Privacy Policy

What Kismet collects, why, and what we never do with it. Plain-language privacy for members and guests.

Effective July 2026. This is the plain-language version; it is the only version, because privacy policies should be readable.

What we collect

  • Account basics: your name/username, phone number, and — if you sign in with Apple or Google — the email those providers share.
  • Activity content: the activities you create and the picks you submit. Picks are hidden from everyone (including our staff surfaces) until a draw selects a winner; losing picks remain sealed.
  • Guest details: a guest’s name and phone number, provided at join. Verification status if they opt into a result text.
  • Device tokens for push notifications, if you allow them.

What we use it for

  • Running the product: crews, invites, draws, reveals, notifications.
  • Guest-history merge: when a signup verifies a phone number, guest participation under that number attaches to the account. Verification is required — always.
  • One optional guest text — the draw result — for verified numbers that opted in.

What we never do

  • No selling or renting personal data. To anyone. Ever.
  • No ads, no third-party tracking pixels, no data brokers.
  • No marketing texts. The only SMS we send is the one a verified guest asked for.
  • No exposing hidden picks — not to owners, not to admins, not to anyone, before the draw.

Retention & deletion

Delete your account in the app (Profile → Delete account). A short grace window lets you undo by signing back in; after it, personal data is purged and your phone number is released. Guests can ask us to remove their number at any time via [email protected].

Security

Data in transit is encrypted. Draw seeds and results are stored server-side for auditability. Access to production data is restricted to the small team that operates the service.

Questions

[email protected] — a human reads it.