Vaux & Olmsted
Last updated: 26 August 2026
Vaux & Olmsted lets you claim a parcel of Prospect Park and keep it clean. Doing
that requires knowing who you are and where you are, so this page says exactly
what is collected, where it goes, and who can see it. It is written from the
database schema rather than from a template — every item below corresponds to
something the app actually stores.
Vaux & Olmsted is operated by AirPark Technology LLC.
What is collected
Your name. The first name you enter. It is shown publicly on the map beside
any parcel you keep.
Your photograph. The portrait you add. It is shown publicly on the map, on
your parcels, and to anyone browsing — signed in or not. See *Photographs are
public*, below.
Your neighborhood. The neighborhood you select. Shown publicly
alongside your name.
Your Apple account identifier and email address. Sign in with Apple is the
only way to sign in. Apple gives us an account identifier and an email address —
usually Apple's private relay address, not your real one, if you chose to hide
it. We never see your Apple password.
One location verification. When you choose to start a cleanup, the app
asks iOS for one foreground location and sends it to the server to answer whether
you are inside your parcel. The database stores the account, parcel and time of
the successful verification, but not the coordinate. Location is not requested
during signup, tracked in the background, displayed to other people, or recorded
as a walking route.
Photographs of your work. The proof photograph you publish for each
cleanup, and anything you add to a parcel's album.
Cleanup records. Which parcel, how long, and when.
Which parcels you follow. Following is public: your face appears on the
parcel you follow, so its keeper can see who is following it.
A notification token, if you allow notifications, so the app can tell your
device when land changes hands.
What is not collected
No advertising identifiers. No analytics or tracking SDKs. No contacts, no
calendar, no microphone, no health data, no browsing activity. Nothing is sold,
and nothing is shared with data brokers or advertisers. You are not tracked
across other apps or websites.
Photographs are public
Portraits and cleanup photographs are stored in public buckets. That is
deliberate — a parcel shows its keeper's face to anyone walking the map, and the
album is the evidence the land is kept. It also means those images are readable
by anyone who has, or can guess, their address, without signing in.
Do not photograph anything you would not put on a public website, including
other people. Profiles and media can be reported; blocking removes a keeper from
the blocker's signed-in experience, and the operator can hide reported content.
Who else is involved
- Supabase hosts the database, authentication and image storage. Data is
stored in the United States.
- Apple provides Sign in with Apple and delivers push notifications. A
notification's text — for example, "somebody claimed a parcel you follow" —
passes through Apple's servers. Private report alerts sent only to the operator
may identify the reported keeper or parcel and the report reason.
That is the complete list. There are no other processors.
How long it is kept
Your parcels, cleanups and photographs are kept while your
account exists, because a parcel's history is the point of it. Delete your
account and your profile, photographs and parcel records are deleted with it;
your portrait is removed from storage automatically.
Delete Account is available in Settings. Deleting the app alone does not delete
the account.
Your choices
- Location and notification permissions can be refused or revoked at any time in
iOS Settings. The app works without notifications; logging a cleanup requires
location.
- You can give up a parcel at any time.
- You can report content, block a keeper, and delete your account in Settings.
Vaux & Olmsted is for people aged 13 and older.