Dozent is an audio-tour app for places you walk through. This policy explains, in plain language, what data Dozent collects, what it does not, and why.
The short version. You can browse and listen anonymously, with no account — in that mode nothing leaves your device except the requests needed to fetch tour content. If you choose to create an account, your saved tours, listening history and purchases sync to our servers so they follow you between devices. Your location never leaves your device. There is no advertising, no analytics, and no third-party tracking of any kind.
Most of Dozent works signed out. Browsing, playing, saving and downloading tours all function anonymously, and the data behind them stays on your device. In this mode we do not know who you are.
The app still fetches the tour catalogue and the audio and images you play, which — like loading any web page — involves your device contacting our servers and content host. Those requests carry your IP address and are handled as described under "Service providers" below.
Accounts are optional. You can sign up with an email address and password, with Sign in with Apple, or with Google. We receive an email address (or, with Apple's private relay, a relay address) and an account identifier. We never receive your password when you use Apple or Google.
Once signed in, the following syncs to our servers so it is available on your other devices:
Signing out removes this synced data from the device you signed out of. It remains on our servers so it returns when you sign back in.
Dozent asks for your device's location to sort tours by distance from you, and to detect when you arrive at a stop so its audio can play automatically.
Your location is used only on your device. It is never transmitted to us or to anyone else, and we do not store it — whether or not you have an account. You can revoke location access at any time in iOS Settings. Tours remain browsable and playable without it; only distance sorting and automatic stop playback are unavailable.
Dozent lets you publish your own audio tours. If you do, we store the creator profile you fill in — display name, biography, links and profile photo — and the tour content you upload, including audio recordings, photographs, written transcripts and the map coordinates you choose. Published tours and creator profiles are public by design, so treat anything you put in them as public.
Every submitted tour is reviewed by a person before it can be published. Reviewing means we access the audio, images and text you submitted.
If you sell tours, payouts are handled by Stripe. You provide your bank and tax details directly to Stripe during its onboarding; we never see or store them. We keep only the account identifier Stripe returns and a record of what you have earned and been paid.
Paid tours are bought through Apple's In-App Purchase system. Apple processes the payment — we never see your card details or billing address. We record which tour was purchased and link it to your account so the tour unlocks and stays unlocked. Refunds are handled by Apple under Apple's policy; Apple notifies us when one is granted so we can update your access.
Each is requested at the moment you first use the feature, and each is optional.
Group listening connects phones directly to each other over the local network or Bluetooth. Only playback state — which stop, playing or paused, and the position in the audio — is exchanged, along with the display name shown to the group. Audio is not sent between phones; each device fetches its own. This traffic does not pass through our servers.
If you report a tour, we receive the reason you selected, any detail you wrote, and which tour it concerns. If you are signed in, the report is linked to your account so we can follow up; if you are not, it is anonymous.
We rely on a small number of providers, each of which processes data only to operate Dozent:
Account data is kept while your account exists. Tour content you publish is kept while it is published. Purchase records are kept as long as needed to honour your access and to meet tax and accounting obligations. Delete your account and we remove your profile, synced library and creator content; records we must keep for legal or financial reasons are retained in minimal form.
You can ask us for a copy of your data, ask us to correct it, or ask us to delete your account and its contents. Write to the address below and we will respond within 30 days. Depending on where you live you may have additional rights under laws such as the GDPR or the CCPA; we extend these rights to everyone regardless of location.
Dozent is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe a child has created an account, contact us and we will delete it.
Our providers operate servers in the United States, so data may be processed there. Where required, transfers rely on appropriate safeguards such as the European Commission's standard contractual clauses.
If our data practices change, this policy will be updated and the "Last updated" date above will change with it. Significant changes will also be noted in the app's release notes.
Dozent is operated by Edward Ho Kiu Yung, a sole proprietor. Questions or requests about this policy: hello@dozent.world.