CrimeEye Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 11, 2026

CrimeEye is a community-powered platform for informational, educational, discussion, and investigative-collaboration purposes around public crime cases and local reports. This page explains what information we collect, how we use it, and your choices.

Information we collect

• Account information. If you create an account: your email address, handle (username), and a securely hashed password. Optional profile fields (bio, avatar photo) are shown publicly next to your handle only if you add them.
• Content you submit. Comments, tips, incident reports, and any photos or videos you attach. You choose whether to post under your account handle or anonymously.
• Optional contact info. A phone number you may add when submitting a tip or comment is private — never shown publicly, used only if a moderator needs to follow up with you.
• Location. If you grant permission, we use your device's location to show nearby cases and local reports on the map. This is used in the moment you request it and is not continuously tracked.
• Payment information. If you subscribe to a paid plan, billing is handled entirely by Apple through In-App Purchase — we never see or store your card details. We keep only a status flag noting that Apple manages your subscription.
• Basic technical data. For anonymous submissions, we store a one-way hash of your IP address (not the raw address) to apply reasonable anti-abuse limits.

How we use this information

To operate the app: display cases and reports, run the moderation queue, apply plan limits, process payments, and send account-related emails. We do not sell your personal information.

Sharing with law enforcement

CrimeEye does not voluntarily provide user-submitted information to law enforcement for routine investigative purposes — including local and state police, federal agencies, or foreign law-enforcement or intelligence organizations — unless law enforcement determines that specific posts are extremely valuable to an active investigation. We may be legally required to disclose information about users of this application when presented with a valid court order, warrant, subpoena, or other requirement under applicable law.

Service providers

We use a small number of third-party providers to operate CrimeEye, who process data on our behalf under their own privacy and security commitments: Apple (in-app purchases), RevenueCat (subscription status verification), Resend (transactional email), and Render (hosting/database).

Your choices

• Blocking and reporting. You can block another user (hiding their comments from your own view and preventing messaging between you) and report individual comments for moderator review, from within the app.
• Account deletion. You can permanently delete your account at any time from Edit Profile → Delete Account. This removes your personal information and private data; your past public comments remain visible but are shown as "Anonymous," so deleting your account doesn't erase other people's discussions.

Children's privacy

CrimeEye deals with crime-related content not intended for children and is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect information from children under 13.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy as the app evolves. Material changes will be reflected here with an updated date above.

Contact

Questions about this policy or your data can be sent to contact@thecrimeeye.com.