Privacy Policy

[Draft for review by counsel for DPO Investments, LLC before launch. The location section below describes how the app actually works today.]

How RiPOFF uses location

Why: prices only mean something locally. Knowing where a price was seen lets RiPOFF compare it with what other people paid nearby and match it to the right store.

What we collect:

• Your phone's location when you scan, if you allow location access.
• Where and when a photo was taken, read from the photo's own information (EXIF), only if you turn on "Use photo location." This helps when you scan a picture from your library that was taken somewhere else.

How we protect it:

• We remove all hidden information (including GPS) from the stored photo itself. Location is kept separately, in our database, where only our systems can use it.
• Other users never see your location. Prices show the store, not where you were.
• We don't send your exact location to our AI providers. At most they receive your general area.
• After 90 days we delete exact coordinates and keep only the store and a general area of about 0.1 km².
• If you delete your account, your price reports stay, without your name or exact locations.

Your choices: you can turn "Use photo location" and device location on or off anytime in Settings → Privacy. RiPOFF still works without them; you'll just pick the store yourself.