Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 7, 2026

Overview

Leaks ("we", "our", "us") is an anonymous local community for sharing Leaks, asking questions, and answering people nearby. This policy explains what data we collect, how we use it, and the choices you have. By using Leaks you agree to the practices described below.

Information We Collect

Account Information (Sign in with Apple):When you create an account we receive the anonymous identifier generated by Apple and, if you choose, the relay email address Apple provides. This identifier is used solely to authenticate you and is not visible to other users.
Location Data: We use location when you create or browse local content so that we can surface relevant Leaks and questions. By default, the map shows a stable, obfuscated point rather than the exact coordinates selected for a post or question. An author can revisit their own selected location, while another authenticated user needs Premium to reveal it. A reveal does not provide live location tracking or the author’s identity.
Gender: You are asked to select a gender when signing up. This information is used to personalise your experience (for example, filters and statistics). If you select male or female, it may also appear as a profile hint to the author of a Leak you deliberately open. Other selections are omitted from Viewer Hints.
Community Content: The text of the Leaks, questions, and answers you post is stored on our servers so that it can be displayed to other users. For Ask, the selected place label and an approximate map point are public; the exact target coordinates remain protected until an eligible viewer chooses to reveal them.

Location and Viewer Hints

Leaks uses your approximate location to show local content and create Viewer Hints when you deliberately open someone else’s Leak or accepted Ask question. Premium authors may see an obfuscated area with a radius of at least 500 metres, never your exact coordinates, name, email, or account ID. We may also show your device family, OS name and version, interaction time, whether you returned, the surface you opened from, and male or female if selected in your profile. Other gender selections are omitted. Passive feed impressions do not create Viewer Hints.

Viewer Hints and exact-location reveals are separate features. A Viewer Hint never grants an author access to a viewer’s exact location. If Viewer Hints is disabled, new hint capture and Viewer Hint notifications stop, but this does not change how exact post or question locations are revealed.

What We Don’t Collect

Your name, phone number, or other personal identifiers you do not explicitly provide
Device identifiers for advertising purposes
Cookies or cross-site tracking data

How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

Authenticate your account and keep it secure
Show you secrets that are relevant to your location
Moderate content, fight spam, and enforce our community guidelines
Understand and improve how Leaks is used

Data Retention & Deletion

Secrets remain on Leaks only for as long as you want them to. You can delete a secret at any time from within the app; once deleted it is permanently removed from our servers and is no longer visible to anyone.

You can also delete your entire account — including all secrets, replies, votes, location history and profile information — with a single tap in the settings screen. When you confirm deletion, we immediately and irreversibly erase all associated data from our systems.

Data Protection

We employ industry-standard technical and organisational measures to safeguard the data we hold. Viewer Hints store only an obfuscated approximate area and never expose a viewer’s exact coordinates or account identifier.

Contact Us

If you have questions about this policy or wish to exercise your data rights, email us atsupport@inkognito.app.