Privacy notice
PMR Radio runs a standalone community map. Station information is kept separate from accounts on other services. Public users do not need an email address and there is no email verification.
Location
We ask only for a town or broad locality and county. We do not request a home address, full postcode or browser GPS permission. Your chosen area appears on public profiles and the map. If you prefer, you can choose county-only display.
Station management
New station-management keys contain 12 random letters and numbers, are shown once, and are stored as password hashes. Key entry is rate-limited and Google reCAPTCHA is checked when configured. Older eight-digit keys remain usable until they are rotated. If you lose the key and have not kept a remembered device, there is no automatic email recovery. An administrator may review a carefully evidenced request, but cannot promise ownership recovery. Do not share the key or use the remembered-device option on a public computer.
Remembered devices
If selected, a random, revocable, HttpOnly and Secure cookie remembers the station on this browser for up to 45 days. The server stores only a hash of the token. You can revoke all remembered devices from the station dashboard.
Traffic analytics
First-party analytics record public pageviews, selected actions, a random pseudonymous visitor-session token, page paths and referring host when present. The token is not a fingerprint and does not identify a person. Common bots and admin visits are excluded. Visitor sessions are approximate counts, not unique people. Raw network addresses are not stored in analytics. Short-lived abuse throttles use keyed hashes for rate limits and reports. The owner can set analytics retention; the initial setting is 365 days.
Moderation and contact logs
New stations, groups and nets are private until approved. Contact notes are visible only to the participating station owners and moderators. Contact confirmations from the other station owner are self-reported and do not prove identity or a radio conversation. Moderation and security actions are retained in an audit trail.
External services
Google reCAPTCHA is used for protected public submissions and, when configured, station-key sign-in. It may receive technical request information directly from your browser. OpenStreetMap receives map tile requests directly from your browser, including your IP address, browser request headers and the PMR446 site origin as a referrer. When a visitor chooses the Google search link on a station profile, that public radio name and broad area are included in the query sent to Google; no search happens automatically. Its community-funded tile service is best-effort; see the tile usage policy and OSMF privacy policy.
Your choices
You can hide a station temporarily, change it to county-only, edit its information or ask the admin owner to permanently delete it. Contact the moderators for an ownership review or privacy issue.