Privacy notice

Last updated 12 October 2026

This notice explains what yawbam.com collects, why, and what you can do about it. The short version: we collect only what you type into a logbook, we don't track you, and you can delete your entry at any time.

What we collect when you sign a log

• The date you found the cache and your notes, which are shown in that cache's log.
• A name or trail name, if you give one. It's optional, and we ask you not to use your full name.
• A photo and its description, if you add one. Every photo is re-saved by our server, which removes hidden information such as location (GPS), camera details and the time it was taken. A person checks each photo before it is shown.
• A deletion key. We keep a scrambled form of your deletion code so the code can be matched later. We can't recover the code from it.

We don't ask for your email address, phone number, real name, age or location, and we don't create accounts.

Information collected automatically

• Server logs. Like almost every website, our web server records each request: your IP address, browser type, the page asked for and the time. These logs are used for security and to fix problems. They are not used to build profiles or for advertising.
• Abuse protection. To stop spam, we keep a short-lived record that a connection has posted recently. It holds a one-way, keyed scramble of your IP address that changes every day, not the address itself, and it is deleted within two days.

We use no cookies on the public site, no analytics, no advertising, no social media plugins and no third-party scripts or fonts. See the cookie policy.

Why we use it

We use your entry only to show it in the logbook you signed, and the technical information only to keep the site running and protect it from abuse. We don't sell, rent or share your information with anyone for their own use.

Where it's kept

The site and its database run on a server rented from Amazon Web Services in the United States. Amazon provides the hardware and does not use the data for its own purposes.

How long we keep it

• Log entries and approved photos stay until you delete them, or until we remove them.
• Photos we decline are deleted at the time we decline them.
• Contact details you leave on a request are deleted once the request is handled.
• Abuse-protection records are deleted within two days.

Children

yawbam is not aimed at children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect personal information from them. Children under 13 should sign a log only with a parent or guardian, and should never include their full name, school, address, phone number or a photo of themselves. A parent or guardian can ask us to remove any entry using the request form, and we will remove it.

Your choices and rights

• Delete your entry at any time with your deletion code on the delete page. It's removed immediately.
• Lost the code? Use the request form to describe the entry and we'll remove it.
• Ask what we hold, or ask for a correction, using the same form.

Depending on where you live, you may have further rights under laws such as the GDPR or US state privacy laws. We will honour any reasonable request whatever your location.

Changes

If this notice changes, the date at the top changes too. We won't start using your information in a new way without updating this page first.

Questions: see About for how to contact us.