Privacy Policy
Last updated: 27 September 2026
1. Who we are
Groa Blom ("we", "us") is a garden-planning service at groablom.com and in the Groa Blom apps, run from Portugal. You can reach the data controller at privacy@groablom.com.
2. What we collect
When you visit this website, we do not use cookies or trackers. Your language choice is kept only in your own browser. Our hosting provider (Cloudflare) processes technical data such as your IP address and browser type to deliver the site and protect it from attacks.
When you sign in with Google, Google shares with us:
- your name, email address and profile picture;
- a unique Google account identifier.
We only request the basic sign-in permissions (openid, email,
profile). We never access your Gmail, contacts, Drive, calendar or any other Google data.
What you add to the app:
- your garden's location (a place name and map coordinates) and language preference;
- plantings, beds, seed lots, suppliers, harvests, notes and similar garden records;
- your household: its members, their roles, and the email addresses you invite.
3. Why we use it
| Purpose | Legal basis (GDPR) |
|---|---|
| Create your account, sign you in, and provide the service (plans, crop cards, seed records, household sharing) | Performing our agreement with you (Art. 6(1)(b)) |
| Store the email of someone you invite to your household, so they can join when they sign in (we do not email them; you share the invitation link yourself) | Legitimate interest in letting you share your garden (Art. 6(1)(f)) |
| Keep the service secure and prevent abuse | Legitimate interest (Art. 6(1)(f)) |
| Meet legal obligations | Legal obligation (Art. 6(1)(c)) |
We do not use your data for advertising or profiling, and we do not send marketing emails.
4. Who we share it with
- Your household. Members of a household can see that household's garden data, according to their role (read, write or admin).
- Cloudflare, Inc. hosts the website, the app and its database, and forwards our email. It acts as our processor.
- Google LLC provides sign-in.
- Weather services. To get forecasts, our servers send the approximate coordinates of your garden (rounded to about 1 km) to Open-Meteo and, in Portugal, to IPMA. No name, email or account information is sent with them.
We never sell or rent your personal data.
5. International transfers
Cloudflare and Google may process data outside the European Economic Area. When they do, the transfer is protected by the EU–US Data Privacy Framework and/or the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses.
6. How long we keep it
- Account and garden data: for as long as you have an account.
- After you delete your account (or a household admin deletes a household), the data is removed within 30 days, including from backups.
- Pending invitations expire and are deleted automatically.
- Security logs are kept only as long as needed to protect the service.
7. Your rights
Under the GDPR you can ask us to access, correct, delete or export your data, and you can object to or restrict how we use it. Write to privacy@groablom.com; we answer within one month. You can also complain to the Portuguese data protection authority, the CNPD, or to the authority in your own country.
8. Cookies and local storage
This website sets no cookies. When you sign in to the app, we use a single, strictly necessary session cookie to keep you signed in. Your language choice is stored in your browser. We use no analytics, advertising or third-party tracking cookies, so there is nothing to consent to.
9. Security
All connections use HTTPS. Sign-in tokens are stored only in hashed form, and every request is checked against your household role. No system is perfectly secure; if a breach affected your data, we would tell you and the authorities as the law requires.
10. Children
Groa Blom is not meant for children under 13. If you believe a child has given us personal data, contact us and we will delete it.
11. Google user data
Groa Blom's use and transfer of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements. We use Google data only to sign you in and show your name and picture in the app.
12. Changes
If we change this policy, we will update the date above. For important changes, we will tell you in the app before they take effect.