Privacy notice

Last updated: 27 October 2026

Who we are

Bark you Later is a non-commercial community initiative that maintains a free, live map of walking hazards for dog owners. It is not operated by a registered company. For anything privacy-related, contact us at info@sharetodaycreators.com.

Viewing the map

You do not need an account to view the map. When you use the site or app, some data is processed simply to deliver it to you:

• Hosting (Vercel): our website and app are hosted by Vercel Inc. (USA). Like any web host, Vercel processes your IP address in order to serve pages and keep the service secure. This involves a transfer outside the EU, which Vercel covers under EU standard contractual clauses and the EU–US Data Privacy Framework.
• Map tiles (OpenFreeMap): the map imagery is loaded from OpenFreeMap. Your browser sends tile requests — including your IP address — directly to their servers so the map can be displayed.

We process this data on the basis of our legitimate interest (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR) in operating the service. We do not use it for anything else.

Searching for a place

When you use the search box, your search text is sent to Photon (a geocoding service by komoot, hosted at photon.komoot.io) to look up matching places. The request includes your IP address, as with any web request. We do not store your searches.

Reporting a hazard

To report a hazard, we create an anonymous account for you automatically, in the background, the first time you submit a report. You are not asked to provide a name, email address, or password.

What we collect when you report a hazard:

• An anonymous identifier ("anonymous user ID") generated for your device, which stays the same across the reports you submit from that device.
• The hazard type, location, and time you report.

Why we process this data. We process this data on the basis of our legitimate interest (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR) in keeping hazard reports accurate and the map free of spam or abusive submissions. This includes:

• Limiting how many reports can be submitted from one anonymous identity in a given period.
• Allowing our moderation team to review or restrict an anonymous identity that repeatedly submits false or abusive reports.

Report data is stored with Supabase (our database provider) in their Frankfurt, Germany region — inside the EU. A data processing agreement is in place with Supabase.

Photos

If you attach a photo to a report, embedded metadata such as GPS location (EXIF) is removed on upload. Please don't photograph people; photos are reviewed by moderators before or shortly after they appear on the map.

Signing in with your email address

Signing in is optional. You only need it for your dogs, Dog play and join emails; viewing the map and reporting hazards work without it.

To sign in, you enter your email address and we email you a 6-digit code. Sign-in emails are sent through Brevo (Sendinblue SAS, France), our email provider, which receives your email address and the message text. A data processing agreement is in place with Brevo.

For a signed-in account we keep your email address, when you signed up and last signed in, and the date you last used the app. If you report a hazard or vote while signed in, it is linked to your account rather than to an anonymous identifier.

We process this because it's needed to provide the features you signed in for (Article 6(1)(b) GDPR).

Your dogs

If you add a dog, we store its name and breed, linked to your account. Only you can see them. You can edit or delete a dog at any time under My dogs; a deleted dog is removed straight away. We process this to provide the features you signed in for (Article 6(1)(b) GDPR).

Dog play

When you suggest or join a play, we record which of your dogs will be at which dogspot, and when. Other signed-in users see only how many dogs are at a dogspot at a given time, never which dogs or whose. If another dog joins your play, you're told only that a dog has joined, and where.

Because a dog at a place at a time can reveal when you're usually out, we keep this only briefly: play records are deleted 7 days after the play starts. We process this to provide Dog play (Article 6(1)(b) GDPR).

How long we keep your data

• Your anonymous identifier is kept for 12 months of inactivity (no report or vote), after which it is permanently deleted. Your past reports and votes remain on the map but are no longer linked to you in any way.
• Hazards that are removed by a moderator, cleared by the community, or expire naturally are deleted — including any photo — generally within 7 days of leaving the map.
• A signed-in account, with its dogs, is kept until you ask us to delete it, or until it has gone unused for 24 months. Using it means signing in, opening the app while signed in, or doing anything in it, such as reporting, voting or editing a dog. We email you 30 days before deletion, and using your account again keeps it. When an account is deleted, the hazards you reported and your votes stay on the map but are no longer linked to anyone.
• Dog play records are deleted 7 days after the play starts.

Email when a dog joins your play slot

If you're signed in, you can turn on an email that tells you when another dog joins a play slot your dog is on. It's off unless you turn it on, and you can turn it off at any time in Settings. We process your email address for this on the basis of your consent (Article 6(1)(a) GDPR).

These emails are sent through Brevo (Sendinblue SAS, France), our email provider, which receives your email address and the message text. A data processing agreement is in place with Brevo. We keep a record of each email sent, without your email address, for 7 days.

Cookies and tracking

We do not use tracking cookies, advertising, or analytics. A few things are stored on your device: the session for your account (an anonymous one once you report a hazard, or your signed-in account if you sign in), which is strictly necessary for the service to work; the location the map used for your current visit, kept only until you close the tab; and, if you choose to set a default spot, that location — saved so the map can open there next time. None of this is ever sent to our servers unless you use it to report a hazard.

Your rights

You have the right to access, correct or delete your data, and to object to its processing, by contacting us at info@sharetodaycreators.com.

If you've signed in with an email address, we can find your data from that address. To delete your account, email us from it: we'll delete your account and your dogs, and your reports and votes will stay on the map with no link to you. Reports and votes made without an account are linked only to an anonymous identifier, so we can only find them if you can tell us that identifier (for example via a support request referencing your device or session).

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens (the Dutch supervisory authority) or your local EU data protection authority.