Privacy Policy

What Nerdy Planet Is

Nerdy Planet is a travel app for the intellectually curious. It helps you discover science museums, historical landmarks, observatories, and other places worth visiting. This policy explains what data the app collects, why, and how it is handled.

Data We Collect

Account information

When you create an account, we store your email address, display name, and an optional profile (username, bio, website, avatar). Passwords are hashed by our authentication provider and are never stored in plain text.

Your activity

We store places you mark as favorites, places you mark as visited (with optional ratings and notes), and collections you create. This data is tied to your account and is private by default. You control what is visible to others through your privacy settings.

Location

The app uses your device's location only when you tap the "Near Me" button to find nearby places. Location is requested on demand and is not tracked in the background. The last map position you viewed is saved locally on your device to restore the map when you reopen the app. This is never sent to our servers.

What we do not collect

• No analytics or usage tracking
• No advertising identifiers
• No device fingerprinting
• No contact list, camera, or microphone access
• No background location tracking

How Your Data Is Stored

Account and activity data is stored in a cloud database hosted by Supabase, which runs on Amazon Web Services (AWS) infrastructure. All data is encrypted in transit (HTTPS) and at rest.

Row-level security policies ensure that each user can only access their own data. Your favorites, visited places, and collections are not visible to anyone else unless you explicitly make your profile public or share a collection link.

Third-Party Services

The app uses the following third-party services:

• Supabase — Authentication and database. Privacy policy
• MapTiler / OpenStreetMap — Map tiles and geocoding. Map tile requests include your approximate viewport location but no personal identifiers. Privacy policy
• Cloudflare Turnstile — Bot protection on certain forms. Does not use cookies or track users across sites. Privacy policy

We do not share, sell, or provide your personal data to any other third parties.

Your Rights

• Access & portability: You can view all your data in the app (favorites, visited places, collections, profile).
• Correction: You can edit your profile and activity data at any time.
• Deletion: You can delete your account from the profile settings page in the app. This permanently removes all your data including your profile, favorites, visited places, collections, and achievements.
• Privacy controls: You can set your profile to private and choose which activity (favorites, visited, stats) is visible to others.

Children

Nerdy Planet is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided us with personal data, please contact us so we can remove it.

Changes to This Policy

If we make changes to this privacy policy, we will update the date at the top of this page. For significant changes, we may notify you through the app.

Contact

If you have questions about this privacy policy or your data, reach out at contact.nerdyplanet@gmail.com.