Privacy Policy

Effective date: May 4, 2026

This Privacy Policy explains how Lapka ("we", "us") collects, uses, stores, and protects your personal data when you use our app or visit lapkawalks.com.

1. Who We Are

Lapka is a dog walk tracking app developed by Ivan Borisov (sole proprietor), United Kingdom. Ivan Borisov is the data controller responsible for your personal data under applicable data protection laws.

For privacy-related questions, contact us at: johanintheuk@gmail.com

2. Data We Collect

• Account data — email address, and name when provided by the sign-in provider or entered manually in your profile. Profile photo when signing in with Google. When signing in with Apple, your name is shared only on first sign-in and your email may be a private relay address.
• Pet data — name, breed, sex, weight, date of birth, and photos.
• Walk data — date, time, duration, distance, GPS route recorded in the background, photos, notes, and toilet activity log per pet.
• Device and technical data — device identifiers, operating system version, app version, and technical error reports collected by Firebase. Crash reports may include your account identifier.
• Analytics data — usage events collected by Firebase Analytics and Amplitude, including account, pet, and walk identifiers and walk activity metrics. Walk routes and coordinates are not sent to these analytics services. App analytics can be disabled in Privacy settings. Google Analytics is used on the website and can be disabled via cookie settings.
• Website data — page views, referral source, browser info, approximate location, and App Store link clicks collected through the Lapka website.
• Subscription data — purchase status and subscription details managed by RevenueCat. For eligible UK purchases, our charity accounting records include Apple transaction and notification identifiers, product, price, purchase date and refund adjustments. We use the App Store storefront to establish programme eligibility, not GPS, IP address or app language.

3. How We Use Your Data

• To provide core app features: walk tracking, statistics, pet profiles, and shared pet ownership.
• To sync data across devices and with pet co-owners.
• To improve the app through usage analytics (if enabled).
• To process and manage your subscription and, when the UK charity programme is active, calculate, reconcile and document Lapka’s contributions from eligible purchases and paid renewals.
• To analyze website usage patterns.
• To measure App Store referral effectiveness.

4. Legal Basis for Processing (GDPR)

We process your personal data on the following legal bases:

• Contract performance — to provide core app features: walk tracking, pet profiles, statistics, shared pet ownership, and subscription management.
• Consent — for analytics data collection (can be withdrawn at any time in Privacy settings) and location tracking (can be revoked in device settings).
• Legitimate interests — for app security, fraud prevention and service improvement, and for maintaining accurate and auditable records of Lapka’s charitable contribution commitments.

5. Location Data

The app requests Always Allow location permission to track your walk route in the background — including when the screen is locked. Location data is used only to record your walk route and is never shared with third parties in identifiable form.

6. Local Storage

The app stores the following data locally on your device:

• Active walk state (route, photos, notes) — to restore after unexpected app termination.
• App settings: units, language, and notification preferences.
• Walk reminder schedule.
• Cached account data for faster startup.

7. Website Analytics and Cookies

The Lapka website uses Google Analytics 4 (ID: G-HX10QCH0HW), which loads only after explicit consent. It tracks page views and a custom app_store_click event. Data retention is up to 14 months. You can adjust preferences via the website footer settings. No advertising cookies are used.

8. Notifications

The app may send local push notifications for walk reminders you set up. No notification content is sent to external servers.

9. Data Storage and Security

Your data is stored in Google Firebase (Firestore and Firebase Storage) on Google Cloud servers in the United States (us-central1). Firebase complies with Google Cloud security standards and industry-standard data protection practices.

10. International Data Transfers

Your data is transferred to and stored in the United States. For users in the European Economic Area and United Kingdom, these transfers are protected by Standard Contractual Clauses (SCCs) implemented by our service providers (Google, RevenueCat) in accordance with GDPR requirements.

11. Third Parties

We do not sell your personal data. We share data only with the following service providers:

• Google Firebase — data storage, authentication, usage analytics, and crash reports. Amplitude — usage analytics.
• Google Analytics — website usage analytics.
• Google Sign-In — account authentication when you choose this option.
• Apple Sign-In — account authentication when you choose this option.
• RevenueCat — subscription management and purchase verification.
• Open-Meteo — weather data based on your current coordinates. No personally identifiable information is sent.

We do not send individual app users’ personal data to Work for Good or Battersea to make these contributions. Lapka makes the payment from its own funds; our contribution records remain within our restricted accounting systems.

12. Your Rights (GDPR / UK GDPR)

If you are in the European Economic Area or United Kingdom, you have the right to:

• Access — request a copy of your personal data.
• Rectification — correct inaccurate data in the app.
• Erasure — request deletion of your account and associated personal data via Privacy → Delete All Data, subject to the limited financial-record retention described below.
• Portability — request a copy of all your personal data by contacting us at johanintheuk@gmail.com.
• Restriction — request that we limit processing of your data.
• Objection — object to processing based on legitimate interests.
• Withdraw consent — disable analytics at any time in Privacy settings; on the website, use the cookie settings in the footer.

To exercise your rights, contact us at johanintheuk@gmail.com. You also have the right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority (UK: ICO at ico.org.uk; EU: your national DPA).

13. California Residents (CCPA)

If you are a California resident, you have the right to know what personal data we collect, request its deletion, and opt out of the sale of personal data. We do not sell your personal information to third parties. To exercise your rights, contact us at johanintheuk@gmail.com.

14. Data Retention

We retain account data while your account is active. Account deletion removes account data and its subscription mappings. Restricted charity accounting records are kept separately and do not contain your Firebase user ID, name, email, walk routes or payment credentials. Transaction identifiers are not treated as anonymous. Financial records may be retained after account deletion for as long as needed to reconcile payments and refunds, evidence our contribution commitments, meet applicable accounting or legal obligations, or resolve outstanding disputes. Retention is assessed against those purposes rather than the lifetime of your app account.

15. Children's Privacy

The app is not intended for children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal data from minors.

16. Changes to This Policy

We will notify you of significant changes through the app. Continued use of the app after changes take effect constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

17. Contact

Privacy inquiries: johanintheuk@gmail.com