Responsible use

Knowing where a photo was taken can help: checking where a picture in the news really comes from, sorting your own travel or family photos, research. It must never be used to find, follow or frighten a person.

What you agree to before every upload

• The Terms and Conditions and the Privacy Policy.
• “I am not uploading this image to stalk, harass, track or surveil anyone, or for any other unlawful or harmful purpose.”
• GeoSnoop's cookies. Uploading uses only strictly necessary cookies: one that keeps your searches private to this browser, your sign-in session if you sign in, and one that remembers this choice. Our hosting provider's security service also sets its own cookies to tell people from bots. There are no advertising cookies; analytics are a separate, optional choice (Cookie settings, at the bottom of every page). Uploading needs these cookies: without them GeoSnoop can't keep your results private to you.

We keep a record of each agreement: when it was given and which version of the Terms it covers. The same agreement comes with every sign-up and every API key, and when the Terms change, we ask again.

What we do

• Uploads are checked for child sexual abuse material and blocked.
• Free searches need a human check and are limited.
• Results are private to the person who uploaded the photo, and never shown to search engines.
• Accounts and API keys that break these rules are suspended, and unlawful use may be reported.

What GeoSnoop is for

Finding out where your own photos were taken, checking where a picture online or in the news comes from, travel and family history, and research. Results are chances: check them before you rely on them, and never use them alone for decisions about people.

Report misuse

Email abuse@geosnoop.com. Tell us what happened, when, and any result link or account you know of. We look at every report. We keep the identity of people who report misuse confidential, and never tell the reported user who reported them unless the law requires it. We reply within 5 working days, and faster where someone may be in danger.