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How GoodTaste uses account, community, location and support information.
Your account and content
We store the name, email address, password hash, handle, bio and profile details you provide. Passwords and recovery codes are stored as hashes. Your published profile, posts, captions and comments are visible to other people and may appear on shared pages. The app prepares uploaded photos and short videos for publication. Share media you created or have permission to use.
Account emails
We send account emails through our email provider: a welcome note with a link to confirm your address, password reset links, a notice whenever your password changes, and a confirmation when you delete your account. Restaurant owners can email a team invitation code to a teammate; that address isn’t stored. These are service emails only, with no marketing and no tracking pixels. Confirmation and reset links are stored as hashes and expire.
Stories and private messages
Stories are original photos or short videos visible to you and your current followers for 24 hours. Blocks and current sign-in access also apply. Expired or deleted stories stop being accessible immediately; stored media is queued for removal with retries. Authorized story media is downloaded into protected temporary files and cleared when you leave, change accounts, or the story becomes unavailable. Direct messages store participants, message text and references to shared posts. Only conversation participants can access the conversation, subject to blocks. Authorized safety operators can review the specific message or currently available story reported to them. Reporting does not create an extra retained copy of story media.
Your taste and community
We store follows, likes, saves, comments, reposts, people tags, reports, blocks, feed preferences and interaction events such as viewing time and shares. These support discovery and reporting. Manage feed personalization in Settings. Remove people tags or turn off new tags in your profile settings. Reposts preserve the original author. Interactions, reposts and tags do not transfer ownership or prove a purchase, commission or campaign reward.
A neighborhood you choose
Choose an area by ZIP code, city or address, or choose device location with your permission. The app remembers an approximate area and radius on your device and sends the selected center for local requests. The iOS app uses Apple Maps. On the web, address searches are sent to Photon, which uses OpenStreetMap data. Only an approximate area and radius are stored on this browser. Restaurant owners may provide a public business address and coordinates. We do not collect background location history.
Native videos and tracking
Curated videos retain their original creator credit and source. Videos available in GoodTaste play natively from our media storage. We do not load Instagram, TikTok or YouTube web players, use their advertising identifiers or embedded-player cookies, sell your personal information, or track you across apps. Opening an original source externally is optional and subject to that service’s privacy policy.
Creator account claims
A creator account claim stores your source account identity, evidence URL, consent, challenge, review status and eligible source post snapshots. A separate operator reviews account control and consent. Source links are context, not account access or payment authorization. Revocation or account deletion removes verified profile association while original external credit remains.
Restaurant ownership and orders
Business claims store the contact and ownership details you submit for independent review. Pickup requests store restaurant and dish references, quantities, server-calculated prices and tax, tip, timing, notes and eligible recommendation references. Payment onboarding and card entry use Stripe-hosted pages when available. We keep Stripe payment, refund and payout references, not your full card number. Closing a payment page does not confirm a purchase. Operational push notifications use an installation identifier and Apple push token associated with authorized restaurant staff; signing out or losing access revokes the registration.
Support and service partners
Support requests store the topic, subject, messages, replies, optional contact email and account association where signed in. Guest access keys are stored as hashes. When email is enabled and you add a reply email, we send one receipt with your reference and topic (never your message or access key); replies appear on your request, not by email. Authorized operators review requests and add private notes. Our hosting, database, media storage, maps and app distribution partners process information needed to operate these services. Temporary rate limits protect accounts and content from abuse.
Deletion and choices
Delete your account in the app’s Settings. This removes sign-in access, profile, posts, stories, reposts, people tags, private conversations involving the account, comments and recovery codes. Uploaded media is queued for deletion with retries if storage is unavailable. Linked support contact details and messages are removed. Limited content-free audit, transaction, accounting, dispute and safety records may be retained where needed. You can also delete your posts, stories and comments, block profiles, and report content.
For privacy or account help, send a support request. Keep passwords, recovery codes and full payment details out of your message.