True Presence Privacy Policy

This policy explains how Loreto Media LLC ("Loreto Media," "we," "us," or "our") handles information in the True Presence mobile app. True Presence points your phone toward the nearest mapped Catholic church.

When you tap Find nearest church, the app asks for permission to use your location while the app is open. It uses the current device location to search for a nearby mapped Catholic place of worship. The app rounds the latitude and longitude to five decimal places before sending the search request to a public OpenStreetMap/Overpass service. This remains location data that can identify an area of about a metre.

The app calculates distance, bearing, and compass alignment on your device. It does not send your compass heading to Loreto Media. It does not request or use background location.

There is no True Presence account, app server, advertising system, analytics service, or location history. The app stores the last church result on your device so it can offer a bounded offline fallback. That result may include the church name, map coordinates, address, distance, bearing, and map-data source. The app replaces the saved result when a new search succeeds. If you save a tabernacle pin, its name and coordinates stay on your device and are not sent to Loreto Media. It does not build a history of your locations.

You can turn off location permission in iPhone Settings. Deleting the app normally removes its local data; iOS may preserve data when an app is offloaded.

• OpenStreetMap and Overpass: the app sends the rounded search coordinates and query needed to find map features. These public services and their operators may keep request logs, including network information, under their own policies. See OpenStreetMap's privacy policy and the OSM Foundation service policies.
• Apple Maps or Google Maps: when you tap Open in Maps, the app opens the selected destination in the map service on your device. That provider's privacy policy and terms apply to the request and your use of its app.

We share only the information needed for these requested features. We do not ask these services to use your location for advertising or tracking. Their independent handling of request logs is governed by their own policies.

True Presence does not collect your name, email address, contacts, photos, messages, payment information, precise device identifiers, advertising identifier, app analytics, or crash reports. We do not sell personal information, use it for targeted advertising, or track you across apps or websites.

Location access is optional, but the main feature cannot work without it. You can deny or later revoke that permission. Because Loreto Media does not operate an account or app server for True Presence, Loreto Media has no cloud location history to export or delete. Requests about logs held by OpenStreetMap/Overpass or Apple Maps must be sent to the relevant provider.

We will use information in a support message only to respond and handle the request.

True Presence is not directed to children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child sent personal information to Loreto Media, contact us.

We use reasonable safeguards for the app and the information handled by Loreto Media. No device, network, or service is completely secure. We may update this policy by posting a new version and effective date. The new policy applies from its effective date.

Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Data Commons Open Database License. A map tag does not confirm that a church is open, that Mass is offered, or that a tabernacle is accessible.