Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how LFG Golfing ("LFG Golfing", "we", "us") collects, uses, and shares information when you use our mobile app and website (together, the "Service"). LFG Golfing is a personal golf passport: you log rounds, build a passport of the courses you've played, track progress on golf lists, organize buddy trips, and share activity with friends.

This document is a starting point written to reflect how the Service actually works. It is not legal advice, and it should be reviewed by a qualified lawyer before you rely on it in production or in any specific jurisdiction.

Information we collect

• Account information. When you create an account we and our authentication provider collect your email address, sign-in credentials, and a unique account identifier. You choose a display name and a public handle.
• Profile details. Optional information you add to your passport, such as a profile photo, home city (including its coordinates so we can place it on your globe), and handicap index.
• Golf activity. The rounds you log, including score, course, date, whether you walked or rode, conditions, and any notes; the courses and locations you've played; and your progress on official and custom lists.
• Trips and social content. Buddy trips you create or join, trip members, shared trip photos and albums, follows, reactions, and your activity in the social feed.
• Photos. Images you upload for your profile or trip albums, which are stored using our file-storage provider.
• Device and notification data. If you enable push notifications, we store a push token for your device so we can deliver them. We also process basic technical data needed to operate the Service, such as logs and approximate request metadata.

How we use information

• To provide, maintain, and improve the Service and your passport.
• To show your rounds, stats, lists, trips, and globe, and to compute lifetime totals such as courses, states, and countries visited.
• To enable social features you choose to use — following, reactions, the activity feed, and shared trip albums.
• To send notifications you've opted into (for example, when someone joins your trip or interacts with you).
• To keep the Service safe, including handling reports, blocking, and enforcing our Terms of Use.

What other people can see

You control the visibility of your passport with a privacy setting: public (anyone can view it), friends (only people you're connected with), or private (only you). Content you share into a trip is visible to that trip's members, and activity you post may appear in the feeds of people who follow you, consistent with your settings.

How we share information

We do not sell your personal information. We share information only with service providers that help us operate the Service, and only as needed for them to perform their function:

• Authentication — to create and secure your account and sign you in.
• File storage — to host the profile and trip photos you upload.
• Push notifications — to deliver notifications to your device when you've enabled them.
• Hosting and infrastructure — to run the app, the API, and the database.

We may also disclose information if required by law, to protect the rights and safety of our users or the public, or in connection with a business transfer.

Data retention

We keep your information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide the Service. When you delete your account, we remove your account and associated personal data as described below, except where we must retain limited records to comply with legal obligations or resolve disputes.

Your choices and rights

• Access and update. You can view and edit your profile, handle, home city, handicap, and privacy setting in the app's Settings.
• Notifications. You can turn push notifications on or off at any time from your device settings.
• Delete your account. You can permanently delete your account and its associated data directly in the app. This removes your profile, rounds, photos, trips you own, and social activity.
• Depending on where you live, you may have additional rights to access, correct, export, or delete your personal information. Contact us using the details below and we'll respond consistent with applicable law.

Website analytics

On our website (not in the app) we count page views and taps on the "download the app" and "open the app" links, so we can tell which links and referrals bring golfers to us. This is first-party and cookieless: we do not set tracking cookies, we do not use a third-party analytics or advertising network, and we do not store your IP address. Visits are grouped by a one-way hash of your IP address and browser that is re-keyed every day, so it cannot be linked back to you or followed across days.

With each of those events we record the page you were on, the website that linked you to us (its domain only), and the referral tag on the link you arrived through — for a personal invite link, that tag is the handle of the golfer who shared it. The tag is kept in your browser for the rest of your visit so that a later tap can be credited to the link that brought you, and is cleared when you close the tab. Addresses, trip invite codes, and anything else in the web address are removed before the visit is recorded. These records are deleted after 400 days.

Security

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect your information. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Children's privacy

The Service is not directed to children under 13 (or the minimum age required in your country), and we do not knowingly collect personal information from them. If you believe a child has provided us information, please contact us so we can remove it.

International users

We may process and store information in countries other than where you live. By using the Service, you understand your information may be transferred to and processed in those locations.

Changes to this policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we make material changes, we'll update the "Last updated" date above and, where appropriate, notify you in the app.

Contact us

Questions about this policy or your data? Email us at privacy@lfggolfing.app.