Privacy and terms

Effective 2026-10-06 · 4DAT LLC, Panama City, Florida · hello@ai4dat.com

What Picket Line is

A public-service reporting and education tool for suspected New World Screwworm. It gives a triage, not a diagnosis. It does not replace the official report to your state animal health official or USDA APHIS, and nothing in it should delay veterinary or medical care. Confirmed cases are published only by officials.

What we collect when you submit a report

What you selected (subject, animal, cues), your notes, and the triage the app computed.
A location. On the public map and in our database it is rounded to about 1 km. Your exact location is stored only if you tap an official channel and choose to share it, so the officials can find the animal.
Photos, video and audio stay on your device in the current version. When sharing to officials or to our review queue is added, it will be per item and by your choice.
Technical basics: app version, time received. No advertising identifiers, no tracking, no third-party analytics SDKs.

Accounts

None required. If optional accounts are added later they will use the 4DAT account service: an email, a one-time code, no password, and immediate deletion on request.

What we do with it

Show consented, rounded observations on the public activity map.
Share reports with the official channel you chose, when you choose.
Improve the triage rules and, later, the image model, using reports you consented to share for that purpose.

We do not sell personal data. We may share aggregated, de-identified counts with animal health agencies and researchers.

Autonomous nodes

Picket Line trap nodes report insect counts, images of insects they capture, battery and temperature, and their own location. They do not record people.

Retention and deletion

Reports are kept while the surveillance program is active and for 24 months after. To delete a report or ask what we hold, email hello@ai4dat.com with the report ID shown in the app; we delete within 30 days.

Children

Picket Line is not directed at children under 13 and collects no information knowingly from them.

Terms

Provided as-is for public benefit, without warranty. Identification guidance is drawn from USDA APHIS, CDC and university extension sources cited on the Learn page and is reviewed by a veterinary entomologist before each major release. You are responsible for reporting suspected cases to officials. Content © 2026 4DAT LLC; the node hardware reference design is published under CERN-OHL-P v2.

Changes

We will post changes here with a new effective date.