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Privacy Policy
 

Last updated: May 27, 2026
 

This Privacy Policy explains how Smaplo ("Smaplo", "we", "our", or "us") collects, uses, shares, and protects information when you use the Smaplo mobile application, website, and related services.

 

App and Developer

 

App name: Smaplo
 

Developer/legal entity: Vlad Calina
 

Contact email: smaplo@zohomail.eu
 

Account deletion instructions: https://www.smaplo.com/delete-account

 

 

Information We Collect

 

Smaplo collects information you provide, information generated while you use the app, and information collected through device permissions that you choose to grant.

 

 

Account and Profile Information

 

We may collect your user ID, name, display name, username, email address, profile photo, phone number, phone verification data, profile details, profile links, social links, account settings, privacy settings, authentication provider, and related account metadata.

 

If you sign in with Google, Apple, or another supported provider, we receive information needed to create and maintain your Smaplo account, such as your provider account identifier, email address, display name, and authentication tokens or credentials handled by the provider and Firebase Authentication.

 

 

Location Information

 

Smaplo is a social map app. With your permission, we may collect precise or approximate location information to:

  • show your position on the map;

  • show nearby users, groups, events, or places;

  • let you share your current or custom location according to your privacy settings;

  • update your visible location while the app is in use or, if you enable it, in the background;

  • support location-based links, discovery, safety, debugging, and service functionality.

 

You can configure who can see your location in the app's privacy settings. You can also turn off location permissions in your device settings. Some map and discovery features may not work without location access.

 

 

Contacts

 

If you grant contacts permission, Smaplo may access names and phone numbers from your device contacts to help you find people you know or invite contacts to the app. Contact access is permission-based and can be disabled in your device settings.

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Messages, Groups, Events, and User Content

 

We may collect and store content you create or share in Smaplo, including chat messages, group messages, group details, event details, posts, moments, images, videos, profile media, comments, reactions, invitations, reports, and related metadata.

 

Uploaded, selected, or shared media may be processed for safety, abuse prevention, and content moderation, including NSFW detection or similar checks intended to reduce harmful or inappropriate content.

 

Some secure chat backup features may allow you to create backups in your Google Account or private iCloud app storage.

Depending on the backup option you choose, backup data may include secure message history and related metadata. Password-protected or encrypted backup options should be described accurately in the app before users enable them.

 

 

Photos, Camera, Microphone, and Media

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If you grant permission, Smaplo may access your camera, photo library, or microphone so you can scan codes, update your profile, upload media, create moments, record audio messages or other audio, or share images.

 

 

Calendar, Motion, Bluetooth, Local Network, and Nearby Features

 

If you use features that require them, Smaplo may request calendar, motion/activity, Bluetooth, or local network permissions. These permissions may be used for event-related features, profile statistics, nearby-user discovery, device-to-device discovery, or data transfer between nearby devices.

 

 

Notifications

 

We may collect and use push notification tokens and notification preferences to send account, message, group, event, location, and service notifications. You can manage notification permissions in your device settings.

 

 

Device, Diagnostics, Analytics, and Security Information

 

We may collect technical information such as device model, operating system, app version, language, time zone, crash logs, performance data, diagnostic logs, app interactions, feature usage, network status, device information, and security or integrity signals. This may include emulator, root, jailbreak, mock-location, physical-device, or similar integrity checks where applicable. This helps us operate, debug, secure, and improve the app.

 

Smaplo uses Firebase and related Google services for authentication, database, file storage, cloud functions, remote configuration, analytics, crash reporting, and messaging.

 

 

How We Use Information

 

We use information to:

  • provide and maintain Smaplo's social map, messaging, profile, group, event, and media features;

  • authenticate users and protect accounts;

  • show relevant users, groups, events, map content, and app links;

  • apply privacy settings, visibility rules, blocks, invitations, and group membership rules;

  • send push notifications and service messages;

  • store and sync user content and settings across devices;

  • provide optional backup and restore features;

  • detect, prevent, and investigate abuse, spam, fraud, unauthorized access, or technical issues;

  • analyze app performance and feature usage;

  • comply with legal obligations and enforce our terms or policies.

