Privacy Policy

Cookies, local storage and technical data

The website stores session cookies for signing in and a language cookie, and uses browser local storage for guest preferences. Browsing the map does not require an account. You can clear browser data in its settings; doing so does not delete a server account.

Firebase Cloud Messaging and its supporting components process notification delivery identifiers and technical app and device information, including OS/app version, device model, language and time zone, as well as SDK diagnostics. This data supports delivery and service quality. We do not combine HAMOV data with third-party advertising profiles or share it with data brokers.

Without an account

The map, feed and events work without registration and without location access. To run the Service, the server stores:

• a random installation ID, your language and visit times;
• a hash of your IP address (the address itself is not stored in the database) — to prevent abuse and to estimate your city when location is not allowed; web server logs keep the IP without its last byte and request paths without parameters;
• usage events — venue and event views, taps on Directions, Call and Share — for venue statistics and promoted placements; restaurants only see anonymous totals.

Location

Only with your permission and while you use the app. Coordinates and accuracy are sent to the server to show distances and walking times, order the feed and match notifications about offers nearby. The server keeps only the latest point, rounded to about 110 m, with no location history; it is deleted after 7 days without updates, or right away when you revoke location access.

In the background only if you turned on "Nearby offers in background" in Profile yourself, allowed "Always" access and subscribed to notifications. iOS then tells the app about significant moves (about every 500 m), even when it is closed, so we can let you know when you pass a venue with an offer that is on. GPS is not kept running. Turn it off in the app's Profile or in iOS Settings.

Maps and walking directions are provided by Apple (MapKit); Apple processes map requests under its own privacy policy.

Notifications

Offer and event notifications are promotional messages from restaurants and are sent only with your consent. If you turn on notifications, we store the device's notification token, language and consent time. Notifications are delivered by Firebase Cloud Messaging (Google) and Apple Push Notification service; Firebase receives the device token and a Firebase installation ID only after you turn notifications on. Frequency is limited and quiet hours apply. Turning notifications off removes the device's subscription from the server.

Account

• Email registration: email, name and a password hash (the password itself is not stored).
• Sign in with Apple: your stable Apple identifier, name and the email Apple shares (which may be a hidden relay address); no password is created.
• Favorites, language, notification radius, your reviews and support requests. Reviews are published with your name after moderation.
• Session tokens are kept in your iPhone's Keychain in the app and in secure cookies on the website.

Reports and moderation

Reviews are published after a moderator checks them, and abusive language is rejected automatically. You can report any review, restaurant reply or ad in the app — we keep the reason, comment and the installation or account ID to handle the report; the author and the restaurant do not learn who reported. You can hide a specific author's reviews for yourself: that choice is stored only on your iPhone.

Venues

For the venue dashboard we store email, name, password hash, venue details, offers, events and placement orders. The Service never receives card details: payments are confirmed by an administrator after they are made.

Who receives data

We do not sell data, do not use advertising identifiers and do not track you across other companies' apps or websites. Data is processed only by providers the Service cannot work without:

• Apple — notification delivery, maps and directions, Sign in with Apple;
• Google Firebase Cloud Messaging — notification delivery;
• the hosting provider of the hamov.club server.

Retention and deletion

Account data is kept while the account exists. Delete your account in the app (Profile → Delete account): favorites, reviews, support requests, linked devices, locations and notification subscriptions are deleted with it; for Apple accounts we also revoke the app's access to your Apple ID.

Without an account, delete installation data in the app: Profile → Privacy → Delete this iPhone's data from the server. Retention: a precise location is not used for notifications after 24 hours and is deleted after 7 days; data of installations that have not opened the app for 13 months and usage events older than 13 months are deleted automatically. Database backups are rotated: the latest 14 copies are kept.

Your rights

You can revoke location and notification access at any time in iOS Settings or in the app, delete installation data or your account in the app, and request a copy of your data or its correction through Support, which works without an account.

Children

The Service is not intended for people under 18: some offers are for alcoholic drinks. We do not knowingly collect children's data.

Changes

A new version of this policy is published on this page with a new date. We will tell you about material changes in the app.

Questions about your data

Requests to access, correct or delete your data are accepted in the app (Profile → Support) and through the support form on the website. No account or email is needed: the reply appears in the app or at the link to your request.

Support form