Pocket Parker Privacy Policy
Last updated: October 10, 2026
- There are no accounts. Pocket Parker doesn't ask for your name, email or phone number.
- Your location is used on your phone to show parking rules around you. It is not sent to us, with one exception you control: if you choose to send a sign photo or a report, the spot it is about goes with it.
- We don't sell your data, and there are no ads or ad trackers in the app.
- Background location is optional. It is only used if you turn on "Warn me before a ticket".
Who this is from
Pocket Parker is made by Cassius Amorin. Questions about this policy or your data: [email protected].
Location
While you use the app. With your permission, Pocket Parker reads your phone's location to center the map on you, to search for parking "near me", and to work out which curb you're next to. This happens on your phone.
In the background (optional). If you turn on "Warn me before a ticket" and allow location "Always" (iPhone) or "Allow all the time" (Android), the app also reads your location when it is closed or not in use. It uses this for one thing: to notice that you were driving and then stopped, so it can work out where you parked and send you a notification before the parking time runs out there. On Android a notice stays in your notification bar while this is on.
Your location, where you parked, and your warning settings are stored on your phone only. They are not sent to us or to anyone else, and we cannot see them. (A sign photo or report you choose to send carries the spot it is about; see below.) Turn the feature off in the app, or change the location permission in your phone's settings, at any time. Deleting the app deletes this data.
Notifications
With your permission, the app shows notifications that it creates on your own phone: reminders you set, and automatic warnings if you turned them on. We do not send marketing notifications, and the app does not register your phone with a notification service of ours.
Camera and photos
The camera is used only when you choose to photograph a parking sign. See "Sign photos and reports" below for when a photo leaves your phone.
What the app sends over the internet
| What | Goes to | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Requests for map data files (curb rules, parking lots, events) for the area you're looking at | Our file storage at Cloudflare | To show parking rules. Like any web request, Cloudflare sees your IP address and which files were asked for. The files cover areas about 5 km across, so a request shows roughly what part of a city you're viewing, not your exact position. We don't keep our own logs of these. |
| Map background | Google Maps (Android) or Apple Maps (iPhone) | To draw the map. Their own privacy policies apply to that. |
| An address or place name you type in search | Your phone's built-in address lookup (run by Apple or Google) | To find the place on the map. |
That is everything the app sends in normal use.
Sign photos and reports (optional, only when you send one)
Some versions of the app have a "Read the sign" button and an "Is this right?" section on a curb. If yours doesn't show them, nothing in this section applies to you. If it does, these are sent only when you tap them:
- Sign photos. When you photograph a sign and ask the app to read it, the app sends the photo, the curb it is for, and your location at that moment. The photo is stored privately and is read by an AI service (Claude, made by Anthropic) to turn the sign into parking rules. We look at photos ourselves before anything from them is shown to other users. Please keep people and license plates out of the photo.
- Reports. When you tap "Looks correct" or "Report a problem", the app sends the curb you chose, your choices, any note you typed, and the spot you marked. A report shows on your own map right away, and to other users only after we have checked it.
- A random phone ID. The app makes up a random ID the first time it runs and sends it with a photo or report. It is used only to limit how many one phone can send in a day. It is not your name, phone number, advertising ID or device serial number, and it is not linked to anything else about you. For the same reason, a scrambled form of your internet address is kept for one day and then discarded.
No name or account is attached to a photo or report. They are kept so the map can be corrected. To have one removed, email us with roughly where and when you sent it.
When the app is used with a home test server instead of the public service, business-name searches, shared map links and live meter spaces are also fetched through that server.
If you email us
The app has buttons that open your own email app with a message to us already started: the curb you were looking at, its location, and a photo if you took one. Nothing is sent until you press Send in your email app. If you do, we receive what any email carries: your email address, your message and the photo. We use it to correct the map and to reply to you, and we don't add you to any mailing list. Ask us to delete it at any time.
What we don't do
- No accounts, and no collection of your name, email, phone number or contacts.
- No advertising, and no advertising or analytics trackers in the app.
- No selling or renting of data.
- No history of your movements is kept by us. We never receive it.
Children
Pocket Parker is made for drivers. It is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them.
Deleting your data
Everything the app stores about you is on your phone: your settings, recent searches, and where it last noticed you parked. Deleting the app removes it. If you sent a report or a sign photo and want it removed, email [email protected] with roughly where and when, and we will delete it.
Where the parking information comes from
Parking rules are built from public city data and from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors). They can be wrong or out of date. Posted signs and curb paint always win.
Changes
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted on this page with a new date. If a change affects how location is used, the app will say so before it applies.