Privacy Policy
Effective date: July 19, 2026
AirportScout shows live airport security wait times, combining reports from travelers with published TSA data. This policy explains what information the app handles, where it goes, and what control you have over it. We collect the minimum needed to make crowd-sourced wait times work — no ads, no data sales, no tracking across other apps.
Information we collect
Account information
- Anonymous account (default). When you first use AirportScout, we create an anonymous account identified by a random ID. No name, email, or phone number is required.
- Optional sign-in. You can sign in with email, Google, or Apple to keep your history across devices. We then store your email address and, if your provider shares it, your name. If you upgrade from an anonymous account, your existing reports move to the signed-in account.
- Display name. You can choose a display name, which appears on the community leaderboard. Pick anything — it doesn't have to identify you.
Wait-time reports
When you submit or confirm a wait time, we store the airport, checkpoint, lane type, the wait you reported, the time of the report, and your account ID. The wait time, airport, and time of your reports are shared with other travelers as part of the app's live wait estimates; your account ID and display name are not shown alongside individual reports.
Activity stats
We keep counts of your reports and confirmations to power in-app badges and the leaderboard (shown with your display name, if you set one).
Location
The app uses your device location in two ways, both entirely on your device:
- Nearby airport suggestions. When you pick your home airport, the app can read your location once to suggest airports near you. This is optional — you can always choose an airport manually.
- At-airport check for reports. To keep wait-time reports trustworthy, when you submit a report the app checks your location on your device to confirm you're at the airport. Only the report itself (airport, checkpoint, wait time) is sent — your coordinates are not included.
In both cases your location is never stored and never leaves your device. Location permission is optional for browsing wait times, but is required to submit reports.
Crash reports
Builds with crash reporting enabled send crash details (device model, operating system version, and technical error information) to Sentry so we can fix bugs. Crash reports are not linked to your account.
What we don't collect
No advertising identifiers, no contact lists, no precise location history, no background location, no analytics profiles, and no data purchased from or sold to anyone.
How we use information
- Show live, crowd-sourced security wait times to travelers
- Weight and validate reports so estimates stay accurate
- Display community stats and leaderboards
- Fix crashes and keep the app reliable
We do not sell your information or use it for advertising.
Where your information lives
- On your device. Settings, your home airport, recent reports, and badge progress are stored locally.
- Supabase. Our backend (accounts, reports, stats) is hosted on Supabase. TSA wait-time data we display comes from published TSA sources and contains no personal information.
- Sentry. Crash reports only, as described above.
- Google / Apple. Only if you choose to sign in with them, under their own privacy policies.
Data retention and deletion
You can delete your account at any time in the app (Profile → Delete account). This permanently removes your account, sign-in credentials, and gamification stats from our backend. Wait-time reports you previously contributed are retained in anonymized form: the link to your account (your user identifier) and any free-text comment you added are permanently removed from those reports. What remains is the airport and checkpoint, the reported wait time, the line type, and the timestamp — data that can no longer be associated with you or any other person. Data stored on your device is removed when you uninstall the app.
If you have trouble deleting your account in the app, email us (address below) and we'll do it for you.
Your rights
Depending on where you live (for example, under GDPR or the CCPA), you may have rights to access, correct, delete, or export your personal information. Since AirportScout collects very little, most of this is visible directly in the app — but you can always contact us to exercise any of these rights. We will never discriminate against you for doing so.
Children
AirportScout is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe a child has provided us personal information, contact us and we will delete it.
Changes to this policy
If we change this policy, we'll update the effective date above and, for significant changes, note it in the app. Continued use after a change means you accept the updated policy.
Contact
Questions or requests: support@airportscout.app