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Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how user information is handled in "Gurucolle" (the "App"), an indie app provided by NEXGIA.

This policy applies to both the Android and iOS versions of the App. However, the "record with a photo" widget is an Android-only feature. "Snap your meal" on the App's Home screen (including the app icon shortcut) and receiving content shared from other apps are available on both the Android and iOS versions.

1. Information we obtain or use

At present, the App has no account registration or sign-in. The App does not include any third-party SDKs for advertising, analytics, or crash reporting, and does not collect information for those purposes.

The App may obtain or use the following information.

Location

The App may use your device's location to search for restaurants around your current position.

Location is used for nearby search, for finding places in swipe mode, and for showing restaurant candidates near the place where you took a photo with "Snap your meal" on the Home screen or the widget's "record with a photo" feature.

With "Snap your meal" and "record with a photo", the App obtains your current location only once after you take the photo, and searches for nearby shops through the Hot Pepper Gourmet Web Service to show restaurant candidates. This location is not stored.

The App never collects location continuously in the background. Location is used only when needed, based on your actions.

Your current latitude and longitude are used only for the search and are not stored in the App.

If your location cannot be obtained, the App uses a default search point near Tokyo Station.

Photos

You can add photos to "Memories". Added photos are used as part of your memory records in the App.

When you add a photo you chose or took, it is downsized on your device (longest side within 2048 pixels) and stored in the App's private storage on your device. Photos are not sent to the developer or any third party.

When you use "Snap your meal" on the Home screen or the widget's "record with a photo" feature, the photo you take is used to add to the shop's note. The photo is stored only on your device and is not sent for the restaurant-candidate search.

Camera

The App may use the camera so that you can take photos of places you visited.

When you use "Snap your meal" on the Home screen or the widget's "record with a photo" feature, the camera starts so that you can record right away.

The photos you take are used for you to save them as notes for a shop.

Information you enter and save

You can optionally enter and save the following information.

Links and text you paste or share

With "Add a shop" under "Saved for later" (your wishlist), you can add a shop by pasting a shop link or shared text, or by typing a shop name. The App reads the clipboard only when you tap "Paste".

You can also choose "Gurucolle" from the share menu of a browser, a map app, or another app to send a link or text to the App (Android and iOS). On Android, the App also receives the action of opening a Hot Pepper shop page link with Gurucolle in the same way. The "Gurucolle" item in the iOS share menu only hands the shared content to the App on your device and makes no network connection. Only if it cannot open the App, it copies the shared content to your device's clipboard.

Pasted or shared text is analyzed on your device to pick out clues such as the shop name, area, address, and coordinates contained in a link. Whether you add the shop to your wishlist or to your memories, the App sends only the following information to the Hot Pepper Gourmet Web Service to look for shop candidates.

The whole pasted or shared text, and the link itself, are not sent to the Hot Pepper Gourmet Web Service.

Only for a Google Maps short link where the shop name or the coordinates cannot be determined from the text, the App makes a single request to Google's link-shortener domain to find out where the link leads (see Section 3).

The App does not load Tabelog pages. It also does not automatically obtain or save photos, ratings, reviews, or text from external pages such as Tabelog, Google Maps, or Instagram.

A pasted or shared link may be stored on your device as the shop's original link, and is used to open that link later.

2. Purposes of use

Information obtained or saved is used for the following purposes.

3. Use of external services

To obtain shop information and to display external pages, the App may use the following external services.

Hot Pepper Gourmet Web Service

The App may use the "Hot Pepper Gourmet Web Service" provided by Recruit Co., Ltd. to obtain shop information.

The information obtained may include the shop name, address, genre, budget, photo URLs, and reservation page URLs.

The App does not call the Hot Pepper Gourmet Web Service directly. It uses the service through a relay server operated by the operator (NEXGIA) (see "Relay server (Cloudflare Workers)" below). The App sends the following information over HTTPS to the relay server, which forwards it to the Hot Pepper Gourmet Web Service.

To keep the information of your saved shops up to date, for saved shops whose information was obtained 24 hours ago or earlier, the App sends the shop IDs when you open a screen and so on, and obtains the latest information.

What the relay server forwards to the Hot Pepper Gourmet Web Service is the search information above. It does not forward your IP address or information about your device (such as the user agent) to the service. The search information received by the service is handled under the privacy policy of the operator of that service.

Note that when the App displays shop photos (see "Fetching images" below) or when you open a Hot Pepper page, your device connects directly to Hot Pepper's servers, so information needed for the connection (such as your IP address) is sent to those servers.

Powered by Hot Pepper Gourmet web service (ホットペッパーグルメ Webサービス)

Relay server (Cloudflare Workers)

The relay server that the App connects to in order to use the Hot Pepper Gourmet Web Service is operated by the operator (NEXGIA). The relay server runs on a platform (Cloudflare Workers) operated by Cloudflare, Inc. in the United States.

