Legal Document

GrapeDNA

Content Moderation Policy

Last updated August 30, 2026

GrapeDNA is built around your own private cellar — most of what you add stays visible to you alone. This policy explains what little cross-user content exists today, what's not allowed in anything you upload, and how we handle problems if they come up.

1

What "content" means here

Content you can add to GrapeDNA includes wine photos, tasting notes, personal ratings, and taste-characteristic sliders (body, tannin, acidity, sweetness). Almost all of it is private to your account by default — no other user can see your photos, notes, or ratings.

The taste-characteristic average When you set a wine's taste characteristics, your input is blended into an anonymous, aggregated average shown to everyone who has that wine — a set of numbers, with no name, photo, or note attached.
Community label photos — shared by default When you add a photo of a wine, it's shared publicly by default so other users see a real photo instead of a placeholder for that wine — uncheck the sharing box before saving if you'd rather keep a specific photo private. Nothing goes live until we've looked at it (see Section 3). While it's waiting on that, your own copy still shows normally to you — sharing never holds up adding the wine itself. Any user can also report a specific photo that's already live directly from the app, which hides it immediately pending our review.
2

Prohibited content

Even though most content is private, you agree not to upload or submit anything that:

  • Is illegal, or that you don't have the right to upload (e.g. a photo you didn't take and don't have permission to use).
  • Contains another person's private information without their consent.
  • Is sexually explicit, hateful, or intended to harass or threaten someone.
  • Is deliberately false or manipulative data submitted to the shared community average, to distort what other users see.
  • Isn't actually a photo of the wine or its label, if you're sharing it publicly.
3

How photos are reviewed, and how reports are handled

Every publicly-shared label photo is checked before it becomes visible to anyone else — nothing goes live unreviewed. Most submissions are screened automatically by an image-safety service; if that automated capacity is used up for the month, a submission is instead looked at by a person before it goes live. A photo that isn't approved is simply never shown; you're not separately notified either way. Review isn't always instant — your wine is still added to your own cellar right away regardless, only the public copy waits.

Once a photo is visible, any user can tap "Report" on it directly from the wine's page. That hides it immediately, for everyone, without waiting on us — reporting doesn't require our involvement to take effect. We're then notified to take a closer look and decide whether to restore it or remove it for good.

For anything else — most likely unusual values in the shared taste-characteristic average — email anand.chandramohan@gmail.com with what you observed. There's no dedicated moderation team, so response time may vary, but every report is read.

4

Enforcement

Depending on severity, we may remove the specific content (including a shared photo), reset an affected shared average, or suspend or terminate the account responsible — particularly for repeated or deliberate violations. We'll generally try to explain the reason for any account action by email, except in cases where doing so isn't safe or practical.

5

Appeals

If you think an enforcement action was made in error, reply to the email you received about it, or write to anand.chandramohan@gmail.com explaining why. We'll take a second look.

6

As the app grows

If GrapeDNA ever adds further social or public-facing features — shared reviews, public profiles, and the like — this policy will expand to cover them before those features ship, not after.

Questions about this policy? Contact anand.chandramohan@gmail.com.