Copyright & DMCA Policy

Last updated: June 4, 2026

Dropbear (“Dropbear”, “We”, “Us”, or “Our”) respects the intellectual property rights of others and asks everyone who uses the Service to do the same. This Copyright Policy explains how content from other sources is saved on Dropbear and how copyright owners can ask Us to remove material they believe is infringing. This Copyright Policy is part of, and is incorporated by reference into, Our Terms and Conditions.

How places are saved on Dropbear

Dropbear is a tool that helps You save and organize places for Your own reference. When You save a place from a website, social media post, map link, or other source:

• You choose to save each place Yourself, one at a time. Dropbear does not use bots to crawl, bulk-collect, or automatically harvest content from other services.
• Dropbear primarily saves factual information about a place, such as its name, address, and location.
• Dropbear may store a small thumbnail image to help You recognize a place You saved. Thumbnails are used as recognition aids, not as a substitute for the original content.
• Where available, each saved place records the source it was saved from, so You can return to the original.

Where place information comes from

The place details Dropbear saves — such as names, addresses, and coordinates — are drawn from open mapping data, including OpenStreetMap (available under the Open Database License), together with the details contained in the source You saved from.

When You save a place from a map link — for example a Google Maps or Apple Maps link You share to Dropbear — Dropbear does not load, scrape, or copy Google Maps or Apple Maps pages, and does not use their mapping or place-search APIs. The place is matched against the open mapping data described above.

On some devices, Dropbear displays maps using a mapping framework provided by the device’s platform, and may obtain place names from the device’s built-in geocoder to label what You are currently viewing on screen. These names are never saved to Your account.

If You own content that appears in the Service and would like it removed, You may contact Us using the process below.

Reporting copyright infringement

If You are a copyright owner, or are authorized to act on behalf of one, and You believe that material available through the Service infringes Your copyright, You may send a written notice to Our Designated Copyright Agent. To be effective under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”), 17 U.S.C. § 512(c)(3), Your notice must include:

1. A physical or electronic signature of the copyright owner or a person authorized to act on the owner’s behalf.
2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed.
3. Identification of the material that You claim is infringing, with information reasonably sufficient to allow Us to locate it (for example, the place or URL within the Service).
4. Your contact information, including Your name, mailing address, telephone number, and email address.
5. A statement that You have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
6. A statement that the information in the notice is accurate, and, under penalty of perjury, that You are the copyright owner or are authorized to act on the owner’s behalf.

Under 17 U.S.C. § 512(f), You may be liable for damages if You knowingly materially misrepresent that material is infringing.

Designated Copyright Agent

Notices of claimed copyright infringement must be sent to Our Designated Copyright Agent:

Enoch Chee-Lok Lau, Copyright Agent for Dropbear 3164 21st St #1396 Long Island City, NY 11106 United States Phone: (332) 203-8174 Email: dmca@dropbearapp.com

Counter-notification

If You believe that material You posted was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, You may send a written counter-notification to Our Designated Copyright Agent. To be effective under the DMCA, 17 U.S.C. § 512(g), Your counter-notification must include:

1. Your physical or electronic signature.
2. Identification of the material that was removed or disabled and the location at which it appeared before it was removed or disabled.
3. A statement under penalty of perjury that You have a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification.
4. Your name, mailing address, and telephone number, and a statement that You consent to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for the judicial district in which Your address is located, or, if Your address is outside the United States, for any judicial district in which Dropbear may be found, and that You will accept service of process from the person who provided the original notice or an agent of that person.

If We receive a valid counter-notification, We may restore the removed material in not fewer than 10 and not more than 14 business days after receipt, unless the original complainant first notifies Us that they have filed an action seeking a court order to restrain the allegedly infringing activity.

Repeat infringers

In accordance with the DMCA and other applicable law, Dropbear has adopted a policy of terminating, in appropriate circumstances and at Our discretion, the accounts of users who are repeat infringers. We may also remove infringing material and restrict or terminate access to the Service for anyone who infringes the intellectual property rights of others.

Contact

General questions about this Copyright Policy that are not copyright notices may be sent to support@dropbearapp.com. Formal copyright notices and counter-notifications must be sent to the Designated Copyright Agent listed above.