Privacy Policy

Last updated 15 October 2026

This page explains what information SafariTrak collects, why we collect it, and how it is used. We built SafariTrak around your safety, so we take this seriously.

1. Information we collect

• Account details you give us, such as your name, phone number and email address
• Your device location when you allow browser location access, including first-use map centering and nearby search, and location updates while a journey is active
• Messages you send through SafariTrak to your trusted contacts
• Information about your trusted contacts, such as their name and phone number
• Email addresses supplied when someone requests an email invitation to connect as a trusted contact

2. How we use your information

We use your information to run SafariTrak: showing your route, tracking your journey, sharing your location with the people you choose, sending safety alerts, and letting you message your trusted contacts. The map camera and browser-provided location used to keep the map steady between pages are stored in your current browser tab and are not sent to SafariTrak as part of that feature. Explore, signed-in map backgrounds, autocomplete, and nearby-place search use Google Maps Platform. Google receives map viewport requests and the typed search text or nearby coordinates needed to return map and Places results directly from your browser. Review Google's privacy terms before using these features.

Selecting locations for a driving-route preview sends their coordinates from your browser to the public OSRM routing demo. This community service is not a traffic feed, has no availability guarantee, and receives the information necessary to answer your request. Do not use the route preview for emergency or time-critical decisions. If you start a journey, its selected start and destination coordinates are saved with that journey. Active journey tracking and public shared-location pages still use the legacy CARTO/OpenStreetMap basemap.

3. Who can see your information

Your live location and journey status are visible to the trusted contacts you specifically choose to share them with. You can also create an optional public live-location link during an active journey; anyone who has that link can see the journey's start and destination labels and latest location. The link expires after one hour, stops working when the journey ends, and can be revoked sooner. Treat it like a secret and share it only with people you trust. We store only a cryptographic hash of the link token. We do not sell your personal information to advertisers or other third parties.

Trusted-contact invitations use a one-time link that expires after seven days. We do not create a trusted-contact record just because a phone number matches; the invited person must sign up and accept the request first.

4. SOS and emergency alerts

When you trigger an SOS alert, your current location is shared with your trusted contacts so they can help you or contact emergency services on your behalf.

5. How long we keep your data

We keep your journey history so you can look back on past trips. You can delete individual journeys or your entire account at any time from Settings.

6. Your choices

• You can turn off location sharing at any time
• You can remove a trusted contact whenever you want
• You can revoke a public live-location link at any time
• You can download a copy of your account data or delete your account from Settings

7. Keeping your data safe

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your information. No system is completely secure, so we encourage you to use a strong password and keep your login details private.

8. Changes to this policy

If we make significant changes to how we handle your information, we will notify you within the app before the changes take effect.

9. Contact us

If you have questions about your privacy on SafariTrak, use Settings to download your account data or delete your account, or contact the SafariTrak team through the Help Center.