Perch
Privacy Policy
Updated October 15, 2026
Perch is a café workability app for New York City. This policy covers the Perch iPhone app and perch.ginyusquad.com.
What we collect
You sign in with Apple or Google. We store the provider account identifier and any name or email those services share with us. There is no email sign-in. When you post, we store community ratings, comments, live reports, and optional photo uploads. If you allow location, we use it only to sort nearby cafés.
How we use it
We use this information to keep you signed in (a session cookie on the website, or a token on the iPhone app), to show workability scores from community ratings, and to review photo uploads before they appear on a café. Directory listings come from OpenStreetMap plus those community ratings — Perch does not invent cafés or copy Google reviews.
What we do not do
We do not sell personal data. We do not share your email or photos for advertising.
Third parties
Apple and Google handle their sign-in buttons. OpenStreetMap supplies place names and locations. Hosting and storage run on DigitalOcean. Those services process data under their own terms when you use their sign-in or when we store approved photos.
How long we keep it
Your account, ratings, and approved photos stay until you ask us to delete them or we close the service. Sessions last about thirty days.
Contact
Questions about this policy can go through the Perch App Store listing or perch.ginyusquad.com. We will update this page if our practices change.