Location and your route

When

Only after you join a search and allow location, and only while you search. On the web, while the search page is open. Recording stops when you leave the search: Skano does not follow you outside a search.

To show searches near you on the home screen, your position is rounded to about 1 km before it leaves your phone, and it isn't stored.

What

Your position every few seconds, how accurate it is, and the time.

Who sees it

The organizers of that search: your current position and your route. Other volunteers never see you or your route, and routes never appear on public pages.

What it is for

To guide you to your area, mark the ground you covered, show the organizers which areas were searched well and which need another pass, and, when you tap "I found it", send them your exact location.

How long

Route points are deleted 30 days after the search ends, and in any case 90 days after they were recorded. Deleting your account deletes them at once.

How to stop

Leave the search, or turn location off for Skano in your browser or phone settings. You can still read the search, but your areas won't be guided or recorded.