Privacy Policy

EventScout ("we," "our," or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our mobile application and related services (collectively, the "Service").

Please read this privacy policy carefully. By using EventScout, you agree to the collection and use of information in accordance with this policy.

Information You Provide

Account Information

• Sign in with Apple: When you sign in with Apple, we receive your Apple user identifier and, if you choose to share it, your email address.
• Profile Information: Username you create for your account.
• Contact Information: Phone number (optional) if you choose to provide it.

Location Information

• City and State: We require you to set your city and state during onboarding to discover events near you. This is essential for the core functionality of EventScout.
• Coordinates: We store latitude and longitude coordinates associated with your selected city to match you with nearby events.

Preferences and Interests

• Interest Categories: You select up to 5 interest categories (such as Music, Sports, Food & Drink, Arts, Technology, Community, Nightlife, Family) to personalize your event recommendations.
• Custom Interests: Any custom interest tags you add beyond preset categories.
• Notification Preferences: Your choices for event reminders, new event alerts, and weekly digest emails.

Event Interactions

• Saved Events: Events you bookmark or save for later.
• Event Activity: Records of events you view, save, unsave, or dismiss.

Purchase Information

• Subscription Data: If you subscribe to EventScout Pro, we store subscription status, tier, purchase platform (App Store), expiration date, and renewal status.
• Transaction Records: Transaction identifiers for payment verification and subscription management.

Information Collected Automatically

Device Information

• Push Notification Tokens: Device tokens required to send you push notifications about events.
• Platform: Whether you're using iOS or Android.

Usage Data

• App Interactions: We collect analytics about how you use the app, including sign-in events, onboarding completion, event views, saves, filter changes, and feature usage.
• Error Data: Information about app errors or crashes to improve stability.

We use the information we collect for the following purposes:

Core Service Functionality

• Event Discovery: We use your location and interests to find and display relevant local events.
• Personalization: Your preferences help us recommend events tailored to your interests.
• Account Management: To create and manage your account, authenticate your identity, and provide customer support.

Communications

• Push Notifications: To send you alerts about new events matching your interests, reminders for saved events, and weekly digests (based on your preferences).

Product Improvement

• Analytics: To understand how users interact with our app and improve features.
• Diagnostics: To identify and fix bugs, crashes, and performance issues.

Subscription Management

• Payment Processing: To verify and manage your subscription status with Apple App Store.

We share your information with the following categories of third parties:

Service Providers

• AI Event Discovery (OpenRouter): We share your city, state, and interest categories with our AI service provider to discover relevant events. We do not share your personal identity with this service.
• Cloud Infrastructure (AWS): Our data is stored on Amazon Web Services with encryption at rest.
• Analytics (PostHog): We use PostHog to collect anonymized usage analytics to improve the app.

Payment Processors

• Apple App Store: Purchase receipts are verified with Apple to manage your subscription.

Authentication Providers

• Apple: When you use Sign in with Apple, authentication is handled by Apple's services.

Push Notification Services

• Apple Push Notification Service (APNs): To deliver push notifications to your device.

Information We Do NOT Share

• We do not sell your personal information to third parties.
• We do not share your data for third-party advertising purposes.
• We do not share your precise location with third parties.

We retain your personal information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide you with our services. You can delete your account at any time, which will remove your personal data from our systems.

We may retain certain information as required by law or for legitimate business purposes, such as fraud prevention or resolving disputes.

Account Deletion

You can delete your account at any time through the app settings. When you delete your account, we will remove your profile, preferences, location data, saved events, and push notification tokens.

Notification Preferences

You can control which notifications you receive (event reminders, new events, weekly digest) through the app's notification settings.

Location Updates

You can update your city and state at any time through the app settings to discover events in a different location.

California Residents (CCPA)

If you are a California resident, you have the right to request disclosure of the categories and specific pieces of personal information we have collected, request deletion of your personal information, and opt out of the sale of your personal information (though we do not sell personal information).

European Residents (GDPR)

If you are located in the European Economic Area, you have additional rights including the right to access, correct, port, and delete your data, as well as the right to restrict or object to certain processing.

We implement appropriate technical and organizational measures to protect your personal information against unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. This includes:

• Encryption of data at rest in our databases
• Secure HTTPS connections for all data transmission
• Regular security assessments and updates
• Access controls limiting who can access user data

While we strive to protect your personal information, no method of transmission over the Internet or electronic storage is 100% secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security.

EventScout is not intended for children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you are a parent or guardian and believe your child has provided us with personal information, please contact us so we can delete such information.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page and updating the "Last updated" date. We encourage you to review this Privacy Policy periodically for any changes.

If you have any questions about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at:

Email: support@xavierengineering.com

In accordance with Apple's App Store requirements, here is a summary of our data collection:

Data Used to Track You

None. We do not track you across apps or websites owned by other companies.

Data Linked to You

• Contact Info: Email address (if shared via Sign in with Apple)
• Identifiers: User ID
• Location: Coarse location (city/state)
• Purchases: Purchase history (subscriptions)
• Usage Data: Product interaction data

Data Not Linked to You

• Diagnostics: Crash data, performance data