Gezdikçe Privacy Policy

Last updated: 7 October 2026

This policy explains which personal data the Gezdikçe mobile app ("App") processes, why and how. Data controller: Ali Çoban, İstanbul, Türkiye. Contact: tngrafik@gmail.com.

The App is operated under Turkish Law No. 6698 on the Protection of Personal Data (KVKK) and, for users in the European Union, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

1. Summary

• You can use the App without creating an account. On first launch an anonymous ID is created for you; your name or email is not requested.
• Your location is read only when you tap "I'm here now" at a place, once, to check whether you are within 300 metres of it. It is not stored and is never tracked in the background.
• The App does not access your photos and uploads nothing from your device.
• You can delete your data at any time from within the App.

2. Data we process and why

Account

• Anonymous user ID, created automatically, to link what you save (visited places, trips) to you.
• If you sign in with Google (optional): your Google account name, email address and profile photo, so that you don't lose your data on another device and can write reviews. Your name is shown to other users next to your reviews in shortened form ("Ali Ç."); your full name and email are not shown.
• Language preference.

Content you create

• Provinces, districts and places you visited; visit date and whether it was verified by location; Trip Score and badges.
• Your "Want to go" list, trips and their stops.
• Reviews and ratings you write: visible to other users.
• "Something wrong? Report it" submissions (reason and note), used to correct information.
• "Report review" submissions (reason), used to moderate inappropriate reviews; a review reported by several different users is hidden until it is checked.

Location

• Only when you choose "I've been → I'm here now" and grant permission, your precise location is read once. It is sent to our server, which calculates whether you are within 300 metres of the place and stores only the result ("verified visit"); your coordinates are not stored. Without permission you can still mark the place as visited in the past.

Purchases (premium)

• Premium is bought through Google Play; we never see your payment details. To verify your subscription, the purchase record (product, date, validity) and your anonymous user ID are processed by Google Play and RevenueCat.

Ads

• Users without premium see Google AdMob ads. AdMob may process your device's advertising ID, approximate location derived from your IP address and ad interactions. Users in the European Economic Area are asked for consent to personalised ads and can change it at any time in Settings. You can reset your advertising ID or opt out of personalised ads in your device settings. There are no ads on the profile screen, in the sharing flow or during first launch.

Technical logs

• The server keeps request logs (IP address, time) for security and debugging; they are deleted after a short period.
• When an error occurs in the App, an error report is sent to Sentry: the technical details of the error, app version, device model and operating system version. The report does not include your name, email, IP address or user ID; no screenshots are taken. Reports are kept for at most 90 days.

3. Legal bases

• Performance of a contract (KVKK art. 5/2-c, GDPR art. 6/1-b): account, your records, trips, premium.
• Consent (KVKK art. 5/1, GDPR art. 6/1-a): location; personalised ads in the EEA.
• Legitimate interest (KVKK art. 5/2-f, GDPR art. 6/1-f): security logs, error reports, correction reports, abuse prevention.

4. Service providers

We do not sell your data. The App relies on these providers:

As these providers are outside Türkiye, your data is transferred abroad (KVKK art. 9) as necessary to provide the service, based on the providers' standard contractual clauses.

When you ask for directions, the map app you choose (Google Maps, Yandex Maps, Apple Maps) opens and receives only the destination's location.

5. Retention

• Your account and records are kept until you delete your account.
• When you delete your account, all your data is deleted immediately and removed from backups within 30 days. Correction reports you sent may be kept without your identity (anonymised).
• If you use an anonymous account and uninstall the App without deleting it, your records remain on the server under the anonymous ID; they carry no name or email and cannot be linked to you. We recommend deleting your data in the App before uninstalling.

6. Your rights

Under KVKK art. 11 and the GDPR you have the right to learn whether your data is processed, request information, correction or deletion, learn to whom it was transferred, object, and claim compensation.

• Deletion: in the App, Profile → Settings → "Delete my account and data". If you cannot access the App: https://gezdikce.com/hesap-silme/.
• For other requests write to tngrafik@gmail.com; we reply within 30 days.
• You may complain to the Turkish Personal Data Protection Authority or, in the EU, to your local data protection authority.

7. Children

The App is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect their data.

8. Security

All connections are encrypted (HTTPS). In the database each user can access only their own records.

9. Changes

If this policy changes, the current version is published on this page with a new date.