▲ The data pact

Why AER is built differently. We map the outdoors — not the individual.

The Digital
Leave No Trace.

I — The problem

The surveillance
trail.

Most outdoor apps track your every step to build an advertising profile. They treat nature as a backdrop for data mining, turning your quiet moments into marketable data points.

We think that ruins the view. Your movement in the wild shouldn't be a product sold in a boardroom.

The industry status quo

User → Data → Ad Broker

▲ The AER philosophy

User → Nature

II — The model

You are not the product.
The Operator is.

AER makes money by helping local businesses (Operators) get found — through landing pages, managed social, and AI call answering.

Because they pay us for software, we don't need to sell your location history to keep the lights on.

Our incentives are aligned with your privacy, not against it. We succeed when you find the perfect trail, not when we find the perfect buyer for your data.

III — What we track

Aggregate knowledge,
protect the individual.

We use data to protect the wild, not to expose the hiker.

▲ The Environment · YES
  1. 01Air Quality Index (AQI)
  2. 02UV Index & Light Conditions
  3. 03Real-time Crowd Density
  4. 04Trail Conditions & Weather
The Individual · NO
  1. ✕Home Address & Identity
  2. ✕Cross-app Ad Tracking
  3. ✕Shadow Profiles
  4. ✕Persistent Individual History

Key phrase · We aggregate data to protect the wild, not to expose the hiker.

IV — The pledge

Pact ID · PRIV-2026-AER

The pledge.

  1. 01

    We will never sell your individual location data. Ever.

  2. 02

    Your account is private by default. You control the visibility.

  3. 03

    Data deletion is absolute. When you leave, we leave no trace.

— The AER team.

Committed to the outdoors
Signed · 2026