Privacy Policy

Last updated: April 2026

The Short Version

WanderMap doesn't store your GPS coordinates. It stores road segment IDs (like "174247412_10_17") that represent which roads you've traveled on. Segment IDs can optionally sync to a global community map, anonymously.

What We Store

• Road segment identifiers (codes for which roads you've traveled)
• Segment lengths (for distance calculations)
• Administrative regions (city, county, state, country)
• App settings

What We Don't Store

• GPS coordinates or location history
• Timestamps of when you visited places
• Personal identifying information
• Travel patterns or routes

How Detection Works

Your GPS location is compared against OpenStreetMap roads to identify which segments you travel. GPS coordinates are used momentarily for detection, then discarded. Only the segment ID is saved.

Global Exploration Map

WanderMap contributes to a community map showing which roads have been explored worldwide. When you explore a road, the segment ID and an anonymous device identifier (a 64-character SHA-256 hash of a randomly generated UUID) are uploaded. Nothing else.

Lawful basis (GDPR): explicit consent. Sharing is off by default and only happens after you enable the "Diagnostics & Coverage" toggle in Settings. You can revoke consent at any time by turning the toggle back off.

What's uploaded: visited segment IDs and your anonymous identifier hash. Imported segments are not synced to prevent inflating visit counts. We never upload GPS coordinates, timestamps, names, or email addresses.

Retention: the identifier hash is stored alongside each contribution so we can de-duplicate future uploads from the same device. Counts are recomputed daily; the hash itself remains until you request erasure.

Traceability: the hash is one-way and contains no personal information. Without your cooperation (sharing your identifier with us), we have no way to link contributions back to you.

Your Right to Erasure (GDPR Art. 17)

You can request deletion of all coverage you've shared. Because we don't have accounts, we need your anonymous identifier to find your contributions:

1. Open WanderMap and go to Settings → Privacy
2. Tap Copy identifier (or use the Email support to delete shortcut, which prefills everything)
3. Email support@wandermap.app with the identifier in the body

Erasure typically completes within a few business days. The next daily aggregation removes your contributions from the public counts.

Bug Reports

Bug reports are optional and may include recent GPS data to help diagnose issues. You can review the data before submitting. Reports are auto-deleted after 90 days.

Your Control

• Export your data anytime as a JSON file
• Delete all data with one button in settings
• Use Privacy Mode to view history without GPS tracking
• Use Offline Mode to stop contributing to the global map

Data Security and Retention

All data is stored locally using Android's secure storage. Since we don't collect personal location data, there's nothing to leak.

• Exploration data is stored until you delete it
• Bug reports are auto-deleted after 90 days
• Anonymous identifier hashes from shared coverage are retained for de-duplication and removed on request (see Your Right to Erasure above)

No Account Required

WanderMap doesn't require an account or login. We have no way to identify you.

Children's Privacy

WanderMap is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect data from children.

Map Data

Road data comes from OpenStreetMap under the Open Database License.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this policy occasionally. Significant changes will be announced in the app.

Contact

Questions or erasure requests? Email support@wandermap.app

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