The relay server receives from the App the search information described above (your current latitude and longitude, search conditions, search keywords such as the shop name and area, coordinates contained in a link, and shop IDs) and information needed for the connection (your IP address). The IP address is used only to limit use when there are many requests in a short time. The operator does not record or store this information on the relay server.

How Cloudflare, Inc. handles information on its platform is governed by its own privacy policy and other terms.

Note that the first Android test build (distributed from November 5, 2026) does not use the relay server and connects directly to the Hot Pepper Gourmet Web Service. In that build, the search information above and information needed for the connection (such as your IP address) are sent directly to the service and are handled under the privacy policy of the operator of that service. We will update that build to one that uses the relay server.

Checking Google Maps short links

Only when a Google Maps short link (such as maps.app.goo.gl) is pasted or shared and the shop name or the coordinates cannot be determined from the text, the App makes a single request to Google's link-shortener domain and reads the address the link leads to. The content of the destination page is not loaded.

Through this request, Google receives the short link and your device's IP address and so on, as with any web request. It is handled under Google's privacy policy.

Fetching images

To display shop photos, the App fetches images from Hot Pepper's image servers and from the source of the placeholder image used when a photo is missing. In doing so, your IP address and other connection information are sent to those servers.

Links to external sites and apps

The App may open URLs you saved, shop page URLs, and URLs of external services such as Google Maps and Google search (for the Tabelog shop name) in an external browser or an external app. On iPhone, Hot Pepper pages open in an in-app browser (SFSafariViewController). Google Maps and Google search links contain a shop name and address, or a shop's latitude and longitude (not your current location).

The privacy policies and terms of each external service apply to information entered on external sites and to your activity there. The App never stores your Hot Pepper ID or password.

In-app purchases

If the App offers in-app purchases, the purchase and payment are processed by Apple or Google, and the App does not receive payment information such as credit card details.

4. Where information is stored

The following information saved by the App is, in principle, stored on your device.

The App currently provides no account registration or cloud sync.

The App does not send or store the notes, photos, ratings, URLs, etc. you save on the developer's servers.

However, when external services are used for shop search or to display external pages, the location and search conditions needed for the search (including keywords such as a shop name), the shop IDs of saved shops, and information needed for the connection may be sent to those services. Information for shop search is sent through the relay server operated by the operator. The operator's relay server does not store it (see Section 3).

Backups made by your device's operating system (iCloud or computer backups on iPhone, Google backup on Android) may include the App's data. They are handled under the policies of the OS provider. On Android, memory photos are excluded from the automatic cloud backup.

When you uninstall the App, the data on the device is deleted.

5. Backup and restore

You can export your saved data as a JSON file or as a ZIP file including photos. Exported files are not sent to the developer.

Backup files may include the shop information, notes, categories, photo paths, and photo files you saved.

You are responsible for where backup files are saved, to whom they are shared, and how they are managed.

6. Provision to third parties

Except where required by law, the App does not provide the data you saved on your device to third parties.

However, when external services such as the Hot Pepper Gourmet Web Service are used, search conditions and information needed for the connection may be sent to them. Information for shop search is sent to the Hot Pepper Gourmet Web Service through the relay server operated by the operator, which runs on a platform operated by Cloudflare, Inc. in the United States (see Section 3).

We do not use your information for advertising or for tracking you across other companies' apps or websites.

7. Use of device permissions

The App may use the following device permissions. You can change or revoke permissions at any time in your device settings.

Location

Used to search for nearby restaurants, or to show restaurant candidates near the place where you took a photo with "Snap your meal" on the Home screen or the widget's "record with a photo" feature (your current location is used only once after the photo).

The App never collects location continuously in the background.

Photos and media

Used so that you can add photos to your memories and have them saved and displayed in the App.

Camera

Used so that you can take photos of places you visited.

When you use "Snap your meal" on the Home screen or the widget's "record with a photo" feature, the camera starts so that you can record right away.

8. Disclaimer

Shop information shown in the App is based on information obtained from external services or entered by you.

Shop information, opening hours, reservation availability, pet-friendliness, price range, and so on may change.

When you actually visit or make a reservation, always check the latest information from the shop or the external service.

9. Children and security

The App is intended for a general audience. The developer does not store users' personal information and does not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13.

Communication with external services uses HTTPS. Data on your device is stored in the app area managed by the OS; protection such as a screen lock depends on your device settings.

10. Changes to this Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy may be changed as needed.

Changes take effect when posted in the App or on the public page.

11. Contact

For inquiries about the App, please contact:

Provider: NEXGIA

Email: arc@nexgia.net

The operator's general website privacy policy (which covers contact-form data) is at https://nexgia.net/privacy. This policy covers the App.

Established: May 7, 2026

Last revised: November 6, 2026