Privacy Policy

Effective Date: July 28, 2026

Welcome to WhereIsThisPhoto ("we", "us", "our"). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our website and services at whereisthisphoto.org (the "Service"). If you have any questions, contact us at [email protected].

1. Information We Collect

  • Photos You Upload: Images provided to identify locations and perform photo location finder analysis.
  • Usage & Device Data: IP address, browser type, device information, pages visited, time on page, referral sources, cookie identifiers, and similar online identifiers.
  • Analysis Results: Location identifications, confidence scores, place names, and geographical information.
  • Support Communications: Messages you send to our support email.

2. How We Use Information

  • Provide and improve the AI Location Finder Service, including location identification accuracy and quality.
  • Process photo location analysis, landmark identification, and geographical assessments.
  • Maintain security, analytics, and Service performance.
  • Communicate important updates and support responses.
  • Comply with legal obligations and enforce our Terms of Service.

3. Photo Storage and Retention

Photos uploaded for location identification are processed immediately and are not permanently stored on our servers. Images are temporarily cached during analysis and automatically deleted after processing. We do not build a database of user photos.

4. Legal Bases (EEA/UK)

  • Legitimate interests (providing location finder service, security, analytics, improving Service).
  • Consent (where required, e.g., certain cookies/marketing).
  • Legal obligations (e.g., fraud prevention, compliance).

5. Sharing & Disclosure

  • Service Providers: Cloud hosting, AI processing, analytics, logging—only as needed to operate the Photo Location Finder Service.
  • Advertising Partners: If advertising is enabled, Google AdSense and other advertising partners may collect or receive information from your browser or device to serve, measure, personalize, and protect advertisements, as described below.
  • Legal Requirements: Lawful requests, enforcement of rights, prevention of harm or fraud.
  • Business Transfers: In a merger, acquisition, or asset sale, data may be transferred with notice.
  • No Third-Party Sharing: We do not sell or share your photos or location identification results with third parties for marketing purposes.

6. Data Retention

We retain personal data only as long as necessary for the purposes above. Uploaded photos are deleted immediately after analysis. Usage logs may be retained for security and compliance purposes.

7. Your Rights

Depending on your location, you may have the right to access, correct, delete, or export your data, and to object or restrict certain processing. To exercise rights, contact [email protected].

8. Children's Privacy

Our Service is not intended for children under 13 (or equivalent minimum age in your jurisdiction). We do not knowingly collect data from children.

9. Security

We employ reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your data during location identification analysis. However, no method of transmission or storage is 100% secure.

10. International Transfers

Your information may be processed and stored in data centers outside your country. We implement safeguards for cross-border transfers where required.

11. Cookies, Advertising, and Google AdSense

We use necessary cookies for website functionality and may use analytics cookies to understand how visitors use the Service. If we enable advertising, we may use Google AdSense and other third-party advertising services.

Google and other third-party vendors may place or read cookies on your browser, use web beacons, or use IP addresses and other online identifiers as a result of advertisements being served on or interactions occurring with this website. These technologies may be used to:

  • serve and display advertisements;
  • limit how often an advertisement is shown;
  • measure advertisement performance and prevent fraud or abuse;
  • select personalized advertisements based on previous visits to this website or other websites, where permitted; and
  • serve non-personalized advertisements based on factors such as the content being viewed, general location, and current search terms.

Google explains how it uses information from websites and apps that use its services on its How Google uses information from sites or apps that use our services page.

You can manage or opt out of personalized advertising from Google through Google Ads Settings. You can also control or delete cookies through your browser settings. Disabling cookies may affect certain website features, and opting out of personalized advertising does not necessarily prevent you from seeing advertisements; the advertisements may instead be non-personalized.

Where required by applicable law, we will request consent before using non-essential cookies or processing personal data for personalized advertising. Available consent controls can be used to accept, reject, or manage eligible advertising and analytics technologies.

12. Contact

Email: [email protected]

Website: whereisthisphoto.org

13. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy. Material changes will be indicated by updating the "Effective Date" above.