Privacy Policy
Last updated July 4, 2026
PRIVACY POLICY
This Privacy Policy explains how Ideas Inc ("Ideas," "we," "us," or "our") collects, uses, stores, and shares information when you use the Ideas mobile application and related services (the "Services").
Ideas is built to help people connect with friends, groups, and communities, make plans, create events, chat, share posts, and coordinate availability. We aim to collect only the information we need to provide and protect those features.
If you have questions about this Privacy Policy or want to make a privacy request, contact us at support@ideas-app.com.
SUMMARY
We collect information you provide when you create and use your account, such as your name, username, phone number, email address, profile details, profile photo, birthday or age-related information if provided, posts, comments, messages, event details, groups, communities, availability, and other content you choose to add.
We may collect basic device, log, diagnostics, and security information needed to operate the app, prevent abuse, fix issues, and understand whether the Services are working properly.
We ask for device permissions only when needed for app features. Depending on what you choose to use, this may include camera or photos, contacts, calendar-related features, location, and push notifications. You can control these permissions in your device settings.
We do not collect payment card numbers, billing addresses, mailing addresses, Social Security numbers, government ID numbers, genetic data, biometric identifiers, health data, religious beliefs, political opinions, race or ethnicity, or employment history.
We do not sell personal information. We do not use your personal information for targeted advertising. We do not run an offer wall or share your mobile information with third parties for their marketing or promotional purposes.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. Information We Collect
2. How We Use Information
3. When Information Is Shared
4. Device Permissions
5. Third-Party Services
6. Cookies, Tracking, and Advertising
7. How Long We Keep Information
8. How We Protect Information
9. Your Privacy Choices and Rights
10. Children's Privacy
11. U.S. State Privacy Rights
12. International Privacy Rights
13. Changes to This Policy
14. Contact Us
1. INFORMATION WE COLLECT
Information you provide to us
We collect information you choose to provide when you use Ideas, including:
* Account information, such as your name, username, phone number, email address, profile photo, and authentication information.
* Profile and social information, such as friend connections, group and community membership, roles, invitations, and preferences.
* Content you create or share, such as ideas, posts, comments, replies, reactions, photos, event information, plan details, polls, tasks, to-dos, availability, messages, reports, and support requests.
* Optional location-related content you choose to add to a plan, event, task, group, community, or search, such as a place name, address, latitude, longitude, or Google Place information.
* Optional contact information if you choose to use contact matching. This is used to help you find people you know who use Ideas.
* Optional calendar-related information or preferences if you choose to use calendar features.
* Communications with us, such as emails or support messages you send to us.
Sensitive information we do not collect
We do not collect Social Security numbers, government identifiers, payment card numbers, billing addresses, mailing addresses, genetic data, biometric identifiers, health data, religious or philosophical beliefs, political opinions, race or ethnicity, sexual orientation, or employment history.
Some information you choose to provide may be considered sensitive in certain places, such as your precise location when you grant location permission or content you voluntarily include in posts, messages, events, or profile fields. We use that information only to provide the Services, protect users, comply with law, or as otherwise described in this Policy.
Information collected automatically
When you use the Services, we and our service providers may collect limited technical information, including:
* Device and app information, such as device type, operating system, app version, language, and general device settings.
* Log and usage information, such as dates and times of access, feature usage, app events, diagnostics, crash information, performance data, IP address, and security logs.
* Fraud prevention and authentication information needed to protect accounts and verify requests.
This information helps us operate the Services, troubleshoot bugs, improve reliability, understand broad usage patterns, and keep the Services safe.
2. HOW WE USE INFORMATION
We use information for the following purposes:
* To create, authenticate, and manage user accounts.
* To provide core app features, including friends, groups, communities, posts, comments, messages, events, plans, polls, tasks, availability, notifications, and search.
* To show content to the people you choose to share it with, such as friends, group members, community members, event participants, or the public when you use public features.
* To help you find friends or contacts if you choose to use contact matching.
* To help you find or select places if you choose to use location or map features.
* To send service, account, safety, and feature notifications.
* To respond to support requests and communicate with you about the Services.
* To detect, prevent, and respond to fraud, spam, abuse, security incidents, policy violations, or illegal activity.
* To debug, analyze, maintain, and improve the Services.
* To comply with legal obligations and enforce our Terms of Service.
We do not use your information to sell targeted advertising. We do not process your information for third-party advertising networks or offer walls.
