Privacy Policy · Fitbaw Factory

Fitbaw Factory ("the app") is a groundhopper tracker for UK football — men's and women's pyramids. This page explains exactly what data the app touches, what we do with it, and how to get rid of it.

What we collect

Automatically on first launch:

• An anonymous Firebase user ID. It's a random string. Nobody — including us — can trace it back to you unless you choose to sign in.

Only if you choose to sign in (Settings → Claim your spot → Sign in with Apple or Google):

• The display name you pick (or the default "Guest").
• An email address, if your sign-in provider gives us one. Apple's "Hide My Email" is fully supported — if you choose it, we only ever see the relay address Apple generates, not your real email.

Only when you tap "Book in" at a ground:

• Your GPS coordinates at that moment, so we can verify you're within 500m of the ground (and stamp the visit as "verified" on the leaderboard).
• The club, date, and your optional rating + note.

Settings you choose:

• Your favourite team, followed teams, and notification preferences.

If you tip via the in-app Tip Jar:

• A local count of how many tips you've left (used to show the "TOP SUPPORTER" pill at 3+). The actual transactions are between you and Apple/Google — we don't see card details, billing address, or anything beyond "a tip happened".

What we DO NOT collect

• We do not track you across other apps or websites.
• We do not run analytics. Firebase Analytics is deliberately excluded — partly to dodge Apple's tracking prompt, mostly because we don't want it.
• We never sell your data. Not to advertisers, not to data brokers, not to sponsors. Never.
• We don't show ads.
• We don't access your contacts, photos, calendar, motion sensors, or microphone.

Where data is stored

• On your device: most of your data lives in the app's localStorage and never leaves the device.
• Firebase Firestore (Google Cloud, EU multi-region): your profile + visit history, only if you've signed in. This is what syncs your stamps across devices.

The leaderboard

If you've signed in, your display name + groundhopper count are visible on the public Terrace leaderboard. That's it. No other data is shared publicly — not your visits, not your locations, not your email, not your tip history.

Reporting and blocking other users

Tap the ··· button next to anyone on the Terrace leaderboard to report their display name or badge if it's offensive, harassing, impersonating someone, or otherwise breaks the rules. By default reporting also blocks them — they vanish from your leaderboard view immediately. You can untoggle the block if you only want to flag the issue.

We review every report within 24 hours. Confirmed offenders get their display name reset and may be permanently locked out of leaderboard participation. Reports include only the reporter's user ID, the reported user's ID, the reason picked, and the moment it was filed — no other personal data is captured.

Display names are also screened on entry against a list of slurs and profanity in 30+ variants (with leetspeak / spacing / repetition tolerance). Names that don't pass are rejected client-side before they ever reach our servers.

Your rights

• Delete everything: in the app, Settings → Sign in → Delete my account. This removes all your server-side data within 24 hours.
• Export your data: email the address below and we'll send your full visit history as JSON within 7 days.
• Stop the app collecting more: just stop using it, or delete the app. Local data goes with it.
• Complain to a regulator: in the UK, the Information Commissioner's Office. We hope you don't need to, but the right exists.

Children

The app is rated 4+ and contains nothing that's age-restricted, but we don't intentionally collect data from children under 13 (under 16 in some jurisdictions). If you're a parent and spot anything that worries you, email us — we'll fix it.

Changes to this policy

If we change how data is handled, we'll update this page and the "Last updated" date at the top. Material changes will also be surfaced in the app's About section before they take effect.

Contact

Email: fitbawfactory@gmail.com
We try to reply within 48 hours.