Privacy Policy for Things.in & Skip Menu
Last updated: 2026-11-11
At Things.in, we are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your personal information when you use our website and the ThingsIn app for iPhone.
ThingsIn App
The ThingsIn app has no accounts and no sign up. Your lists, ticks and cities are stored only on your phone. We never receive them, and deleting the app deletes them.
If you allow location access, the app uses your location on your phone to open your city and sort places nearest first. Your location is not sent to us.
When you search for a place, the app sends your search text and the city you are viewing to our server. When you add places from a link (an Instagram, TikTok, YouTube or Google Maps link), the app sends that link to our server. The server reads the public post with the help of service providers (Google Gemini to read the video and its caption, Google Maps to find the places) and sends the places back. We keep the places found for each public post so the next person who shares the same post gets them faster. Searches and links are not tied to you or to your device.
The app has no ads, no analytics and no tracking, and we do not sell any data. Like most websites, our server keeps standard access logs, including IP addresses, for a limited time to keep the service secure and to limit abuse.
Information We Collect
We collect information you provide directly to us, such as when you search for a city or interact with our website. This may include your IP address and search queries.
When you view a city page on things.in, your browser keeps a random ID that is not linked to your name or IP address. We use it to count each browser once per city, which ranks the Trending cities on our home page. These visit records are deleted after 30 days.
How We Use Your Information
We use the information we collect to provide, maintain, and improve our services, and to analyze how users interact with our website.
Data Sharing and Disclosure
We do not sell your personal information. We may share your information with third-party service providers who help us operate our website.
Security
We take reasonable measures to help protect your personal information from loss, theft, misuse, and unauthorized access.
Changes to This Privacy Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.
Use of Google Maps
Things.in uses some Google Maps APIs to provide location based services. By using our service, you agree to be bound by Google's Terms of Service.
Data Collection and Use
We do not sell your personal data to third parties.
Google's Privacy Policy
For more information on how Google uses data when you use our website, please refer to Google's Privacy Policy.
Contact Us
If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us at [email protected].