📍 1. Information We Collect

When nature calls and you use Free Toilet, we may collect the following information:

a) Location Data

We use your device's GPS to find toilets near you. Think of it as your personal "toilet radar." We only access your location when you're actively using the app — we're not tracking your midnight fridge runs.

b) Toilet Submissions

When you share a toilet location (you hero!), we store:

• The toilet name and description you provide
• GPS coordinates of the pin you placed
• Toilet type tags (free, public, accessible, etc.)
• A device identifier to manage submissions (not linked to your personal identity)
• Any notes you add (like "bring your own soap")

c) Device Information

Basic technical info like your device type and OS version, used solely to keep the app running smoothly and fix bugs.

🔒 2. How We Use Your Information

Your data is used exclusively for:

• Finding nearby toilets — The whole point of the app!
• Displaying community-shared toilets — So everyone benefits
• Rate limiting — One share per hour, to keep things tidy
• Improving the app — Crash reports and usage analytics (via Firebase)
• Showing ads — We use Google AdMob to keep the app free (more on that below)

📢 3. Advertising

Free Toilet uses Google AdMob to display ads. This helps us keep the app 100% free — just like the toilets you're looking for. Google may use cookies or device identifiers to serve relevant ads. You can learn more about Google's privacy practices at policies.google.com/privacy.

🤝 4. Data Sharing

We do NOT sell your personal information. Period. We may share anonymized, aggregated data with:

• Firebase (Google) — For analytics and app performance monitoring
• Google AdMob — For serving advertisements
• Our backend servers — To store and retrieve toilet locations (hosted at lndtech.eu)

💾 5. Data Storage & Retention

Toilet locations shared by users are stored on our servers indefinitely (they're useful for everyone!). If you want a toilet you submitted to be removed, just contact us and we'll flush it from our database.

Location data from your device is processed in real-time and never stored on our servers.

🧒 6. Children's Privacy

Free Toilet is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children. If you believe we have inadvertently collected data from a child, please contact us and we'll delete it faster than a courtesy flush.

⚖️ 7. Your Rights (GDPR)

If you're in the European Union (and since we're based in Europe, we love the GDPR), you have the right to:

• Access — Request a copy of your data
• Rectification — Correct inaccurate information
• Erasure — Request deletion of your data ("right to be forgotten")
• Object — Object to certain processing activities
• Portability — Receive your data in a portable format

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at the email below.

🔄 8. Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. We'll notify you of significant changes through the app or on our website. Continued use of Free Toilet after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.