Privacy Policy

Effective October 24, 2026

This policy covers the fomo.nyc website and the Fomo NYC mobile apps for iOS and Android. The short version: this is a free, community-built events map. It has no accounts, no ads, no tracking cookies and no third-party analytics, and it never sells or shares your personal information with anyone. It does keep its own anonymous usage totals and error reports, described below, so we can see what helps people find events and fix what breaks.

What we don't collect

• No accounts or sign-ins — we don't collect names, email addresses, or profiles.
• No advertising or third-party analytics — there are no ad networks, trackers, or analytics companies.
• No cookies, and nothing that identifies you or follows you from visit to visit or across other sites.
• We never sell, rent, or share personal information.

What is processed, and where it goes

• Server logs. Like nearly every website, our hosting provider keeps standard access logs (IP address, browser type, and pages requested). We use them only for security and to keep the site running, and they are routinely rotated.
• Feedback you send. If you use the feedback form, we store the message you write, along with your browser type and the page you sent it from, so we can act on it. If you email us instead, we'll have your email address — we use it only to reply.
• Anonymous usage totals. When a page loads, and again when you leave it, the site sends a small report to our own server: the page, the name of the website that linked you here (not the full address), a campaign tag if the link carried one, your device type, screen size and pixel density, browser and operating system family, language, time zone, whether you're using the website or an app, whether your browser reports being run by automation software (so we can count bots and link previews separately), how long the map took to show events, how long the page was visible, and how many times features such as search, filters, venue popups and event links were used. Our server only adds these to daily totals. It stores no individual visits, no IP addresses and no identifiers, and it doesn't count visitors. If your browser sends a Do Not Track or Global Privacy Control signal, no usage report is sent.
• Error reports. If something breaks on your device, the site sends the error message and where in our code it happened, along with your browser type, screen size, pixel density, time zone, whether the page was in the background, and whether your browser reports being run by automation software, so we can fix it. Web addresses in a report are cut down to file names. So the same report isn't sent twice, the tab remembers which errors it already reported until you close it. Reports are kept outside the public website, used only for fixing problems, and older ones are discarded as new ones arrive. To cap how many reports one device can send, the server uses a scrambled form of your IP address that resets every hour and is never stored with the report.
• On-device storage. The site saves your preferences (such as light/dark theme) and a cache of the public events data on your device so it loads fast and works offline. This data stays on your device; clearing your browser data removes it.
• Map tiles. The map itself is served by Protomaps. When the map loads, your browser requests tile images from their servers, which — like any web request — includes your IP address and the map areas you view. This is the only third-party service the site uses.

The mobile apps

The iOS and Android apps display the same website in a native wrapper. They send the same anonymous usage totals and error reports as the website, described above, and nothing more: no additional permissions, no advertising or analytics SDKs, and no data collection of their own.

Children

The service is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them.

Changes to this policy

If our practices change, we'll update this page and its effective date.

Contact

Questions? Email .