MapUncover Privacy Policy
App Link: MapUncover on Google Play
Duty to Provide Information (Art. 13 GDPR & Art. 4 FADP)
Data processing is transparent and respects the data subject’s rights.
Right to Information (Art. 15 GDPR & Art. 8 FADP)
Any person may request information as to whether their personal data is being processed.
Privacy by Design and Default (Art. 25 GDPR)
We integrate the protection and respect of users’ privacy into our services and ensure the highest level of security by default.
Processing Register (Art. 30 GDPR)
Register of processing activities is maintained as per the regulations.
IP Addresses and Email Communication (Art. 6 GDPR)
We collect IP addresses for security and proper functioning of our website. Email communications are collected when you contact us via email.
Cloudflare Usage (Art. 28 GDPR)
We use Cloudflare for security and performance optimization. For more information, please refer to Cloudflare’s Privacy Policy.
Contact Details
MapUncover
Wassergasse 18
St.Gallen, 9000
Switzerland
Email: [email protected]
MapUncover built the map uncover app as a Free app. This SERVICE is provided by MapUncover at no cost and is intended for use as is. This page is used to inform visitors regarding our policies with the collection, use, and disclosure of Personal Information if anyone decided to use our Service. If you choose to use our Service, then you agree to the collection and use of information in relation to this policy. The Personal Information that we collect is used for providing and improving the Service. we will not use or share your information with anyone except as described in this Privacy Policy. The terms used in this Privacy Policy have the same meanings as in our Terms and Conditions, which are accessible at map uncover unless otherwise defined in this Privacy Policy.
we as an Individual am referring in the following paragraphs the app publisher – MapUncover – as “Our Company” as well as “Our Organization”. This privacy policy will explain how our organization uses the personal data we collect from you when you use our android application.
Topics:
- What data do we collect?
- How do we collect your data?
- How will we use your data?
- How do we store your data?
- Third-party data collection
- What are your data protection rights?
- Privacy policies of other websites
- Changes to our privacy policy
- How to contact us
1. What data do we collect?
Our Company collects the following data:
- The exact time, when the user first registered your account
- Leaderboard
- Statistics shared (map box unlocks amount of the last synced week and total amount as well as their daily-usage-streaks)
- username (if joined the leaderboard)
- the user is presented with a random username on joining the leaderboard, which can be edited by choice. However this lowers their anonymity by choice.
- map data retrieval (protected by CloudFlare)
- IP address
- page, in this case map box you accessed
- type and version of internet browser
- operation system
- your length of stay
- frequency with which our pages are accessed
- Third party data collection, if enabled (source)
- Firebase Authentification
- IP addresses
- User agents
- Firebase Crashlytics
- Crashlytics Installation UUIDs
- Crash traces
- Breakpad minidump formatted data (NDK crashes only
- Firebase Performance Monitoring
- Firebase installation IDs
- IP addresses
- Google Analytics for Firebase
- Number of users and sessions
- Session duration
- Operating systems
- Device models
- Geography
- First launches
- App opens
- App updates
- Firebase Authentification
2. How do we collect your data?
You directly provide Our Company with most of the data we collect. We collect data and process data when you:
- Run the app in the foreground and/or background (if permission given) and you update your location and thus update your map box count shared in the leaderboard.
- Use your collected coins to buy items within the shop page.
- On first startup, Firebase Authentification generates an unique anonymous account, with the help of a user-agent and your IP-address to enable stronger security.
- The map data server is protected with CloudFlare against attacks, thus downloaded map data are forwarded to CloudFlare servers with increased performance. This does not happen after you have cached the map data on your device.
- If agreed apon to use third-party analytics
- Firebase Crashlytics, will report the stack traces associated with the app crash, if one occurs.
- Firebase Performance, will track your performance, for example how long the app startup took on your device.
- Firebase Analytics records besides your geolocation, switching between pages within the app.
3. How will we use your data?
Our Company collects your data so that we can:
- When signed into the leaderboard, the provided data (daily streak, weekly unlocks and total unlocks) is being processed and openly made available for other users inside the app.
- Lastly upon analysis of the data, it is used to improve the product itself.
4. How do we store your data?
Our Company securely stores your data on a Firestore Database at Google within the eur3 (europe-west) region. we value your trust in providing us your Personal Information, thus we are striving to use commercially acceptable means of protecting it. But remember that no method of transmission over the internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure and reliable, and we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
The app does use third-party services that may collect information used to identify you.
Link to the privacy policy of third-party service providers used by the app
Our Company will keep your provided and collected data as long as your account exists.
5. Third-party data collection
Map server data (CloudFlare)
To secure our website and to optimize loading times, we use the CloudFlare CDN (content delivery network. This is a service of Cloudflare Inc., 101 Townsend Street, San Francisco, California 94107, USA, referred to as “CloudFlare”.
The legal basis for collecting and processing this information is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our legitimate interest lies in the secure operation of our website and in its optimization.
If you access our website, your queries are forwarded to CloudFlare servers. Statistical access data about your visit to our website is collected and CloudFlare stores a cookie on your terminal device via your browser.
The data is used by CloudFlare for statistical evaluations of the accesses as well as for the security and optimization of the offer.
If you do not agree to this processing, you should not proceed using this app.
CloudFlare offers further information about its data collection and processing as well your rights and your options for protecting your privacy at this link:
Analytic data (optional)
If you have agreed to the usage of Analytics, you may always opt out at a later date. The data those services collect, are used to increase the performance as well as the quality of the app.
The app does use third-party services that may collect information used to identify you.
Link to the privacy policy of third-party service providers used by the app
You can always leave the study and thus stop transfering data to us. All provided data will be kept, as long as you do not delete it.
6. What are your data protection rights?
Our Company would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights. Every user is entitled to the following:
The right to access – You have the right to request Our Company for copies of your personal data. This data can be directly downloaded within the settings menu.
The right to rectification – You have the right to request that Our Company correct any information you believe is inaccurate. You also have the right to request Our Company to complete information you believe is incomplete. The right to erasure — You have the right to request that Our Company erase your personal data, under certain conditions. This can be done directly within the settings, under the sub-item privacy policy and “manage your data”.
The right to restrict processing – You have the right to request that Our Company restrict the processing of your personal data. This can be directly done under settings, where you can withdraw your study participation.
The right to object to processing – You have the right to object to Our Company processing of your personal data. This can be directly done under settings, where you can withdraw your study participation.
The right to data portability – You have the right to request that Our Company transfer the data that we have collected to another organization, or directly to you, under certain conditions.
If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please use the provided functionality within the app to keep yourself anonymous. You can always contact us at our email: [email protected]
7. Privacy policies of other websites
Our Company website contains links to other websites. Our privacy policy applies only to our website, so if you click on a link to another website, you should read their privacy policy.
8. Changes to our privacy policy
Our Company keeps its privacy policy under regular review and places any updates on this app and web page. This privacy policy was last updated on 21 October 2023.
9.How to contact us
If you have any questions about Our Company privacy policy, the data we hold on you, or you would like to exercise one of your data protection rights, please do not hesitate to contact us. Please be adviced, as the data is anonymized we am unable to locate your data. Furthermore, we can not connect you with an email address.
How to delete and request data
Please use the option in the app settings to request as well as delete collected data. This functionality is already integrated and can be found under the sub-item privacy policy, after starting the app.
You can additionally request the manual deletion of your data, as detailed here.
Email: [email protected]
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. Thus, you are advised to review this page periodically for any changes. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
This policy is effective as of 21.10.2023
Contact Us
If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us at [email protected].