Privacy Policy
This policy describes the HuntAlong website and beta application. The HuntAlong beta app uses location and routing services. The app and website have different data practices, described below. HuntAlong is operated by an individual developer in California.
Early-access form
When you join the early-access list, we collect your email address, optional first name, and email consent choice. After your signup is saved, you may choose to complete a separate, optional beta questionnaire. If you do, we also collect answers about shopping and reselling habits, planned sourcing trips, device type, willingness to test, and an optional seller handle. We include your signup email with the questionnaire so we can match the responses. Our form provider, Formspree, processes and stores form submissions on our behalf. We use this information to evaluate interest and suitability for potential beta testing, coordinate invitations, and send occasional beta and launch updates. Providing a seller handle is optional; do not include passwords or account credentials. A beta invitation is not guaranteed.
Contact messages
If you contact HuntAlong by email, we use the information you provide to respond to your message and handle support requests.
Treasure Board submissions
If you email a find, question or story to the Treasure Board (finds@huntalong.app), we use your message, display name and photos to review it and, if approved, post it on huntalong.app/board. Only your display name, description and photos are shown publicly, never your email address. Please only send photos you took and do not include other people's personal information. To ask us to remove a post, email support@huntalong.app.
Beta app
The HuntAlong beta app uses the places you enter, your route, and your device location (only while you use the app, and only if you allow it) to find stores along your route or near you. HuntAlong does not track your location in the background and does not keep a history of where you have been.
Beta app accounts and the HuntAlong server
The beta app uses Sign in with Apple. When you sign in, Apple gives us an account identifier and, if you choose to share it, your email address or an Apple private-relay address. We never see your Apple ID password. We use your account to apply beta hunt limits, show how many hunts you have left, and respond to support requests.
Store and route searches from the app pass through a HuntAlong server, hosted by Cloudflare, which sends them to Google Maps Platform and returns the results. The server does not store the places, routes, or results. It keeps your account identifier, your email (if shared), how many hunts you have used, a random install identifier created by the app, and daily search counts, so we can apply limits, prevent abuse, and manage costs. Like most web services, Cloudflare may process technical information such as IP addresses to deliver requests.
Favorites, visit history, visit counts, badges, saved trips, and settings are stored on your device, not on the HuntAlong server. Device backups and platform services may handle device data separately.
Deleting your account: in the app, open Settings, then Account, then Delete account. This removes your account and hunt counts from the HuntAlong server. Deleting the app removes the data stored on your device. You can also email support@huntalong.app to request deletion.
HuntAlong does not sell personal information and does not show ads in the app.
Google Maps
HuntAlong uses Google Maps Platform for place and routing information. Google may receive data needed to process requests, including search or location information. See the Google Privacy Policy and Google Maps Additional Terms.
Website technical information and service providers
Our website is hosted on GitHub Pages. GitHub may process technical information such as IP addresses and browser requests to deliver the site. We use Google Analytics to understand website usage, including page views and interactions. Google Analytics may collect browser, device, approximate location, and interaction information and use cookies or similar technologies. The early-access form is processed by Formspree as described above.
Do Not Track
The website does not implement a separate response to legacy browser Do Not Track signals. Google Analytics may use cookies and related browser identifiers; you can use browser privacy controls to limit tracking. Other parties providing website hosting or form processing may receive technical information in connection with your visit or submission. This does not override legally required privacy preference signals.
Retention and removal requests
Beta app account information is kept until you delete your account or ask us to delete it. Interest-list submissions are retained in the Formspree account while needed to administer early-access communications, subject to deletion requests and applicable legal requirements. No fixed retention period has been established. To request access, correction, or removal of information you submitted, email support@huntalong.app. We will review requests and respond as required by applicable law.
Children
The early-access interest list and the beta app are not intended for children under 13. If you believe a child under 13 has submitted personal information, contact us to request removal.
Changes and contact
We may update this policy when our services or practices change. Questions can be sent to support@huntalong.app.