Privacy
Last updated October 18, 2026. Nearlife is in a small private test.
What we collect
- Your email address and name, to sign you in and so a host knows who responded. If you sign in with Google we receive your email, name, and Google account id; nothing else.
- Plans you create: title, notes, time, and the place you pick, including its coordinates.
- Cover photos you choose: uploaded photos are resized and their embedded metadata is removed. They follow the plan’s exact-location visibility policy and are not included in unsigned invitation previews. Suggested photos are generic activity inspiration.
- Your responses to plans (going, interested, can’t make it).
- Usage counts such as “an invitation was opened” or “a plan was created”. These records hold ids and reason codes only, never titles, places, or message text.
We do not track your location in the background. Your device’s location is used only if you choose “pick on the map” while creating a plan, and only in your browser.
Who can see what
- A plan is visible only to people its host shares a link with, after they sign in. Forwarding a link does not grant access.
- The exact place of a private plan is shown according to the host’s choice: immediately, or only after a person says they are going. Before that, others see an approximate area.
- Hosts see who responded to their plan and how. Other invitees may see first names of people who are going when the host’s plan is part of that test.
- Public activities listed on the map come from published community sources and show their real venue.
Services we rely on
- Amazon Web Services hosts the app and database in the United States and sends sign-in emails.
- Google, only if you choose “Continue with Google”.
- OpenFreeMap serves map tiles and Photon (komoot) answers place searches. Your browser sends them the map area and the text you type in the place search, not your identity.
We do not sell data, show ads, or share plans with anyone outside the people you invite.
Keeping and deleting data
Plans and responses stay until the host cancels them or you ask us to remove them. Sign-in links expire in 15 minutes and are single use. In the new browser and iPhone app, open Profile → Delete account to remove your account and its current app data. This also removes hosted plans, uploaded covers, responses and saved interests, and invalidates existing sessions. Copies already shared with others are not erased. For help or data requests, email bowang828@gmail.com from your sign-in address.
Questions
Write to bowang828@gmail.com. During the private test, replies come from the founder.