App Privacy Policy

1. Information We Collect

a. Personal Information

• Email address
• Username or display name
• Profile photo (optional)
• Age or date of birth (to verify legal drinking age)
• Phone number (if provided for account recovery or referrals)
• Any user-generated content (e.g. reviews, ratings, photos)

b. Location Data

• Live or background location (if enabled)
• Location check-in data (venue, time, check-out)
• Movement between venues (used for features like heatmaps)

c. Device & Technical Information

• App version
• Crash logs and performance analytics

d. Usage Data

• Interactions with features (check-ins, badges, messages, venue discovery)
• Profile interactions and social stats
• Preferences (e.g. theme, notification settings)

2. How We Use Your Information

We use your information to:

• Provide and improve app functionality
• Enable real-time features like friend tracking and check-ins
• Personalise your experience with badges, stats, and Wrapped summaries
• Suggest venues based on your behaviour and community ratings
• Communicate app updates, offers, or promotional content
• Display relevant in-app sponsored content or events
• Ensure safety, enforce our community guidelines, and comply with legal obligations

3. Data Sharing & Third-Party Services

We do not sell your personal information. However, we may share information with:

• Third-party service providers (e.g., Mapbox, Supabase, Firebase, analytics and hosting tools)
• Venue and brand partners (only in anonymized and aggregated form for analytics or licensing purposes)
• Law enforcement or legal entities, if required by law
• Other users, based on your selected sharing preferences (e.g. public check-ins, social badges)

Sponsored posts or venue promotions may appear in your feed and will be clearly marked.

4. Analytics & Data Licensing

We aggregate and anonymize usage data (e.g., visit patterns, heatmap data, badge stats) for:

• Business intelligence and app improvement
• Licensing to third parties like pubs, breweries, or research firms for commercial use
• Generating insights such as busiest venues, popular drink types, or user movement trends

This data is never sold with personally identifiable information.

5. Push Notifications & Marketing

With your consent, we may send:

• Friendly updates ("Still enjoying The Old Ship?")
• Reminders to drink water, check-out, or explore nearby pubs
• Marketing or promotional notifications (e.g. pub offers, bar events)

You can disable these via your device or app settings.

6. User Profiles & Public Activity

Your app activity may be visible to others, depending on your sharing settings. This includes:

• Check-ins and venue visits
• Badges earned
• Profile and map-based stats (if your profile is public)

You can set your posts to Private, Friends Only, Close Friends or Public from the app settings.

7. DrinkUp RoundUp & Personal Stats

We may compile your app activity into optional summaries like Nightly, Weekly, or Yearly "DrinkUp RoundUp" reports. These highlight things like:

• Most visited venues
• Number of hours out
• Badges earned
• Cheers! (likes) given and received

These are optional and only generated for your personal use unless you choose to share them.

8. Legal Basis for Processing Data (GDPR Compliance)

We process your data under the following legal bases:

• Consent (for optional location tracking, push notifications, and marketing)
• Contract necessity (to deliver core app features)
• Legitimate interest (for app improvement and user analytics)

9. Data Retention & Deletion

• We retain your data as long as your account is active.
• If you delete your account, your data is deleted from active systems within 30 days.
• Some anonymized and aggregated data may be retained for business intelligence and licensing purposes.

10. Children's Privacy

DrinkUp is not intended for individuals under the age of 18 or below the legal drinking age in your country. We do not knowingly collect data from children.

11. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If changes are significant, we will notify you in the app.

12. International Data Transfers

Your data may be processed outside the UK or European Economic Area (EEA). When this occurs, we ensure your data remains protected through approved safeguards such as Standard Contractual Clauses or equivalent measures.

13. Your Rights

Under applicable data protection laws (like GDPR), you have the right to:

• Access the personal data we hold about you
• Request correction or deletion of your data
• Object to or restrict certain types of processing
• Withdraw consent at any time (where applicable)
• Lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at support@outwithdrinkup.com

14. Cookies & Tracking Technologies

While we do not use browser cookies, the DrinkUp app uses software development kits (SDKs) and similar tools to collect usage, performance, and crash data. These help us improve the app experience. You can opt out of certain tracking via your device settings or within the app (where available).

15. Contact Us

For questions or concerns, please contact us at:

support@outwithdrinkup.com