Privacy Policy

Effective Date: March 24, 2026

Your privacy and the safety of pets are important to us. Sniff Radar is designed to help communities share information about lost and found pets in a safer and more organized way.

Information We Collect

To operate Sniff Radar, we collect certain information you provide directly or through your use of the app.

Personal Information

Pet and User Content

Location Information

How We Use Information

We use information to:

Third-Party Services

We use third-party service providers, including Firebase, to support authentication, databases, cloud storage, and notifications. These providers may process data on our behalf to operate and secure the service.

Data Sharing

Information you choose to post in Sniff Radar, such as pet photos, alert details, profile information, and chat-related activity, may be visible to other users as needed for the app to function.

We may also share information with service providers, law enforcement, or other parties when reasonably necessary to protect users, comply with applicable law, or enforce our Terms.

We do not sell your personal data to advertisers.

Retention and Deletion

We retain information for as long as reasonably necessary to provide the service, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, investigate misuse, and enforce our agreements. Some content may remain in backups, logs, or internal records for a limited period after deletion.

Security

We use reasonable technical and organizational safeguards to protect information. This may include device integrity and environment checks, such as detection of compromised devices, to help protect community data.

Children’s Privacy

Sniff Radar is not intended for children under the age of 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

Your Choices

You may choose what information to upload, manage permissions through your device settings, and stop using the app at any time. If you request account deactivation, some information may still be retained for legal, safety, or operational reasons as described in this Privacy Policy.

Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make changes, we will update the Effective Date above and may provide notice within the app where appropriate.

Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or data use, please contact Sniff Radar through the support channel provided in the app or on the app’s App Store listing.

Terms of Use

Effective Date: March 24, 2026

By accessing or using Sniff Radar, you agree to these Terms of Use. If you do not agree, you must not use the service.

1. Eligibility

By creating an account or using Sniff Radar, you represent that you are at least 13 years old and capable of agreeing to these Terms.

2. Community Standards

Sniff Radar is intended to support community-based pet safety and recovery. You agree to:

3. User Content and Rights

You may submit photos, pet details, profile information, messages, and other content through Sniff Radar.

You represent and warrant that you own that content or have all rights and permissions necessary to submit it and to allow Sniff Radar to use it as described in these Terms and the Privacy Policy.

By submitting content to Sniff Radar, you grant us a non-exclusive, worldwide, royalty-free license to host, store, reproduce, format, adapt for technical purposes, display, distribute, and otherwise use that content as needed to operate, improve, promote, secure, and provide the service.

4. Prohibited Content and Conduct

You may not post or transmit content that is false, misleading, unlawful, defamatory, abusive, threatening, hateful, sexually explicit, invasive of privacy, fraudulent, spam-related, or infringing on another person’s intellectual property, privacy, publicity, or other rights.

You may not impersonate another person, misuse emergency-style pet alerts, interfere with the platform, attempt unauthorized access, or use Sniff Radar in a way that could harm users, animals, or the community.

5. Moderation and Enforcement

Sniff Radar may review, remove, refuse, limit, or disable access to content or accounts when we believe doing so is necessary to enforce these Terms, protect users, reduce risk, or preserve the integrity of the service.

We may investigate reports, preserve relevant records, cooperate with law enforcement when appropriate, and suspend or deactivate accounts for repeated or serious violations.

6. Safety Warning

Sniff Radar is a platform for community help. We are not responsible for interactions between users.

For your safety:

7. User Responsibility

You are solely responsible for the content you post, the accuracy of the information you provide, and your interactions with other users. Sniff Radar does not guarantee the recovery of any pet.

8. Security and Device Integrity

To help protect community data and improve platform integrity, Sniff Radar may use security checks to identify compromised environments or modified devices. Access may be limited or terminated if a security risk is detected.

9. Service Availability and Disclaimers

Sniff Radar is provided on an “as is” and “as available” basis. We do not guarantee that alerts, chat, notifications, maps, geofencing, or any other features will always be accurate, complete, secure, or uninterrupted.

10. Limitation of Liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Sniff Radar is not liable for indirect, incidental, special, consequential, exemplary, or punitive damages, or for losses arising from user content, user interactions, lost pets, found pets, delays, outages, or reliance on information shared through the service.

11. Changes to Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time. Continued use of Sniff Radar after changes become effective means you accept the updated Terms.

12. Contact

For support or questions about these Terms, please contact Sniff Radar through the support channel available in the app or on the app’s App Store listing.