Last updated: November 1, 2026
My Bodegas is a free iOS app for finding and sharing bodegas in New York City. It is made by one person, has no ads, and does not sell personal data. Two service providers, named below, process usage and crash reports on our behalf.
Your location. When you allow it, the app sends your current coordinates to our server to find bodegas near you. The coordinates are used for that query and are not stored.
Streets Walked (optional). If you turn this feature on, the app records the streets you walk, including while it is in the background, so it can highlight them on your own map. This history is kept only on your device and is never uploaded. Turning the feature off stops recording; deleting the app deletes the history. The feature is off by default.
Motion (optional). With your permission the app uses motion activity to tell walking from riding so that cab and subway trips are not counted as walked streets. Motion data stays on your device.
Your account. Signing in uses Sign in with Apple. We receive a user identifier and the email address Apple provides, which may be Apple’s private relay address. We do not ask for your name. Browsing bodegas works without signing in; an account is needed only to add bodegas, photos, reviews or report problems.
What you post. Bodegas you add, photos you upload, reviews you write and problems you flag are stored on our server and linked to your account. Photos are resized and re-encoded before upload, which removes location and camera metadata. Posted bodegas, photos and reviews are public to other users of the app.
The app sends us a short record of how it is used: which features were used and how often, which bodega was opened, the app version, and your device model and iOS version. It also sends crash and hang reports so bugs can be fixed. Sharing is on by default. These reports never include your precise location or walked routes, your photos, or anything you type. When you are signed in they carry your user identifier; otherwise they are anonymous.
Sentry handles the crash reports and PostHog the usage reports, both in the United States. Neither is used for advertising or tracking.
You can turn this off on any device, signed in or not: tap the Account button in the top bar and uncheck Share Usage and Diagnostics. From then on nothing more is sent from that device and no crash is recorded. A crash is reported only if sharing was on when it happened and still on the next time the app opened after it.
Usage reports tied to your account are deleted from our analytics within 30 days of deleting your account. Crash reports expire after 90 days.
Account data and posted content are stored with Supabase, our hosting provider, in the United States. Usage and crash reports are stored with Sentry and PostHog, also in the United States. All traffic between the app and the server uses HTTPS.
You can delete your account inside the app: tap the Account button in the top bar, choose Your Account, then Delete Account. If you signed in with Apple, the app asks you to confirm with Apple once more, and the app’s Sign in with Apple access is revoked as part of the deletion.
Deleting your account removes your email, user identifier, photos, reviews and flags from our server for good. Bodegas you added stay in the shared map without any link to you. Your Streets Walked history is kept only on your device and is not touched; clear it from the Streets Walked menu or by deleting the app.
If you can’t use the app, email the address below from the account you signed in with and we will delete the account for you.
The app is not directed at children under 13 and does not knowingly collect data from them.
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted at this address with a new date.
yukichikawada@gmail.com