Last updated: 2026-05-15
FindPlayPlace helps parents find fast-food restaurants with playgrounds nearby. This page explains what the app collects, what we store, and what we do not. We keep it plain so you can decide quickly whether the app fits your family.
We do not sell data. We do not run ad networks. We do not build a profile of you. When something is uncertain, we say so.
The iOS app asks for "While Using the App" location access (the iOS prompt backed by NSLocationWhenInUseUsageDescription). We use your location for one thing: to center the map and search for restaurants near you.
Location is only read while the app is open and visible. We do not track location in the background. We do not collect location while the app is closed or suspended.
Your coordinates stay on your device. We do not store your location on our servers. The app uses your location locally to ask our backend "what restaurants are near these coordinates?" — we receive that query, return the matching restaurants, and keep no record tying the query back to you.
When you tell us a restaurant has (or no longer has) a playground, your report is sent without an account. You do not sign in. We do not assign you an identifier. We do not know which parent submitted which report.
If you choose to attach a photo, it is stored on Vercel Blob at a path that looks like reports/<random-uuid>.<ext>. The UUID is generated on our server at upload time. It has nothing to do with you — it is not derived from your device, your network, or anything you typed. There is no way to work backward from the photo URL to the person who uploaded it.
If you choose to add a note, it is capped at 140 characters. Before we save it, our server checks the note for anything that looks like an email address or a phone number. If it finds either, the report is rejected at the door — the note is never written to the database. We do this so a parent does not accidentally leave personal contact information in a public-feeling field.
We do not store any other personal information alongside your report. The note column in our database holds only what you typed, after the email and phone checks above. No name, no email, no IP address, no device id.
A few outside services help the app work. Here is exactly what each one sees:
To keep the app working, we use two services that help us notice when something is broken: Sentry for crash and error reporting, and Axiom for structured logging on the server.
Per our internal security policy, we do not send personal information to either service. That means no emails, no IP addresses, no full names, no auth tokens, and no photo bytes — not in error reports, not in stack traces, not in log lines. Our code sanitizes these payloads before they leave the app or the server.
Sentry session replay, when it is enabled, masks all text inputs and report photos by default. If a replay is recorded, what appears in it is a blurred-out version of the screen — your typing and your photos are not visible.
You can revoke location access at any time in iOS Settings → Privacy & Security → Location Services → FindPlayPlace. The app will still open and show a map, you will just need to pan to find a neighborhood.
You can also use the app without ever submitting a report, and you can submit a report without attaching a photo. Both are optional, every time.
Questions about this policy or about how the app handles your information? Reach out at privacy@findplayplace.app.
If we make material changes to this policy, we will reflect them by updating the Last updated line at the top of this page. We will not silently change what the app does with your information — if the answer to "what does FindPlayPlace collect?" changes, this page changes too, and the date moves with it.