libya pulse is a project, not yet a company — built so a neighbourhood can see itself in real time. for that to work we need a little data from you. this is all of it.
what we collect.
- your account. a phone number (verified with a one-time code), or a sign-in id from google or apple. that's the key to your account — nothing else attached.
- your reports. the text you wrote, the category you picked, the photo if you added one, and the pin you dropped on the map.
- where you are, when you ask. precise location only when you're filing a report or asking the map "what's around me?" — and only with your permission. revoke it any time in your system settings.
- device basics. the platform (ios / android), app version, language. enough to know what to fix when it breaks.
no contacts, no ad-ids, no microphone, no background tracking.
why we collect it.
- to put your report on the live map so neighbours can act on it.
- to let people nearby confirm or dispute what you saw.
- to send alerts you asked for — by category, by area, by radius.
- to keep the place safe: rate-limits, abuse detection, reputation scoring.
who sees it.
your reports are public — that's the whole product. the pin, the category, the text, the photo, the time. anyone using libya pulse sees them.
your phone number, your email, your social sign-in id — none of that is public. ever.
we don't sell anything to anyone. no ad networks. no data brokers. no "partners."
how long we keep it.
- reports live on as part of the community record, even if you delete your account — but they get detached from you (no name, no profile link).
- account data lives until you ask us to delete it.
- technical logs (the non-personal kind, for fixing crashes) roll off after a few weeks.
your reports, your rights.
- edit your report within five minutes of posting. after that, the description can still be tweaked.
- archive your own report any time — it disappears from the map.
- delete your account: your reports stay (detached), your profile goes.
- ask us for a copy of what we have on you. we'll send it.
your stuff is your stuff.
kids.
libya pulse isn't for under-13s. if you find out a child made an account, tell us and we'll remove it.
security.
access tokens, not stored passwords. one-time codes are hashed and short-lived. photos and reports travel over https. no system is unbreakable — but we treat your data like a neighbour's.
when this changes.
if we update this policy in a way that matters, we'll bump the date at the top and tell you in the app. quiet edits (typos, clearer wording) just get the date bump.
talk to us.
questions, deletion requests, a polite "this paragraph is unclear" — email abdurahman.i@gmail.com. a real person reads it.