Privacy policy
Last updated: November 2, 2026
Dog Pawrks helps people find dog parks, share park activity, and connect with friends. This policy explains how Dog Pawrks handles personal information.
Dog Pawrks is operated by Ezgi Taymaz under the developer name Dog Pawrks. For privacy questions or requests, contact ezbusinesscontact@gmail.com.
1. Information we handle
| Information | Why we use it |
|---|---|
| Account email, display name, account identifier, authentication and session information | Create and secure your account, sign you in, recover access, and record acceptance of the user agreement. Passwords are handled by our authentication provider. |
| Dog profile details and photos you choose to upload | Display and manage your dogs and their activity. |
| Location and park activity | Find nearby parks, show your map position and distances, verify supported check-ins, and provide optional arrival reminders. We store check-in park, time, dog, and visibility information. |
| Friends, friend codes, messages, reviews, playdates, attendance, saved parks, planned visits, and park submissions | Provide the community features you choose to use. |
| Notification tokens, preferences, delivery records, blocks, and reports, including reported message content | Deliver alerts, respect your choices, and investigate abuse. |
| Technical and support information | Operate and protect the service. Hosting and service providers may process IP addresses, device/browser information, request metadata, and error logs. We also receive information you send to support. |
2. Location and optional background reminders
With your permission, Dog Pawrks accesses your device location for location-based features. Search and map requests may send coordinates or a map area to our backend and Google Maps/Places. Supported Google-place check-ins send precise coordinates to our backend to check your proximity to the park.
If you separately enable background arrival reminders and grant background location permission, your phone can detect entry into selected nearby park regions even when the app is closed or not in use. Arrival detection runs on your device and produces a local reminder; this feature does not automatically check you in or upload a continuous movement history.
Other users are not shown your live GPS coordinates. However, a visible check-in or shared playdate can reveal the park you are visiting or plan to visit. You can turn off arrival reminders and background reminders in the app, or revoke location permission in your device settings.
3. What other people can see
Information you publish through visible park activity, dog profiles, reviews, events, and other shared features is available to the audience for that feature. Accepted friends can exchange direct messages and access friends-only activities. Messages are stored on our backend; they are not an end-to-end encrypted messaging service. Authorized administrators may access data when needed to operate the service or review reports.
Visibility controls affect the relevant activity features; hiding park activity does not remove reviews, messages, or other content you have shared separately. Aggregate planned-visit displays show dog counts rather than individual visit plans. Other people may save or screenshot information they can see.
4. Service providers and other disclosures
- Supabase: account authentication, database, uploaded photos, and backend functions.
- Google Maps and Places: maps, park search, and place information; Google may process related map and location requests.
- Expo and platform push services, including Firebase Cloud Messaging on Android: device push tokens, delivery metadata, and notification payloads. Our push messages use generic alert text rather than the text of a direct message.
These providers process data under their applicable terms and privacy policies: Supabase, Google, and Expo. Data may be processed in the United States and other countries where providers operate. We may disclose information when required by law or reasonably necessary to protect users, investigate abuse, or secure the service.
5. Advertising and analytics
The app version covered by this policy does not include an advertising SDK or Google Analytics integration. We do not sell personal information or use your precise location for advertising. If we add advertising or analytics, we will update this policy and provide any required notices, choices, and consent before the new processing begins.
6. Device permissions and local storage
Camera access supports QR scanning and taking a dog photo when you choose that option. Photo access lets you select images to upload. Notification permission supports alerts and reminders. You can manage these permissions in your device settings, though related features may stop working.
The app stores authentication sessions, preferences, notification information, and arrival-reminder settings locally to provide its features. The arrival reminder configuration records selected park regions and timing information, rather than a continuous trail of your GPS positions.
7. Retention and deletion
Account information and associated content generally remain while your account exists, unless you remove supported content earlier. A check-in expiring ends its live visibility; it does not necessarily erase its stored record. Notification records are scheduled for cleanup after they have been expired for seven days, when the reminder worker runs.
When account deletion completes, we remove your authentication account and associated dog profiles and uploaded photos, check-ins, plans, reviews, playdates, attendance, saved parks, friendships, messages, notification information, agreement records, and reports involving your account. Your messages are also removed from friends’ chats. Deletion is permanent.
Protected backups may retain prior copies until they expire under the hosting provider’s backup retention schedule. Technical or security logs and support correspondence may remain for operational, security, or legal purposes under applicable provider retention settings and obligations. Account deletion does not delete someone else’s screenshots or independently saved copies. If photo cleanup fails, some photos may already be removed; you may retry deletion or contact support.
8. Your choices and requests
You can edit supported profile information, manage activity visibility and notification settings, revoke device permissions, and use blocking and reporting tools. To request access, correction, or deletion of your personal information, email ezbusinesscontact@gmail.com. We may need to verify that you control the account before acting on a request.
You can delete your account in the app under Profile → Delete account, or request account deletion without the app. Do not email your password or authentication codes.
9. Children
Dog Pawrks is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided personal information, contact us so we can investigate and remove it where appropriate.
10. Security and policy changes
We use service access controls and secure connections to help protect information, but no system can guarantee absolute security. We will update this page when our practices change and provide additional notice or consent where required.