Privacy Policy
Last updated: May 21, 2025
This Privacy Policy explains how Toilets ("we", "our", or "us") collects, uses, and shares your personal data when you use our mobile application "Toilets".
1. Categories of Personal Data We Collect
We collect and process the following categories of personal data:
- Identifiers: name, email address, IP address, unique device identifiers
- Location Data: approximate and precise location
- Device Information: operating system, device model, browser type
- Usage Data: app behavior, crash logs, interactions
- Images and Media: user-uploaded toilet images for reviews
2. Legal Basis for Processing
- Consent: for location access and media upload
- Contractual necessity: to provide the app’s services
- Legitimate interest: for service improvement, security, and analytics
3. How We Use Your Personal Data
- To provide and maintain our services
- To display nearby toilets based on your location
- To allow reviews and image uploads
- To improve app performance and diagnose issues
- To comply with legal obligations
4. Data Retention Policy
We retain your data only as long as needed for the purposes described above. Usage data is retained for up to 12 months. User-uploaded content and reviews are stored until the user deletes the account or requests data deletion via support@toilet-app.com.
5. Your Rights
You have the right to:
- Access the personal data we hold about you
- Request correction or deletion of your personal data
- Withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
- Request data portability
- Object to or restrict processing in certain circumstances
- Lodge a complaint with your data protection authority
6. Sharing with Third Parties
- Firebase (Google LLC): used for authentication, Firestore database, image storage, and crash reporting
- Overpass API: used to retrieve public toilet locations from open data
These services process data in accordance with their respective privacy policies.
7. Controller and Contact
The data controller is: Toilets App
Contact: support@toilet-app.com
8. Children’s Privacy
This app is not intended for children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect data from children under 13.
9. Changes to This Policy
We may update this privacy policy occasionally. When we do, we will revise the date at the top. Continued use of the app means you accept the updated policy.