Privacy & Data
Plain-language summary of what we record and why.
What we collect
- Sighting reports: the time, location, and details you enter; any photos or videos you upload; your IP address, an approximate IP-derived city/country, and your browser's user-agent string.
- Alert registrations: your email address, the watch area and radius you choose, your push-notification endpoint, and your IP address.
- Uploaded media: we strip embedded EXIF metadata (including GPS) from stored copies of photos. If a photo contained GPS data, we may use it to place your sighting's map pin.
Why we collect it
To keep crowd-sourced reports trustworthy and reduce abuse, to place sightings accurately on the map, and to send the cluster alerts you ask for. We apply automated bot/spam protection to submissions.
What's public
Approved sightings — shape, location, time, details, and any media — are shown publicly on the map and on shareable sighting pages. We do not publish your IP address, email, or device information.
Alerts & email
Registration is password-less. We email a confirmation link; alerts are delivered as browser push notifications. You can stop alerts by blocking notifications in your browser.
Your choices
Reporting is anonymous — you don't need an account. You choose your location precisely (map pin), approximately (your device), or not at all beyond what your IP implies.
See also our Terms of Use.