PopOut

PopOut Privacy Policy

Last updated: August 7, 2026

PopOut ("we," "us") is a social venue-discovery app: you swipe to vote on where to go out, see live leaderboards, and connect with friends. This policy explains what we collect, why, and your choices. By using PopOut you agree to this policy.

Information we collect

  • Account & profile: your sign-in identifier, username, display name, gender, and date of birth (used to confirm you are 18+ and to power age/gender leaderboards), and an optional profile photo and university.
  • Location: your approximate device location, used to build the venue deck for your area. We do not continuously track you in the background.
  • Activity: your swipes/votes, saved venues ("Pop-Out List"), streaks, and friend connections.
  • College verification: if you verify a school, the .edu email you submit and your verified college. Verification codes are stored only as a one-way hash and expire within minutes.
  • Premium status: whether your account holds a premium entitlement.
  • Device & diagnostics: standard app/device data and crash/analytics information to keep the app reliable. This website also uses Firebase Analytics to measure visits and waitlist signups; we record the city you enter, never your email address.

How we use it

  • Provide and personalize the app — decks, leaderboards (overall, and gender/age/college for eligible users), streaks, and friends.
  • Verify school affiliation for college leaderboards.
  • Maintain safety, prevent abuse, and enforce eligibility (e.g., 18+).
  • Operate premium features and process related entitlements.
  • Diagnose problems and improve the product.

How we share it

We do not sell your personal information. We share data only with service providers that operate the app on our behalf:

  • Google Firebase — authentication, database, cloud functions, hosting, and analytics/crash reporting.
  • Google Places — venue information used to build decks.
  • Resend — delivering your college-verification email.
  • Apple — if you purchase premium, Apple processes the transaction; we do not receive your payment details.

Leaderboards display aggregated venue vote counts, not your individual votes. Friends can see venues you have swiped on within the app's friend features.

Deleting your account

You can delete your account at any time, from inside the app: Profile → Settings → Delete Account. You will be asked to re-enter your password to confirm. Deletion is immediate and permanent — we cannot restore a deleted account.

Deleting your account erases:

  • Your profile, including your display name, date of birth, gender, university and profile photo.
  • Your username, which is released and may be claimed by someone else.
  • Your friends, friend requests, and your entry in your friends' lists.
  • Your swipes and votes, saved venues ("Pop-Out List"), streaks and session records.
  • Your college verification and the .edu claim associated with it.
  • Your premium entitlement, notification token and notification preferences.
  • Your sign-in credentials — the account itself, not just its contents.

If you would rather not use the in-app flow, you can also email support@popouttonight.com from your account address and we will delete the account for you.

Data retention

We keep your account data while your account is active. Ephemeral data such as verification codes and short-lived session records are automatically deleted (verification codes within ~10 minutes; other transient records on a rolling basis).

What we keep after deletion. Leaderboards and venue counters store aggregate vote totals for a given night and venue — a number of votes, not a list of who cast them. These totals contain no personal information, are not linked to your account, and cannot be traced back to you, so they are not removed when an account is deleted; removing them would rewrite the public record of a night for everyone else. We do not retain any other data about a deleted account, and we are not currently subject to any legal obligation that requires us to.

Your choices & rights

  • Edit your profile in the app, or manage location permission in your device settings.
  • Delete your account and its data from Profile → Settings → Delete Account — see "Deleting your account" above.
  • Request access to or correction of your data by emailing us.
  • Your free-text "university" field is display-only; your leaderboard college comes solely from .edu verification.

Children

PopOut is not intended for anyone under 18. We require a date of birth at sign-up and block accounts that do not meet the minimum age.

Changes

We may update this policy; material changes will be reflected by the "Last updated" date above.

Contact

Questions or requests: support@popouttonight.com.