Privacy policy
Toque is an iPhone app for finding restaurants in Canberra by the dishes they serve. It is made by an independent developer. This policy explains what the app keeps, where, and what you can do about it. In short: most of what you do stays on your phone, we never ask for your name or email, and there are no ads, no tracking and no analytics.
What stays on your phone
- Your location. If you allow it, Toque uses your location on your phone to show distances, walking times and what's open near you. It is not sent to us.
- Searches, saved places and your food diary. These are stored only on your phone. They are not synced to iCloud or sent to us.
- "Still open?" answers. When you tell Toque a place is open or closed, the answer is kept on your phone.
What you share when you post publicly
Browsing public posts needs no account. If you choose to make a post public, Toque asks you to sign in with your Apple Account. We do not request your name or email address from Apple.
A public post is stored in Apple's CloudKit public database for Toque and can be seen by anyone using the app. It contains:
- the photos, text, rating and dish names you added, and the restaurant it is about;
- the nickname you chose (never your real name);
- an anonymous identifier that Apple assigns to you for Toque, so the app knows which posts are yours.
Photos are uploaded as you see them in the post. If you report a post or block someone, that report or block is stored with the same anonymous identifier. Blocks are visible only to you. Reports are used to hide posts that several people report, and are reviewed by the developer.
What we don't do
- No advertising, no third-party analytics or tracking SDKs, and no selling or sharing of personal information.
- No access to your contacts, and no location history.
Services Toque relies on
- Apple provides Sign in with Apple, iCloud and CloudKit (where public posts are stored) and Apple Maps (maps and directions). Apple's handling of this data is covered by Apple's privacy policy.
Deleting your data
- Delete any of your public posts in the app at any time; it is removed from the public database.
- Data that stays on your phone is deleted when you delete it in the app or remove the app.
- To have everything tied to your anonymous identifier deleted (posts, nickname, reports and blocks), email support@usetoque.com. We will confirm within 30 days.
- You can stop using Sign in with Apple for Toque in your iPhone's Settings → your name → Sign in with Apple.
Children
Toque is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect information from them.
Changes
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted here with a new effective date. Significant changes will also be mentioned in the app.
Contact
Questions or requests: support@usetoque.com