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Privacy policy

Last updated October 30, 2026

Beta draft.

A lawyer has not reviewed this page yet. If it changes in a way that matters, we will tell you in the app first.

Garden Goblin is made by Nerdvan. This page says what we keep about you, why we keep it, and who helps us run the app. The short version: we keep what we need to plan your yard, we never sell it, and we do not use advertising trackers.

What we keep

  • Your account: your email address, and your name if you sign in with Google.
  • Your yard: the address or ZIP code you type, the map point it finds, and what we look up for it (growing zone, frost dates, rainfall, elevation and soil).
  • Your plans: your yard map, bed plans, the tasks you mark done, snooze or skip, your goals, experience level and theme.
  • Reminders: your weekly email choice and, if you turn them on, the address your browser gives us for notifications.
  • Supporter status: if you support us on Buy Me a Coffee, whether your support is active and until when. We never see your card details.
  • Feedback: notes you send from the feedback form, and the page you sent them from.

How we count usage and spot errors

We do not use an analytics or tracking service. To see whether Garden Goblin is working for people, we count from our own records: which days you open the app, whether your yard map has a bed or lawn ready, your lawn answer from the welcome questions, and when you first woke the Turf Troll. We look at these as totals, not person by person.

When something breaks, the app writes a short error note to our server log: what went wrong and on which page. It never includes your name, email, address, notes or plans.

Who helps us run Garden Goblin

  • Supabase stores your account and yard data and handles sign-in.
  • Vercel hosts the app. Its server logs, including the error notes above, keep your IP address for a short time.
  • Resend sends the weekly email, so it gets your email address and that week’s tasks.
  • Your browser’s notification service (from Apple, Google, Mozilla or Microsoft, depending on your browser) delivers phone notifications, if you turn them on.
  • Google signs you in, if you choose Google.
  • Buy Me a Coffee handles support payments and tells us which email address supported.
  • Public weather and map services (the U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Geological Survey, U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Weather Service and MET Norway) get your yard’s address or map point, so they can return your climate, soil and forecast. They do not get your name or email.

What we never do

  • We never sell your data or share it for advertising.
  • We never show other people your yard, plans or notes.
  • We never record your screen or track your clicks.

Your choices

  • You can change your location, goals, reminders and theme any time in Settings.
  • Every weekly email has a one-click unsubscribe link.
  • You can ask us for a copy of your data, or ask us to delete your account and everything in it. We will do it within 30 days.

Children

Garden Goblin is not for children under 13. Please do not sign up if you are under 13.

Changes and contact

If this policy changes in a way that matters, we will say so in the app before it takes effect.

For anything about your privacy, email gardengoblin@nerdvan.com.