Updated at: 10/03/2025
Places (“we,” “our,” or “us”) is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and protect your information when you use the Places mobile application, website, and related services (collectively, the “Service”).
By accessing or using the Service, you acknowledge that you have read and understood this Privacy Policy. If you do not agree with this Privacy Policy, please do not use the Service.
For clarity, the following terms have the meanings below:
Depending on how you use Places, we may collect the following types of information:
If you grant location permission, we may access your device location to help you search nearby places, center the map, improve discovery features, and make the Service function as intended. You can deny or revoke location access through your device settings, though some features may not work properly.
If we introduce features for finding friends, recommending places, or viewing shared maps, we may process information related to those features, such as friend connections, incoming recommendations, and associated user identifiers.
We collect information in the following ways:
We may use your information to:
Where applicable, we process Personal Data based on one or more of the following grounds:
We do not sell your Personal Data. We may share information in the following limited circumstances:
We may share information with trusted third-party service providers that help us operate the Service, such as cloud hosting, authentication, database storage, analytics, crash reporting, email, and mapping providers.
If the Service includes social features, certain information may be visible to other users depending on your settings and how the feature works. For example, if you recommend a place to a friend or choose to share your profile or map, related information may be made available to that recipient or audience.
We may disclose information if we believe it is reasonably necessary to comply with the law, enforce our policies, respond to lawful requests, protect our rights, or protect the safety of users or others.
If the Service or its assets are involved in a merger, acquisition, reorganization, or sale, your information may be transferred as part of that transaction, subject to applicable law.
Places may use third-party services to function properly. These may include providers for authentication, cloud database and storage, crash reporting, analytics, push notifications, and mapping/search features.
For example, the Service may use technologies such as Firebase Authentication, Cloud Firestore, Firebase Storage, Firebase Crashlytics, Apple Maps, MapKit, or similar providers. These third parties process information according to their own privacy policies and terms.
We keep your information only for as long as reasonably necessary to provide the Service, maintain your account, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, and enforce our agreements.
Information such as account data, saved places, notes, recommendations, and related profile data may remain stored until you delete them, delete your account, or we no longer need them for legitimate business or legal purposes.
Backup copies and residual technical records may persist for a limited time where required for security, compliance, or disaster recovery purposes.
We use reasonable technical, administrative, and organizational measures to protect your information. However, no system is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security of your data.
You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and for protecting access to your device and account.
Your information may be processed and stored in countries other than your own, depending on where our service providers operate. By using the Service, you understand that your information may be transferred to and processed in countries that may have different data protection laws from your jurisdiction.
Depending on your location, you may have rights such as the right to:
You may also be able to update certain account details directly in the app. To make a privacy-related request, contact us using the email at the end of this policy.
If you delete your account, we will take reasonable steps to delete or anonymize your personal information, subject to legal obligations, legitimate security needs, fraud prevention, and backup retention.
The Service is not intended for children under the age of 13, or a higher age where required by local law. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children in violation of applicable law. If you believe a child has provided us personal information unlawfully, please contact us so we can take appropriate action.
If we operate a website for Places, we may use cookies or similar technologies to remember preferences, understand usage, maintain sessions, and improve the website experience. You can usually manage cookies through your browser settings.
The mobile app itself may also use local device storage or SDK-based identifiers for authentication, app preferences, analytics, and core functionality.
The Service may include links to third-party websites or services. We are not responsible for the privacy practices or content of those third parties. Your interactions with those services are governed by their own policies.
If you are a California resident, you may have rights under applicable California privacy laws, including rights to know, access, correct, and delete certain personal information, subject to exceptions.
We do not sell your personal information.
If you are located in the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom, or another jurisdiction with similar rights, you may have additional rights under applicable law, including rights of access, rectification, erasure, restriction, objection, and data portability.
You also may have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will post the revised version and update the “Updated at” date above. Your continued use of the Service after the updated policy becomes effective means you acknowledge the revised Privacy Policy.
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or want to make a privacy-related request, contact us at:
Email: kuzelektronik@gmail.com