Importing from Google Maps

You can bring the places and lists you saved in Google Maps into Vistamigo, in one of two ways. This page explains what each one copies, how it's handled, and how to remove it again.

Two ways to import

• Import from Google Maps: Vistamigo asks Google for a one-time copy of your saved lists, after you agree on Google's own permission screen. Google offers this for personal accounts in the EU, the UK and Switzerland, 18 and over.
• A Google Takeout file: you download your saved lists from Google Takeout yourself and choose the files in Vistamigo, on a computer. Vistamigo gets no access to your Google account this way.

What the import copies

For each saved list: the list's name and, for each place, its name, your note and its Google Maps link. Nothing else from your Google account. Images and web pages you saved from Google Search are skipped.

Your notes may mention other people, for example "Recommended by Ana". They stay private unless you choose to show notes on a list you share.

How it's handled

• Google's permission is used only for that one import, then released. It isn't saved.
• The file from Google, or your Takeout file, is read on your phone or in your browser and never stored. On the web, Google's file passes through our server on its way to your browser, without being kept.
• To find each place, Vistamigo sends its Google Maps link to Google. Place details such as names and addresses come from open data, not from Google.
• The working copy used while you review your places is deleted when the import finishes, or after 7 days if you never finish it.
• You review the places before anything is added. Imported lists are private until you share them.

Vistamigo's use and transfer of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements. We don't sell your imported data, share it with anyone other than the people you choose to share a list with, use it for advertising, or use it to develop, improve or train AI models.

Managing what you imported

• Change a note or a place's name: in Library, tap the place's menu, then Edit note or Rename.
• Remove one place: in Library, tap the place's menu, then Remove from Library. To take it off just one list, open the list and choose Remove from list.
• Delete a whole list: open the list, tap its menu, then Delete list. The places stay in your Library until you remove them.
• Get a copy of everything: Profile, then Your data and privacy, then Download my data.
• Delete everything: Profile, then Your data and privacy, then Delete my account. See Delete your account for what's deleted and when.

Removing Vistamigo's access to your Google account

Vistamigo releases Google's permission after each import, so it keeps no access. You can check, or remove it yourself, at any time:

1. Go to your Google Account's third-party connections.
2. Choose Vistamigo, if it's listed.
3. Choose Delete all connections (or Remove access).

Removing access doesn't delete places you've already imported. Delete those in the app, as above.

Read more in our Privacy Policy. Questions? Write to hello@vistamigo.com.