Event startup Partiful wasn’t stripping GPS locations from user-uploaded photos

October 4, 2025 Zack Whittaker, Amanda Silberling

The event planning startup, which has raised over $27M from a16z and others, fixed the bug after TechCrunch found that Partiful was not removing granular location data from users' profile photos.

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Event startup Partiful wasn’t stripping GPS locations from user-uploaded photos
Event startup Partiful wasn’t stripping GPS locations from user-uploaded photos

The event planning startup, which has raised over $27M from a16z and others, fixed the bug after TechCrunch...