Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 16, 2026

This Privacy Policy applies to the KhetiVeti mobile application ("KhetiVeti", "the App"), available on Google Play under the developer name Sanjeev Kumar Shukla. Sanjeev Kumar Shukla ("we", "us", "our") is the developer and data controller responsible for the App and this policy.

1. What we collect

• Account details: full name, phone number, and role (farmer, buyer, or admin).
• Location, to show relevant weather and mandi prices, and to enrich your farmer profile.
• Photos you submit for crop disease scanning.
• Messages you send to the FarmSaathi AI assistant.
• Farm data you enter: crops, farm size, sowing dates, and related expenses.
• Marketplace listings, soil test bookings, and shop orders you create.

2. How we use it

We use this information to run the core features of the App: disease detection, mandi price alerts, the AI advisor, the marketplace, soil testing, and the crop tracker. We do not sell your personal data.

3. Third-party services

• Plant.id — receives the crop/leaf photo you submit, to identify diseases.
• Anthropic (Claude API) — receives your typed/spoken questions to the FarmSaathi assistant, to generate a reply.
• Twilio — receives your WhatsApp number to deliver price-alert notifications you've opted into.
• Your device's speech-recognition service (e.g. Google) — processes microphone audio on-device/OS-level to convert speech to text; this does not pass through our servers.

4. Marketplace visibility — please read

When you list a crop for sale, your name, phone number, and village/location are shown to other farmers/buyers inside the App so they can contact you directly by phone or WhatsApp. This is how the marketplace works — there is no hidden intermediary messaging system. Do not list crops if you do not want other users to see this contact information.

5. Your choices

You can edit or delete your profile data, your crop cycles, and your scan history from within the App at any time. To request full account deletion, contact us using the details below.

6. Contact

Questions about this policy can be sent through the contact form.