Privacy policy

Bay Area Littles Playdates ("the app", at play.bayarealittles.com) helps parents tell their friends where their little ones will be, so they can meet up. This page explains what the app keeps about you, who can see it, and how to get it deleted. The short version: we keep only what the app needs to work, your plans go only to the people you choose, and we never sell your information or show ads.

What we keep

• Your account: your name and email address. If you sign up with a password, we store it scrambled (hashed), never as you typed it. If you sign in with Google, we receive your name, email address and profile photo from Google.
• Your family profile: your kids' first names, birth month if you add it, and a photo if you choose to add one.
• What you do in the app: the plans you post (place, time and an optional note), who said they'll come, your friends and circles, invite links you make, and the messages you send.
• Notifications: if you turn them on, the address your browser gives us for sending push notifications to your phone, and your notification settings.
• Keeping you signed in: a sign-in session, with the IP address and browser type it came from, so we can keep accounts secure.

We don't use advertising, tracking pixels or third-party analytics.

Who can see it

• Your plans are visible only to the friends, or the circle of friends, you share them with.
• Your name, your kids' first names and photos are visible to families you're friends with.
• Messages are visible to the people in that conversation.
• The person who runs Bay Area Littles can access the database to keep the app working, fix problems and respond to reports, and does so only for those reasons.

Services that help run the app

These companies process data on our behalf, only to provide their service:

• Vercel, which hosts the app.
• Neon, which hosts the database.
• Mailjet, which sends account emails like confirming your address or resetting your password.
• Google, if you choose to sign in with Google.
• Your phone's push service (Google for Android and Chrome, Apple for iPhone), which delivers notifications you've turned on.

We don't sell, rent or trade your information to anyone.

Information from Google

If you sign in with Google, the app asks only for your basic profile: name, email address and profile photo. We use them to create and sign in to your account, and for nothing else. Bay Area Littles' use of information received from Google APIs will adhere to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.

Kids

The app is for parents and caregivers aged 18 and over. Children don't use it. The only information about kids is what their parent chooses to add (a first name, a birth month, a photo), and it's shown only to that parent's friends.

Keeping and deleting your data

We keep your information while you have an account. Past plans stay so your history makes sense to your friends. To delete your account and everything tied to it, email ankur@bayarealittles.com from the address you signed up with, and we'll delete it within 30 days. You can also ask us for a copy of your data the same way.

Changes

If this policy changes in a way that matters, we'll update the date at the top and let you know in the app.

Contact

Questions about your privacy: ankur@bayarealittles.com.