Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 14, 2026

This policy covers the gta6map.net website, the GTA 6 Map app for Android, and VIMap Publisher, the tool we use to post to our own social media accounts. It explains what we collect, why, who processes it for us, and the choices you have.

What we collect on the website

  • Usage analytics. We use Google Analytics (through Firebase) to see which pages and map features are used: page views, searches on the map, filters, and places marked complete. Google sets cookies or similar identifiers to tell visits apart.
  • Session insights. We use Microsoft Clarity, which records how pages are used (clicks, scrolling, and anonymised session replays) so we can find usability problems.
  • Advertising. Some pages show ads from Google AdSense. Google and its partners may use cookies to show and measure ads, including personalised ads where you have allowed them.
  • Your map progress. Completed places and filter choices are kept in your browser’s local storage and stay on your device.
  • Newsletter. If you subscribe, we store your email address to send you updates. Every email has an unsubscribe link.
  • Server logs. Our hosting provider logs IP addresses and request details to keep the site running and to stop abuse.

What we collect in the Android app

  • Usage data. The app reports how it is used through Google Analytics for Firebase: screens opened, searches (including the text you search for), filters, places opened, saved, completed or shared, and the steps of sending a suggestion or review. We do not send the text of your suggestions or reviews, your username, or map coordinates to analytics.
  • Crash and error reports. Firebase Crashlytics sends us crash reports and error details, with device model and Android version, so we can fix problems.
  • Advertising. The app shows ads from Google AdMob. To show and measure them, Google and its partners may use your device’s advertising ID, your approximate location (from your IP address) and how you interact with ads, and may show personalised ads where you have allowed them. Where the law requires it, the app asks for your choice before any ad is loaded. Our own analytics does not collect the advertising ID.
  • Installation ID. The app creates a random ID when it is installed and sends it with requests to our servers so we can limit abuse. It is not sent to analytics.
  • Saved and completed places. These stay on your device.

You can turn usage data and crash reports off at any time with the Share usage data switch on the app’s Profile screen.

Accounts, suggestions and reviews

Suggesting a location or posting a review in the app requires signing in with Google and choosing a username. When you sign in, Google confirms your identity to us and shares your email address. We store an account identifier derived from your Google account (not the Google ID itself), your username, and your email address with the suggestions and reviews you send, so we can email you when a suggestion is accepted or declined, or a review is approved.

Suggestions and reviews, including any photo or video you attach, are sent to us for moderation. Accepted suggestions, reviews, ratings and your username are shown publicly in the app and on the website. Suggestions sent from the website are handled the same way, with the name you provide.

VIMap Publisher

VIMap Publisher is an internal tool used only by the GTA6Map.net team to publish our own posts to our own accounts on TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and Threads. It does not collect data about visitors, app users or anyone else’s social media accounts.

  • What it accesses. When we connect one of our accounts, the platform gives the tool an access token. The tool uses it only to upload our videos and images, as posts or as drafts, and to read our account’s basic profile and the statistics of our own posts (such as views, likes, comments and shares).
  • Where it is kept. Tokens and post statistics are stored on our own computer and are never sold or shared. Post statistics are used only to decide what to post next.
  • YouTube. The tool uses YouTube API Services. By using it we agree to the YouTube Terms of Service, and the Google Privacy Policy applies to data handled through YouTube. Access can be revoked at any time on the Google security settings page.
  • TikTok and Meta. Access can be revoked in the TikTok app (Settings and privacy, Security, Manage app permissions) and in Meta’s Business Integrations settings.
  • Deletion. When an account is disconnected, its token and stored statistics are deleted within 30 days.

Who processes data for us

We do not sell your personal data. We rely on these providers to run the site and the app: Google (Analytics, Firebase, Crashlytics, AdSense, AdMob, Sign-In and Sheets), Microsoft (Clarity), Vercel (hosting), Cloudflare (media storage), Supabase (newsletter list), Resend (email delivery), and TikTok, YouTube and Meta for our own posts through VIMap Publisher. Each processes data under its own privacy terms.

Your choices

  • App analytics. Turn off Share usage data on the Profile screen.
  • App ads. Where a consent choice applies to you, change it with Ad privacy choices on the Profile screen. You can also reset or delete your advertising ID in your device’s Android settings.
  • Delete your account. Use Delete account on the app’s Profile screen. If you no longer have the app, email info@gta6map.net from the Google account you signed in with and we will delete it within 30 days. This removes your username and your reviews, along with the email address stored with them. Accepted suggestions stay on the map, with your name, email address and account identifier removed from them.
  • Cookies. You can block or clear cookies in your browser settings, and manage ad personalisation in your Google account.
  • Anything else. To ask for a copy of your data or for it to be deleted, email us at the address below.

Contact

Questions about this policy: info@gta6map.net.