This policy covers the apps Ultralight Geospatial LLC (“ULGS,” “we,” “us”) publishes and this website, ulgeospatial.com. We currently publish one app, TelCam. Each app’s details are in its own section below; everything outside an app’s section applies to all our apps and to this website. Questions go to support@ulgeospatial.com.
This section applies to TelCam, on Android and Apple devices.
In short. TelCam doesn’t connect to the internet and sends nothing to us or to anyone. It keeps what it creates on your device.
TelCam asks for camera and location access. On Apple devices it also asks to add photos to your library; it can’t see or read any photo there, including its own.
TelCam can’t connect to the internet. On Android it has no internet permission, and on Apple devices it contains no networking code, which we check in every release.
Your device works out its position from satellites, or from nearby cell towers and Wi-Fi. Network positioning goes through your device’s location service, typically Google’s on Android and Apple’s on Apple devices, under their terms. On Android, TelCam requests satellite positions only unless you turn on + NETWORK in Settings.
Photos go to your photo library. You choose which readings are drawn on each photo, along with any description you’ve typed. The position your device reports is also written into the photo’s metadata (EXIF), where other software can read it, along with readings such as altitude and compass heading. The metadata doesn’t include your phone’s make or model. Without a location fix, no coordinates are written.
+ No Mark (off by default) saves an extra copy with no watermark and no location data. It can keep the camera’s own metadata, such as make, model, and exposure settings.
GPX point files (off by default): when turned on, each photo taken with a location fix also saves a small .gpx file with its coordinates, fix time and accuracy, filename, and the description you typed. On Android the files go to Download/TelCam/GPX. On Apple devices they go to TelCam’s own folder, which you can see in the Files app under On My iPhone/iPad > TelCam > GPX. A .gpx file carries its coordinates with it, so sharing one shares its location.
TelCam’s own storage holds your settings, your acceptance of the license agreement, the description you last typed, imported boundary or emblem files supplied by us, diagnostic records, and, on Apple devices, its GPX point files. On Android, TelCam excludes all of this from cloud backup and device transfer. On Apple devices it’s included in your iCloud or computer backup if you use one, except the saved description, which TelCam keeps out of backups and device transfer.
Uninstalling TelCam removes its own storage, and on Android so does clearing its storage; offloading the app on an Apple device keeps it. On Apple devices, TelCam’s GPX files are part of that storage, so uninstalling removes them too. Photos stay on your device, and on Android so do GPX files and anything saved to Downloads; a reinstalled TelCam, or one whose storage was cleared, can’t see the files it saved before. Once a file is in your photo library or Downloads, your device and the apps you allow, such as backup, sync, or gallery apps, handle it under their own settings, not TelCam’s.
A record describes what went wrong, with technical details such as your device type or model and the system and TelCam versions, and it can include file names, such as the name of a photo or of a boundary file that failed to load. It contains no coordinates. TelCam shows you the whole record first and never sends one on its own. You send it yourself, by email on Android or the share sheet on Apple devices.
TelCam keeps what it saves on your device, where your device’s own security protects it, so use a screen lock and device encryption. We hold no copy of anything TelCam saves unless you send it to us. You can turn camera or location access off in your device settings at any time; without location, photos carry no coordinates. Your photos and files are yours to view, share, and delete with your device’s own apps.
Our apps send us nothing on their own. We receive only:
We use what we receive only for the reason it was sent, never sell it or pass it on, and don’t use it to train machine-learning models. Email and tester applications reach us through Google Workspace, and TestFlight reports through Apple, each under its own terms. We keep what you send only as long as we need it and delete it on request; invoices are kept as long as tax law requires.
To see, correct, or delete anything we hold about you, email support@ulgeospatial.com. We honor requests wherever you live.
ulgeospatial.com is served by GitHub Pages. The server logs GitHub keeps, including IP address, browser type, and pages requested, are covered by GitHub’s privacy statement. Squarespace holds the domain registration and doesn’t serve the pages. We add no analytics, advertising, trackers, or cookies, and the site’s fonts are served from this site, so viewing it sends no requests anywhere else. The tester application form and links to other sites, such as Instagram, take you to services with their own privacy policies.
We don’t sell or share personal information, as California law uses those terms, and we don’t give it to anyone for their own marketing. Our apps and this website contain no tracking, so a Do Not Track signal has nothing of ours to switch off, and no other party collects information about your activity across sites through them. You can ask what we hold about you and have it corrected or deleted, as described above, and we won’t treat you differently for asking.
Where the GDPR or UK GDPR applies, ULGS is the controller of what we receive. Our legal bases are our agreement with you (purchases and custom files), our legitimate interest in supporting our apps (support messages, diagnostic records, and tester applications), and legal obligation (tax records). You can ask for access to, correction, deletion, restriction, or a copy of what we hold, or object to our use of it, at support@ulgeospatial.com, and you can complain to your data protection authority. We keep what you send only as long as we need it to answer you or fix what it shows, tester applications while testing runs, and invoices as long as tax law requires. We’re in the United States, so what you send us is handled there.
Our apps and this website are field tools for adults and aren’t directed at children under 13. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, contact us and we’ll delete it.
Updates are posted on this page with a new effective date. If an app update changes what happens to your data, we’ll update this page before that version ships and note it in that app’s release notes.