Tiny Trips

Privacy Policy

Last updated: September 16, 2026

Tiny Trips ("the App") is developed and operated by Sandeep Mysore. It has no accounts. This policy explains exactly what data the App handles, where it goes, and why.

What stays on your device

• Your trips and tickets: line names, the missions, check-in times, which stations you visited or skipped, and distances walked.
• Photos you take when checking in. They are saved in the App's private storage and never uploaded.
• Your preferences: start mode, hours, mood, interests and overnight choice.

Finished tickets keep only Google place IDs, not place names. Station names are looked up again when you open an old ticket.

Location

If you choose Near me, the App asks for your location while it is in use. It is used for two things:

• Finding places: your approximate coordinates are sent to the Tiny Trips trip server (hosted on Google Cloud) to search Google Places around you. The server uses them for that request only and does not store them.
• Check-ins: when you check in, the App compares your position with the station on your device. This location is not sent anywhere.

The App never tracks your location in the background. You can decline location and type a city or pick an airport instead.

Cities, airports and trip planning

What you type in the city or airport field, your chosen hours, mood, interests and the places you pick are sent to the trip server to build your plan. The server uses:

• Google Places API to find real places and suggestions (Google Privacy Policy).
• Google Gemini API to choose and order stops and write the missions. Gemini receives the list of candidate places (names, types, addresses, distances), your mood, interests and times. It does not receive your name, contact details, photos or precise coordinates.

Plans are not stored on the server. The server keeps short technical logs (such as errors and request counts) without your location or trip contents.

Anonymous device ID and limits

The App creates a random ID on first launch and sends it with trip requests so the server can apply fair daily limits. It isn't linked to your identity or advertising ID, and the server forgets it within a day.

Maps and directions

The Map view shows a Google map, loaded directly from Google. Directions open Google Maps. Google processes that use under the Google Privacy Policy and the Google Maps Terms.

Advertising (free version of the iOS and Android apps)

Free users can choose to watch a short ad from Google AdMob for an extra line. Ads are never shown unless you choose to watch one, and never to holders of the All-Lines Pass. To serve and measure ads, Google's Mobile Ads SDK may collect:

• Device identifiers such as the advertising ID (IDFA on iOS, only if you allow tracking; Android Advertising ID on Android).
• Your IP address, which may be used to estimate your general location.
• Ad interactions and diagnostic information such as app launches and crashes.

This data is collected and processed by Google under Google's Privacy Policy. See how Google uses information from apps that use its services. Your trips, photos and location from check-ins are never shared with advertisers.

Your choices about ads

• iPhone: the App asks for permission through Apple's App Tracking Transparency prompt. If you choose "Ask App Not to Track", everything works the same and ads aren't personalized with your advertising ID. Change it anytime in Settings › Privacy & Security › Tracking.
• EEA, UK and Switzerland: Google's consent message lets you accept, reject or manage personalized ads. Revisit it in the App under Settings › Privacy choices.
• Android: reset or delete your advertising ID in your device's privacy settings.
• No ads at all: the one-time All-Lines Pass removes ads and ad requests.

Purchases

The All-Lines Pass is sold through the Apple App Store or Google Play. They handle payment; we never see your card or account details. The App only learns whether the pass was purchased.

Children

Tiny Trips is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them.

Deleting your data

Delete any ticket (and its photos) inside the App, or uninstall the App to remove everything. Nothing about your trips is kept on our servers. See Delete data.

Changes and contact

If this policy changes, the date above will change. Questions: thesammonroe@gmail.com.