Change History

We now have some news, and some more details. We do not have an exact release yet, but most like around 1.5 weeks from now (the 17th is indicated in the information that exists, but not set in stone).


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After discussions with Geocaching HQ we will soon, in collaboration, make some changes to how Privacy settings at Geocaching.com affect Project-GC.

On Geocaching.com there are two pages one can adjust privacy settings:
- https://www.geocaching.com/account/settings/authorizations
- https://www.geocaching.com/account/settings/userprivacy

As it works today, the first of the above partly affects Project-GC. Not the least the fact that one cannot login to Project-GC with a `Do not share my personal information with Authorized Developer geocaching applications` checked. The options at the second page do not in general affect third parties at all. Geocaching HQ wishes for them to be respected by third parties, like Project-GC.

With the upcoming changes some of the detailed Privacy settings at the second page will affect Project-GC, just as the setting on the first page does. The five specific settings are:
- Geocaches found
- Trackables
- Souvenirs
- Gallery
- Statistics

These five must be set to [b]Public[/b] to be able to use Project-GC. The rest aren't relevant since Project-GC does not handle that information.

However, a new setting will be added to the User privacy page. There will be an override which allows sharing the data with Project-GC specifically, regardless of the Privacy settings on the same page. So to be able to use Project-GC in the future you must:
- Allow sharing data with third parties (Authorizations page). This is already the case today.
- Have the [b]five[/b] Privacy settings set to [b]Public[/b], [b]ALTERNATIVELY[/b] have the [b]Project-GC override enabled[/b].

Any geocacher who has any of their five privacy settings "too restricted" and an active auth-token with Project-GC will get their [b]"Project-GC override" enabled automatically[/b]. U, unless they fill in a form. Geocaching HQ has started to send out an email with this information. Geocaching HQ is (directly) e-mailing a form to those affected, alongside additional details.

We now have some news, and some more details. We do not have an exact release yet, but most like around 1.5 weeks from now (the 17th is indicated in the information that exists, but not set in stone).


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After discussions with Geocaching HQ we will soon, in collaboration, make some changes to how Privacy settings at Geocaching.com affect Project-GC.

On Geocaching.com there are two pages one can adjust privacy settings:
- https://www.geocaching.com/account/settings/authorizations
- https://www.geocaching.com/account/settings/userprivacy

As it works today, the first of the above partly affects Project-GC. Not the least the fact that one cannot login to Project-GC with a `Do not share my personal information with Authorized Developer geocaching applications` checked. The options at the second page do not in general affect third parties at all. Geocaching HQ wishes for them to be respected by third parties, like Project-GC.

With the upcoming changes some of the detailed Privacy settings at the second page will affect Project-GC, just as the setting on the first page does. The five specific settings are:
- Geocaches found
- Trackables
- Souvenirs
- Gallery
- Statistics

These five must be set to [b]Public[/b] to be able to use Project-GC. The rest aren't relevant since Project-GC does not handle that information.

However, a new setting will be added to the User privacy page. There will be an override which allows sharing the data with Project-GC specifically, regardless of the Privacy settings on the same page. So to be able to use Project-GC in the future you must:
- Allow sharing data with third parties (Authorizations page). This is already the case today.
- Have the [b]five[/b] Privacy settings set to [b]Public[/b], [b]ALTERNATIVELY[/b] have the [b]Project-GC override enabled[/b].

Any geocacher who has any of their five privacy settings "too restricted" and an active auth-token with Project-GC will get their [b]"Project-GC override" enabled automatically[/b]. Unless they fill in a form. Geocaching HQ has started to send out an email with this information.

We now have some news, and some more details. We do not have an exact release yet, but most like around 1.5 weeks from now (the 17th is indicated in the information that exists, but not set in stone).


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After discussions with Geocaching HQ we will soon, in collaboration, make some changes to how Privacy settings at Geocaching.com affect Project-GC.

On Geocaching.com there are two pages one can adjust privacy settings:
- https://www.geocaching.com/account/settings/authorizations
- https://www.geocaching.com/account/settings/userprivacy

As it works today, the first of the above partly affects Project-GC. Not the least the fact that one cannot login to Project-GC with a `Do not share my personal information with Authorized Developer geocaching applications` checked. The options at the second page do not in general affect third parties at all. Geocaching HQ wishes for them to be respected by third parties, like Project-GC.

With the upcoming changes some of the detailed Privacy settings at the second page will affect Project-GC, just as the setting on the first page does. The five specific settings are:
- Geocaches found
- Trackables
- Souvenirs
- Gallery
- Statistics

These five must be set to [b]Public[/b] to be able to use Project-GC. The rest aren't relevant since Project-GC does not handle that information.

However, a new setting will be added to the User privacy page. There will be an override which allows sharing the data with Project-GC specifically, regardless of the Privacy settings on the same page. So to be able to use Project-GC in the future you must:
- Allow sharing data with third parties (Authorizations page). This is already the case today.
- Have the [b]five[/b] Privacy settings set to [b]Public[/b], [b]ALTERNATIVELY[/b] have the [b]Project-GC override enabled[/b].

Any geocacher who has their five privacy settings "too restricted" and an active auth-token with Project-GC will get their [b]"Project-GC override" enabled automatically[/b]. Unless they fill in a form. Geocaching HQ has started to send out an email with this information.

We now have some news, and some more details. We do not have an exact release yet, but most like around 1.5 weeks from now (the 17th is indicated in the information that exists, but not set in stone).


[hr]


After discussions with Geocaching HQ we will soon, in collaboration, make some changes to how Privacy settings at Geocaching.com affect Project-GC.

On Geocaching.com there are two pages one can adjust privacy settings:
- https://www.geocaching.com/account/settings/authorizations
- https://www.geocaching.com/account/settings/userprivacy

As it works today, the first of the above partly affects Project-GC. Not the least the fact that one cannot login to Project-GC with a `Do not share my personal information with Authorized Developer geocaching applications` checked. The options at the second page do not in general affect third parties at all. Geocaching HQ wishes for them to be respected by third parties, like Project-GC.

With the upcoming changes some of the detailed Privacy settings at the second page will affect Project-GC, just as the setting on the first page does. The five specific settings are:
- Geocaches found
- Trackables
- Souvenirs
- Gallery
- Statistics

These five must be set to [b]Public[/b] to be able to use Project-GC. The rest aren't relevant since Project-GC does not handle that information.

However, a new setting will be added to the User privacy page. There will be an override which allows sharing the data with Project-GC specifically, regardless of the Privacy settings on the same page. So to be able to use Project-GC in the future you must:
- Allow sharing data with third parties (Authorizations page). This is already the case today.
- Have the [b]five[/b] Privacy settings set to [b]Public[/b], [b]ALTERNATIVELY[/b] have the [b]Project-GC override enabled[/b].