Privacy for boletar.

Last updated: June 27, 2026

This notice explains how boletar handles data for the iOS app, website, waitlist, support, and app recovery features. boletar is a private trip-planning tool for European porcini scouting. It predicts conditions and planning windows; it does not identify mushrooms as safe to eat.

What we collect

• Email address and message contents when you join the waitlist or contact support.
• Precise or approximate location, selected pins, dates, and scan parameters when you request predictions, area scans, time scans, offline planning, or optional live proof.
• Private logbook entries, found or absent reports, notes, photos, videos, and proof metadata when you save them or choose to upload optional proof.
• Device identifiers, recovery key metadata, purchase entitlement state, and app settings needed to operate private vault restore, wallet recovery, and App Store access.
• Technical request data such as IP address, user agent, request time, endpoint, and diagnostic events needed to operate, secure, and debug the service.

How we collect it

• Data you enter or generate in the app, including manual pins, private field truth, notes, and optional camera proof.
• Permission-based iOS access, including location and camera, only when you enable those flows. Manual pins work without location access.
• Server requests made by the app to generate predictions, sync encrypted vault data, restore wallet state, or process optional proof.
• Apple StoreKit for purchases, subscriptions, receipts, and subscription management.
• Mapbox for map rendering and map attribution; Mapbox may process map interaction and telemetry data under its own terms and privacy practices.
• Website hosting, email, form-processing, and infrastructure providers that process data on our behalf.

Why we use it

• To generate Boletar predictions, ranked planning pockets, timing guidance, offline planning packs, and private scouting history.
• To keep your exact forest pins private and tied to your own archive instead of publishing them as public hotspots.
• To provide encrypted private vault backup, restore, wallet continuity, customer support, abuse prevention, diagnostics, and service security.
• To provide paid Pro Monthly and Pro Annual access through the App Store and help you restore eligible planning access.

Prediction data sources

Boletar's public prediction model uses commercial-use climate, land, terrain, soil, and public occurrence signals as planning inputs. Predictions are decision-support guidance for trip planning and do not guarantee mushroom presence, safety, edibility, or legal access. Boletar is not affiliated with the data providers listed below.

• Climate and recent weather: Copernicus Climate Data Store / ERA5-Land.
• Land cover and tree cover: Copernicus Global Land Cover and ESA WorldCover.
• Terrain: NASA / USGS SRTM.
• Soils: ISRIC SoilGrids.
• Public occurrence records: GBIF.org, filtered to CC0 / CC BY records.

Sharing and retention

We do not sell personal data and we do not use your precise forest pins for third-party ad tracking. We share data only with service providers needed to run boletar, such as hosting, support, Apple StoreKit, Mapbox, payment and subscription infrastructure, or when required by law. Local-only app data remains on your device unless you choose sync, upload proof, contact support, or request a server-backed feature.

We keep app and support data only as long as needed for the feature, security, legal, and support purposes described above. Encrypted vault or recoverable wallet data is retained until you delete it, disable the feature where available, or ask us to remove server-side records that we can reasonably identify.

Your choices

• You can use manual pins without granting location permission.
• You can decline camera access; live proof is optional.
• You can keep private records local-only unless you enable recovery sync or upload optional proof.
• You can manage Pro Monthly and Pro Annual subscriptions in your Apple App Store account settings.
• You can request access, correction, deletion, restriction, or export of personal data by emailing support@boletar.com.

Legal basis and contact

For users in the European Economic Area and the United Kingdom, we process data to provide the requested app service, perform purchases and support, protect the service, comply with legal obligations, and, where required, based on your consent for optional permissions or uploads. For privacy requests, contact support@boletar.com.