Updated on 21 October 2026
Privacy policy
Your dreams belong to you. This page explains, without jargon, what data the Glowbe app and the glowbe.fr website use, why, where it is kept, for how long, and how you stay in control. It complies with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The French version of this policy is the reference version.
In short
- No ads, no selling of data, no tracking or analytics tools.
- Your dreams and photos are stored in France (Paris).
- Other people only see your memories if you choose so.
- The hidden GPS location in your photos is removed before upload.
- You can delete your account and everything in it, at any time.
Who is responsible for your data?
Glowbe is published by Olivier Boulanger, an independent developer, as a private individual. He is the “data controller” within the meaning of the GDPR.
For any question about your data: bonjour@glowbe.fr.
What data, and why
Your account
- Your first name, email address and password, if you sign up with email. The password is encrypted: nobody, not even us, can read it.
- If you use Google: Google sends us your name, email address and a link to your Google profile picture. We only use your first name and email.
- The app language (French or English), so we can write to you in your language.
Why: to create and keep your account (performance of the contract between us when you use Glowbe).
Your dreams and memories
- Your dreams: title, category, target date, and a place if you choose one.
- Your memories: the date you achieved a dream, your photo and your note.
- Your photos are resized and stripped of their hidden GPS location before leaving your phone. They are not copied to your phone's gallery.
- Who sees what: for each memory you choose “Only me”, “My loved ones” or “Everyone”. An “Everyone” memory (photo, title, place, note) can be seen by other Glowbe users, and its photo may appear in the showcase on the home screen, without your first name.
Why: this is the service Glowbe provides (performance of the contract).
Phone permissions
The app asks for access to the camera and your photos only when you add a memory photo. You can refuse: the rest of the app still works. The microphone is never used. The app does not read your location: you choose the places yourself.
Security
Like any online service, our providers keep a few technical traces (IP address, login date, device type) to protect accounts against intrusions and abuse. Why: our legitimate interest in keeping Glowbe safe.
On your phone
The app keeps your session (so you stay signed in) and your language choice on your phone. Nothing else: no ads, no trackers.
The glowbe.fr website
This website uses no cookies and no analytics tools. Its fonts are hosted on the site itself. Its host, GitHub, records visitors' IP addresses for security reasons.
Where your data is
We never sell or rent any data. We use a few providers, who act only on our instructions:
| Provider | What it does | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Supabase | Accounts, dreams, memories and photos | Data stored in Paris (France) |
| Resend | Sending the app's emails (e.g. forgotten password): your email and first name | Sent from Ireland |
| Mapbox | Displaying the globe and searching for places: the text you type to find a place | United States |
| Sign in with Google, if you choose it | European Union and United States | |
| Gandi | Receiving emails sent to bonjour@glowbe.fr | France |
| GitHub | Hosting the glowbe.fr website | United States |
Some of these providers are American companies. When data may be accessed from the United States, this transfer is covered by the safeguards provided by the GDPR: the EU–US Data Privacy Framework, or the European Commission's standard contractual clauses.
For how long
- As long as your account exists, we keep your account, dreams and memories.
- When you delete your account, everything is erased: account, profile, dreams, memories and photos, within 30 days of your request at the latest.
- An account unused for 3 years is deleted, after an email to let you know.
- Technical security traces are erased automatically after a few weeks.
Your rights
At any time, you can:
- see your data, or receive a copy in a readable format (right of access and portability);
- correct it (right to rectification): most of it can be edited directly in the app;
- erase it by deleting your account (see Delete my account);
- object to a use or ask for it to be restricted;
- give instructions on what happens to your data after your death.
Write to us at bonjour@glowbe.fr from your account's email address. We reply within one month at most.
If you believe your rights are not respected, you can lodge a complaint with the CNIL, the French data protection authority: cnil.fr/fr/plaintes, or with the authority of your country.
Minimum age
Glowbe is for people aged 18 and over. We do not knowingly collect data about minors. If you think a minor has created an account, write to us: we will delete it.
If this page changes
If we change this policy in an important way, we will let you know in the app or by email before the change applies. The update date is shown at the top of this page.