Placelore Privacy Policy
Last updated: June 13, 2026
Placelore (“the app”) is an iOS application that helps you keep a personal journal of the places you visit. This policy explains what data the app handles and how.
Summary
- Your places, visits, journal entries, photos, raw location samples, and place-prediction feedback stay on your device.
- The app does not transmit any of your data off your device. (Cloud upload of place-prediction feedback is currently disabled.)
- The app does not have user accounts or cloud sync.
- The app does not use analytics or third-party tracking SDKs.
- The app does not sell your data or share it for advertising.
Data the app collects
Placelore accesses the following data only on your device:
Location
- The app uses Core Location (including background location and visit monitoring) to detect when you arrive at and leave a place.
- Detected stays are saved as
Place and Visit records in the app’s on-device database (SwiftData).
- Raw GPS samples used during stay detection are processed in memory and are not persisted unless you have explicitly enabled the developer raw-sample logging feature for offline analysis. Those samples also remain on your device.
Photos
- If you attach photos to a journal entry, the app reads the selected images via the system photo picker and stores copies in the app’s on-device database alongside your notes.
- The app does not upload photos anywhere.
- Notes, place names, categories, and timestamps you create are stored in the app’s on-device database.
Place-prediction feedback
- If you mark whether a detected place was correct or wrong, the app stores that feedback on your device.
- This feedback stays on your device. Cloud upload of feedback is currently disabled, so no feedback leaves your device.
- If feedback upload is re-enabled in a future version, this policy will be updated first, and the App Store privacy details will be changed to declare it before that version ships.
Data the app does not collect
- No name, email address, phone number, or account identifier.
- No advertising identifier (IDFA), device fingerprint, or analytics events.
- No crash reports are sent off-device beyond what Apple collects under the system-level “Share With App Developers” setting you control in iOS Settings.
Data sharing
Placelore does not transmit your data off your device. It does not sell your data, share it for advertising, or use third-party tracking SDKs. (Map search and reverse geocoding are performed through Apple’s MapKit and Core Location services to turn coordinates into place names; these are handled by Apple under its own privacy policy.)
Data retention and deletion
- Places, visits, journal entries, photos, raw location samples, and locally queued feedback live in the app’s on-device storage. Deleting the app from your device removes the on-device copy.
- You can delete individual places, visits, journal entries, and photos from within the app at any time.
Permissions used
- Location (When In Use / Always): required to detect arrivals, departures, and dwell time at places. The “Always” authorization is what enables passive logging while the app is in the background.
- Photo Library: required only when you choose to attach a photo to a journal entry.
- Camera (if applicable in your build): required only if you choose to take a photo from within the app.
You can revoke any of these permissions at any time in the iOS Settings app.
Children
Placelore is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect data from them. Because the app does not collect personal information at all, no special children-data handling is needed.
Changes to this policy
If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted at the same URL with a new “Last updated” date.
Questions about this policy can be sent to ychu0824@gmail.com.