Privacy
Open Paddock has no accounts, no ads, no analytics and no tracking cookies. Here is everything the site, the API and the AI-assistant connection handle, and where it goes.
Browsing the calendar
Pages are static files. We don't run analytics or ad scripts. Your browser keeps two settings on your own device (in local storage, not cookies): your colour theme and, if you set one, where you're driving from. We never see either unless you share a link.
"From" and distance
- "Use my location" asks your browser for your position only when you tap it. The position stays in your browser.
- ZIP and Canadian postal codes are looked up in a table inside the page. Nothing is sent.
- A town or address you type is sent to our server, which asks OpenStreetMap's Nominatim service for its coordinates. We cache the answer under a salted hash of what you typed, so we never store or log the text itself.
- When you share a filtered link, it carries your starting point rounded to about 1 km, so the link works for whoever opens it.
Maps
Map tiles load from OpenFreeMap and terrain tiles from Amazon's open elevation data. Like any website you visit, those services see your IP address when your browser fetches a tile.
Organiser requests
If you use the add, claim, correction or removal form, we store what you enter (your email, name, the organiser, links and message) plus your browser's user agent to spot spam. A person on our team reads it. It's sent to us by Slack and email, and we email you a confirmation. We use it only to handle your request and keep a record of what we changed. Ask us at hey@openpaddock.app and we'll delete it.
The API and AI assistants
The public API and the AI-assistant connection at openpaddock.app/mcp need no account and store nothing about who asks. A place name in a search is handled the same way as in "From" above. The assistant you use has its own privacy policy for what you tell it.
Server logs
The site runs on Google Cloud (Firebase Hosting and Cloud Run). Google keeps standard request logs, such as IP address, time and page, for operations and security under its own terms. We use them only to fix problems.
Contact
Questions or deletion requests: hey@openpaddock.app. Last updated 1 November 2026.