FootPrints
Privacy Policy

Overview

FootPrints ("the App") colors the countries and regions you have visited on a map, based on the location data in your photos. Neither the developer nor any third party collects your personal information. All photo processing happens on your device.

Photo Library

• The App reads only the location and capture date of each photo and video to determine where it was taken.
• The results (country/region, capture date and time, location, photo identifier) are stored locally on your device. Trips and the calendar are also created from this data on your device.
• Photos and videos are loaded only to show thumbnails, full-screen views and playback inside the App, and are never sent anywhere.
• If you grant access to selected photos only, only those photos are processed.

Location

Your current location is used only to choose the center of the map and to show where you are when you tap the Current Location button. It is neither stored nor transmitted. If you decline, the App estimates the center from your device's time zone.

Sync via iCloud

The following data syncs across your devices (iPhone, iPad, etc.) signed in to the same Apple Account:

• Countries and regions you marked as "I've been here" without photos, and the year of your first visit
• Countries, regions, cities, World Heritage Sites, castles and capitals you marked as "Want to go" (for cities, the name and location)
• World Heritage Sites, castles and capitals you marked by hand as visited or not visited
• Trips you added to Upcoming Trips (destination, and departure and return dates)
• Photos you left out with "Not Taken Here". To match the same photo on each device, the App stores a string combining that photo's capture date and time and its location (the image itself is not included)
• The "Country for regions" setting, and the names and locations of Regular Places (such as your family home)
• Titles and notes you wrote for trips and days

This data is stored in your private area of Apple iCloud (CloudKit private database and iCloud key-value storage), which only you can access. Neither the developer nor any third party can see it. Photo scan results are not synced; they stay on each device.

If you are not signed in to iCloud, or you turn off iCloud for the App in Settings > [your name] > iCloud, the data is not synced and stays on your device.

Widget

The map image and numbers (such as how many countries you've visited) shown in the Home Screen widget are kept in storage on your device shared between the App and its widget. They are never sent anywhere.

The trip name, day number, names of the cities you stopped in, and a small copy of your latest photo shown in the Traveling widget are kept in the same storage on your device and are never sent anywhere.

The destination and dates of your upcoming trip shown in the Next Trip widget are also kept in the same storage on your device and are never sent anywhere.

The numbers, map image, current trip and upcoming trip shown in the Apple Watch app and complications are sent from your iPhone only to your own paired Apple Watch (Apple's Watch Connectivity), and nowhere else.

When "Show Trip on Lock Screen" is on, the trip name, day number, places you stopped that day, and the number of places and photos are shown on the Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island while you travel. This uses iOS Live Activities on your device only; nothing is sent anywhere.

Sharing Your Map with Friends and Family

When you share your map from "Friends & Family", only the people you invite can see the following. You can create groups such as “Family” and “Friends” and choose what each group can see. Everyone in the same group sees the same thing.

• The display name you enter
• Countries you've visited and the year of your first visit
• States, provinces and other regions you've visited and the year of your first visit
• Countries, regions, cities, World Heritage Sites, castles and capitals you marked as "Want to go" (for cities, the name and location)
• World Heritage Sites, castles and capitals you've visited, only if you turn this on (the dates of your visits are not included)
• Trip destinations (countries, or states and prefectures for trips within your country) and the month of each trip, only if you turn this on. Trips that ended less than a month ago and stays at your Regular Places are not included.

Photos, where and when they were taken, the dates, routes and distances of trips, notes, upcoming trips, your home and your Regular Places are never shared.

The shared content is stored in your private iCloud database and shown read-only to the people you invite, using Apple's iCloud sharing (CloudKit sharing). Neither the developer nor any third party can see it. When you stop sharing, it disappears for everyone you invited. People you invited can remove your map from their screen at any time.

Sharing Map Images

When you share your map as an image or share trip photos, the App hands them to the iOS share sheet only for the destination you choose. When sending photos, you can choose whether to remove where they were taken. The App never sends images or photos on its own.

Satellite Map

When the map shows satellite imagery, the App loads it from Apple's map service (MapKit). The area you are viewing is sent to Apple for this. The places you have visited and your photos are not sent. Apple's handling of this information is governed by Apple's privacy policy.

You can turn satellite imagery off with Satellite in the map layers menu. The App then draws the map from data on your device only (the plain map) and does not connect to load map imagery.

When you make a route video or a shared image with satellite imagery, the area of the trip or the image is sent to Apple's map service to create the map images. The photos themselves are not sent.

While Satellite is on, the App sends the locations of the stops on your trips (near where the photos were taken) to Apple's address lookup to show the names of the cities you stopped in, in the trip list and in route videos. The names found are saved on your device. When Satellite is off, nothing is sent.

World Heritage Sites, Castles and Capitals

The names and locations of World Heritage Sites, Japanese castles and capital cities are built into the App, and they are matched with where your photos were taken only on your device. Nothing is sent for this. The distance you traveled is also calculated on your device from where your photos were taken.

Searching for Cities

When you add a city you want to visit, the text you type is sent to Apple's map search (MapKit) to get suggestions. The name and location of the city you choose are saved as a place you want to go.

Network

The App does not communicate with any server operated by the developer or by third parties other than Apple, and contains no advertising, analytics, or tracking.

Network access happens only:

• when syncing the data above between your devices (your own iCloud)
• when sharing your map with friends and family, and when loading maps shared with you (your own iCloud)
• when you open a photo in full screen that is stored only in iCloud Photos (iOS downloads it)
• when showing satellite imagery, making a route video or a shared image with satellite imagery, looking up the names of the cities you stopped in, or searching for a city you want to visit (Apple's map service)

Deleting Your Data

Scan results stay on your device and are removed when you delete the App. Synced data can be deleted from Settings > [your name] > iCloud > Manage Storage after removing the App from all of your devices. The App never modifies the photos in your library.

Children's Privacy

The App does not collect personal information, including from children under 13.

Changes to This Policy

If this policy changes, we will update this page and its "Last updated" date.

Contact

For questions about this policy, please use the contact on the support page.