Privacy
A drain sits outside somebody's house. That makes ordinary carelessness with data into a map of where people live, so we are deliberately careful.
What we keep
- Your email address, so you can sign in.
- A display name, if you choose to set one. A first name is plenty.
- The first half of your postcode only, never the full one.
- The checks you log: condition, action, date, and any photo you add.
What is public
Drain locations, conditions and check history are public, because a shared record is the whole point. Photos are only shown publicly once they have been moderated. Your email address is never shown.
What we never collect
- House numbers against a drain.
- Full postcodes.
- Number plates, faces or names in photographs — please crop them out.
- Any tracking of where you go when you are not logging a check.
Your rights
You can ask for a copy of your data or ask us to delete your account at any time. Checks already logged stay on the record for the street, with your name removed.
Postcode lookups use postcodes.io, which is Open Government Licence data. Maps use OpenStreetMap tiles.