Privacy policy

The app does not track you. The GPS position belongs to a memory, not to the person carrying the phone.

• Your position is used only while the app is open on your screen. There is no background location, ever.
• When the app asks what is nearby, or whether you are close enough to open a memory, your position is used to answer that request and then discarded. It is not stored, and it is removed from our request logs.
• We keep no record of where you were when you opened a memory.
• Far from a memory, the app receives only an approximate location for it (about 110 metres); the exact spot is shown only within 100 metres.

A memory is the text and photos you write, pinned to a place you choose. We store it so the people you chose can find it.

• Nobody but you can read a memory or see its photos before standing within 30 metres of it.
• Location and other hidden data (EXIF) are removed from every photo twice: on your phone before upload, and again on our server.
• Photos are checked automatically before they are kept. Pornographic images are refused and deleted.
• When you delete a memory, its photos are deleted with it.

• When you find someone else’s memory, your journal records the date you found it. Only the date, never the time or your route.
• Your world map is visible only to you. You can switch the journal off in Settings and wipe it at any time.

• Joining a hunt is your choice. When you accept, the time you reach each spot is recorded, because races and leaderboards need it.
• Moderators see which spot each player has reached and when. They never see anyone’s position.
• Photo challenge proofs are seen by the hunt’s moderator.

• We keep your email address, display name, username, and optional bio and avatar.
• Inviting from your contacts opens a picker. We read only the contact you choose and never upload your address book.
• Notifications never contain the text of a memory or a place.

• Everyone starts with Normal content. Explicit content (adult language and mature themes) is an opt-in for adults, recorded with the date you agreed.
• Reports you send are reviewed by moderators. Blocking someone hides you from each other.

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A contact address and the full process for deleting your account will be published here before launch.