Privacy Policy
Effective date: November 13, 2026
Sauna Finder helps you find saunas near you and what one visit costs. This policy explains what information Sauna Finder handles when you use the website at saunafinder.net (the "Site") or the Sauna Finder app for iPhone (the "App"), together the "Service". The Service is operated by Baumeister Private Server, Inc. ("we", "us").
The short version
- You don't need an account, and we never ask for your name, email or phone number.
- If you share your location or type a ZIP code, we use it only to answer that search. We don't store it.
- We don't use advertising, analytics or tracking tools, and we don't sell or share personal information.
Information we handle
Your search location. To find saunas near you, you type a ZIP code or choose "Use my location". If you share your location, it is rounded to about one kilometre (two decimal places) before it leaves your device. The ZIP code or rounded location is sent with that search, used to find nearby places, and not stored by us. Your device's own permission controls whether the Service can use your location, and you can change it at any time in your device or browser settings.
Prices and places you send us. You can choose to send us a price for a place, or tell us about a place we're missing. What you send (the price, what it covers, a link where you saw it, an optional note, and for a new place its name, address and type) is kept so we can review it. We don't attach your name, email or IP address to it. If we approve it, the price or place appears on the Service for everyone. Please don't include personal information in a note.
Information stored on your device. The Site remembers the last ZIP code you searched, in your browser's local storage, to save you typing it again. The App keeps the places you save as favourites on your iPhone. This information stays on your device; you can clear it by clearing your browser's site data or deleting the App.
Technical information. Like any website or app, the Service receives your device's IP address and basic request information (such as the page requested and browser type) when you connect. We use this only to deliver the Service, to limit misuse (for example, too many searches in a short time), and to keep it secure. Our own software keeps IP addresses only briefly in memory for these limits and does not write them to storage. Our hosting and network providers (see below) may process and log this information under their own policies.
We don't use cookies for advertising or analytics, and the Service contains no advertising, analytics or tracking software.
How we use information
We use the information above only to provide the Service: to answer searches, to review and publish prices and places, to keep the Service secure and working, and to comply with law. We don't use it to profile you, and we don't make automated decisions about you.
Sharing
We don't sell personal information, and we don't share it for cross-context behavioural advertising. We share information only:
- With service providers who host and deliver the Service for us, such as Cloudflare, Inc. (network and security), under terms that limit their use of it.
- When you choose to leave the Service, for example to get directions in Google Maps or Apple Maps, or to visit a place's website. Those services' own privacy policies apply.
- If required by law, or to protect the rights, safety or property of our users, the public or us.
- In a business transfer, if the Service is sold or transferred, subject to this policy.
How long we keep information
- Search ZIP codes and locations: not kept after the search is answered.
- Prices and places you send: until we review them. Rejected ones are deleted; approved ones are published and kept as part of the Service.
- Rate-limit counters: in memory only, for at most 24 hours.
- Our providers' logs: as set by their own policies.
Place information
Place listings come from businesses' and cities' own public websites, from OpenStreetMap contributors (available under the Open Database License), and from people who send us prices. ZIP code locations come from the U.S. Census Bureau. Prices can change, so please check with a place before you visit.
Children
The Service is not directed to children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe a child has sent us personal information, contact us and we will delete it.
Your choices and rights
You can use the Service without sharing your location by typing a ZIP code instead. You can withdraw location permission at any time in your device settings.
Depending on where you live, you may have rights to ask what personal information we hold about you, to correct it, or to delete it. Because we don't collect names or accounts, we usually hold nothing that identifies you. If you sent us a note containing personal information and want it removed, contact us with the place and roughly when you sent it. We will not discriminate against you for exercising any of these rights.
Security
The Service is served only over encrypted connections (HTTPS), and we limit what we collect so there is little to protect. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure.
Where information is processed
The Service is offered in the United States, and information is processed in the United States.
Changes to this policy
If we change this policy, we will post the new version on this page and update the effective date. If a change materially affects how we handle information we already hold, we will tell you on the Service before it takes effect.
Contact us
Baumeister Private Server, Inc.
615 S College St, Suite 08-165, Charlotte, NC 28202
info@baumeisterprivateserver.com