Privacy policy
Last updated November 8, 2026
Buckbook (buckbook.app) reads your trail-camera photos, finds the same bucks across cameras and seasons, and helps you decide where to hunt. This page says plainly what we collect, what we do with it, and how to get rid of it. Buckbook is run by Weston Zimmerman. Questions go to hello@buckbook.app.
What we collect
- Your account. When you sign in with Google we receive your name, email address and profile picture from Google. When you sign in by email we keep your email address. We use these to create your account, sign you in, and email you about your account (sign-in links, receipts, problems with your cameras). We don't send marketing email.
- Your Tactacam account. When you connect Tactacam, you sign in to Tactacam in your own browser. Your Tactacam password never reaches our servers. Tactacam hands your browser a set of access tokens, which we store encrypted so we can fetch your photos, camera list and camera settings on your behalf. You can disconnect at any time, which deletes the tokens.
- Your photos and camera data. We copy your trail-cam photos and their details (camera, time, location, tags) into Buckbook so we can analyze them and show them to you. We also fetch public weather history for your camera locations.
- Your hunt log. Stands, sits, sightings, harvests and hunt photos you choose to record.
- Payments. Analysis is paid through PayPal. PayPal handles your payment details; we only receive a confirmation, the amount, and an order id. We never see your card or bank information.
- Ordinary web logs. IP addresses, browser type and request times, kept briefly for security and debugging.
How we use Google user data
Buckbook's use of information received from Google APIs follows the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.
We request only your basic profile (name, email, picture) through Google sign-in. We use it to identify you, create your Buckbook account and sign you in. We do not use Google user data for advertising, we do not sell it, we do not share it with anyone except the service providers below that are needed to run Buckbook, and no human reads it except to help you with a support request or as required by law.
How your photos are analyzed
To find and age bucks, Buckbook sends your photos to Anthropic's Claude model. Anthropic processes the images to answer our questions about what's in them and does not use the content to train its models. The answers (buck present, antler description, confidence) are stored with your photos. Nobody else sees your photos; they are never public and are never used to build anything that isn't yours.
Who else touches your data
Buckbook runs on these providers, each under its own privacy terms, and each only receives what it needs to do its job:
- Fly.io hosts the app.
- Supabase hosts the database and handles sign-in (including the Google sign-in flow).
- Cloudflare R2 stores your photo files.
- Anthropic analyzes photos, as described above.
- Tactacam is where your photos come from; we only read from your account there, and change camera settings only when you ask us to.
- PayPal processes payments.
- Resend delivers account email.
- Open-Meteo provides historical weather for your camera locations (only latitude/longitude is sent).
We don't sell your data, and we don't share it with advertisers or data brokers.
Sharing you control
If you create a share link (for example a season-in-review page for another hunter), anyone with the link can see what that page shows. You can revoke a link at any time in the app.
Where it lives and how long
Data is stored in the United States. We keep it while your account exists. Delete your account and everything (photos, analysis, hunt log, Tactacam tokens, your Google profile details) is removed from our systems within 30 days; backups age out within another 30. Payment records are kept as long as the law requires.
Your choices
- Disconnect Tactacam from the Connect page any time. We delete the tokens immediately and stop syncing.
- Revoke Google access at myaccount.google.com/permissions. You can still sign in by email.
- Export or delete everything. Email hello@buckbook.app from your account's address and we'll do it within a few days, and confirm when it's done.
Cookies
Buckbook sets one cookie that keeps you signed in, and your browser remembers your Day/Night preference. There are no advertising or analytics cookies.
Children
Buckbook is for adults. We don't knowingly collect information from anyone under 16.
Changes
If this policy changes in a way that matters, we'll update the date above and tell you by email before it takes effect.
Contact
Weston Zimmerman · hello@buckbook.app