3. WHEN INFORMATION IS SHARED
We share information only in limited situations:
With other users
Ideas is a social app. Information you choose to share may be visible to other users depending on the feature and audience settings. For example, your profile, posts, comments, reactions, messages, event RSVPs, availability, group membership, community membership, or plan activity may be visible to friends, group members, community members, event participants, message recipients, or the public if you use a public feature.
With service providers
We use service providers to operate the Services. These providers may process information for us only as needed to provide their services. Examples include hosting, database, authentication, cloud functions, storage, notifications, maps, search, image loading, app diagnostics, and safety or moderation tooling.
With Google services
Ideas uses Google services such as Firebase, Google Sign-In or authentication-related services, Google Maps, and Google Places. When you use features that depend on these services, information needed to provide those features may be processed by Google under Google's applicable terms and privacy policies.
Our use of information received from Google APIs will adhere to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements:
https://developers.google.com/terms/api-services-user-data-policy
With Apple, Google, and device services
If you use iOS or Android permissions such as notifications, camera, photos, contacts, calendar, or location, Apple, Google, or your device platform may process information as part of app distribution, device operation, permission controls, notifications, diagnostics, crash handling, and other platform services.
For safety, legal, and business reasons
We may share information if we believe it is necessary to:
* Comply with law, legal process, or valid government requests.
* Protect the rights, safety, and security of Ideas, our users, or others.
* Investigate or respond to fraud, abuse, security incidents, or policy violations.
* Enforce our Terms of Service.
* Support a merger, acquisition, financing, reorganization, or sale of assets, subject to appropriate protections for user information.
No sale of personal information
We do not sell personal information. We do not share personal information with third parties for their own targeted advertising or marketing. No mobile information will be shared with third parties or affiliates for marketing or promotional purposes. Text messaging originator opt-in data and consent will not be shared with third parties, except as needed for providers that help us deliver the service.
4. DEVICE PERMISSIONS
Ideas may request access to certain device features. You can allow, deny, or later change these permissions through your device settings.
Camera and photos
We may request camera or photo access so you can take, select, upload, view, or share profile photos, event photos, post photos, or other images in the app.
Contacts
We may request contacts access if you choose to find people you know. Contact matching is used to identify contacts who may already use Ideas. We do not sell contact data, use it for advertising, or show other users your address book.
Calendar
We may request calendar-related access or store calendar preferences if you choose to use calendar features for planning, availability, tasks, or events.
Location
We may request location access so you can search for nearby places, view maps, choose event or plan locations, calculate distances, or attach a location to content you create. Location access is optional. We do not continuously track your location in the background unless a future feature clearly explains that it needs active location access and you grant permission. If you deny location permission, some map or place features may not work as intended.
Push notifications
We may request permission to send push notifications about account activity, messages, events, plans, groups, communities, invitations, reminders, safety notices, and other app features. You can turn off notifications in your device settings.
5. THIRD-PARTY SERVICES
The Services may use third-party providers that help us run the app. These may include Firebase, Google Cloud, Google Maps Platform, Google Places, Google Sign-In, Algolia, image hosting or delivery providers, Apple services, and other infrastructure or support providers.
These providers process information according to their own terms and privacy policies, as well as agreements or settings we use to limit processing where applicable.
The Services may also include links or integrations that open third-party websites or apps, such as map directions. We are not responsible for the privacy practices of third-party websites or apps you choose to open outside Ideas.
6. COOKIES, TRACKING, AND ADVERTISING
Ideas is primarily a mobile app. We may use standard technical tools, logs, analytics, diagnostics, or similar technologies needed to operate, secure, debug, and improve the Services. If we add analytics tools such as Google Analytics for Firebase in the future, we will use them to understand app performance and feature usage.
We do not use cookies, pixels, SDKs, or similar technologies to sell your personal information or deliver targeted advertising. We do not permit third-party advertising networks or offer-wall providers to track you through Ideas for their own advertising purposes.
7. HOW LONG WE KEEP INFORMATION
We keep personal information for as long as needed to provide the Services, maintain your account, comply with legal obligations, resolve disputes, prevent abuse, enforce our terms, and maintain security.
If you delete your account or request deletion, we will delete or de-identify information where required by applicable law and where deletion is technically and legally possible. Some information may remain for a limited time in backups, logs, fraud prevention records, legal records, or records needed to protect the safety and integrity of the Services. Content you shared with other users may remain visible to them unless removed by you, by us, or through account deletion flows where applicable.
8. HOW WE PROTECT INFORMATION
We use reasonable technical and organizational measures designed to protect personal information. These may include access controls, authentication, database security rules, provider security controls, monitoring, and operational safeguards.
