Privacy Policy

Effective Date: December 20, 2025

This Privacy Policy describes how NearYou ("we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, and discloses your information when you use our website (https://nearyouapp.xyz) and our visual search services (the "Service").

We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring you have a positive experience on our website. This policy specifically addresses our compliance with Google AdSense requirements and other applicable privacy laws.

1. Information We Collect

1.1. Information You Provide Directly

Images: When you use our "Scan" feature, you upload an image to our servers for analysis. This image is processed in real-time to identify objects and provides search results. We do not permanently store your uploaded images. They are deleted immediately after the analysis is complete.
Location Data: We request access to your device's geolocation to provide relevant search results "near you". This data is used solely for the purpose of the query and is not stored or effectively tracked over time.

1.2. Automatically Collected Information

Log Data: Like most websites, we may collect information that your browser sends whenever you visit our Service ("Log Data"). This may include your computer's Internet Protocol ("IP") address, browser type, browser version, the pages of our Service that you visit, the time and date of your visit, and other statistics.
Cookies: We use cookies to store information about visitor preferences and to record user-specific information on visits to pages.

2. Advertising and Third-Party Vendors

We use **Google AdSense** to display ads on our website. As a third-party vendor, Google uses cookies to serve ads on our site.

2.1. DART Cookie

Google's use of the **DART cookie** enables it to serve ads to our users based on their visit to our site and other sites on the Internet.
Users may opt-out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the Google ad and content network privacy policy at the following URL: https://policies.google.com/technologies/ads

2.2. Third-Party Advertisers

Third-party ad servers or ad networks use technology in the advertisements and links that appear on NearYou, which are sent directly to your browser. They automatically receive your IP address when this occurs. Other technologies (such as cookies, JavaScript, or Web Beacons) may also be used by our third-party ad networks to measure the effectiveness of their advertising campaigns and/or to personalize the advertising content that you see on websites that you visit.

NearYou has no access to or control over these cookies that are used by third-party advertisers.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

Provide, operate, and maintain our Service.
Process your visual search queries.
Understand and analyze how you use our Service to improve it.
Detect, prevent, and address technical issues.

4. Data Protection Rights (GDPR & CCPA)

We would like to make sure you are fully aware of all of your data protection rights.

Access: You have the right to request copies of your personal data.
Rectification: You have the right to request that we correct any information you believe is inaccurate.
Erasure: You have the right to request that we erase your personal data, under certain conditions.
CCPA Privacy Rights (Do Not Sell My Personal Information): Under the CCPA, among other rights, California consumers have the right to request that a business that collects a consumer's personal data disclose the categories and specific pieces of personal data that a business has collected about consumers.

If you make a request, we have one month to respond to you. If you would like to exercise any of these rights, please contact us.

5. Children's Information

Another part of our priority is adding protection for children while using the internet. We encourage parents and guardians to observe, participate in, and/or monitor and guide their online activity. NearYou does not knowingly collect any Personal Identifiable Information from children under the age of 13.

6. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update our Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page. These changes are effective immediately after they are posted on this page.

7. Contact Us

If you have any questions or suggestions about our Privacy Policy, do not hesitate to contact us.

Email: contact@nearyouapp.xyz