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Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 24, 2026

1. Introduction

Welcome to Beside ("we," "our," or "us"). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting your personal data and location information. This Privacy Policy explains how Beside collects, uses, and safeguards your information when you use our mobile application and related services.

2. Information We Collect

To provide live location sharing and zone alert features, Beside collects the following types of information:

  • Location Data: Precise background and foreground GPS location data when enabled by you to share with your connected contacts.
  • Account & Connection Information: Basic identifier data needed to establish connections between your device and your chosen friends or family members.
  • Saved Places & Zones: Custom locations (such as Home, Work, or School) that you set up to receive arrival and departure notifications.

3. How We Use Your Information

Your location data is used strictly to power the features you explicitly activate:

  • Displaying your live location to users you have explicitly connected with.
  • Sending arrival and departure alerts for your designated safe zones.
  • Helping you discover nearby places such as cafés, restaurants, and essential services on the map.

4. Sharing and Control

You maintain complete control over your location sharing:

  • Location sharing requires mutual explicit agreement before any data is visible to another user.
  • You can pause or permanently stop location sharing with any contact or group at any time within the app settings.
  • We do not sell, rent, or trade your personal location data to third-party advertisers or data brokers.

5. Data Security & Retention

We implement robust technical and organizational security measures to protect your data against unauthorized access, loss, or disclosure. Location data is retained only for as long as necessary to fulfill active feature requests and operational requirements.

6. Contact Us

If you have any questions, concerns, or requests regarding this Privacy Policy or your data, please contact us at [email protected].