is off by default. Nothing is sent until you enable sending and approve each message.

InstaConnect's use and transfer of information received from Google APIs will adhere to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

To authenticate you, extract contact details from cards you upload, send the emails you approve, maintain your credit balance and purchase history, provide support, and detect or prevent abuse and fraud. We do not sell your data and we do not use your contact data for advertising.

We share the minimum data necessary with providers that operate parts of the service: cloud hosting and database infrastructure, an AI provider for reading business cards, Google (Gmail) for sending your approved emails, and Razorpay for payment processing.

OpenAI processes business-card images and data that you upload directly to InstaConnect for contact-detail extraction. OpenAI does not receive and is not provided with any data obtained through Google Workspace APIs.

Google Gmail is used only to send user-approved emails from your connected Gmail account. We do not use Google Workspace API data to train, fine-tune, develop, or improve AI/ML models, and it is not provided to OpenAI or any other AI/ML provider.

Razorpay handles payment processing. Payment card and banking details are entered directly on the gateway's own checkout and are never received or stored by InstaConnect.

Processing history and account data are retained while your account is active. Billing and tax records are retained as long as required by law. You can request deletion of your account and associated data by emailing kapil@growwgenie.com.

Access is protected by authentication, and database rules restrict every record to the account that owns it. Administrative actions are checked on the server, not only in the interface. Data is transmitted over encrypted connections. No system can be guaranteed perfectly secure, so please use a strong, unique password.

You can access and correct your profile from Settings, export or copy your processing history from the History page, and request correction or deletion of your data by contacting us. We respond within 1–2 business days.

We use only the cookies and local storage needed to keep you signed in. We do not run third-party advertising trackers.

We may update this policy as the service evolves. The date at the top reflects the latest version, and continued use after an update constitutes acceptance.

Questions about privacy? Email kapil@growwgenie.com.