Privacy Policy
v05
Last updated: November 14, 2026
1. Data controller
The data controller is Jorge Gerardo Peña Pastor, operating under the mokapps.dev brand.
Contact email: contact@mokapps.dev.
This policy covers the Pop4me app for Android and iPhone, the web version at pop4me.app and
this website, www.pop4me.app.
2. In short
Pop4me has no registration: there are no user accounts, and we never ask for your name, email or a password. The sections below describe every way data leaves your device, including the Google, OpenAI and OpenStreetMap services the app relies on.
3. Data we process
- Price corrections and new cinemas (contributions): when you correct a price list or add a cinema, the app sends what you entered to our servers: cinema and product names, prices, promotions and, for a new cinema, the cinema's position on the map. Contributions are anonymous: they carry no account, device identifier or installation identifier, and we do not store your IP address with them. They are published to every Pop4me user and kept as part of the cinema's version history, so please do not type personal data into these fields.
- Photos of price boards: if you use "read prices from a photo", the photo is sent to our server only to extract the prices, and our server passes it to OpenAI (API) to read them. We do not keep the photo. Before uploading, the app recompresses it, which normally removes embedded metadata such as the place where it was taken. Please photograph the price board, not people.
- Your location (optional): only if you grant the permission. The app uses it on your device to sort cinemas by distance and to centre the "near you" map. When you search for cinemas near you, the app sends an area around your position to OpenStreetMap's Nominatim service to find the cinemas there; place names you type when adding a cinema are sent to the same service. The map images are downloaded from OpenStreetMap's tile servers, which therefore see the area being shown. Your location is never sent to our servers or to our usage statistics. You can revoke the permission at any time in your system settings.
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Technical access data: when the app or the web version requests data from our servers
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api.pop4me.app, andpop4me.mokapps.devfor older app versions), the servers keep technical access logs (IP address, time, requested path, user agent) for operations only: diagnosing errors and preventing abuse. They are not linked to any identity, because there are no accounts. - Usage statistics (Firebase Analytics): the app records which screens and features are used (for example opening a cinema, adding a favourite, entering edit mode, the result of a submission or of a "near you" search, and which ad slots were shown), together with the app version, device and operating-system type and an installation identifier generated by Firebase. They contain no name, email, location coordinates or cinema names. On the web version, the address of the page you are viewing is also recorded and may include the text of a search. Statistics are on by default and you can turn them off at any time in Settings » Privacy » Usage statistics.
- Remote configuration (Firebase Remote Config): the app downloads operating settings (for example, how often ads may appear). It sends nothing beyond the Firebase installation identifier.
- Email: if you write to us (to the contact address or through the in-app link to report an error), we receive your email address and your message, and use them only to answer you.
- Stored only on your device: your settings, favourite cinemas, your last five searches, the cinema catalogue (so the app works offline) and contributions waiting to be sent when you are offline. None of this is sent to us except the contributions themselves.
We do not collect contacts, calendar, microphone or audio, files other than the price-board photos you choose, or any personal data not listed above.
4. Where data is stored
The cinema catalogue and the contributions are stored on our own servers, hosted in the European Union. The
web version (pop4me.app) and this website are served by Firebase Hosting
(Google). The app and this website load the Inter font from Google Fonts, so Google receives
your IP address when the font is downloaded.
5. Advertising
Pop4me is free and shows ads to fund its development. The mobile app uses Google AdMob; the web version uses Google AdSense. Google may use device identifiers (such as the advertising ID) and, on the web, cookies to select and measure ads and to limit how often you see them. Google processes this data as an independent controller.
In the European Economic Area, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, the app asks for your consent through Google's consent tool before requesting ads, and ads are personalised only if you agree. You can review your choice in Settings » Privacy » Ad preferences. The web version shows Google's consent message before personalising ads; if you decline, you may still see non-personalised ads.
You can also control ad personalisation on your device:
- Android: Settings » Google » Ads (reset or delete the advertising ID).
- iPhone: Settings » Privacy & Security » Tracking and Apple Advertising.
- More from Google: How Google uses information from sites or apps that use its services.
6. Third-party services
| Service | Purpose | Data it receives |
|---|---|---|
| Google Firebase (Analytics, Remote Config, Hosting) | Usage statistics, app settings, hosting of the web version and this site | Installation identifier, usage events, device and OS type, IP address |
| Google AdMob, Google AdSense | Advertising (section 5) | Advertising ID or cookies, IP address, consent choice |
| Google Fonts | Typeface of the app and this site | IP address |
| OpenAI | Reading prices from price-board photos | The photo you choose |
| OpenStreetMap Foundation (Nominatim, map tiles) | Finding cinemas near you and drawing maps | An area around your position or the place you typed, the map area shown, IP address |
We use no other analytics, tracking or crash-reporting tools. This website, www.pop4me.app,
uses no analytics and sets no cookies of its own.
7. How long we keep data
- Data on your device: until you uninstall the app or, on the web, clear the site's data.
- Contributions: kept indefinitely as part of the public catalogue and its version history; we remove personal data found in them on request (section 8).
- Price-board photos: not kept by us. OpenAI does not use API data to train its models and keeps it for up to 30 days for abuse monitoring.
- Server access logs: at most 30 days.
- Usage statistics: kept by Google for the retention period configured in Firebase Analytics, at most 14 months.
- Emails: as long as needed to answer you.
8. Your rights (GDPR)
Under the General Data Protection Regulation (EU) 2016/679 you have the rights of access, rectification, erasure, objection, restriction and data portability. Exercise them by writing to contact@mokapps.dev.
Because there are no accounts and contributions are anonymous, we cannot find data by person. If you entered personal data in a contribution, tell us which cinema it is in and we will remove it. To stop usage statistics, use the switch described in section 3; to reset advertising identifiers, see section 5; uninstalling the app deletes everything stored on your device. You can also lodge a complaint with the Spanish Data Protection Agency (AEPD).
9. Security
All communication between the app or this website and our servers uses HTTPS (TLS), and access to the servers is restricted to the operator.
10. Minors
Pop4me is intended for a general audience. We do not ask for age because there is no registration, and we do not knowingly collect personal data from minors. If you believe a minor has sent us personal data, write to us and we will delete it.
11. International transfers
Using Google services (Firebase, AdMob, AdSense, Fonts) and OpenAI may involve transfers of data to countries outside the European Economic Area, including the United States. These transfers are covered by the providers' own safeguards, such as the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses or the EU-U.S. Data Privacy Framework, as described in the Google Privacy Policy and OpenAI's policies.
12. Changes to this policy
We may update this policy to reflect legal or technical changes. The current version is always available at https://www.pop4me.app/en/policy. Significant changes will be announced in the app before they take effect.
Contact
For any question or to exercise your rights, write to contact@mokapps.dev.