Privacy Policy

Last updated: 25 October 2026

HobbyMatch ("we", "us", or "our") is committed to protecting your privacy. This policy explains what information we collect, how we use it, and your rights regarding your data.

1. Information We Collect

We collect the following types of information when you use HobbyMatch:

• Account information: your name, email address, location and age range when you create an account
• Profile information: your interests, hobbies, profile photo and cover photo
• Session data: hobby sessions you log including title, duration, rating, notes and photos
• Location data: precise device coordinates when you grant permission, plus the city or general area used for nearby discovery and group-session matching
• Usage statistics: which screens you open and a short list of actions (for example logging a session or tapping “I’m going”), if you leave usage statistics switched on. See section 6
• Error reports: technical details when something goes wrong in the app. See section 6
• Device information: device type, operating system and version, app version, a random install ID, and push notification tokens

2. How We Use Your Information

• To provide and personalise the HobbyMatch service
• To generate hobby recommendations matched to your interests
• To show you nearby venues and clubs relevant to your hobbies
• To enable social features including following, likes and comments
• To send push notifications about activity from people you follow
• To diagnose reliability problems and, when enabled, understand aggregated feature usage
• To respond to support requests

3. Information Sharing

We do not sell your personal data. We share your information only in these circumstances:

• With other users: your profile, interests and shared sessions are visible to other HobbyMatch users according to your privacy settings
• Service providers: providers supporting database/authentication, hosting, hobby recommendations, maps and places, transactional email, push notifications, images and sign-in may process the minimum data required to provide those services. Current providers include Supabase, Anthropic, Google, Railway, Upstash, Resend, Expo and Unsplash
• Legal requirements: we may disclose information if required by law or to protect the rights and safety of our users

4. Data Storage

Your data is stored securely on Supabase servers located in the European Union. We use industry-standard encryption for data in transit and at rest.

5. Location Data

When you grant location permission, HobbyMatch may store coordinates to calculate distance and match you with nearby people, venues or group sessions. Other users should receive only a general area or calculated distance, not your stored coordinates. You can withdraw device permission, but information already required for an active session may be retained until that session expires or is deleted.

6. Error Reports and Usage Statistics

To find and fix problems and to understand which features are useful, the app sends two kinds of technical information to our own servers. Neither is shared with analytics or advertising companies, and neither is used for advertising.

• Error reports: when something goes wrong, the error message, where in the app it happened, the app and operating-system version, and your account or install ID. Before anything is stored, we remove email addresses, keys, tokens, web-link details, IDs and long numbers. Error reports are deleted after 90 days. If you delete your account, any reports still held are no longer linked to you.
• Usage statistics: that the app was opened, which screens you visit, how far you got through sign-up, and a short list of actions such as logging a session, joining a league or following a venue. We never collect what you type, your messages or your photos this way. Usage statistics are deleted after about 13 months.

Before you have an account, these are linked to a random ID created when the app is installed, not to you. You can turn usage statistics off at any time in Account → Share usage statistics. When you do, we stop collecting them and delete the ones already linked to your account. Error reports continue, because they contain nothing personal after cleaning and help keep the app working for everyone.

7. Your Rights

You have the right to:

• Access the personal data we hold about you
• Correct inaccurate data
• Delete your account and all associated data (available in the app under Account → Delete my account)
• Export your data
• Opt out of push notifications (available in Account → Notifications), or choose which kinds you get and set quiet hours (Account → Notification settings)
• Turn off usage statistics (Account → Share usage statistics)
• Set your profile to private (available in Account → Private profile)

8. Data Retention

We retain your data for as long as your account is active. When you delete your account, all personal data is permanently deleted within 30 days. Error reports are kept for 90 days and usage statistics for about 13 months, as described in section 6.

9. Children's Privacy

HobbyMatch is not intended for children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us and we will delete it.

10. Changes to This Policy

We may update this privacy policy from time to time. We will notify you of significant changes through the app or by email. Continued use of HobbyMatch after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

11. Contact Us

If you have any questions about this privacy policy or your data, please contact us at:
support@hobbymatch.fit