Privacy Policy

Footprints | Travel Guide — Last updated: October 31, 2026

Footprints is a travel app where users share location-verified experiences. This policy explains what data we collect, why we collect it, and your rights. By using the app, you confirm that you have read this policy.

1. Data controller

The data controller is Caner Yürekyakan (Ankara, Türkiye).

Contact: footprintsguide@gmail.com

2. Data we collect

3. Data we do not collect

4. How we use your data

We do not use your data for advertising and we do not sell it.

5. Public data

The experiences you add, their photos and map points, your username and your profile information are visible to everyone who uses the app. Do not add information or photos you do not want to share publicly. Your email address and password are never shown to others.

6. Translation

If you tap the translate badge on an experience, only the text of that experience is sent to a third-party translation service (MyMemory / Google Translate) to produce the translation. Your identity and location are not sent.

7. Third-party services

We do not sell your personal data and we do not share it for marketing. Apart from the providers above, we may disclose data only when legally required (a court or authority request), to protect the security of the service and our rights, or if the app is transferred.

Transfers abroad. Because our servers are located outside Türkiye (in Malaysia), your data is transferred to and stored outside Türkiye when you create an account and use the app. This transfer is necessary to provide the service. Notification and translation services may also process data on their servers abroad. By creating an account, you give your explicit consent to this transfer under Article 9 of Law No. 6698. You can withdraw your consent by deleting your account.

8. Retention and account deletion

We keep your data while your account is active. You can delete your account at any time in the app: Profile → Settings → Delete Account. This immediately and permanently deletes your account and all associated data: experiences, photos, trips, routes, profile, follows, votes and notifications.

If you can no longer access the app, email footprintsguide@gmail.com from your registered address and we will delete your account within 30 days. Limited server logs that the law requires us to keep may be retained for the legal period.

9. Your rights

Under Article 11 of the Turkish Personal Data Protection Law (KVKK, Law No. 6698), you have the right to: learn whether your data is processed; request information if it is; learn the purpose of processing; ask for correction of inaccurate or incomplete data; ask for deletion or destruction under the conditions set by law; ask that these actions be notified to third parties that received your data; object to an outcome against you that results from automated analysis; and claim compensation for damage caused by unlawful processing.

Send requests to footprintsguide@gmail.com. We reply within 30 days at the latest.

10. Children and teens

Footprints can be used by people of any age. Users under 18 must use the app only with the knowledge and permission of a parent or legal guardian. If the person creating the account is under 18, we treat creating it as a statement that they have this permission.

11. Security

We protect your data against unauthorized access, loss and misuse with reasonable technical and organizational measures. No method of transmission over the internet is completely secure.

12. Changes

We may update this policy. We will announce important changes in the app. The current version is always available on this page.

13. Contact

For privacy questions and deletion requests: footprintsguide@gmail.com