Privacy Policy

Last updated November 9, 2026

District of Coffee is an app for checking in at coffee shops in Washington, DC, collecting passport stamps, rating drinks and following friends. It's run by Austin Davison. This policy explains, in plain English, what information the app collects, why, and what you can do about it. If you have a question, email hello@districtofcoffee.app.

What we collect

Your account

• Your email address and password. Your password is stored scrambled (hashed); nobody, including us, can read it.
• Your username, display name, and profile photo if you add one.

What you do in the app

• Check-ins: the shop, the time, what you had, your rating, notes, photos, and any friends you tag.
• Reviews and ratings, including tasting notes, how you had a drink (for example iced or decaf) and the bean, if you name one.
• Who you follow, who follows you, follow requests, people you block, posts you save, and reactions such as cheers and agrees.
• Feedback and reports you send us, including any screenshot or photo you attach.

Your location

• When you check in, the app reads your location once to confirm you're at the shop. Those coordinates are saved with the check-in.
• The map and nearby shops use your location while you're using them, to show what's close. This isn't saved.
• Optional "you're near a shop" reminders use your location in the background, only if you allow it. That check happens on your phone; your background location isn't sent to us.

You can turn location access off at any time in your phone's settings. Checking in won't work without it.

Shop owners

If you claim a shop, we keep what you submit to prove you run it, and what you add to the shop's page: details, posts, drinks, beans and photos. If you import a menu, the photo, PDF, link or text you provide is sent to Anthropic's Claude to read the menu for you.

From your phone

• A notification token, if you allow notifications, so we can send things like "Maya started following you".
• Basic technical information Apple shares with app makers when the app crashes, through TestFlight.

What we don't do

• We don't sell your information, and we don't share it with advertisers.
• There are no ads in the app.
• We don't track you across other apps or websites.

What others can see

District of Coffee is a social app, so some of what you do is visible to other people:

• Your username, display name, photo, titles, stamps, reviews, ratings and check-ins can be seen by other users.
• If you make your profile private (Settings, then Privacy and blocking), only people you approve see your activity and profile details.
• Reviews and ratings of a shop's drinks appear on that shop's page and help build its menu.
• Shop owners can see ratings and reviews of their shop, and some counts about visits, but never your exact location.

Services we use

A few companies help run the app. Each only gets what it needs to do its job:

• Supabase stores the app's data and photos, on servers in the United States (Virginia).
• Expo delivers app updates and notifications.
• Apple distributes the app through TestFlight and the App Store.
• Resend sends account emails, such as password resets.
• Cloudflare runs this website and our email address.
• Anthropic reads menus that shop owners choose to import.
• Google provided public information about shops, such as names, addresses and hours.

How long we keep it

We keep your information while you have an account. When you delete your account, your profile and your activity are deleted. A few things may stay without your name on them, for example a shop's overall rating that your review contributed to.

Your choices

• Delete your account any time: Settings, then Delete account. It takes effect right away.
• Change your profile in the app, and ask us to remove any review or check-in you've posted.
• Make your profile private, block people, and turn notifications or location access on or off.
• Ask us for a copy of your information, or to correct or delete it, at hello@districtofcoffee.app.

Children

District of Coffee is for people 13 and older. We don't knowingly collect information from children under 13. If you believe a child under 13 has made an account, email us and we'll delete it.

Security

Information is sent over encrypted connections, and access to the database is limited by rules on every table. No system is perfectly secure, but we work to protect your information and will tell you if something goes wrong that affects you.

Changes

If this policy changes in a way that matters, we'll update the date at the top and let you know in the app.

Contact

Austin Davison, District of Coffee: hello@districtofcoffee.app