Privacy Policy

Who is responsible

Derek Boyer, established in the United States, is responsible for TouristApp's processing described in this policy. Contact touristappsupport@gmail.com with privacy questions or requests.

Information TouristApp uses

Location and route information

With your permission, TouristApp uses precise location to show your position, find tourist sites, calculate routes, provide navigation, and reroute when needed. During active navigation, location may be used in the background so guidance can continue while the app is not visible or the device is locked.

Route requests and map functions are provided through Apple Maps. Searches for tourist sites may send geographic search areas to the TouristApp service and OpenStreetMap Overpass services. Wikipedia or Wikidata identifiers and place names may be used to retrieve available descriptions. Geographic matching can also send the location of a place being researched to Wikipedia. Wikimedia Commons receives image identifiers when the app checks photo credits and licensing, and image requests when photos are displayed.

Voice destination search

When you choose voice search in CarPlay and grant microphone and speech-recognition permission, TouristApp temporarily records speech to recognize a destination. Recognition runs on your device when supported; otherwise Apple's speech-recognition service may process the audio. The recognized place name is used for an Apple Maps search. TouristApp does not save voice recordings or send them to its own service. You can revoke microphone and speech-recognition permissions in iPhone Settings.

Content you save

Saved trips, favorites, settings, prepared tourist content, and cached descriptions are stored on your device. You can remove saved content in the app or by deleting TouristApp.

Diagnostics

TouristApp can store navigation diagnostic events on your device, including precise route locations, to help troubleshoot guidance and performance. These diagnostics leave your device only when you explicitly choose to share them. iOS may also provide crash, hang, launch, CPU, and memory diagnostics, which TouristApp stores locally for review and optional sharing. Diagnostic data can be deleted in Settings.

Place correction reports

If you submit a correction, TouristApp sends the place’s OpenStreetMap identifier, name, category, coordinates, report reason, relevant Wikipedia or Wikidata identifiers, and any details you enter. The service also processes a one-way hash derived from the network address for short-term abuse prevention. Correction reports are retained for up to 180 days after submission or their most recent review, unless deleted earlier. Avoid including personal information in the details field. The hashed network-address counter expires one hour after its latest accepted submission; hashing does not make network information anonymous.

How information is used

Information is used only to provide and improve app functions, including mapping, routing, navigation, tourist-site discovery, offline content, troubleshooting, abuse prevention, and correction review. TouristApp does not require an account, show third-party advertising, sell personal information, or track you across other companies’ apps and websites.

Processing grounds for people in the EEA

We process information necessary to deliver the mapping, navigation, discovery, and support functions you request to perform our contract with you. Location, microphone, and speech access also require the device permissions described above; declining access limits the features that need it.

For abuse prevention and review of voluntarily submitted place corrections, we rely on our legitimate interests in keeping the service secure and its information accurate. You may object to processing based on legitimate interests. Optional sharing of diagnostic files is based on your consent, which you can withdraw by contacting us; withdrawal does not affect processing that was lawful before withdrawal. We process privacy requests where necessary to meet legal obligations.

Services involved

• Apple Maps and MapKit provide maps, search, routes, traffic, and navigation-related data.
• Apple Speech converts spoken destination searches into text, on device when supported.
• OpenStreetMap and Overpass provide community-maintained place data.
• Wikipedia, Wikidata, and Wikimedia provide available place descriptions and media.
• Cloudflare hosts the TouristApp service used to retrieve and cache tourist information and accept place correction reports.
• The National Register of Historic Places data service hosted on ArcGIS provides optional historic-place listings using geographic search areas.

These providers may process network information and request data under their own privacy policies.

Storage and international processing

The publisher is in the United States and the services listed above operate internationally. Requests and information you send may be processed outside your country, including outside the EEA. Information stored only on your device is not automatically uploaded to the TouristApp service. Device backups, if enabled, are governed by your device and backup settings.

Our service caches public place and article responses for up to 14 days. These caches can reflect the geographic areas or articles requested, but are not organised as individual user histories. App-local trips, favorites, and downloaded content remain until removed or replaced by the app's cache management. Navigation and performance diagnostics are bounded local histories and can be cleared in Settings.

Network providers process IP addresses and other technical connection information to deliver and secure requests. The TouristApp service may process request paths and timing for diagnostics. Providers may also process operational or security information under their own policies.

If you email support or share diagnostics, we receive your email address, message, and any attachments. Do not send more personal information than needed to explain the problem. Deleting the app does not delete correspondence or correction reports already submitted; contact us to request their deletion.

Your data protection rights

If EEA data protection law applies, you may request access to your personal data, correction, deletion, restriction, or portability where applicable. You may object to processing based on legitimate interests and withdraw consent where consent is the basis. These rights have conditions and exceptions. TouristApp does not use your information for automated decisions producing legal or similarly significant effects.

Send requests to touristappsupport@gmail.com. Explain the information or interaction concerned, such as the place and approximate date of a correction report. We may ask for the minimum additional information needed to locate the record and verify your request; we do not require you to create an app account. We normally respond within one month. If a lawful extension is needed because of complexity or the number of requests, we will explain it within that month.

You can also complain to a supervisory authority, particularly in the EEA country where you live or work or where an alleged infringement occurred. The European Data Protection Board lists the authorities.

Your choices

• Change location access at any time in iPhone Settings.
• Turn voice guidance and related options on or off in TouristApp.
• Delete prepared tourist content and local diagnostics in TouristApp Settings.
• Remove other app-local data by deleting TouristApp.
• Choose whether to submit a place correction or share a diagnostic export.

Children’s privacy

TouristApp is not directed to children under 13, and the developer does not knowingly collect personal information from children.

Changes to this policy

This policy may be updated as TouristApp changes. The effective date at the top will be revised when an update is published.

Contact

Questions or privacy requests can be sent to touristappsupport@gmail.com.