Geobird is an ephemeral, location-based social network designed for privacy and spontaneity. This policy explains how we handle your data to provide our services while keeping your identity private.
1. Information We Collect
To provide a functional location-based experience, we collect minimal data:
- Location Data: While using the app, we access your approximate location to show nearby posts and place your content on the map. This is only accessed while the app is in the foreground.
- User-Generated Content: Text, photos, and messages you share are stored temporarily on our servers.
- Device Information: We store a unique device token (if push notifications are enabled) and a randomly generated session token to identify your "bird" profile.
Privacy First: No Personal Identifiers
We do not collect your email address, phone number, real name, contact list, or any hardware identifiers (like IMEI or IDFA). Geobird does not require a traditional account signup.
2. Ephemeral Data Retention
Geobird is built on the principle of transience. Data is automatically purged from our systems on the following schedule:
- Posts: Permanently deleted after 7 days.
- Comments: Permanently deleted after 12 hours.
- Direct Messages: Permanently deleted after 3 days.
- Inactivity: Profiles and associated session data are purged after 14 days of inactivity.
3. Safety and Content Moderation
To ensure a safe community (per Apple App Store Guidelines), we employ the following protections:
- Reporting: Users can report any post or message that violates our community standards. Reported content is reviewed by moderators and removed if found offensive.
- Blocking: You have the right to block users. Blocking a user will immediately hide their content from your view and prevent them from messaging you.
- Automated Filtering: We use automated tools to detect and flag potentially harmful content for review.
4. How We Share Data
We do not sell or rent your data to third parties. We do not use your data for advertising or behavioral tracking. Data is only shared with service providers essential to our operation:
- APNs/FCM: Used to deliver push notifications to your device.
- Cloud Infrastructure: Secure hosting and database services (e.g., MongoDB, AWS) where data is stored during its ephemeral lifetime.
5. Your Rights and Data Deletion
Under global privacy laws (including GDPR and CCPA), you have the right to access, correct, or delete your data. Because we do not store personal identifiers, we cannot "look up" your data by name or email. However:
- Manual Deletion: You can delete any post you have created at any time within the app.
- Account Deletion: You can initiate a full data wipe by using the "Delete Account" or "Reset Profile" option in the app settings. This will immediately and permanently erase your session token, posts, and messages from our active database.
- Right to be Forgotten: Simply uninstalling the app will result in the automatic deletion of all your data within 14 days due to inactivity.
6. Children's Privacy
Geobird is intended for users aged 13 and older. We do not knowingly collect information from children under 13. If we become aware that a child has provided us with data, we will delete it immediately.
7. Contact Us
If you have any questions or wish to exercise your privacy rights, please contact our Data Protection Officer at:
support@geobird.com