Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 25, 2026

anaba ("anaba," "we," "us") is a place-journaling app for friends. This Privacy Policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and the choices you have. It applies to the anaba iOS app and to anaba.app.

1. Information we collect

Account information

You sign in with Sign in with Apple or with your email address. With Sign in with Apple, we receive your Apple-generated user identifier and, if you choose to share it, your name and an email address (which may be a private Apple relay address). We also store a token from Apple that lets us revoke anaba’s access to your Apple ID when you delete your account. With email, we receive the address you enter and send it a one-time sign-in code; regular accounts don’t have passwords. You also choose a display name, a username and, optionally, an avatar image.

Content you create

Journal entries (text up to 500 characters, the visit month/year, and up to three photos per entry), saved places, and trips you create are stored so they can sync across your devices and be shown to your friends inside the app.

Friend graph

We store friend requests and connections you make so that entries and activity can be shown to the friends you've connected with, and to no one else.

Location

With your permission, anaba uses your device's precise location only to center the map on your current area. Your location is used on your device and is never sent to our servers. We do not store a history of your location, and location is never used for advertising or tracking.

Place data

When you add a place, anaba queries the Google Places API to look up public information about that location (name, address, category, coordinates). These queries leave your device and are subject to Google's own privacy practices.

Device tokens

If you enable notifications, we store an Apple Push Notification service (APNs) device token so we can notify you about friend activity (e.g. a friend request or a new entry from a friend).

Reports and blocks

If you report a piece of content or a user, or block another user, we store that record so we can act on it and so blocked users can be kept out of your experience.

Diagnostics

If the app crashes or hits a serious error, it sends a diagnostic report (technical details such as the app version, device model, and the code that failed) along with your user ID, so we can find and fix the problem. Diagnostic reports don’t include your entries or photos.

Log data

Like most online services, our providers automatically record basic technical information when your device connects to anaba or you visit anaba.app, such as your IP address and the time of the request. We use it only to keep the service secure and working.

2. How we use information

• To operate the core features of anaba: journaling places, showing friend activity, maps, saves, and trips.
• To send you push notifications you've opted into.
• To respond to content and user reports, and to enforce our Terms of Service.
• To maintain the security and integrity of the service.

We do not sell your personal information, and we do not use your data for advertising or third-party tracking.

3. Who we share information with

• Supabase — our backend infrastructure provider, which hosts our database, authentication, file storage, and serverless functions.
• Apple — for Sign in with Apple and push notifications.
• Resend — for delivering sign-in code emails.
• Google — for Google Places lookups when you add a place.
• Cloudflare — for hosting this website and email routing for our support address.

Inside the app, your journal entries, photos, saves, and trips are shown only to you and the friends you connect with. Your display name, username, and avatar can be found by other anaba users through search, so friends can find and add you. Photos are stored at long, unguessable web addresses that aren’t listed anywhere, but anyone who obtains a photo’s exact address could open it. anaba has no public feed and nothing is shown to people outside the app.

4. Your choices and rights

• Delete your account — Settings → Delete account permanently removes your profile, entries, photos, friend connections, saves, and trips.
• Block and report — you can block another user or report content at any time from within the app.
• Location and notifications — you can revoke location or notification permissions at any time in iOS Settings.
• Contact us — for any privacy question, or to request a copy of your data, email support@anaba.app.

Where your data is stored

anaba is operated from the United States, and your information is stored on servers in the United States. If you use anaba from outside the U.S., your information is transferred to and processed there.

Additional rights in some regions

Depending on where you live (for example, the EU, the UK, or California), you may have the right to access, correct, delete, or receive a copy of your personal information, and to object to or restrict certain processing. We process your information because it is necessary to provide the service you signed up for, and, for security and diagnostics, because we have a legitimate interest in keeping anaba safe and working. To exercise any of these rights, email support@anaba.app; we’ll respond within 30 days. You may also complain to your local data protection authority.

5. Data retention

We retain your account data for as long as your account is active. Deleting your account removes your rows and stored files from our systems; residual copies may persist briefly in backups until they naturally roll off.

6. Children's privacy

anaba is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, contact us at support@anaba.app and we will delete it.

7. Security

We use industry-standard safeguards (encryption in transit, row-level access controls on our database) to protect your information. No method of transmission or storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

8. Changes to this policy

If we make material changes to this policy, we'll update the date above and, where appropriate, notify you in the app.

9. Contact

Questions about this policy? Email support@anaba.app.