Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

Welcome to Vin (the "App", "Service", or "Website"), operated by Pragma Innovations LLC under the name "Wintage Club" ("Wintage Club", "we", "us", or "our"). We are committed to protecting the privacy and security of our users' personal data. This Privacy Policy describes how we collect, use, and share information when you use our mobile application and website services.

2. Information We Collect

We collect information to provide a seamless and premium cellar tracking experience. This includes:

• Account Information: Your email address, name, username, and bio when you register for an account using Firebase Authentication or Google Sign-In.
• Wine Cellar Inventory: Winery name, wine name, vintage, grape variety, locale/region, inventory quantities, purchase prices, notes, and locations in your racks.
• Images: Photos you take of your wine labels to analyze and identify bottles. These are securely uploaded and stored in Google Cloud Storage.
• Sommelier Conversations: The questions you ask the AI Sommelier, and its answers, are stored in your account so you can reopen past conversations. To answer, it is also given the wines in your cellar.
• Guest Use: If you start without an account, Vin creates an anonymous guest profile with a random identifier so scanning and your bottles work. It holds no name or email. Signing in carries your bottles over to your account. A guest profile that has not been used for six months is deleted automatically, together with its bottles.
• Sharing: When you share a wine, its name, producer, photo and the details you choose to include (such as price or notes) are copied into the share. Anyone you give the link to can open it, and you can revoke it at any time. Your display name is shown to the people who open it.
• Support Messages: If you contact support from the App, we receive your message, your email address, your device model and the app version.
• Analytics and Device Identifiers: Technical details such as device model, OS version, and app performance logs to diagnose errors and prevent crashes.

3. How We Process and Share Data

We process your information in accordance with industry best practices and under strict confidentiality constraints. We use your data for:

• Gemini API Label Analysis and Sommelier: When you photograph a wine label, or ask the AI Sommelier a question, the image or text (and, for the Sommelier, the wines in your cellar) is sent through our servers to Google's Gemini models to extract structured information (winery, grape blend, vintage) and to write sommelier notes and answers. The App asks for your permission before the first time it does this. This data is processed dynamically and not used for model training.
• Voice Input: If you dictate a question, Apple's speech recognition turns your speech into text on your device or on Apple's servers; Vin receives only the text.
• Crash Reports and Support: App crashes are reported to Google's Firebase Crashlytics without your name or email. Support messages are forwarded to our issue tracker (Linear) so we can respond.
• Cloud Syncing: Your data is saved using Firebase Firestore, allowing real-time synchronization between your iOS app, SwiftData models, and this web portal.
• Billing & Payments: Subscriptions are purchased through the App Store. Apple processes the payment and holds your payment details; we receive only confirmation of your plan and when it renews or lapses, and we never see your card number or billing address.

4. Data Retention and Security

We implement robust administrative and electronic security measures (such as TLS encryption and database security rules) to prevent unauthorized access. We retain your cellar data as long as your account is active. When you delete your account it is scheduled for deletion and kept for six months in case you change your mind; after that your cellar, photos, conversations and personal details are permanently erased, leaving only an anonymized record that an account existed.

5. Your Rights and Data Deletion

You have the right to access, edit, or delete your personal information at any time. You can edit your user details and delete wine entries directly inside the App. To delete your account and everything in it, open Profile in the App and choose Delete Account. Signing back in within six months cancels the deletion; after that it is permanent. Deleting your account does not cancel a subscription bought through the App Store: end it in your iPhone's Settings, under your name and then Subscriptions. If you cannot use the App, you may instead request deletion by emailing us at support@wintage.club.

6. Changes to this Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any material changes by updating the policy page here. Continued use of our App signifies your agreement to the modified policy.