Privacy policy

Last updated July 16, 2026

Precinctly's developer does not collect your data. The app has no accounts, ads, analytics, or developer-operated backend. Every precinct boundary, election result, and Census figure it shows ships inside the app.

Your location

Precinctly asks for your location for one reason: to look up the precinct you’re standing in. The lookup runs on your device against the app’s built-in database. Your coordinates are not written to disk or sent to the developer. The home and lock screen widget lookup works the same way.

The app uses Apple MapKit to display its base map and to search addresses and places. Map requests and the search text you enter are sent to Apple to return map content and search results. That traffic is handled by Apple under its privacy policy and is not available to Precinctly’s developer.

Location access is optional. If you decline, you can still explore every precinct by tapping the map or searching.

Third parties

The app contains no advertising, analytics, or third-party SDKs. It relies on Apple system services, including MapKit, as described above.

The data shown in the app

The maps and numbers in the app come from government records and third-party datasets, joined to presidential returns, the 2020 Census, and the American Community Survey. None of it is about you. Full source, attribution, and license notices are listed inside the app.

Changes and contact

If this policy ever changes, the new version will be posted here with a new date. Questions can go to precinct@ethangao.xyz.