No method of transmission or storage is completely secure. We cannot guarantee absolute security, but we work to protect information from unauthorized access, use, disclosure, alteration, or destruction.
9. YOUR PRIVACY CHOICES AND RIGHTS
Account settings
You may be able to review or update certain account information in the app. You may request account deletion through available account tools or by contacting support@ideas-app.com.
Device permissions
You can control permissions such as contacts, camera, photos, calendar, location, and notifications through your device settings.
Marketing
We do not currently send marketing communications or use your personal information for third-party targeted advertising. If we offer marketing communications in the future, you may opt out as described in those communications or by contacting us. We may still send non-marketing messages related to your account, safety, support, or the Services.
Access, correction, deletion, and other requests
Depending on where you live, you may have rights to request access to, correction of, deletion of, or a copy of your personal information. You may also have the right to object to or restrict certain processing, withdraw consent where processing is based on consent, or appeal a denied request.
To make a privacy request, contact us at support@ideas-app.com. We may need to verify your identity before completing a request.
10. CHILDREN'S PRIVACY
The Services are not intended for children under 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child under 13 has provided personal information to us, contact us at support@ideas-app.com and we will take appropriate steps to delete it.
Users who are minors in their jurisdiction should use the Services only with permission from a parent or guardian.
11. U.S. STATE PRIVACY RIGHTS
Depending on your state of residence, you may have specific privacy rights, including the right to know whether we process personal information, access personal information, correct inaccurate information, request deletion, obtain a copy of information, opt out of certain processing, and not be discriminated against for exercising privacy rights.
We do not sell personal information. We do not share personal information for cross-context behavioral advertising or targeted advertising as those terms are commonly used in U.S. state privacy laws. We do not use personal information for profiling that produces legal or similarly significant effects.
Categories of personal information we may collect
In the past twelve months, depending on how users interact with Ideas, we may have collected these categories:
* Identifiers, such as name, username, phone number, email address, account ID, online identifiers, and IP address.
* Personal information under customer records laws, such as account contact information.
* Protected classification characteristics only where voluntarily provided or inferred from account eligibility information, such as age or birthday. We do not collect race, ethnicity, religion, political views, or similar characteristics.
* Internet or electronic network activity, such as app usage, logs, diagnostics, and security events.
* Geolocation information, only if you grant location permission or choose to add location information to app content.
* Audio, electronic, visual, or similar information, such as photos you choose to upload.
* Inferences or preferences, such as app settings, notification preferences, availability, and content or group preferences used to provide app features.
* Sensitive personal information only in limited cases, such as account login information, precise location if you grant permission, or message/content information you choose to create. We do not use sensitive personal information to infer characteristics about you.
Categories we do not collect
We do not collect commercial payment information, biometric identifiers, health data, genetic data, Social Security numbers, government identifiers, employment history, or education records for the current Services.
How to exercise rights
To exercise applicable U.S. state privacy rights, email support@ideas-app.com. If your state allows an authorized agent to make a request for you, we may require proof that the agent is authorized and may also ask you to verify your identity directly.
California Shine the Light
California residents may request information about categories of personal information, if any, disclosed to third parties for their direct marketing purposes during the previous calendar year. We do not disclose personal information to third parties for their direct marketing purposes. Requests may be sent to support@ideas-app.com.
12. INTERNATIONAL PRIVACY RIGHTS
If you are located in the European Economic Area, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Canada, or another region with privacy laws, you may have additional rights under applicable law.
Legal bases
Where required, our legal bases for processing may include:
* Contract, to provide the Services you request.
* Consent, when you grant optional permissions or choose to provide certain information.
* Legitimate interests, such as operating, securing, improving, and protecting the Services, provided those interests are not overridden by your rights.
* Legal obligations, when we must comply with applicable law.
* Vital interests, when necessary to protect someone's safety.
International transfers
We are based in the United States, and our service providers may process information in the United States or other countries. These countries may have privacy laws different from those where you live. Where required, we use appropriate safeguards for international transfers.
Complaints
If you believe we have not handled your privacy rights properly, contact us at support@ideas-app.com. Depending on your location, you may also have the right to complain to a data protection authority.
13. CHANGES TO THIS POLICY
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by the "Last updated" date at the top. If we make material changes, we may provide additional notice through the app or by other reasonable means.
14. CONTACT US
If you have questions, comments, or privacy requests, contact us at:
Ideas Inc