🔐 GeoLapis Privacy Policy

1. Introduction

GeoLapis LTD (“we,” “us,” “our”) values your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, store, and share information across our products and services, including the GeoLapis Geo Brief mobile app, GeoLapis Geo Insight, the GeoLapis Geospatial Web App at app.geolapis.com, related APIs, reports, and support services.

GeoLapis provides AI-assisted geospatial, geological, environmental, location-screening, and report-generation tools. Outputs are intended for early-stage screening and awareness only, not as final professional advice.

2. What We Collect

• Account Information: Name, email address, login details, subscription or plan status, and optional profile details.
• Usage Data: Feature usage, quota counts, clicks, timestamps, session metadata, app version, and device/app diagnostics.
• Location and Map Data: Coordinates, selected place names, search queries, map taps, “use current location” requests, AOI bounds, and map interactions when you use location-aware features.
• Geo Brief and Geo Insight Data: Selected location, report inputs, generated report sections, AI-assisted narratives, weather context, seismicity context, country context, map images, and related metadata.
• Saved PDF History: Exported Geo Brief PDFs may be saved locally on your device inside the mobile app history so you can reopen or share them later. This local history remains on your device unless you delete it or share/export it.
• AI Issue Reports: If you use “Report AI Issue,” we may collect the selected category, optional note, report ID, location metadata, and relevant output metadata to improve safety and accuracy.
• Uploaded Content: PDFs, images, scanned documents, geospatial files, notes, markers, drawings, prompts, and other content you choose to upload or submit.
• Device and Network Data: IP address, device type, operating system, browser/app version, language, time zone, crash logs, and security logs.
• Payment Data: Subscription and billing status. Full card details are processed by Stripe and are not stored by GeoLapis.

3. How We Use Your Data

• Provide GeoLapis Geo Brief, Geo Insight, maps, reports, PDFs, voice explanations, and web geospatial tools.
• Generate location-specific context such as geology, weather, seismicity, country context, holidays, FX snapshots, Wikipedia summaries, and other public-context signals.
• Resolve selected coordinates into place names and map search results.
• Save exported PDF history locally on your device where supported.
• Manage usage quotas, free/pro plan access, subscriptions, and payment status.
• Improve accuracy, reliability, safety, and user experience.
• Respond to support requests and AI issue reports.
• Protect the service from abuse, fraud, misuse, and security threats.
• Meet legal, regulatory, tax, accounting, and dispute-resolution obligations.

4. Location Data

• Optional Use: GeoLapis accesses device/browser location only when you request location-aware features, such as “Use Current Location.”
• Selected Locations: You may also select a location by searching, tapping the map, or entering coordinates.
• No Continuous Tracking: GeoLapis does not continuously track your location in the background.
• Purpose: Location data is used to center maps, resolve place names, fetch public context, generate reports, create map images, and produce AI-assisted explanations.
• Device Controls: You can disable or limit location permission through your browser, iOS, or Android settings.

5. Third-Party Services We Use

We use trusted providers to deliver app features. These providers process data only as needed to provide their services.

• Mapbox: Basemaps, map images, geocoding, reverse geocoding, and map-related services.
• OpenStreetMap / Nominatim: Fallback place search, reverse geocoding, and map/location context where used.
• OpenWeather or weather APIs: Weather conditions and forecasts for selected coordinates or AOIs.
• USGS and public hazard datasets: Seismicity and public Earth-science context.
• Wikipedia and public knowledge sources: Public place summaries and location context.
• News, holidays, and FX providers: Country/AOI context, public holidays, exchange-rate snapshots, and location-relevant context.
• OpenAI or AI model providers: AI-assisted summarization, narrative generation, interpretation, and safety/quality improvement where enabled.
• Stripe: Subscription payments, billing, and payment security.
• Cloud hosting and database providers: Hosting, APIs, databases, logs, and secure delivery of GeoLapis services.
• Analytics and crash diagnostics: Reliability, performance, error detection, and service improvement.

We do not sell your personal data. We aim to minimize data shared with third-party providers and use only what is required for the requested feature.

6. AI-Assisted Outputs and Professional Use

• GeoLapis outputs are AI-assisted and may contain errors, omissions, outdated information, or incomplete local context.
• Geo Brief, Geo Insight, and related reports are for early-stage screening, awareness, education, planning support, and decision preparation.
• Do not use GeoLapis as final engineering, environmental, legal, financial, safety, emergency, or regulatory advice.
• Important decisions should be confirmed using authoritative local datasets, field validation, qualified professional review, and project-specific evidence.
• You may report inaccurate, misleading, unsafe, or inappropriate AI output through the “Report AI Issue” feature or by contacting support.

7. Data Retention

• Local PDF History: Saved Geo Brief PDFs in the mobile app remain on your device until you delete them, clear app data, or uninstall the app.
• Generated Reports: Server-side report metadata, usage counters, and logs may be retained for service operation, quotas, debugging, abuse prevention, and product improvement.
• Uploads: Temporary uploaded files and processing artifacts may be deleted after processing or within a limited retention window unless you choose persistent storage.
• AI Issue Reports: Feedback and issue reports may be retained to investigate and improve accuracy, safety, and reliability.
• Billing Records: Subscription, tax, accounting, and payment records may be retained as required by law.
• Legal Holds: Data may be retained longer where required for legal claims, fraud prevention, security, or dispute resolution.

8. Your Rights

Depending on your location and applicable law, including UK GDPR, EU GDPR, and other privacy laws, you may have the right to:

• Access the personal information we hold about you.
• Correct inaccurate or incomplete information.
• Request deletion of certain personal information.
• Request export or portability of certain data.
• Object to or restrict certain processing.
• Withdraw consent for optional features such as location access.

Contact support@geolapis.com to submit a privacy request.

9. Security

• We use HTTPS encryption in transit and industry-standard security practices.
• Access to systems is limited based on need and reviewed periodically.
• Payments are handled through Stripe, which manages payment-card security.
• We monitor for abuse, errors, and unauthorized access attempts.

No system is 100% secure. Avoid uploading highly sensitive personal, financial, legal, medical, or confidential data unless necessary.

10. Children’s Privacy

GeoLapis services are not intended for children under 13, or the minimum age required by local law. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children.

11. International Transfers

We may process data in the United Kingdom, European Union, Canada, United States, and other regions through vetted service providers. Where required, we use appropriate safeguards for international data transfers.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy to reflect product, legal, security, or operational changes. Material changes may be announced in-app, on the website, or by email where appropriate.

13. Contact

For privacy, support, or data-rights requests, contact:
support@geolapis.com