Privacy policy

Last updated October 12, 2026. Brooklyn Paranormal Society ("BKPS", "we") runs the walking tours at bkps.co. Questions: info@bkps.co.

The short version

We collect as little as we can to run a paid membership site. We never receive your name, email address or payment details from Patreon, we don't sell data, and we don't run advertising or cross-site tracking.

What we store about members

When you log in with Patreon we ask for the identity permission only. From Patreon we keep:

your Patreon user ID (a number, not your name),
whether your membership is active, which tier you hold, and whether it is a gift,
the walk you chose (Basic members) and when you last changed it.

We do not keep your Patreon login token (it is discarded as soon as we have read your membership), your name, your email address, your payment information or your location history. Patreon handles all payments under its own terms and privacy policy.

Things you choose to send us

Investigator proposals (a place, address, story, sources and how you want to be credited), stored so we can research them. If we feature your proposal we publish it with the credit you asked for.
Votes in Investigator polls, stored with your Patreon user ID so each person has one ballot. Votes are never shown to others by name.
Walk feedback (rating, optional comment, and whether we may quote you). We ask before quoting you publicly.
Email updates, if you give your address, used only to tell you when a walk you asked about opens or when we add new walks and stops. We keep the list with Mailchimp, which sends our emails for us and only handles the list on our behalf. We don't sell it or share it with anyone else, and every message will tell you how to leave. Ask us to remove you at any time.

Cookies and device storage

bkps_session: keeps you logged in (up to 72 hours). Strictly necessary, HttpOnly and not readable by scripts.
bkps_oauth and bkps_next: last 10 minutes while you log in, to keep the Patreon login safe and bring you back to the walk you were on.
Your browser's storage (IndexedDB and cache): a copy of the walks you are entitled to, so they work offline, plus your stamps and settings. It stays on your device and is deleted when you sign out or your membership ends.

We use no advertising or analytics cookies.

Your location

"Walk mode" and "walks near me" use your phone's location. That calculation happens on your device. Your position is never sent to our server.

Anonymous counters

To see how the site is doing, we keep daily totals (for example, how many times the home page was opened or how many people logged in). They contain no cookies, IP addresses or identifiers, so they cannot be traced to a person.

Our host and other services

Hosting. Our web host keeps standard server logs (such as IP address and page requested) for security and troubleshooting.
Patreon handles login and payments.
Google Fonts serves our typefaces, so your browser contacts Google when a page loads.
unpkg and OpenFreeMap supply the map code and map tiles, so your browser contacts them when a map loads.
Google Maps opens only if you tap "Directions".

Each of those services has its own privacy policy.

Keeping and deleting data

We keep membership records while you are a member or may return, and delete them on request. Email info@bkps.co from the address you use with Patreon, or tell us your Patreon user ID, and we will delete or export what we hold about you.

Children

The site is not directed to children under 13 and we do not knowingly collect their data.

Changes

If we change this policy we will update the date above and, for meaningful changes, say so on the home page.