Privacy Policy

Le Boisdalon operates the mobile application Le Boisdalon App (package name: com.leboisdalon.app). This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your information when you use our app. We are committed to protecting your privacy and ensuring transparency regarding your data.

1. Information We Collect

To provide you with a functional and interactive experience while traveling to or staying at Le Boisdalon, our app collects the following types of information:

• Precise Location Data (Foreground): If you choose to use the Share Location feature, the app actively tracks and transmits your precise geographical coordinates (latitude and longitude), your name, and a unique user identifier to our secure server. This allows the hosts (Lise & Bernd) to see your real-time position on a map to offer directions, navigate to you, or meet you along the way.
• Background Location Data: The app features background tracking capabilities via an adaptive telemetry system. If you explicitly grant background location permissions, the app may periodically collect your location when the app is minimized or closed to update your general proximity status. This behavior scales back automatically if the app is not opened for an extended period.
• User-Provided Information: When you submit a local activity recommendation via the suggestions portal, we collect the details you fill out, including your name, your email address, and your message text.
• Device Identification: We utilize a secure, platform-generated ID (ANDROID_ID) to uniquely differentiate guest device telemetry sessions on our host dashboard without binding them to formal user registration accounts.

2. How We Use Your Information

We process your data strictly to facilitate your stay and maintain optimal communication:

• To map your live distance, nearest address, and estimated time of arrival (ETA) relative to Le Boisdalon.
• To enable our admin operators to safely locate and navigate toward guests who request physical assistance or share their tracking status.
• To evaluate and process guest suggestions before formatting them for inclusion on our website or within future app builds.

3. Data Sharing and Third-Party Services

Your information is handled privately and is never sold, rented, or distributed to outside marketing networks. Data transfers are limited to the following infrastructure:

• Host Administration: Location and suggestion data are synchronized via API directly to the internal host network of leboisdalon.com to be managed exclusively by the property managers.
• Map and Location Utilities: We use the Leaflet Map Engine along with OpenStreetMap tiles to render visual routes and spatial context. Geocoding processes translate your coordinates into nearest addresses locally using Android system utilities.
• Google Places API: The application integrates the Google Places SDK to help auto-complete addresses when users manually search for or submit new local suggestions.

4. Your Control and Choices

You retain full authority over the information your device handles:

• Stop Sharing Anytime: Foreground live tracking can be terminated instantly inside the app by clicking the STOP SHARING button or closing the respective service.
• Permission Control: You can grant, deny, or revoke foreground and background location tracking privileges at any moment via your Android system's settings menus.
• Notification Controls: The application contains toggle fields within the user settings panel allowing you to entirely silence background status notifications and tracking alerts.

5. Data Security

We apply industry-standard security protocols to verify connection requests and securely transmit telemetry updates between the mobile client applications and our dedicated back-end servers. Active tracking references are automatically zeroed out or marked inactive on our back-end server when your location tracking session is stopped.

6. Contact Us

If you have any questions or concerns regarding this privacy policy or your personal data handling, feel free to contact us: