What we collect
Account data: your name, email address, and a securely hashed password when you create an account. Activity you choose to record: favourites, private notes, visits, reviews, taste preferences, trip plans, and Bites Club activity (check-ins, points earned and spent, rewards redeemed).
Location — only at the moment you use it: when you check in at a venue or search "near me," your device sends its coordinates once, to verify presence or sort results. We store the check-in coordinates as part of that check-in record. We never track your location in the background, and the website and app work fully without location access.
Usage signals: anonymous, session-based interactions (viewing a listing, tapping directions) that tune our recommendation engine. These are tied to a random session identifier, not to your name.
What we don't do
We don't sell your data. We don't share it with advertisers. We don't track you across other websites or apps. There is no third-party analytics or advertising SDK in the app or on the site.
Third parties involved
Google Places supplies public venue information (addresses, ratings, photos) — nothing about you is sent to Google. OpenStreetMap serves map images on our map pages; your IP address reaches their tile servers as with any image on the internet. Stripe / Revolut process payments for business owners — card details go directly to them and never touch our servers. Emails we send you go through our own mail server.
Where your data lives, and for how long
On our servers in the EU, for as long as you keep your account. Newsletter addresses stay until you unsubscribe (one click, in every email).
Deleting your account
In the app: You → Delete account — everything listed above is erased immediately and permanently. On the web, email us and we delete it the same way. Aggregated statistics that contain nothing personal (e.g. "this venue had 14 check-ins in June") may survive as counts.
Your rights & contact
Under GDPR you can request a copy of your data, correct it, or erase it at any time. Write to hello@cyprusbites.com — a human answers.