Privacy Policy
Nearby Finds - Last updated: June 7, 2026
Nearby Finds helps users discover nearby jobs, events, deals, restaurants, coffee shops, concerts, sports, and weather-aware recommendations. This Privacy Policy explains what information the app may collect, how it is used, and the choices available to users.
Information We Collect
Location information. Nearby Finds requires location access to show results near the user. The app may use precise location, including latitude and longitude, to request nearby opportunities from the server and supported providers.
Preferences. The app may store user preferences such as selected categories, preferred interests, and the name entered during onboarding. These preferences are used to personalize the app experience.
Nearby results and cache data. The app may temporarily cache nearby results on the device to improve performance and reduce unnecessary refreshes.
Device and app data. The app may collect basic technical information needed for app operation, diagnostics, ads, analytics, or security, such as device type, app version, network status, and crash or error data.
How We Use Information
- To show nearby jobs, events, deals, restaurants, coffee, concerts, sports, weather, and recommendations.
- To personalize results based on location, selected categories, distance, weather, and user preferences.
- To cache results locally for a limited time and improve app performance.
- To provide directions, external links, ticket links, deal links, and job apply links.
- To maintain, debug, protect, and improve the app and server.
- To show ads, including banner, interstitial, and rewarded video ads.
AI Recommendations
Nearby Finds may send nearby result data, category selections, weather context, and related metadata to an AI service to generate recommendations, rankings, descriptions, and comments. The app is designed to use this information to improve discovery and not to identify users personally.
Third-Party Services
Nearby Finds uses third-party services to provide live data, maps or directions, ads, weather, jobs, events, places, deals, and AI recommendations. These services may process information according to their own privacy policies. Depending on configuration and availability, services may include:
- Google services, including location, maps, places, and advertising services.
- OpenAI or compatible AI services for recommendations and text generation.
- Ticketmaster for events, concerts, and sports information.
- Geoapify for places, restaurants, coffee, geocoding, and location metadata.
- Adzuna for job listings.
- DiscountAPI or similar deal providers for local deals.
- Open-Meteo for weather information.
Advertising
Nearby Finds may show ads using Google AdMob or similar advertising services. Advertising providers may collect or use device identifiers, approximate location, ad interactions, and other information to provide, measure, and improve ads, subject to their own policies and user settings.
Data Sharing
We do not sell personal information. Information may be shared with service providers only as needed to operate the app, fetch nearby results, provide AI recommendations, show ads, process links, maintain security, comply with law, or protect users and the service.
Data Retention
User preferences may remain on the device until the app is uninstalled or app data is cleared. Cached nearby results are temporary and may expire based on app configuration. Server logs and provider request logs may be retained for operational, debugging, security, and service improvement purposes.
User Choices
- Users can control location permission from Android system settings.
- Users can clear app storage or uninstall the app to remove local preferences and cached data.
- Users can manage ad personalization through Google and Android privacy settings where available.
- Some app features may not work without location permission because nearby discovery depends on location.
Children's Privacy
Nearby Finds is not intended for children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided personal information, please contact us so appropriate action can be taken.
Security
We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect information. However, no method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Updates will be posted on this page with a revised "Last updated" date.
Contact
For privacy questions or requests, contact the developer through the contact email listed on the Nearby Finds Google Play Store listing.