Privacy Policy
Better Friends, by CloudHub | IT Business Solutions · Last updated 8 August 2026
Better Friends is a private planning app for small groups of friends. This policy says what we collect, why, and what we never do — in plain language, because that's how we'd want to read it.
What we collect
- Account: your email address and the display name you choose. If you sign in with Apple or Facebook, we receive the identity those services share; we never see your passwords.
- Your group's content: the plans you propose, votes you cast, ratings you give, expenses and settlements you record, receipt photos you upload, and group images. This content is visible only to members of the group it belongs to.
- Location, only when you use it: "remind me when to leave" uses your location once, on your device only — it never leaves your phone. Sharing your live position on an event map happens only after you switch it on for that specific event, only to that group, only around the event's time, and you can stop it at any moment. Off means removed from every map instantly.
- Push tokens: a device identifier that lets us deliver notifications you've enabled.
What we don't do
- No advertising, no ad SDKs, no tracking across other apps or websites.
- No sale of any data, ever.
- No analytics profiles: we don't record how you use the app beyond what's needed to make it work.
- Receipt reading (turning a photo into a list of items) happens on your phone. The photo is shared with your group; the reading never leaves the device.
Who processes data for us
Our servers run on Supabase (data hosted with industry-standard encryption in transit and at rest). Notifications are delivered through Apple and Google's push services. Event suggestions come from Ticketmaster and Eventfinda — those requests never include anything about you. That's the whole list.
Money
Better Friends records who paid and who owes; it never moves money, stores no bank or card details, and connects to no financial institution. Settling up happens in your banking app; Better Friends just keeps score.
Deleting your data
Settings → Delete account removes your personal data — profile, votes, ratings, shares, tokens — immediately and permanently. Plans you proposed remain with your group, without your name. Full instructions: data deletion.
Your rights
We handle personal information in line with the Australian Privacy Principles. You can ask us what we hold about you, correct it, or delete it — email us and we'll act within 30 days.
Contact
Changes to this policy will be posted here with a new date; material changes will be flagged in the app.