Privacy Policy

Last updated: July 17, 2026

Drift helps you and your friends plan trips together, book stays and tours, and split the costs. This policy explains what we collect, why, and the choices you have. We keep it in plain language on purpose.

Who this applies to

This policy covers the Drift mobile app and drift.after-hours.app (together, "Drift", "we", "us"). By using Drift you agree to the practices described here.

Information we collect

Account information

When you create an account we collect your email address, a username, and any display name or profile details you add. Authentication is handled by our backend provider (Supabase); we don't store your password ourselves.

Trip content

The itineraries, destinations, stops, notes, dates, and expenses you and your travel companions add to a trip. On shared trips, this content is visible to the other members of that trip.

Location

If you use trip recording, Drift collects your device's precise location, including in the background, to map your route and place your moments on the map. Background tracking only runs while you have recording turned on for a trip, and you can stop it at any time. You can also disable location access entirely in your device settings — Drift still works for planning without it.

Photos and videos

Media you capture or add to a trip. Photos and videos are uploaded to our media storage (Amazon S3) and served through a content delivery network (Amazon CloudFront). Location metadata embedded in a photo may be used to place it on your trip map.

Financial connections (expense import)

If you choose to connect a bank or card account to import travel expenses, we use Plaid to establish that connection. Plaid collects and processes your financial data under its own privacy policy; Drift receives transaction details (such as merchant, amount, and date) to help you track and split trip costs. We never receive or store your banking credentials — you enter those directly with Plaid. Connecting an account is entirely optional, and you can disconnect it at any time.

Social activity

If you follow other users, like, or comment, we store those interactions to operate the social features and send related notifications.

Device and usage data

Basic technical data needed to run the app and keep it reliable — device type, app version, and diagnostic information. If you enable push notifications, we store a device token to deliver them via Apple Push Notification service.

How we use your information

• To provide and sync your trips, bookings, expenses, and media across your devices and trip members.
• To power features you invoke — mapping your route, comparing stays and tours, splitting costs, and generating AI trip summaries.
• To send notifications you've asked for (trip activity, reminders).
• To keep Drift secure, debug problems, and improve the product.
• To comply with legal obligations.

AI features

Some features use AI models — including Google's Gemini and Anthropic's Claude — to do things like extract highlights from a video or write a trip recap. When you use these features, the relevant content (for example, a video or your trip details) is processed by these providers to generate the result. We don't use your private trip content to train third-party models.

How we share information

We do not sell your personal information. We share it only in these cases:

• Service providers that run Drift on our behalf — Supabase (database, authentication), Amazon Web Services (media storage and delivery), Google (maps and place data, Gemini AI), Anthropic (Claude AI), Plaid (financial connections), and Apple (push notifications, payments). They may only use your data to provide their service to us.
• Booking partners. When you tap a stay or tour, Drift opens a link to a booking partner (such as Booking.com, Expedia, Hotels.com, Vrbo, Viator, Klook, or Priceline, sometimes via the Stay22 or Travelpayouts networks). Your booking is made on the partner's site under their terms and privacy policy. Drift may earn a commission on qualifying bookings — see our Terms. We don't share your personal profile with these partners; they receive only the click needed to attribute the referral.
• Other users, for content you choose to share — members of a shared trip see that trip's content, and public profiles or trips are visible to others.
• Legal and safety — if required by law, or to protect the rights and safety of our users and the public.
• Business transfers — if Drift is involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, with notice to you.

Data retention

We keep your information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide Drift. When you delete your account, we delete or de-identify your personal data within a reasonable period, except where we must retain it to comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, or enforce our agreements.

Your rights and choices

• Access and correction — you can view and edit most of your information in the app.
• Deletion — you can delete your account, which removes your personal data as described above.
• Location and notifications — you control these in your device settings at any time.
• Financial connections — you can disconnect a linked account at any time.
• Depending on where you live (for example, the EEA/UK under GDPR, or California under the CCPA/CPRA), you may have additional rights to access, port, or restrict processing of your data. Contact us to exercise them.

Security

We use industry-standard measures — encryption in transit, access controls, and row-level security on our database — to protect your information. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, but we work to protect your data and to notify you of material incidents where required.

Children

Drift is not intended for children under 13 (or the minimum age required in your country), and we don't knowingly collect their data. If you believe a child has provided us information, contact us and we'll remove it.

International users

Drift is operated from, and processes data in, the United States and other countries where our providers operate. By using Drift you consent to the transfer of your information to these locations, which may have different data-protection laws than your own.

Changes to this policy

We may update this policy as Drift evolves. We'll revise the "last updated" date above and, for material changes, provide additional notice in the app.

Contact us

Questions about privacy? Email privacy@after-hours.app.