Privacy at Naatil

Last updated: 14 September 2026

Naatil helps you discover places, save favourites and share collections. You can explore places and open shared collections without signing in.

Your account and saved places

When you use an available Google or Apple sign-in option, Naatil receives a provider account identifier and the name and email address made available during sign-in. We use this information to identify your account and keep your collections available across devices. Naatil does not receive your Google or Apple password or request access to your email messages, contacts or files.

Naatil stores your collection names, descriptions, selected cover images, saved places and private notes in its account database. Sign-in cookies, temporary authentication records and technical security information help keep you signed in and protect sign-in from abuse. An Apple authorization token may be stored in encrypted form to support disconnecting that account connection.

Settings lets you save an optional username, cities, bio, social handles and profile photo. Your name appears in trip membership and invitation lists. The other profile fields and photo are visible only to your signed-in account; they are not published or shared to social networks. Photos are resized and stripped of metadata on your device before upload, then stored privately. Replaced or removed photos are queued for deletion.

Sharing

Collections start private. When you enable a share link, anyone who has the link can view the collection name, description, cover and saved places. Private notes are excluded from shared collections. Turning off the link prevents further access through that link; it cannot recall copies someone has already made.

Using the share sheet or Messages passes the place or collection link to the app you choose. Copy link places it on your device’s clipboard.

Trip plans and reminders

Naatil stores your trip dates, timezone, daily activities, meeting-point pins and itinerary notes with your account. Trips start private. Enabling a group link shares the full itinerary, including its notes, with anyone who has that link. Collection private notes remain separate and are not included.

Pasted trip text is processed on your device for review; the reviewed itinerary is stored when you save. If you invite someone to edit, we store their sign-in email and invitation status. After accepting, they can view and change the full plan, including group notes. Only the owner manages invitations, viewing links and deletion. Removing a member stops future account access, but cannot recall copies or a separate viewing link.

If you enable iPhone reminders, a copy of upcoming activity titles, locations and times is scheduled on that device. Notifications may appear on its lock screen. Reopen the trip to update reminders when plans change. Signing out or deleting an account asks the current device to clear its Naatil reminders. Other devices and calendar exports may keep their existing copies until they are updated or removed there.

Location and maps

Location is optional. When you tap the location button and grant permission, Naatil uses your coordinates to find a nearby supported city and show your position on the map. The current app does not save those coordinates to your Naatil account database. You can choose a city manually and control location permission in your browser or device settings. Your chosen city is saved on this device so it stays selected when you return.

Mapbox supplies the maps. Loading a map sends map requests from your device to Mapbox, including requests for the area you view. Some place photos load from external websites. These services receive the technical information needed to handle those requests. Directions open Google Maps, and place-information links open external websites.

When you use Find place, the place name or address and the city you choose are sent through Naatil to Photon’s search service. We do not send your account identity or full trip notes. Search uses OpenStreetMap data; a selected location is stored with your trip when you save it. Search results may be briefly cached to reduce repeat requests.

Services that help run Naatil

Vercel serves the Naatil app and stores private profile photos. Turso stores account, profile, collection and trip records. Google or Apple handles the sign-in option you choose. Mapbox, external image hosts and any apps or websites you open from Naatil handle information under their own privacy practices.

Deleting your account

Open your profile, choose Delete account, and follow the confirmation steps. You may be asked to sign in again. Deletion removes your Naatil account, profile details, trips, collections and private notes from the active app database and queues your profile photo for deletion, disables their share links and invalidates your Naatil sessions. Limited security records may remain to prevent old sign-in attempts from recreating a deleted account.

Deleting Naatil does not delete your Google or Apple account. Naatil attempts to revoke its Apple connection during deletion. If that step fails, your Naatil data is still deleted and the app directs you to remove the remaining connection in Apple Account settings. You can also remove Naatil’s connection from your Google Account settings. Signing out alone does not delete your collections.

For help with your information or account deletion, contact knedumkallel@gmail.com.