 

 

Legal Bases for Processing

 

If privacy laws such as the GDPR apply, we process personal information based on one or more of the following legal bases:

  • your consent, such as when you allow location, contacts, notifications, camera, photos, microphone, or similar permissions;

  • performance of a contract, such as when we provide account, profile, map, messaging, group, event, backup, and support features;

  • legitimate interests, such as keeping Smaplo secure, preventing abuse, improving the app, debugging issues, and understanding feature usage;

  • legal obligations, such as responding to valid legal requests or keeping records where required by law.

 

 

How Information Is Shared

 

Smaplo may share information in the following situations:

  • With other users, according to your profile, location, group, event, message, and privacy settings.

  • With service providers that help us operate the app, including Firebase/Google services, cloud hosting, analytics, crash reporting, push notifications, authentication providers, map or geocoding providers, and cloud backup providers when you choose those features.

  • With third-party sign-in or backup providers when you connect those accounts or choose to use those features.

  • When you intentionally share content, links, invitations, locations, or profile information through Smaplo or your device sharing tools.

  • To comply with law, legal process, valid government requests, or to protect the rights, safety, and security of users, Smaplo, or others.

  • In connection with a business transaction such as a merger, acquisition, financing, or sale of assets, with appropriate notice where required.

 

We do not sell personal information. We do not use precise location data solely for advertising or analytics.

 

 

Third-Party Services

 

Smaplo may use third-party services and SDKs, including:

  • Firebase Authentication;

  • Firebase Realtime Database, Cloud Firestore, Cloud Storage, Cloud Functions, Remote Config, Analytics, Crashlytics, and Cloud Messaging;

  • Google Sign-In and Google account services;

  • Sign in with Apple and Apple iCloud services;

  • Google Drive backup services, if enabled;

  • third-party image providers such as Unsplash, if you use image search or selection features;

  • map, geocoding, tile, and location-related services;

  • device permission, media, calendar, contacts, notification, and nearby-device platform services.

 

These providers may process information under their own terms and privacy policies. Review their policies for more information.

 

 

Your Choices and Controls

 

You can:

  • update account and profile information in the app;

  • change profile, location, and group privacy settings;

  • choose a custom location instead of sharing your precise current location where supported;

  • disable location, contacts, camera, microphone, photos, calendar, Bluetooth, local network, motion, and notification permissions in your device settings;

  • delete uploaded content where the app provides deletion controls;

  • delete secure chat backups where the backup feature provides deletion controls;

  • delete your Smaplo account from within the app where the account deletion option is available;

  • request account or data deletion through https://www.smaplo.com/delete-account.

 

Disabling permissions may limit or disable features that depend on those permissions.

 

 

Account Deletion and Data Retention

 

Smaplo includes an in-app account deletion flow. When you delete your account, we attempt to delete your account record, related app data, local preferences, and Firebase Authentication user record.

 

You can also request account or data deletion through https://www.smaplo.com/delete-account. If you cannot access the app, you can use the instructions on that page to request deletion by email.

 

Some information may remain for a limited time if it is stored in backups, logs, crash reports, analytics records, security records, other users' message histories, legal compliance records, or content you shared with groups or other users. We retain information only as long as needed for the purposes described in this policy, unless a longer retention period is required or permitted by law.

 

 

Security

 

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect information, including platform security features, Firebase security controls, access restrictions, and secure transport where supported. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.

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International Data Transfers

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Smaplo and its service providers may process and store information in countries other than your own. Where required, we rely on appropriate safeguards for international transfers.

 

 

Children's Privacy

 

Smaplo 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, contact us at smaplo@zohomail.eu.

 

 

Regional Privacy Rights

 

Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, export, restrict, or object to certain processing of your personal information. You may also have the right to withdraw consent where processing is based on consent.

 

To make a privacy request, contact us at smaplo@zohomail.eu. We may need to verify your identity before responding.

 

If you believe your privacy rights have been violated, you may also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

 

 

Changes to This Policy

 

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make material changes, we will update the "Last updated" date and provide additional notice where required.

 

 

Contact Us

 

If you have questions or requests about this Privacy Policy or Smaplo's privacy practices, contact:

 

Vlad Calina

 

smaplo@zohomail.eu

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