Last Updated: March 7, 2025
Aero Pigeons is committed to protecting your privacy and giving you control over your data. This Privacy Policy outlines how we collect, use, store, and safeguard your information while you use our mobile application.
Personal Information:
We collect your email address and phone number during account creation. You decide who can access this data through privacy settings.
Pigeon and Race Data:
We gather data about your pigeons (e.g., Smart Pigeon IDs, flight data) and race activities (e.g., results, statistics, leaderboard positions) to power app features.
Usage Data:
Anonymized data on app interactions (e.g., feature usage, session length) is collected to enhance performance and user experience.
Community Content:
Public posts, comments, and tournament chats you create are stored and displayed based on your visibility preferences.
Core Functionality:
To provide real-time race tracking, analytics, notifications, and tournament management.
Community Engagement:
To enable secure chats, posts, and interactions within the global Aero Pigeons community.
Security and Transparency:
To register pigeons with unique IDs, store tamper-proof results, and verify race history using blockchain technology.
Notifications:
To deliver real-time updates on races, tournaments, and community activities (configurable in-app).
Blockchain Storage:
Race results, pigeon IDs, and tournament history are recorded on a decentralized blockchain, ensuring immutability and transparency. This data cannot be altered or deleted by us or any single entity.
Encryption:
Tournament chats are end-to-end encrypted, accessible only to participants.
Data Ownership:
You own your race history and pigeon records. We do not sell, freeze, or delete this data without your consent, except as legally required.
Controlled Access:
Your email and phone number are private by default. You can share them with specific users or clubs via app settings.
Public Features:
Public posts, leaderboard rankings, and tournament participation data are visible to other users as part of the community experience.
Third Parties:
We partner with trusted providers for analytics and push notifications, sharing only anonymized or essential data under strict agreements.
Control:
Update or delete your personal information in the app settings.
Notifications:
Manage push and in-app notifications via device and app preferences.
Portability:
Request your race history and pigeon data in a machine-readable format.
Deletion:
Delete your account to remove personal information; blockchain data remains immutable for integrity.
We adhere to laws like GDPR (EU) and CCPA (California). Contact us to exercise rights such as data access or erasure.
Aero Pigeons is not designed for users under 13. We do not knowingly collect data from children.
We may revise this policy as features evolve or laws change. Significant updates will be communicated via the app or email.
Reach us at support@aeropigeons.com for questions or concerns.