Effective Date: November 1, 2026
This Privacy Policy describes how Jon Wyatt (“we”, “us”, or “our”) handles your information when you use the Park Visit Log mobile application (the “App”). Park Visit Log is designed with your privacy as a priority — your personal data stays on your device and is never collected or transmitted by us.
Section 1
All data you create in Park Visit Log — including visit logs, dates, notes, photos, wildlife sightings, wishlists, trips, yearly goals, and achievements — is stored exclusively on your device, using Apple’s SwiftData framework and the app’s on-device settings. We do not operate servers that receive, store, or process your personal data. Your visit history never leaves your device unless you explicitly choose to export it using the app’s built-in backup feature, which saves a file to a location you control, or to share something (for example a progress card or a Field Passport PDF) through the system share sheet to a destination you pick. The export file is a copy you keep, and it does not include photos. Separately, if you back up your iPhone to iCloud or to a computer, that iOS device backup includes the app’s data, photos too, as it does for your other apps; it is made by iOS and kept by Apple or on your computer, never by us.
Section 2
Park Visit Log does not collect, transmit, or store any personal information, usage analytics, crash reports, or device identifiers. We do not use any analytics SDKs, advertising frameworks, or tracking technologies. We have no mechanism to know which parks you have visited, how often you use the App, or any other details about your activity.
Section 3
The App connects to the National Park Service Data API (https://developer.nps.gov/api/v1) to retrieve publicly available park information such as alerts, operating hours, entrance fees, and gallery photos. These requests include only a park code (e.g., “yose” for Yosemite) and an API key — no personal data, device identifiers, or location information is sent. Park information the App receives this way may be kept in a cache on your device, so it can still be shown when you are offline. No other third-party services, analytics platforms, or advertising networks are used.
Section 4
Park Visit Log requests access to your location only while you are using the App (“When In Use”). Your location is used for three purposes: displaying your position on the in-app map, determining whether you are inside a national park boundary for the check-in feature, and showing the distance and direction to the parks closest to you. The direction indicator also reads your device’s compass heading. Location and heading processing happens entirely on your device. Your coordinates are never transmitted to our servers or to any third party. The in-app map is drawn by Apple Maps, so Apple receives requests for the map area you are viewing, as it does in any app that uses Apple Maps; those requests are covered by Apple’s privacy policy, not ours. If you tap Directions, the App opens Apple Maps with the park’s name and state so it can plan your route; that is covered by Apple’s privacy policy too. When the App finds the park closest to you (on the Closest Park card, in Parks Near Me, or on the compass), it keeps a note of that park in its on-device settings: which park it is, its country, its distance from you, the compass direction from you to it, and when it was found. Each new result replaces the previous one. The note is used only by the App’s Log a Visit widget and by Siri, so they can offer that park without asking for your location, and it stays on your device. Your coordinates are never stored, though the distance and direction together show roughly where you were when the park was found.
Section 5
With your permission, Park Visit Log may send two kinds of local notifications. Park alerts tell you about danger warnings or park closures at parks you have visited and, if you turn it on, parks on your wishlist; they are generated on your device from publicly available alert data retrieved from the National Park Service API. Visit anniversary reminders tell you when it has been a year or more since a visit, for example “2 years ago today you were at Zion”; they are scheduled on your device from the visit dates you have logged and can be turned off in Settings. All notifications are created and delivered entirely on your device. No notification data is sent to or processed by external servers.
Section 6
Because Park Visit Log does not collect any personal information from any user, it does not knowingly collect information from children under the age of 13. The App contains no account creation, no data collection forms, and no mechanisms for transmitting personal data.
Section 7
We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by updating the Effective Date at the top of this page and, if the changes are significant, by providing a prominent notice within the App.
Section 8
In accordance with Apple’s App Store requirements, the following summarizes our data practices:
| Category | Status |
|---|---|
| Data Used to Track You | None |
| Data Linked to You | None |
| Data Not Linked to You | None |
| Data Collected | None |
Park Visit Log does not collect any data from its users.
Section 9
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or the App’s data practices, please contact Jon Wyatt at jonbuildsthings@protonmail.com.