Effective 3 September 2026 · Version 1.0 · Applies to Spottory for iOS
Spottory saves the places you come across — from a post, a message, or a search — and puts them on your map. This policy explains exactly what the app records to do that, who processes it, and how to get it deleted.
Spottory ("the app", "we", "us") is developed and operated by İrem Çağlayan, based in Türkiye. We are the data controller for the information described here.
Questions, requests, and complaints go to [email protected].
You add a place three ways: by searching for it, by pasting text that mentions it, or by opening a list someone shared with you. Spottory looks the place up in Google Places, stores a record of it against your account, and shows it on your map and in your saved list. It then uses that collection to suggest where to go.
Everything below follows from those steps. We do not collect information that no part of the app uses.
Spottory signs you in anonymously the first time you open it. You are identified by a randomly generated user ID. We do not ask for your name, email address, phone number, or a password, and we cannot identify you from the ID alone.
For each place you add, we store the following record:
| Stored field | What it holds | Source |
|---|---|---|
| name | Display name of the venue | Google Places |
| address | Formatted street address | Google Places |
| location | Latitude and longitude of the venue | Google Places |
| googlePlaceId | Google's identifier for the venue | Google Places |
| rating, ratingCount | Public Google rating and review count | Google Places |
| category | Venue type, e.g. restaurant, cafe | Google Places |
| photoUrl | Link to a public Google Places photo | Google Places |
| visited | Whether you marked it as visited | You |
| createdAt | When you saved it | App |
| userId | Your anonymous account ID | App |
These records describe venues, not people. The only part tied to you is the anonymous ID they are filed under.