Draft. This policy is pending legal review and may change before it is final. It describes what the product does today, in plain language.
Privacy policy
OutsiderMap exists to answer one question: where should you go, right now. To do that well it has to learn your taste, and that means holding some of your data. This page says exactly what we collect, why, how long we keep it, and how you get rid of it. It is written for the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDP) and for common sense.
What we collect
- Account details. Your email address and the profile you set up (name, username, photo if you add one). This is how you sign in and how other members see you.
- Location, when you grant it. Used to center the map on you, find places near you, and verify spots you scout on-site. The app works without it; the map is just less useful. You can revoke the permission in your device settings at any time.
- Your taste profile and interaction history. Your onboarding answers and what you do in the app (places you view, save, visit, skip). This is the raw material of the recommendation engine; without it we would be a generic list.
- Photos and camera uploads. Photos you attach to posts and the live photos you take to verify a spot. They are stored with your account and shown where you chose to share them. Uploads pass through moderation before they are public.
- Device push tokens. If you allow notifications, we store the token your device gives us so we can send them. Signing out releases the token.
We do not buy data about you, we do not sell data about you, and we do not run third-party advertising trackers.
Why we use it
Three purposes, and only these: to run the product (accounts, the map, posts, quests, notifications you asked for); to personalize it (your taste profile and history power the recommendations); and to keep it safe (moderation of uploads, abuse prevention, and the verification that keeps scout submissions honest). We do not use your data for anything that is not part of the product you can see.
How long we keep it
For as long as you have an account, so the product keeps working for you. When you delete your account, your personal data is deleted with it (see below). Operational logs and backups age out on a rolling basis. Where the law requires us to retain something for longer, we retain only that and only for as long as required.
Your rights
You can see and edit your profile and taste settings in the app. You can delete your account yourself, in the app, from your profile settings: deletion is immediate, requires a typed confirmation, and purges your personal data, not just the login. You do not have to email anyone or wait for an operator. Under the DPDP Act you also have the right to correction, the right to grievance redressal, and the right to nominate a person to exercise these rights for you.
Grievances
If you believe we have mishandled your data, contact our grievance officer: [grievance officer contact to be appointed]. We will acknowledge and respond within the timelines the DPDP Act requires. If you are not satisfied with our response, you may escalate to the Data Protection Board of India.
Changes
If this policy changes in a way that matters, we will say so in the app before the change takes effect. The current version always lives at this address. See also our terms of use.