Privacy Policy

Introduction

Our Privacy Policy explains how Geocaching4Locus collect, use, and share information when you use our websites (including www.geocaching4locus.eu) or our mobile applications (collectively referred to as our “Services”).

This Privacy Policy will be updated to reflect our current data collection, use, and sharing practices.

Third Party Services

In addition to the Services we provide directly, we also use third party service providers (collectively referred to as “Third Party Services”) who operate their own Privacy Policies (listed below) and may also provide options to ‘opt-out’ of data collection. All the Third Party Services we use we trust and deem their services important into our effective operation.

So you can find out more about the services we use, and in turn those you may use, whilst interacting with our Services, we are also providing information on what we use the services for and links to their associated Privacy Policies.

The Third Party Services we use:

  • Google Analytics — for the collection of anonymous analytical data to help us better understand how our customers and users use our Services. The Google Analytics Privacy Policy can be found at: https://policies.google.com/privacy
  • Geocaching Live API — for retrieving Geocaching data. The Groundspeak Privacy Policy can be found at: https://www.geocaching.com/account/documents/privacypolicy
  • Firebase Crashlytics — for the capture and collection of crash logs to help us identify bugs in our software. The Firebase Crashlytics Privacy Policy can be found at: https://policies.google.com/privacy
  • Google Analytics for Firebase – for the collection of anonymous analytical data to help us better understand how our customers and users use our Services. The Google Analytics for Firebase Privacy Policy can be found at: https://policies.google.com/privacy

Information we collect and how we use it

In order to provide you with our Services, we collect certain information from you when you interact with our Services.

Via our Website and the Third Party Services associated with it:

  • Correspondence and communications — any other information you choose to share with us via correspondence, including but not limited to email, support requests, post or social media. We use this information to understand your correspondence and respond to your enquirers.

Via our Mobile applications and the Third Party Services associated with it:

  • Application Data — All application data is only stored locally on your devices and, if enabled, on Google Backup. This data is never shared with any other services. If you decide to send feedback via built-in application function, we collect application logs, settings (without Geocaching Live API access token) and a device info.
  • Usage Information — we collect certain information when you use our application, including information about your interaction with the application, including the actions you take on the Services; and device information, such as unique device identifiers, operating system information, IP address, device type and language.

Information we otherwise receive

Via our Website and the Third Party Services associated with it:

  • Usage Information — we collect certain information when you use our Services, including information about your interaction with the Services, including the actions you take on the Services; and device information, such as unique device identifiers, operating system information, service provider, IP address, screen resolution, browser type, language, referring site, approximate location (city level) and the date and time of each visitor request.
  • Location — for the purposes of analytical information we will collect location information if you provide it to us or based on, for example, your IP address, to provide anonymous analytical information on the geographical distribution (city level) of our visitors around the world.
  • Cookies — we may also collect certain information through the use of “cookies”. Cookies are small files that your browser places on your computer. We may use session cookies, persistent cookies, and other tracking technologies to better understand how you interact with our Services, to monitor usage by our users and web traffic routing on our Services, and to improve our Services. Most Internet browsers automatically accept cookies. You can instruct your browser, by editing its options, to stop accepting cookies or to prompt you before accepting cookies from the websites you visit.

Via our Mobile applications:

  • Usage Information — we collect certain information when you use our Services, including information about your interaction with the Services, including the actions you take on the Services; and device information, such as unique device identifiers, operating system information, IP address, browser type and language.

Information we share and who we share it with

  • Location — Google Analytics, Answers and Geocaching Live API.
  • Usage information — Google Analytics, Crashlytics, Answers and Geocaching Live API.

Data Storage

All application data is only stored locally on your devices and, if enabled, on Google Backup. This data is never shared with any other services.

Data shared to Third Party Services as detailed above may be stored on the servers of the associated Third Party Service.

Changes to this Policy

From time to time we may change our privacy policy and although these changes might be minor we encourage our users to check this page regularly. Any major changes of significant impact to our users will be communicated on the Geocaching4Locus site and in-app. By continuing to use Geocaching4Locus after those changes become effective, you are agreeing to be bound by the revised policy.

Questions

If you have any questions regarding our Privacy Policy, please contact us on support@geocaching4locus.eu.

This privacy policy was last updated on May 15th, 2019.