1. What we collect

Depending on how you use the project, we collect the following:

• Account information. Email address, display name, and (if you sign in with Google or Apple) the profile photo your sign-in provider returns. With Apple Sign-In, you can also choose to hide your real email; we receive the relay address Apple gives us and treat it like any other email. Sign-in is handled by Stratis Auth (a separate Firebase project) and bridged to your Bellweather account.
• Location.Precise GPS while the Tuner is in use, used to show you nearby Resonance Points, guide you to them, and confirm a capture happened where the Anomaly was. We do not collect location data when the Tuner is closed. The coordinates of each capture you complete are saved on your account so the project can show your capture history, capture location in regards to the spatial map, and remember where you’ve already been.

• Camera and calibration scans.The Tuner uses your phone’s camera only while you are actively using AR calibration. During a calibration session, the app may save and upload a short calibration recording, selected frames or still images, AR tracking data, camera calibration data, and related location/motion data needed to verify the capture and process the scan.

  Ownership and control.You own your calibration scans and the 3D spatial assets created from them. Stratis hosts and processes them so the Tuner can verify captures, award Ecko, and make the scan available to you in your Stratis account. “Control” means you can review, keep private, choose to make public, and delete eligible scan-derived assets through Stratis.

  Public/private use. Your scan-derived 3D asset stays private unless you choose to make it public or otherwise participate in a Stratis spatial map or marketplace feature. We do not sell your private calibration scans to advertisers or data brokers.

  Rewards. If you make a scan public and it contributes to a Stratis spatial asset, marketplace, or other contributor feature, the contribution is tied to your account and rewarded to you through Ecko or other Stratis-supported rewards. The purpose of these features is to let contributors benefit from the spatial data they choose to create and control. More broadly, Stratis exists to build community-owned spatial data systems rather than corporate-owned data silos, including through contributor data ownership and a DAO-style governance structure where community members can directly participate in company governance.

• Files you upload. Profile photos, echo submissions, and other media you choose to attach.
• Content you post. Comments on blog posts, discussion threads, replies, and Echo submissions are stored and visible to other users of the project.
• Device and usage data.Device model, operating system, app version, build channel, crash reports, and basic interaction events (page views, capture events, errors). The Tuner also generates a random installation identifier on your device, used to count active installs and to deliver version-related notices like “an update is available.”
• Push tokens. If you opt in to notifications, we store the Firebase Cloud Messaging token assigned to your install.

2. How we use it

• To run the project — signing you in, surfacing Resonance Points near you, awarding captures, displaying community content.
• To operate and improve the Tuner and the website — debugging crashes, measuring usage, planning new features.
• To process calibration scans into user-controlled spatial assets, verify captures, prevent spoofing or duplicate rewards, award Ecko, and support Stratis contributor features you choose to participate in.
• To route eligible public scan processing jobs to Stratis-operated systems and permitted ECKO Miner nodes, generate scan-derived spatial assets, verify job completion, prevent abuse, and administer Ecko rewards.
• To moderate the community — reviewing reported content and removing material that violates our terms.
• To send you operational notifications about your account, your captures, and the project.
• To measure how new players hear about the project and how well our ads work, so we can spend our marketing budget on the channels that are actually bringing people in.
• To comply with legal obligations.

3. Who we share it with

We do not sell your personal information. We share it only with the services and permitted processing systems we use to run the project, and only to the extent each one needs to do its job:

• Google / Firebase / Google Ads.Authentication, database (Firestore), file storage, push notifications, crash reporting, analytics (Google Analytics 4 via BigQuery), and marketing measurement. When you complete an action that Google Ads counts as a conversion (signing up, completing a capture), we send that event back to Google Ads so the ad system can stop showing your ad slot to people who aren’t a good fit. We don’t share your name, email, or content with the ad system.
• Google Cloud. Hosting (App Hosting), serverless functions, and the spatial database (Cloud SQL with PostGIS) that stores Resonance Point data.
• Stratis-operated services. Stratis Auth handles sign-in. Stratis spatial services process and host calibration scans, capture records, Ecko rewards, and scan-derived spatial assets so you can control them through Stratis features. These are operated by Stratis, Inc.; they are not third-party advertisers or data brokers.
• Permitted Stratis ECKO Miner nodes. When you make a scan public or choose to participate in a Stratis spatial map, marketplace, or contributor feature, Stratis may process the scan through permitted ECKO Miner nodes. These nodes receive only the job-scoped data needed to complete processing and are bound by terms that limit use of that data to the assigned Stratis processing job. Miner nodes are rewarded in Ecko for completed processing. They are not advertisers or data brokers.
• Map tile providers. CartoDB and Overture Maps serve the basemap tiles you see in the Tuner; they receive the tile coordinates your device requests but no personal information.
• Law enforcement and legal process. If we are required by law, court order, or valid legal process to disclose information.

4. Children

The Bellweather Project is intended for users 13 and older. We do not knowingly collect information from children under 13. If you believe a child under 13 has provided us with personal information, contact us at support@stratis.ai and we will delete it.

5. Your choices and rights

• Access and export. You can request a copy of the data associated with your account by emailing support@stratis.ai.
• Deletion. You can request that we delete your account and associated data at any time. See Account Deletion.
• Permissions.Location, camera, and notification access can be revoked at any time in your device’s settings. Some features of the Tuner will stop working if you revoke them.
• Analytics opt-out. You can disable Google Analytics for the web blog by installing the official browser opt-out add-on.

If you live in California, the EU, or the UK, you may have additional rights under your local law (including the right to object to or restrict certain processing). You can exercise any of these rights by emailing us.

6. How long we keep it

We keep your account data for as long as your account is active. After you delete your account, we remove your personal information within 30 days, except for records we are required to keep for legal, accounting, or fraud-prevention purposes. Aggregated and anonymized data may be retained indefinitely.

7. Security

We use industry-standard encryption in transit (HTTPS) and at rest, plus access controls on who at Stratis can see what. No system is perfectly secure — if something happens that affects your data, we’ll tell you, not bury it.

8. Changes to this policy

If we change this policy materially, we’ll update the effective date at the top and, where appropriate, notify you in the app or via email.

9. Contact

Questions, requests, or complaints: support@stratis.ai. You can also reach us through the in-app support link or by writing to Stratis, Inc.