Privacy Policy

Effective November 10, 2026

Nosh Nearby is an app for browsing the menus of restaurants near you. This policy explains what information the app and its service collect, why, who else sees it, and the choices you have. We've tried to keep it short and plain.

Information we collect

Your location. With your permission, the app reads your device's location while you're using it. It never uses location in the background. The app sends your coordinates to our service to find nearby restaurants and to search for dishes. Your location isn't saved to your account or anywhere in our database. You can deny location access and choose a location by searching instead.

Account information (optional). Browsing doesn't require an account. If you choose Sign in with Apple or Sign in with Google, we receive and store your email address, your name if the provider shares it, and an account identifier from that provider. With Sign in with Apple you can choose to hide your email, in which case we receive a private relay address from Apple instead.

What you save. When signed in, we store the restaurants you favorite and the visits you log in your dining journal, including the date and time, any rating and any notes you write.

Technical logs. Like most online services, our servers record each request they receive, including its IP address, the time, and the address requested. For restaurant and dish searches, that address includes the location coordinates you searched from. We use these logs to keep the service running, to troubleshoot problems, and to protect it from abuse (for example, limiting how many requests one address can make). Logs are kept only as long as our hosting provider's standard log retention, not as a long-term record.

How we use it

• To show restaurants, menus and dishes near the location you choose.
• To keep your favorites and dining journal in sync when you're signed in.
• To operate, secure and improve the service.

We don't use your information for advertising, and we don't build profiles of you.

Who else receives information

We don't sell or rent your information. A few service providers handle data on our behalf, or because you ask the app to use them:

• DigitalOcean hosts our service and database, in the United States.
• Mapbox turns your coordinates into a place name (like "Destin, FL") and powers location search. The app sends your coordinates or search text directly to Mapbox for this. See Mapbox's privacy policy.
• Apple or Google, if you choose to sign in with them, under their own privacy policies.
• The maps app you choose (such as Apple Maps, Google Maps or Waze) receives a restaurant's address when you tap Get Directions, under that app's privacy policy.

We may also disclose information if required by law, or to protect the rights and safety of our users or the service.

Your choices

• Location: allow it, deny it, or change it any time in your device's Settings. You can always search for a location instead.
• Account: browse without one, or sign out at any time.
• App settings such as your preferred directions app and recent locations are stored only on your device, not sent to us.
• Deleting your account: email us at [email protected] from the address on your account, or include the email shown in the app's Profile tab, and we'll delete your account, favorites and dining journal within 30 days.

Security

The app talks to our service only over encrypted connections (HTTPS), and access to our database is restricted. No system is perfectly secure, but we take reasonable measures to protect your information.

Children

Nosh Nearby isn't directed to children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe a child has given us information, contact us and we'll delete it.

Changes to this policy

If we change this policy, we'll update the date at the top of this page, and for significant changes we'll let signed-in users know in the app.

Contact

Questions or requests: [email protected].