This privacy policy governs how data is collected and used by the Hauk app.
Hauk Client Privacy Policy
Data collected
The Hauk app will collect the following personally identifying information:
- Your exact physical location using network- and GNSS-based location service providers
- A nickname of your choice (when running group shares)
How the data is used
When you use the Hauk app, you are prompted to enter connection details to a Hauk backend server
of your choice. No data will be sent by the Hauk app to any other location than the server you
specify. The Hauk app does not have any form analytics, crash reporting or telemetry installed and
will thus not communicate to any servers that you have not explicitly defined or approved.
A unique link will be generated for your location share when you start sharing your location.
Anyone with this link will be able to see your location, and if applicable, your nickname, in real-
time for as long as you are sharing. This includes people you send the link to directly, but may also
include people you don’t know, if the recipients you send the link to forward it to others. You can
not see the identities of specific people you are sharing your location to, or who are viewing your
link at any given time. You can stop sharing your location at any time using the “Stop” button
within the Hauk app.
Data retention
The Hauk backend will retain your location for as long as your location sharing session is active.
When you stop sharing your location, the Hauk app will attempt to inform your backend server to
immediately delete all data for that sharing session. The Hauk backend will retain a history of
submitted location points while your share is active. The number of location points that are retained
at any given time is configurable in the configuration file of the backend server.
Data controller
As Hauk only sends data to the backend server that you specify, you acknowledge that the owner of
that server is the data controller and is responsible for how your data is handled. The Hauk
developers do not offer a central server for production use, and you are thus encouraged to run your
own server. When you run your own backend server, you are responsible for ensuring the security
and privacy of data that is sent to that server by anyone who uses it as their backend for their Hauk
- This also means that if others use your server, you are also responsible for proper handling of
their data. The Hauk developers disclaim all responsibility for any kind of data processing done on
server that are outside the developers’ direct control.