GeoProof Privacy Policy

Last updated: July 6, 2026

This policy describes how GeoProof ("the app", "we", "us") handles your information. GeoProof is developed by Priyank Patel. If you have questions, contact us at patelpriyankhere@gmail.com.

Information we collect

Account information. GeoProof requires an account to use. We use Clerk (a third-party authentication provider) to handle sign-up and sign-in via email code or Google sign-in. We store your email address and name (if provided) in our database to associate your account with the app. We do not store passwords ourselves — Clerk handles authentication.

Camera, microphone, and location. GeoProof's core feature is stamping photos and videos with your location. To do this, the app requests:

• Camera access, to take photos and record videos.
• Microphone access, to record audio with videos.
• Location access, to determine your coordinates and address at the moment of capture.

Photo library access. GeoProof saves your captures to your device's photo library and reads them back to show your gallery within the app.

How we use your information

• Your location coordinates are sent to OpenStreetMap's Nominatim service (a third-party, free geocoding service) to convert them into a human-readable address, and to OpenStreetMap's tile servers to fetch a small map image for the location card. This means your coordinates (and your device's IP address, as part of the network request) are shared with OpenStreetMap for each capture. See OpenStreetMap's own privacy policy for how they handle this data. We do not control OpenStreetMap's servers or retention practices.
• Your photos and videos, and the location card burned into them, are processed entirely on your device and saved to your device's local photo library. We do not upload, store, or have access to your captured photos or videos on any server.
• Personal notes you add to a capture are stored only on your device (not synced to any server).
• Your account email/name is used solely to identify your account within the app and is not shared with third parties beyond Clerk (our authentication provider) and Convex (our database provider), both of which process this data on our behalf under their own privacy/security terms.

Data sharing

We do not sell your data. We share data only with the service providers necessary to run the app:

• Clerk (authentication) — processes your email/sign-in method.
• Convex (database) — stores your account record (email, name, internal ID).
• OpenStreetMap (Nominatim + tile servers) — receives location coordinates for geocoding/map display, as described above.

Data retention and deletion

Your account data (email, name) is retained until you delete your account. You can delete your account at any time from within the app: Camera screen → Customize → Danger zone → Delete account. This permanently removes your account record from our database and your Clerk account. Your locally saved photos/videos are not affected, since they were never stored on our servers — you can delete them from your device's gallery independently.

If you'd like to request account deletion without using the app, email us at patelpriyankhere@gmail.com with the email address associated with your account, and we will delete your account record within 7 days.

Children's privacy

GeoProof is not directed at children under 13 (or the relevant age of digital consent in your jurisdiction), and we do not knowingly collect information from children.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy from time to time. Material changes will be reflected by updating the "Last updated" date above.

Contact

Questions about this policy or your data: patelpriyankhere@gmail.com