Privacy policy
The short version
The Landtape app doesn't collect personal data. It has no servers of ours, no sign-up, no ads, no analytics and no tracking. Your location is used on your iPhone to show the map and record a walk, and it never comes to us.
The only personal data we ever receive is what you choose to send us, for example when you email us for help.
Who we are
Landtape is made by Yurii Shevchyk, an independent developer based in Ukraine ("we", "us"). We are responsible for the personal data described in this policy. You can reach us at hello@landtape.com.
This policy covers the Landtape app for iPhone and the website landtape.com.
What the app uses, and why
- Location. To center the map on you and, when you start a GPS walk, to record your path around a plot. The app asks for location only while it is in use. During a walk it keeps recording with the screen locked, and iOS shows the location indicator the whole time. Location data is processed on your iPhone and is not sent to us or to anyone else.
- Maps. Satellite pictures, address search and street addresses for your plots come from Apple Maps. Apple receives the map area you look at and the text you search for, under Apple's privacy policy. We never see them.
- Notifications. Only if you start the free trial, to remind you a day before it ends. You can say no and the trial works the same.
The app works without location: you can still search an address and tap the corners. You can change any permission at any time in the Settings app.
Where your data lives
Your measurements, with their names, notes and corner coordinates, live in the app on your iPhone and in your iPhone backup. They also sync through your private iCloud database so they reach your other devices. That storage belongs to your Apple Account and is handled by Apple under Apple's privacy policy. We can't see it or access it.
Reports, pictures and files you export go wherever you send them through the iPhone share menu.
Apple
Landtape Pro is sold through the App Store. Apple handles the payment and tells the app only whether your subscription is active. We never see your card details, your name or your Apple Account.
If you turned on "Share with App Developers" in iOS Settings, Apple may send us crash reports and usage statistics in aggregated form that doesn't identify you. We use them only to fix bugs. You can turn this off in Settings, Privacy & Security, Analytics & Improvements.
When you contact us
If you email us, we receive your email address, your name if your email shows it, and whatever you write and attach. We use it only to answer you and to fix what you reported. Email to hello@landtape.com is forwarded by Cloudflare and stored in our mailbox, which is hosted by Google.
We keep support emails for as long as we need them to help you, and no longer than 2 years. Ask us and we will delete your emails sooner. Our legal basis is our legitimate interest in answering your message (GDPR Article 6(1)(f)).
The website
landtape.com has no cookies, analytics, ads or trackers, and it doesn't load anything from other companies. Our host, Vercel, and our DNS provider, Cloudflare, process your IP address and basic request details to deliver the site and protect it from abuse. They keep these logs for a short time under their own policies. We don't use them to identify you.
What we don't do
We don't sell, rent or share personal data. We don't use it for advertising or profiling, and we don't track you across other apps or websites.
Your rights
Depending on where you live (for example under the GDPR in the EU and UK, or under the laws of California and other US states), you have the right to ask what personal data we hold about you, to get a copy, to correct it, to delete it, to object to or restrict how we use it, and to complain to your local data protection authority.
Because the app doesn't send us your data, the only personal data we could hold about you is your emails to us. Write to hello@landtape.com and we'll answer within 30 days. To remove your measurements, delete them in the app: they are removed from your iPhone and from iCloud.
Children
Landtape is a general audience app and isn't directed at children. It doesn't collect personal data from anyone, including children under 13 (or under 16 in the EU).
Changes
If this policy changes, we'll update this page and the date at the top. If Landtape ever starts collecting data, we'll say so here and in the app first.