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/\I don't want my address disclosed or my exact map position shown; how do you keep my location private?
When you register, we ask for your postcode; but we only store the outer postcode (e.g. "SW1"). There are thousands of properties with the same outer code, so it's not pinpointing your address. On the map, the position of the marker is randomised by up to 200metres in each direction. Even users at the same address won't show at quite the same location on the map; i.e. the marker positions are only approximate for users.
/\How is LitterPick.UK funded, and how do I support it?
LitterPick.UK is run directly by the site developer and a number of volunteer admins. Our running costs are kept very low, but if you would like to assist, you may make a donation; see Finances for how to do that.
/\How do I contact other users of the site?
This is not a "social media" site as such. If you're planning a litter pick, you can opt for the system to notify members near you, and when a new group is created, again local members will be notified. You can opt out of such notifications at any time. If you create an event you may include your contact details if you wish and they will be shared with recipients of the notification, but that's entirely up to you. Any subsequent communication would be directly between you and the other person, off the LitterPick.UK site.
Additionally, you may message individual members. These messages will show in their inbox on the site, and they'll be notified by a daily email when there are new notifications. To avoid abuse of this system, individual members may send a maximum of 5 messages per day in total. If we receive reports of abuse from other members, admins reserve the right to disable this facility either temporarily or permanently.
Group administrators may send a message to all members of the group, up to a maximum of 3 different messages per day. Again this reduces the risk of spam, whilst allowing group admins give urgent updates (e.g. change of pick meeting point, or cancellation due to weather etc).
The messaging system is only partially implemented in the beta release, with only system-generated messages.
We'll be adding lots more topics here; partly as functionality increases, partly to fill in on what's already here
 

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  2. The only personal information we store is your username, password, and outer postcode. If we collect demographic information (age, gender etc), this is optional and done only at signup and your responses are not stored or connected to your user data; they are used purely for statistical analysis. Contact details are never made available through the site.
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  7. These terms and conditions last updated May 2021
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