Last Updated: Nov 5, 2024
Welcome to Kiji Maps! We respect your privacy and strive to provide you a safe and secure experience. This Privacy Policy applies to the Kiji Maps mobile application (the “App”), “the website” www.kijimaps.com and associated services (collectively referred to as “Kiji Maps” or the “Services”). In this document we explain how we handle your personal information, how we use and share that information, and your choices concerning our data practices. Please also read our Terms Of Service (the “Terms Of Service”) which sets out the terms governing the Services.
Kiji Maps is provided to you by Kiju Explorers, LLC and we are located at 10080 N. Wolfe Rd Suite SW3-200, Cupertino, CA 95014, USA.
We reserve the right to modify or amend this Privacy Policy from time to time without notice. Any changes will be effective immediately on posting. If we make changes we deem to be material, we will provide a prominent notice either in the App or through other channels as appropriate. If you object to any part of this Privacy Policy, you should stop using the Services immediately and delete the App.
When you use Kiji Maps we may collect some information about you, including information that directly or indirectly identifies you. We receive information whenever you use the Services to browse content, interact with content or track your activities. For the most part this information is anonymized to the extent we are able to do so. Our business model is not based on selling data or monetizing ads so we are not interested in collecting any more information than necessary to provide the Services to you and others, or to feed insights back into the product development process.
Currently all subscriptions are handled by the Apple App Store and we do not process any personal information you provided when signing up for the subscription. We do not have access to your name, contact information or payment card details.
Kiji Maps provides a high resolution map with outdoor recreation routes and points of interest around you or anywhere in the world. Once you consent to sharing your location with the App we get access to your precision location information using the GPS and other sources of location available on your mobile device. We use this information for -
Displaying your position on the map
Track Recording - when you choose to track your location by pressing the “Start” button we store the history of your location coordinates locally on your mobile device till you press the “Pause” button. We do not transmit this location data to our servers or share it with third parties.
Route Sharing - when you choose to share your recorded track with others via the “Share” button, any recorded location data is also shared to whoever you send it to. If you or someone you shared the recording with copies the recording onto the internet, it will be viewable by anyone.
Product Enhancements - in order to get insights into where our users are or what content they prefer, we will collect anonymized location data that is aggregated via third-party analytics tools.
If you would like to stop sharing your location information with the App, you may do so at any time by going to the settings on your device and disabling location services for the App.
We collect usage data from the App to conduct research, and to analyze, develop, troubleshoot, and improve the product. Some examples of data that we may collect include, but are not limited to, the number of people using the App, peak hours of use, which content is being interacted with, which locations are popular, which features in the App are being used, how long it takes to perform operations in the App etc. As part of this data we may also collect technical information about your device including the type of mobile device you use, a unique device identifier (for example your Device's IMEI number, the MAC address of the Device's wireless network interface, mobile network information, your mobile operating system or the type of mobile browser you use). We use third-party analytics tools to gain insights on this data.
We do not disclose your personal information to any advertising partners or ad networks, for advertising purposes.
If you are part of our Beta Program, your name and email address are stored for the purpose of distributing new application versions to you. Any feedback on the product you send to us will be shared with members of our product development team who will use it to improve the product. We may also contact you about your feedback using the contact details you shared with us. We do not share the feedback with any outside parties.
If we become involved in a business combination, securities offering, bankruptcy, reorganization, dissolution or other similar transaction, we may share or transfer your information in connection with such transaction.
We may preserve and share your information with third parties, including law enforcement, public or governmental agencies, or private litigants, within or outside your country of residence, if we determine that such disclosure is allowed by the law or reasonably necessary to comply with the law, including to respond to court orders, warrants, subpoenas, or other legal or regulatory process. We may also retain, preserve or disclose your information if we determine that this is reasonably necessary or appropriate to: (1) prevent any person from death or serious bodily injury; (2) to address issues of national security or other issues of public importance; (3) to prevent or detect violations of our Terms Of Service or fraud or abuse of Kiji Maps or its users (4) or to protect our operations or our property or other legal rights, including by disclosure to our legal counsel and other consultants and third parties in connection with actual or potential litigation.
Kiji Maps is not intended for, nor directed to, children under 16 years of age, or the age of majority in your province, territory or country. If you are below that age, do not use the App or any of the associated Services.
We rely on a number of legal bases to collect, use, share, and otherwise process the information we have about you, including:
The Services are operated from the United States. If you are located outside of the United States and choose to use the Services or provide information to us, you acknowledge and understand that your information will be transferred to, processed and stored in the United States, as is necessary for the functioning of the Services and perform the Terms Of Service. Furthermore, anytime the Services are used outside the United States some information will be transmitted via computer networks and service providers located outside of the United States.
We retain information as long as necessary to provide the Services to you and others, subject to any legal obligations to further retain such information e.g. for tax, legal, accounting or other purposes. Information associated with your account will generally be kept until it is no longer necessary to provide the Services or until your account is deleted or becomes inactive. In making these determinations, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of the personal information, the purposes for which the information is processed, whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and applicable legal requirements. In addition, we may retain information to comply with the law, prevent fraud, collect fees, resolve disputes, troubleshoot problems, assist with investigations, enforce the Terms Of Service and take other actions permitted by law.
Information connected to you that is no longer necessary and relevant to provide our Services to you may be anonymized and aggregated with data from other sources to provide insights that are commercially valuable to us, such as statistics of the use of the Services.