Privacy Policy
How BlahBlahMap handles account data, map activity, and privacy rights.
Last updated: April 16, 2026
This Privacy Policy explains how BlahBlahMap at blahblahmap.com collects, uses, and protects personal data.
We do not sell user data to third parties or ad companies. We handle personal data in line with GDPR principles, including data minimization, transparency, and user access rights.
What We Collect
- Account details such as your name, email address, and login method.
- Profile settings such as your preferred language.
- Content you submit, including markers and related activity on the map.
- Technical and security data such as sessions, IP-derived security context, browser details, and audit logs needed to operate the service.
How We Use Data
- To create and secure your account.
- To operate the map, user submissions, and account features.
- To send transactional emails such as verification, password reset, and account change notices.
- To prevent abuse, investigate issues, and maintain platform security.
Legal Bases
- Performance of a contract when we provide the service you request.
- Legitimate interests for security, fraud prevention, reliability, and service improvement.
- Legal obligations where we must retain or disclose data under applicable law.
- Consent where consent is specifically requested.
Sharing
We may share data with infrastructure, hosting, email, authentication, and database service providers only as needed to run BlahBlahMap.
We do not sell personal data to third parties or ad companies, and we do not share personal data for third-party advertising.
Retention
We keep personal data only as long as needed to provide the service, maintain security records, comply with legal obligations, and resolve disputes.
If you delete your account or request erasure, we will delete or anonymize data unless we must keep certain records for legal, fraud-prevention, or security reasons.
GDPR Rights
- Access the personal data we hold about you.
- Request correction of inaccurate data.
- Request deletion of personal data where applicable.
- Object to or restrict certain processing.
- Request portability of data where applicable.
- Lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.
Security
We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect user data. No system is perfectly secure, but we design the service to limit access, protect credentials, and support account verification and audit logging.
Contact
For privacy questions or requests, contact info@blahblahmap.com.