What the app stores and sends

Your language, local trip recovery data, the capability used to edit your saved trip, and the keys used to remove your own photo uploads are stored in your browser. You can remove this local data through your browser's site-data controls. Removing the trip edit capability removes this browser's access to update that saved trip.

Interesting Iceland stores a saved trip after you personalize My trip or request its share link. The record contains the stops and their order, trip and stop notes, language, and any generated guide. Anyone with the unguessable link can view the saved trip, so do not put sensitive information in trip notes.

Saved trips do not expire automatically. The public link does not grant edit access. A browser without the matching edit capability creates a separate trip and link when it makes a change.

Route and weather features send the locations needed for the request to OpenStreetMap-based routing services and the Icelandic Met Office. When you request an AI trip guide, selected stops, order, travel estimates, relevant place facts, and language are processed through OpenRouter and Google Gemini.

When you upload a photo, a processed copy and basic place context are sent through OpenRouter and Google Gemini for suitability checks. Provider privacy policies apply to their processing.

Map views load street tiles from CARTO using OpenStreetMap data and, when you select satellite imagery, tiles from Esri. CARTO and Esri receive the network information needed to deliver tiles, including your IP address and the map area requested.

Uploaded photos are public after approval. Embedded metadata is removed, and uploads are licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. You can remove your own upload from the same browser for 12 hours after adding it.

If you rate an AI-generated guide, the rating and limited technical context are stored for up to 90 days.