Catholic Traveller exists to help Catholics find suitable Masses whilst travelling. We collect as little information about you as we can, and we do not sell or share your data with advertisers. There are no adverts in the app.
Information the app uses
- Location. If you grant location permission, your device's location is used to find churches and Masses near you or along your route. Location is used to perform your search at the time you make it; it is not used to track you, is not collected in the background, and is not stored on our servers as a location history.
- Searches you make. Details you type into a search (such as a destination town or postcode) are sent to our servers and to our routing provider in order to answer the search.
- Mass time reports. If you choose to confirm or correct a Mass time, we store the report you submit (the church, the Mass time concerned, the type of report, and the time it was submitted) so an administrator can review it. Reports are not published with any identity attached to them.
What we do not collect
- No user account is required to use the app, and none is created.
- We do not collect your name, email address, or contacts through the app.
- We do not show adverts and we do not use advertising or tracking identifiers.
- We do not sell data to anyone, in any circumstance.
Services we rely on
The app is built on a small number of infrastructure providers, which process data only as needed to make the app work:
- Supabase — hosts our database of churches, Mass times, and submitted reports.
- OpenRouteService — calculates routes and travel times for your searches.
- OpenStreetMap-based map tiles — display the map. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Data retention
Church and Mass time information is retained as the app's core content. Submitted Mass time reports are retained so that the accuracy of listings can be verified and audited. Searches are not retained as a per-user history.
Children
The app is suitable for all ages. It does not knowingly collect personal information from anyone, including children.
Your rights
Under UK data protection law (UK GDPR), you have rights over personal data held about you, including access, correction, and erasure. Because the app holds so little, in most cases there will be nothing to retrieve — but if you have submitted a report or contacted us by email and would like it reviewed or deleted, write to us at the address below and we will respond.
This website
This website is a static informational page hosted on GitHub Pages, with DNS and traffic served through Cloudflare. Those providers may process standard technical logs (such as IP addresses) to deliver the site. This website itself sets no cookies and runs no analytics.
Changes
If this policy changes, the updated version will be published on this page with a new effective date.
Contact
Catholic Traveller · admin@catholictraveller.org