Privacy Policy

Last updated October 2026

This explains what Popabout collects and why. We don't sell your data and we don't show ads.

What we collect

• Your phone number, to sign you in.
• The profile you create (name, username, photo, interests) and what you do in the app: saves, reminders, check-ins, follows, friends, blocks and reports.
• If you run a business: your business page and pop-ups, which are public, and the owner's legal name and birthday, which are private and used only to confirm the business is real. Business owners must be 18 or older.
• Crash reports, tied to an anonymous account ID.

What stays on your phone

• Your location, if you allow it, is used on your phone to show what's nearby. It isn't sent to us.
• Your camera is used only to scan Popabout codes. Nothing is recorded or uploaded.

Who can see what

• Other people can see your profile. Your saves and reminders are visible only to your friends.
• Businesses can see who follows them, but not who saved or checked in to their pop-ups.
• Some business pages are made from public information. The business can claim the page or ask us to remove it.

Services we use

• Supabase (stores app data), Twilio (sign-in texts), Apple Maps and Mapbox (maps and address search), Anthropic (checks new posts against our guidelines), Sentry (crash reports) and Expo (app updates and notifications).

Your choices

• Delete your account anytime in Settings → Delete my account. This deletes your profile and activity. A business's pop-ups are archived.
• Turn off location, camera or notifications anytime in your iPhone's Settings.

Kids

• Popabout isn't for children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect their information.

Contact

• If this policy changes, we'll update the date above. Questions or removal requests: hello@popabout.app.