Privacy Policy

We collect information you provide directly to us, including:

• ·Account registration details such as your name and email address
• ·Profile information, including your profile photo, display handle, bio, city, and optional social media links (Instagram, YouTube, TikTok, and website URL)
• ·Photos you upload when writing reviews or submitting food spots
• ·Content you submit, such as food spot nominations, written reviews, ratings, dish votes, and curated guides
• ·Curated lists of food spots you create and manage within the App
• ·Private notes you attach to individual food spots for your own reference
• ·Restaurant rankings you submit as part of community features
• ·Links shared from third-party apps (TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Google Maps) via our iOS Share Extension
• ·Optional text you provide when nominating a spot ("Tell us why")

If you choose to sign in using a third-party provider, we receive certain information from that provider, subject to the provider’s own privacy policy:

• ·Apple Sign In: your name and email address (Apple may provide a private relay email address at your option)
• ·Google Sign In: your name, email address, and profile picture (where offered)
• ·Facebook Login: your name, email address, and profile picture (where offered)

We do not receive your social media passwords. We only request the minimum permissions necessary to create and maintain your SPOT account.

When you use the App, we may automatically collect:

• ·Device information, such as your device platform (iOS or Android) and operating system version
• ·Push notification tokens, when you grant permission to receive notifications. These are stored alongside your account to enable delivery of notifications relevant to your activity.
• ·Usage data such as features used, content interactions (likes, follows, saves), and in-app activity

The App may request access to your device’s location to help you discover nearby food spots and to center the map view. Your precise location is processed on your device only and is never transmitted to or stored on our servers. You can enable or disable location access at any time in your device settings without affecting your ability to use other features of the App.

With your permission, the App may access your device’s contact list to help you find friends who are already on SPOT or to invite people you know to join. We use contact information only to match against existing SPOT accounts or to facilitate an invitation. We do not store your contacts on our servers, and contact data is never used for advertising or shared with third parties.

Content you post publicly — such as your display name, handle, profile photo, nominated spots, reviews, guides, and curated lists you choose to share — is visible to other users of the App. Private place notes and unpublished lists are visible only to you.

We share information with trusted third-party service providers that help us operate the App:

• ·Supabase (database, authentication, and file storage infrastructure) — supabase.com/privacy
• ·Google Places API (restaurant search and location data when adding food spots) — policies.google.com/privacy
• ·Expo (push notification delivery infrastructure) — expo.dev/privacy
• ·Apple (Sign In with Apple) — apple.com/legal/privacy
• ·Google (Google Sign-In) — policies.google.com/privacy
• ·Meta (Facebook Login) — facebook.com/privacy/policy

These providers are contractually obligated to protect your information and may only use it to perform services on our behalf.

We may disclose your information if required by law, court order, or governmental authority, or if we believe disclosure is necessary to protect the rights, property, or safety of SPOT, our users, or the public.

You may review and update your account information at any time within the App. You may delete your account at any time in Settings, or request deletion by contacting us at the email address below.

You can enable or disable location access at any time through your device settings. Disabling location will prevent the map from centering on your position but will not affect your ability to use other features.

You can enable or disable push notifications at any time through your device settings or within the App. Disabling notifications does not affect your ability to use any other features.

You can enable or disable contact list access at any time through your device settings. We will only access your contacts when you explicitly initiate a friends search or invitation within the App.

If you are a California resident, you have the right to:

• ·Know what personal information we collect, use, and disclose about you
• ·Request deletion of your personal information
• ·Opt out of the sale of your personal information (we do not sell personal information)
• ·Non-discrimination for exercising your privacy rights

To exercise these rights, contact us at the email address below. We will respond within 45 days.

If you are located in the European Economic Area or the United Kingdom, you have the right to access, correct, port, or erase your personal data. You also have the right to restrict or object to certain processing of your data and to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority. Our legal basis for processing your personal data is your consent and the performance of the contract between us (your use of the App).