Privacy Policy
Last updated: 10 October 2026
PINtPOINT ("we", "our", "the app") is a pub and venue finder for iOS and Android. This policy explains what data we collect, how we use it, and your rights.
What data we collect
PINtPOINT collects the minimum data needed to work:
- Location — used to find nearby venues, point the radar compass, and look for pubs we don't yet know about. We request "while using the app" permission only, and nothing happens when the app is closed or in the background. When the Radar searches for new pubs it sends your approximate coordinates to Google Places and Foursquare to ask what is there; neither is told who you are, because we don't know either — PINtPOINT has no accounts. We don't keep your location on our servers, and we never use it for advertising or tracking.
- Device heading (compass) — used to orient the radar relative to the direction you're facing. Not stored.
- In-app preferences — your theme, radar settings and venue preferences are stored locally on your device.
- Favourite beers and beer alerts — if you save a beer to your watchlist or set a beer alert, that data is stored securely on our servers (Supabase) solely to power those features. It is not shared with third parties or used for advertising.
What we do not collect
- No account or sign-up is required
- No name, email address, or personal details
- No advertising identifiers or tracking
- No behavioural analytics, no cross-site tracking, and no profile of you — in the app or on this website
Third-party services
PINtPOINT displays data from the following external sources. When you tap through to these services, their own privacy policies apply:
- Untappd — tap list and check-in data. See untappd.com/privacy
- Google Places — searching for pubs near you that are not yet in PINtPOINT. Receives your approximate coordinates, not your identity
- Foursquare — venue search and discovery data used to surface nearby pubs and bars. Receives your approximate coordinates, not your identity
- ismypubfucked.com — Financial Pressure Index (FPI) data sourced from VOA rating lists
- OpenStreetMap / Nominatim — venue geocoding
- Google Street View — venue and ghost pub images (where shown)
- Flickr — historical pub photographs (credited in-app)
- Sentry — anonymous crash reports (stack traces, device model, OS version, app version) sent from your device only when the app throws an error. No personal data, no advertising identifiers, no location, no beer or venue activity. Used solely to detect and fix bugs. See sentry.io/legal/privacy
This website
pintpoint.co.uk uses Cloudflare Web Analytics to count page views. It sets no cookies, stores nothing on your device, and builds no profile of you — which is why this site has never asked you to accept anything. It records the page URL, the referring site, and coarse country- and browser-level information, and it does so without any identifier that can follow you here or anywhere else. We use it to see which pages people actually read and where a link was shared. See cloudflare.com/web-analytics. We also count page views on our own server, recording the page address, the referring site and your browser’s user-agent — again with no cookie and no identifier.
Purchases
PINtPOINT offers an annual subscription (£3.99/year) to unlock premium features. All payment processing is handled by Apple (App Store) or Google (Play Store). We do not receive or store any payment card details.
Children
PINtPOINT is an alcohol-related app intended for adults of legal drinking age. It is not directed at children under 17.
Data retention
Local preferences and settings are stored on your device and removed when you uninstall the app. Favourite beers and beer alerts stored on our servers are retained until you delete them in-app or request their deletion by contacting us.
Your rights
You may request deletion of any data we hold about you (favourite beers and beer alerts) at any time by contacting us at [email protected]. We will action all requests within 30 days.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy as the app evolves. The current version is always available at this URL. Significant changes will be noted in the app update release notes.