Xerodonia

Borderstamp

Privacy policy

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The short version

Borderstamp watches for border crossings using map data built into the app. It works out which country, state or county you're in on the device, and never sends your location anywhere.

Stays on your device

  • Your location, at all times
  • The places you've been, and when
  • Your photos and their locations

Leaves your device

  • Nothing. Your stamps sync only through your own private iCloud, if you use it.

What Borderstamp can access

Borderstamp only asks for access when it needs it, and works without any permission you decline. You can change these at any time in the Settings app under Privacy & Security (on a Mac, System Settings › Privacy & Security).

Location (optional, "Always" or "While Using")
To notice when you cross a border and award a stamp. With "Always", this happens automatically in the background; with "While Using", it happens when you open the app.
Photos (optional)
To scan the location data in your existing photos and award stamps for places you visited before you installed Borderstamp. Your photos are read on your device and are never uploaded or shared.
Notifications (optional)
To tell you when you've earned a new stamp.

What leaves your device

Nothing. Borderstamp doesn't collect, transmit or sell any information. Xerodonia never receives any data about you or about how you use the app.

How Borderstamp handles your location

Borderstamp compares each location reading with map data stored inside the app, to work out which country, state, province or county you're in. That happens entirely on your device. Borderstamp keeps the places you've earned stamps for and when you earned them. It doesn't keep a trail of where you've been, and your location is never sent to us or to anyone else.

In-app purchases

If you buy extra stamp sets, the purchase is handled entirely by Apple through the App Store. We never see your payment details, and Borderstamp only records which sets you've unlocked.

iCloud sync

If you're signed in to iCloud, your stamps sync between your devices through your private iCloud database. That data is stored by Apple under your Apple Account, and Xerodonia can't see it. To stop syncing, turn off iCloud for Borderstamp in the Settings app.

What we never do

  • Show ads, or share information with advertisers or data brokers.
  • Track you across other companies' apps or websites.
  • Sell your information.
  • Ask you to create an account.

Your choices and your data

Everything Borderstamp stores is kept on your device and, if you use it, in your private iCloud. Deleting the app deletes it.

Children

Borderstamp isn't directed at children under 13. It doesn't collect personal information from anyone, including children.

Changes to this policy

If Borderstamp changes how it handles information, we'll update this page and the date at the top before the new version is released, and mention the change in the release notes.

Contact us

Questions or requests about privacy go to hello@xerodonia.com. Xerodonia Pty Ltd (ABN 48 606 760 089), Sydney, Australia. We follow the Australian Privacy Principles.

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