Buzd Privacy Policy

1. Information We Collect

We collect information needed to provide fitness challenges, social features, rewards, wallet and store features, establishments, notifications, and account management.

• Account information: name, email address, user ID, sign-in method, profile photo, bio, relationship status, and account settings.
• Profile and social information: followers, following, match requests, accepted connections, leaderboard position, challenge badges, and visible profile activity.
• Challenge information: challenge entries, challenge progress, completion status, predictions, rewards, leaderboard points, store points, match tokens, and related timestamps.
• Fitness and activity information: distance, steps, calories, duration, activity type, activity start time, and activity completion data that you record in-app or sync through connected services.
• Device and health integration information: data you choose to authorize from Health Connect, Apple Health, or similar device health services, including step, calorie, distance, and activity metrics needed for challenge participation.
• Strava information: if you connect Strava, we may process your Strava account ID, authorized scopes, access tokens, refresh tokens, activities, activity metadata, and webhook events needed to sync or create activity records.
• Location information: approximate or precise location when you use location-based features such as live maps, establishments, places, or location-tagged challenges.
• Wallet and store information: wallet balance, transaction records, withdrawals, banking details supplied for withdrawals, store redemptions, premium status, and related audit records.
• Media and user content: profile images, establishment media, challenge media, flagged images, messages, and other content you choose to upload or submit.
• Technical information: device type, app version, operating system, Firebase identifiers, crash or diagnostic data, logs, and network information needed for security and reliability.

2. How We Use Information

• To create and manage user accounts.
• To operate watch challenges, insight challenges, pop-up challenges, group features, leaderboards, rewards, and progress tracking.
• To sync activity data from Strava or authorized health/device services.
• To process wallet balances, points, match tokens, withdrawals, store redemptions, premium upgrades, and transaction history.
• To show location-based establishments, maps, and challenge information.
• To send in-app notifications and operational messages.
• To detect fraud, misuse, duplicate activity submissions, unsafe content, and violations of our Terms.
• To debug, secure, improve, and maintain Buzd services.
• To comply with legal, tax, regulatory, platform, and app store requirements.

3. Third-Party Services

Buzd uses third-party services to run the app. These providers may process information according to their own privacy policies.

• Firebase and Google Cloud: authentication, database, storage, cloud functions, hosting, notifications, diagnostics, and infrastructure.
• Google Maps and Google Places: maps, place search, addresses, location suggestions, and location display.
• Strava: account connection, activity sync, activity creation where authorized, and webhook updates.
• Health Connect, Apple Health, and device health services: activity and health metrics that you authorize for challenge features.
• Apple App Store and Google Play: app distribution, platform-level purchases or subscriptions where applicable, crash reporting, and compliance tools.

4. Health, Fitness, and Sensitive Data

Buzd uses health and fitness data only for app features you choose to use, such as entering, tracking, syncing, validating, or completing challenges. We do not sell health data. We do not use health data for advertising. You can manage health permissions through your device settings, Health Connect, Apple Health, Strava, or the relevant service.

5. Location Data

Buzd may request location permission to support live map, establishment, and location-based challenge features. If background location is enabled by your device and granted by you, it is used only for app features that require location continuity. You can disable location access in your device settings.

6. Sharing and Disclosure

We share information only when needed to operate Buzd, comply with law, protect users, or provide features you request. This may include sharing information with service providers, platform providers, connected third-party services, law enforcement where legally required, or other users where the app feature is public or social, such as profile details, badges, leaderboards, challenge participation, and challenge results.

7. Data Retention

We retain information for as long as needed to provide the service, maintain records, resolve disputes, prevent fraud, meet legal obligations, and support challenge, wallet, reward, and leaderboard history. Some records may remain in backups or logs for a limited period after deletion.

8. Your Choices and Rights

• You can update profile information inside the app.
• You can disconnect third-party services such as Strava through the relevant service and device settings.
• You can change location, health, notification, and storage permissions in your device settings.
• You can request access, correction, deletion, or export of personal information by contacting us or by using the account deletion request form.
• You can delete your profile where the app provides that option, or contact us for assistance.

9. Security

We use reasonable technical and organizational measures to protect information, including Firebase Authentication, access controls, cloud security controls, and operational monitoring. No online service is completely secure, so users should protect their account credentials and report suspected misuse.

10. Children

Buzd is not intended for children under 13. If a parent or guardian believes a child has provided personal information, they should contact us so we can take appropriate action.

11. International Processing

Your information may be processed and stored in countries where Buzd, Firebase, Google Cloud, Strava, and other service providers operate. Data protection laws may differ from those in your location.

12. Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy when the app, legal requirements, or third-party services change. The updated version will be posted on this page with a new last updated date.