Yonder

Privacy Policy

Effective: June 2026

1. Information We Collect

Location data. GPS coordinates, heading, speed, and related motion signals collected while you use Ask or an active Journey. If you enable Journey tracking, Yonder may continue receiving location updates while the app is backgrounded or the screen is locked so hands-free Guide narration can continue.

Account information. Your email address, collected via Supabase authentication when you create an account.

Voice preferences. Your selected narrator voice and audio settings.

Usage data.Features you've viewed, narrations you've heard, and engagement signals such as listen duration and skips. This helps us improve personalization and content quality.

Purchases. Subscription status and entitlement state used to provide Yonder Pro and enforce free-tier limits.

User content. Saved Yonders, custom Moments, optional photos you choose to attach, and public share links you create.

Diagnostics. App events, errors, and limited diagnostic location tracks used to debug Journey timing and audio behavior.

2. How We Use Your Information

Feature discovery. Your location is used to find nearby points of interest from Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, and HMDB.org.

AI narration. Location context and nearby feature data is sent to Claude (Anthropic) to generate contextual stories and answer your questions.

Personalization. Usage signals help Yonder adapt to your interests over time — surfacing the kinds of stories you engage with most.

Service improvement. Aggregated usage data helps us improve narration quality, feature selection, and timing.

Billing and support. Purchase state is used to unlock Yonder Pro, restore purchases, troubleshoot subscription issues, and prevent abuse of free usage limits.

3. Third-Party Services

Yonder uses the following third-party services. We share only what is necessary for each service to function.

  • Supabase — Authentication and secure data storage. Receives account credentials and app data.
  • Anthropic / Claude— AI narration and Q&A. Receives location context and conversation text.
  • ElevenLabs — Voice synthesis. Receives narration text only; no location data is shared.
  • Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, HMDB.org — Feature and POI data. Receives location coordinates for nearby feature lookup.
  • RevenueCat — Subscription billing. Receives user ID and purchase state.
  • Apple Speech Recognition — User-initiated Ask dictation. Receives microphone audio only when you tap the Ask mic.
  • Apple— In-app purchases managed by Apple. Subject to Apple's own privacy terms.

4. Location Data

Location is collected when it is needed for Ask, Journey, and Guide features. During an active Journey, location may continue in the background or with the screen locked so Yonder can keep narrating hands-free.

Your location data is not sold, shared with advertisers, or used for tracking or profiling outside of Yonder's core functionality.

Trip history (your Yonders) is stored at your discretion and can be deleted at any time from within the app or by contacting support.

Diagnostic tracks, when captured for troubleshooting, are exact location samples kept separately from broad product analytics and are retention-limited.

5. Data Retention

Account data is retained while your account is active. Usage data is retained to support service improvement. Diagnostic tracks are retained for a limited troubleshooting window. You may initiate account deletion from the app or request help deleting associated data by contacting us at support@yonderguides.com.

6. Data Security

All data is encrypted in transit using TLS. Data is stored securely via Supabase with access controls that limit data access to only what is necessary for each service function to operate.

7. Children's Privacy

Yonder is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal data from children under 13. If we learn that we have collected such data, we will delete it promptly.

8. Your Rights

You have the right to access your data, request its deletion, and opt out of non-essential data collection. To exercise any of these rights, contact us at support@yonderguides.com.

9. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Material changes will be communicated via the app or by email. Continued use of Yonder after changes are posted constitutes your acceptance of the updated policy.

10. Contact Us

Questions about this policy? Reach us at support@yonderguides.com.