Privacy

Who we are

Scene is run by G. Saunders-Jones in the United Kingdom, who is responsible for your data (the “controller” under UK data protection law).

Questions, requests or complaints: hello@sceneapp.uk. We reply within a few days, and always within one month.

Part oneThis website and the beta list

What we collect

• If you join the beta: your first name, your email address, and where you came to us from (for example a TikTok or Instagram link, or the website that sent you). We record the date you joined.
• When anyone visits: our host keeps standard server logs (such as your IP address and browser) for security and to keep the site running. We also count visits with Cloudflare Web Analytics, which gives us totals like page views and which sites send visitors. It doesn’t use cookies and doesn’t identify or follow you.

Why, and on what basis

We use your name and email only to send you your TestFlight invite and updates about the beta. Nothing else, no marketing lists, and we never sell or share it. The legal basis is your consent, which you give by joining. You can withdraw it at any time by emailing us, and we’ll delete you from the list.

Visitor counts and server logs are kept on the basis of our legitimate interest in running a secure website and knowing, in total, how many people it reaches.

Cookies

This website doesn’t use cookies, and doesn’t store anything on your device. That’s why there’s no cookie banner.

How long we keep it

We keep the beta list until the beta ends, and delete it no later than 12 months after Scene launches publicly. You can ask us to delete your details sooner, at any time.

Who helps us run it

• Supabase stores the beta list in a secure database.
• Netlify hosts this website.
• Cloudflare provides the cookie-free visitor counts.
• Apple sends the TestFlight invite to the email you gave us.

These providers only process data on our instructions. Some of them may store data outside the UK. Where they do, they protect it with safeguards approved under UK law (such as the UK’s International Data Transfer Addendum).

Age

The beta is for people aged 16 and over.

Part twoThe Scene app

Scene records the time you spend with people in person. Nothing you record is posted anywhere public: there’s no feed and no followers.

Your account

• Your email address, or the details Apple shares if you use Sign in with Apple (your name, and either your email or a private relay address Apple creates).
• Your display name, @handle and initials, and a profile photo if you add one.
• Your birthday as day and month only (never the year), if you add it.

Your Scenes

• When a Scene starts and ends, how long it lasted, and who was there.
• An approximate place (about street level), only if you’ve turned location on.
• Your trail: while a Scene is live, your phone records your route every so often so your map can show where the night went. Only you can see your own route.

Stills (photos)

• The one photo taken in a Scene (a “Still”). It’s kept in private storage and only the people who were in that Scene can see it, once it develops (the next time you meet, or after 14 days).

Location and nearby

• Only if you turn on “Let friends know when you’re nearby”: your approximate position, so Scene can notice when you and a mate are together and start a Scene for you to confirm. This can run in the background, but only while the setting is on, and you can turn it off at any time.
• A home place, if you set one, so Scenes never start automatically there.
• Your mates never see your exact location, only that you’re nearby.

Notifications

• A push notification token, so Scene can tell you when a mate is nearby, when a Still develops, or when it’s been a while since you saw someone. You can turn notifications off in your phone’s settings.

App analytics and crashes

• Basic, pseudonymous usage events (for example “Scene started”) through PostHog, and crash reports through Sentry, so we can fix problems and see which parts of the app are used.

Who can see what

• Your Scenes and hours: you, and the people who were in them.
• Your map, places and trails: only you.
• Your Stills: you, and the people who were in that Scene.
• Your @handle and display name: anyone who types your exact handle. Search needs an exact match, so nobody finds you by typing random letters.

Blocking and reporting

You can block anyone from their page. Blocking works both ways: they can’t send you a request or find you by handle. You can report a Still or a person. We review every report, and serious cases lead to the account being removed.

Deleting your account

You can delete your account in the app at any time: You → Settings → Delete account. This removes your profile, Scenes, trails, places and Stills, and (if you used Sign in with Apple) revokes Scene’s access to your Apple ID. A Scene involves more than one person, so the other person may keep a record that time was spent, without your name on it.

Who helps us run it

• Supabase (database, sign-in and photo storage), Expo (sending push notifications through Apple), PostHog (app analytics), Sentry (crash reports) and Apple (Sign in with Apple, TestFlight and the App Store).

What Scene never does

• Sell your data, or share it with advertisers.
• Show anything you record to people who weren’t there.
• Track your location in the background unless you’ve turned nearby on.

Age

Scene isn’t for children under 13, and the beta is for people aged 16 and over. We don’t knowingly collect data from children.

Your rights

Under UK data protection law you can ask us to:

• give you a copy of the data we hold about you;
• correct anything that’s wrong;
• delete your data;
• stop or limit how we use it, or object to it;
• send your data to you or another service in a usable format;
• remove anything on this website that shows you.

Email hello@sceneapp.uk and we’ll respond within one month. If you’re unhappy with how we handle your data, you can complain to the Information Commissioner’s Office at ico.org.uk, though we’d like the chance to put it right first.

Changes

If we change this page in a way that matters, we’ll update the date at the top. If you’re on the beta list or use the app, we’ll tell you before the change takes effect.