Findmas Privacy Policy

Effective date: 11.11.2026

Findmas lets you hide the doors of an augmented-reality advent calendar in a real place, such as your home, and share that calendar with people nearby. This policy explains what information Findmas processes, why it is needed, and how you can control it.

1. Who is responsible

Findmas is provided by:

Ole Wendt
Email: ole-wendt+findmas@simplelogin.co

You can use this email address for privacy questions and requests concerning your personal information.

2. Information processed by Findmas

Findmas processes the following information on your device:

• Live camera images, used to scan a place and display pins in augmented reality.
• A spatial map of the scanned place (an ARKit world map), containing feature points and surfaces that describe the room’s geometry, together with the positions of your pins and any hidden surface areas.
• Project details you enter: name, subtitle, and calendar year, plus the creation date.
• Pictures and short texts you attach to pins.
• For received projects: the name of the device that sent the project and the date it was received.

This information is used to save and recognise places, show pins and their pictures at the right spot, unlock advent calendar doors by date, and share projects with nearby devices.

Findmas does not require an account. It does not request access to your location, does not include advertising or third-party analytics SDKs, does not connect to a developer-operated server, and does not sell your personal information.

3. Camera access

Findmas requests permission to use the camera. Camera images are processed live by Apple’s ARKit on your device to detect surfaces and recognise a saved place. Findmas does not save photos or videos from the camera.

The saved spatial map is not a photo of the place, but it describes the shape and distinctive visual points of the scanned area, which can reveal information about the layout of a room.

You can change or revoke camera permission in your device’s Settings. Without it, scanning and viewing projects in augmented reality is unavailable. Revoking permission does not delete information already saved on your device.

4. Pictures you attach

When you attach a picture to a pin, you choose it using Apple’s system photo picker. Findmas only receives the pictures you select and does not get access to the rest of your photo library.

A selected picture is reduced in size and saved as a new image in the project. The new copy does not retain the original photo’s metadata, such as where it was taken.

5. Sharing with nearby devices

When you choose to share or receive a project, Findmas uses Apple’s Multipeer Connectivity to connect directly to devices near you over Wi-Fi, peer-to-peer Wi-Fi, or Bluetooth. Findmas requests permission to use the local network for this purpose.

While sharing or receiving is open, your device’s name is visible to nearby devices running Findmas. The creator must approve each device that requests a project. Connections are encrypted.

A shared project includes its name, subtitle, year, creation date, spatial map, pin positions, and attached pictures and texts. The receiving device also stores the sender’s device name. Only share projects with people you trust to see this content. Received projects are view-only and cannot be shared further from within Findmas.

Once a project is sent, it is stored on the recipient’s device under their control. The developer cannot remove it from that device.

You can change or revoke local network permission in your device’s Settings. Without it, sharing is unavailable.

6. Storage and access

Projects, spatial maps, pictures, and texts are stored in Findmas’ local app storage.

Findmas does not upload this information to a developer-operated server. The developer cannot remotely access your local app data.

Your device may include Findmas’ data in device or iCloud backups, depending on your settings. Backups are separate from Findmas’ active local storage and are managed through Apple’s services.

7. Apple services

Findmas uses Apple frameworks such as ARKit, the system photo picker, and Multipeer Connectivity, which run on your device. Apple may process information associated with App Store distribution, device backups, and diagnostics according to your settings and its own policies. For details, see Apple’s Privacy Policy.

8. Retention and deletion

Saved projects, including received projects, have no automatic expiry in Findmas.

You can delete a project from the project list. This removes its spatial map, pictures, and texts from Findmas’ local storage. You can also remove individual pins, pictures, and texts while editing a project.

To remove all of Findmas’ local data, delete the app using your device’s Delete App option. Offloading the app preserves its documents and data.

Deleting information from the app or deleting the app does not necessarily remove copies in existing backups or on devices you have shared projects with. Backup retention and deletion are controlled through your device or backup provider. Restoring an older backup may restore previously saved information.

Because the developer does not hold a server-side copy of your projects, the developer cannot remotely retrieve or delete them.

9. Support requests and this website

If you contact the developer, the information you provide—such as your email address, message, and any attachments—is used to respond to your request. Please avoid sending pictures of your home or other sensitive information unless needed to explain your issue.

Support messages are handled using Posteo and retained for 30 days.

The website hosting this policy is provided by Vercel Inc. For information about how Vercel processes visitor information, including technical data collected when you access this website, see Vercel’s Privacy Notice.

10. Legal bases and your rights

Where the General Data Protection Regulation applies, information necessary to provide features you request is processed to perform the service agreement with you under Article 6(1)(b). Support correspondence is processed under Article 6(1)(f), based on the legitimate interest in answering enquiries and resolving problems. Where processing relies on consent, you may withdraw that consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of earlier processing.

Depending on the circumstances and applicable law, you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or receive a portable copy of personal information, restrict processing, and object to processing based on legitimate interests.

You may contact the developer using the details above to exercise your rights. For information stored exclusively on your device or on devices you shared projects with, the developer may be unable to access it or act on it remotely.

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with a competent data protection supervisory authority.

11. Changes to this policy

This policy may be updated when Findmas’ features or data practices change. The current version will be available on this webpage. The effective date will identify the latest revision.