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Privacy Policy
Short version: no account needed, no browsing history, and most of your data never leaves your phone.
Who we are
SenSignal is operated by [legal entity name and address]. Contact: [privacy contact address].
What we never collect
- Your browsing history or DNS history
- Contacts or advertising identifiers
- Continuous or background location
- Lists of Wi‑Fi networks your phone sees nearby
- Private Wi‑Fi passwords
What the app uses, and where it goes
| Data | Where it lives | Default |
|---|---|---|
| Location (only when you ask for nearby results) | Used in memory on your phone; a rounded position (about 100 m) is sent to SenSignal to find nearby hotspots | Never in the background. Search works without it. |
| Saved hotspots | Your phone only | Local only |
| Connection history | Your phone only (hotspot and times) | Kept 7 days by default. You can turn it off or clear it. |
| Privacy and app preferences | Your phone only | Local only |
| Hotspot reports and new-hotspot suggestions | Sent to SenSignal when you submit them | Reviewed before they change any listing |
| Contribution receipts | Your phone only (type, hotspot, time, status; not what you wrote) | Local only |
| Directions | Handed to the maps app you choose | Only when you tap Directions |
SenSignal Home requests
If you check an address, join the waitlist, or apply for SenSignal Home on this website, these apply. Your address is never shown publicly; you receive only a reference number.
| Data | Where it lives | Use |
|---|---|---|
| Address you enter in the SenSignal Home address check | Used only to answer that check; not stored or sent back | Each check is separate |
| Home waitlist or application: name, email, phone (optional), address, property details, mounting permission, availability | Stored encrypted by SenSignal; reviewed only by authorized SenSignal staff | Only after you consent; used to plan service and contact you about SenSignal Home |
Waitlist addresses are also used in aggregate to decide where to build. How long these requests are kept, and how to ask for deletion, is [retention period and deletion process to be confirmed].
Accounts
SenSignal works without an account. Optional accounts are not available yet. If they’re added, this policy will describe exactly what they store before they launch.
Analytics
The app does not currently include analytics. If privacy-preserving product analytics are added, they will never include exact location with each event, and every field will be listed in this policy first.
SenSignal Managed hotspots
SenSignal-managed hotspots send health information about the hotspot itself (for example, whether it’s online and its security status). This is information about the equipment, not about what you do online. SenSignal does not log the websites you visit.
Networks SenSignal doesn’t manage
When you join a venue’s or third party’s Wi‑Fi, that operator’s own practices apply. SenSignal can’t see or control them.
Sponsors
Sponsors may be credited at a location. They never receive your data and never affect ranking or verification.
This website
This site uses no cookies, analytics, or third-party scripts, fonts, or trackers. The SenSignal Home page loads one small script from this site to run the address check and forms; it sends what you type only to SenSignal’s API when you press a button. Our hosting provider keeps standard server access logs [retention period to be confirmed].
Retention and your choices
- Change history retention (off, 24 hours, 7 days, 30 days, or until you delete it) in Profile → Privacy & Security.
- Clear all local data at any time from the same screen.
- Reports and suggestions you submitted are kept for moderation for [retention period to be confirmed].
- To ask about data SenSignal holds, contact [privacy contact address].
Changes
We’ll update this page and its date before any change in what we collect takes effect.
Effective date: not yet in effect.