mesa.Mesa Privacy Policy
Effective date: November 11, 2026
Mesa ("we", "us") helps you find food and drink spots and plan crawls. This policy explains what we collect, why, who we share it with, and the choices you have.
What we collect
| Data | Examples | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Account details | Email, name, handle, home city, profile photo (if you add one) | Sign-in and your profile |
| Sign-in data | A user ID from Apple or Google if you sign in with them | Sign-in |
| Location | Your device's location while you use the app, or a city you pick | Finding spots near you and planning crawls |
| Taste preferences | Vibes, budget, cuisines, walk/drive limits, plus anything you type in your own words | Personalizing results |
| Allergies & diet (optional) | Allergies you pick or type (e.g. shellfish, mushrooms) and diets (vegetarian, vegan, halal, kosher) | Steering suggestions and dishes away from things you can't eat |
| Activity | Spots and crawls you save, crawls you complete, distance walked on crawls | Your profile, stats and better picks |
| Browsing signals | Which spots you open and which you swipe away in Wildcard (how often and when last, not where you were) | Better picks; kept 90 days |
| Searches and crawl requests | What you type into search or "Anything else?" | Answering the request |
We do not collect contacts, payment information or advertising identifiers, and we collect no health information other than the allergies and diet you choose to add. We do not track you across other apps or websites, show ads, or sell your data.
Allergies and diet
Adding allergies or a diet is optional. Mesa uses them only to push suggestions and "Crowd favorites" dishes away from obvious conflicts. Mesa can't guarantee any place or dish is allergen-free, and you should always confirm with the restaurant. You can remove them anytime in your taste preferences; deleting your account deletes them.
How location is used
Mesa asks for location only while you use the app. Your location is sent to our server with each request to find nearby places and is used to answer that request. We don't keep a history of where you've been. Spots and crawls you save are stored with their addresses and route. The last city you picked by hand is stored only on your device.
Who we share data with
We share data only with service providers that run Mesa for us:
- Supabase stores your account, profile, photo, preferences and saved items.
- Amazon Web Services hosts our server.
- Google Maps Platform (Places API): we send search areas and search terms to find places. Place details, photos and reviews come from Google.
- Anthropic (Claude AI), only if you turn on AI picks: your taste preferences (including allergies and diet), a summary of the kinds of spots you save, your searches and crawl requests, and the nearby places being ranked. We never send your name, email, photo or GPS coordinates. You can turn AI picks off anytime in Account settings. With it off, Mesa ranks with its own scoring and sends none of this to the AI provider. Anthropic deletes API inputs and outputs from its systems within 30 days, except content it flags for violating its usage policy or must keep by law, and doesn't use them to train its models.
- Anthropic and Google Gemini (AI), public place data only: to summarize reviews and find press coverage of a place, we send its name, address and public reviews. Nothing about you is included.
- Apple / Google sign-in, if you choose them.
We may also share data if the law requires it.
How long we keep it
We keep your account data until you delete your account. Server logs (no request contents) are kept for up to 3 days. Usage counters with no personal data are kept for 90 days.
Your choices
- Delete your account in the app: Profile → Settings → Delete account. This permanently deletes your profile, photo, preferences, saved spots, crawls and stats. If you can't get into the app, see how to delete your account.
- Change or remove your profile details and photo in Settings.
- AI picks: turn it on or off in Settings.
- Location: turn it off in your phone's settings and pick a city by hand instead.
Depending on where you live, you may have rights to access, correct, export or delete your data. Contact us to use them.
Children
Mesa isn't directed to children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect their data.
Changes
We'll update this page and its effective date when this policy changes, and tell you in the app if the change is significant.
Contact
Mesa · support@mesamesa.app
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