The short version
Winery Passport is a local-first Android app from Hoosier Geek. It does not require an account and Hoosier Geek does not operate a cloud service that receives your passport records. The current app has no advertising, analytics, crash reporting, social feed, or cloud synchronization.
If you allow location access, the app uses current coordinates to ask public OpenStreetMap-family services for nearby winery-like place names. Your passport record stores the name you choose rather than latitude or longitude.
Data stored on your device
Winery Passport can store the following data in app-private storage on your Android device:
- place names and visit dates or times;
- optional notes and wine, service, and ambiance scores;
- photos you choose, copied into the app’s private storage;
- the local database and settings needed to display your passport.
This information is used to provide the passport, visit-detail, editing, and backup features you request. Hoosier Geek does not receive this local passport data.
Location and nearby place lookup
Location permission is optional. When granted and you use nearby suggestions, Android’s location services provide a current approximate or precise location to the app. Winery Passport sends coordinates first to Nominatim and, if it returns no suggestions, to the public Overpass API. Those services return nearby place names and related map data.
Winery Passport uses the results to suggest winery, vineyard, wine-cellar, and similar names. Its passport database stores the name you select rather than latitude or longitude.
Because these are network requests, the service operator may receive your IP address, request time, coordinates included in the request, user-agent string, and ordinary connection metadata. Their handling is governed by their own policies. You can deny or revoke location permission and enter a place name manually.
Winery Passport does not log precise coordinates in the public release build.
Requests from the app to these providers use HTTPS. Passport records and copied photos are kept in Android app-private storage unless you deliberately export them.
Photos, export, and backup
When you choose photos through Android’s photo picker, the app copies those photos into app-private storage. Winery Passport does not upload them to a Hoosier Geek server.
You can create a ZIP backup containing passport data and app-owned photos. You choose where Android saves or sends that export. After export, the file is outside Winery Passport’s private storage, and any storage, cloud, messaging, or other destination you choose may process it under that service’s terms.
Automatic Android cloud backup and device-to-device transfer are disabled. Imports happen only when you choose a ZIP file and select the app’s restore flow.
Third-party services
Winery Passport relies on these services to function:
- Android and Google Play services: The operating system, photo/file pickers, and Play distribution process device information under Google’s policies.
- OpenStreetMap Nominatim: Used for initial place searches. See the Nominatim usage policy and OpenStreetMap Foundation privacy policy.
- OpenStreetMap Overpass API: Serves as a fallback when Nominatim finds no suggestions. See the Overpass API documentation.
The app contains no advertising, analytics, crash-reporting, authentication, or cloud-database SDKs.
Your choices and data deletion
- Deny or revoke location permission in Android settings and use manual place-name entry.
- Edit or delete individual visit stamps in the app.
- Delete local app data through Android Settings, or uninstall the app.
- Delete exported ZIP files separately wherever you saved or shared them.
There is no Winery Passport account to close and no Hoosier Geek cloud copy to request. See the complete Winery Passport data-deletion instructions.
Children
Winery Passport is not directed to children. Hoosier Geek does not knowingly collect children’s personal information through the app.
Changes to this policy
We may update this policy when the app’s features, providers, or legal requirements change. The effective date at the top will show when the current version took effect. Material changes should be reviewed against the shipped app and its Google Play Data safety disclosure.
Contact
Email: support@hoosiergeek.dev