Privacy Policy

This Privacy Policy explains how Egoist ("Egoist," "we," "us," and "our") collects, uses, discloses, and protects personal information when you use our website, mobile apps, and related services (collectively, the "Service"). By using the Service, you acknowledge this Privacy Policy.

1. Information We Collect

Information you provide directly

• Account details such as email address, username, and login credentials (including sign-in through Apple, Google, or email via our authentication provider)
• Profile and preference information, including public or private visibility settings, onboarding interests, and gender (used only to match you fairly in callouts and not shown on your public profile)
• User content you choose to upload or create, including progress photos, progress videos, gym audio files, cover art, and associated metadata
• Social and community activity, including feed reactions, callout votes, saved audios, and competition statistics such as ELO ratings and streaks
• Push notification preferences and device tokens when you opt in to notifications
• Customer support communications and any information you provide in those requests

2. Information Collected Automatically

• Usage data such as screen views, feature interactions, onboarding steps, and timestamps
• Device and network data such as IP address, device model, OS version, locale, and app version
• Diagnostics such as crash logs, error reports, and performance metrics
• Advertising identifiers and ad-related events, where permitted by law and platform settings
• Subscription and purchase status through our payment and subscription providers

3. How We Use Information

• Provide, operate, and maintain the Service
• Power core app features, including progress tracking, the social feed and gallery, user profiles, gym audio library, saved audios, and daily callout competitions
• Match public users in same-gender callouts, tally votes, and calculate competition statistics
• Display your content to other users when your profile is public, and hide it when your profile is private
• Authenticate users and secure accounts
• Send push notifications you have opted into, such as daily snap reminders, progress video alerts, and callout updates
• Provide customer support and service communications
• Analyze usage, debug issues, and improve performance and features
• Process subscriptions and deliver premium features
• Deliver and measure ads in supported experiences
• Enforce our Terms, prevent fraud/abuse, and comply with law

4. Legal Bases for Processing (EEA/UK and Similar Jurisdictions)

• Contract: to provide the Service you request
• Legitimate interests: to secure, improve, and administer the Service
• Consent: where required (for example, certain ad tracking)
• Legal obligation: when processing is required by applicable law

5. Data Sharing and Third Parties

• Service providers that help us run the Service, including hosting, authentication, product analytics, subscription management, push notification delivery, and customer support providers
• Other users of the Service, when your profile is set to public and you choose to share content through the feed, gallery, profile, or callouts
• Advertising partners, such as Google AdMob, in order to serve and measure ads where applicable
• Legal and safety disclosures when required by law or to protect rights
• Business transfers, such as merger, acquisition, financing, or asset sale, subject to applicable safeguards

We do not sell personal information for money. Depending on your jurisdiction, some ad-related disclosures may be considered "sharing" for cross-context behavioral advertising.

6. Advertising and Tracking Choices

• You can control ad tracking permissions through your device settings (for example, iOS App Tracking Transparency and Android advertising settings).
• You may reset your advertising identifier using device-level controls.
• If you disable tracking, you may still receive ads, but they may be less relevant.

7. Data Retention

• We retain personal information only as long as necessary for the purposes described in this policy, including legal, accounting, and security obligations.
• Account data is generally retained while your account is active.
• After account deletion, we delete or de-identify personal information within a reasonable period, subject to lawful retention needs such as fraud prevention, dispute resolution, and legal compliance.
• Backups and logs may persist for a limited period before secure deletion.

8. International Data Transfers

Egoist is based in the United States, and we may process or store your personal information in the United States and other countries. Where required, we use appropriate safeguards for cross-border data transfers under applicable law.

9. User Rights

• Right to access personal information we hold about you
• Right to request deletion of your personal information
• Right to correct inaccurate personal information
• Right to object to or restrict certain processing, where available
• Right to withdraw consent where processing is based on consent
• Right to non-discrimination for exercising privacy rights, where provided by law

To submit a privacy request, contact giantte@egoist.app. We may verify your identity before fulfilling requests. We will respond within timelines required by applicable law.

10. Security

We use reasonable administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards designed to protect personal information, including encryption in transit, access controls, and monitoring. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

11. Children's Privacy

The Service is not directed to children under 13 (or older ages where required by local law). If you believe a child has provided personal information in violation of applicable law, contact us at giantte@egoist.app and we will take appropriate action.

12. Third-Party Services

The Service may link to or integrate with third-party services. Their privacy practices are governed by their own policies, not this Privacy Policy.

13. Changes to this Privacy Policy

We may amend this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make any material changes, we will notify you by email or by posting a notice on our website.