Privacy Policy
This policy explains what personal data Foamies collects, why, who it is shared with, and the rights you have. It is written to be read, not endured.
1. Who is responsible for your data
Foamies is operated by Lorène Bergougnoux and Théa Bailly, its founders. Foamies is not yet incorporated as a company: the founders act as joint controllers of your data.
For any question, or to exercise your rights: foamiesclub@gmail.com.
2. What we collect, and why
To create and maintain your account
- Email address, to identify you, log you in, reset your password.
- Password (encrypted, never readable by us), to secure your access.
- Google or Apple sign-in, if you use it, to log you in without a password.
- Date of birth, to verify you are at least 18.
- Username, to identify you to other surfers.
To make the app work
- Your location (city and coordinates), to show you nearby surfers, spots and professionals, and the weather in your area. Precise location is only used with the permission you grant on your phone.
- Your profile, photo, bio, level, frequency, languages, tribe.
- Your sessions, date, spot, conditions, photos, notes.
- Your boards, your friendships, your likes and comments, to bring your Club to life.
- Your private messages, to chat with the members of your Club.
- The spots you create, to enrich the catalogue, or keep your spots private.
- Your device's notification token, to send you notifications, only if you accept them.
For safety and moderation
- The text of blocked or reported messages flagged by our moderation filter, to protect users from harassment and hateful content.
- Your reports and blocks, to let you protect yourself, and our team to act.
- Your bug reports, to fix the app.
On what legal basis
Most of this processing is necessary to provide the service you ask us for (performance of the contract between us). Precise location and notifications rely on your consent, which you can withdraw at any time. Safety and moderation rely on our legitimate interest in maintaining a safe space.
What you write freely
Your bio, your session notes, your comments and your messages are free-text fields. Do not write sensitive information there (health, opinions, beliefs, sexual orientation), nor information about other people without their consent.
3. Data about other people
You can tag other surfers in your sessions and post photos in which they appear. You are responsible for this: make sure you have their consent.
If someone posts content about you without your consent, you can report it directly in the app (the "…" menu on the content concerned), or write to us at foamiesclub@gmail.com to request its removal.
4. Who receives your data
We rely on technical service providers. None of them may use your data for their own purposes.
| Provider | Role | Where |
|---|---|---|
| Supabase | database, authentication, photo storage | European Union (Frankfurt) |
| Resend | sending our emails (confirmation, reset) | European Union |
| Expo | push notifications | United States |
| place search, maps; Google sign-in if you use it | United States | |
| Apple | app distribution, maps, Apple sign-in if you use it | United States |
| Open-Meteo | weather and sea conditions | European Union |
The core of your data (account, profile, sessions, messages, photos) is hosted in the European Union. Some providers (Expo, Google, Apple) are based in the United States; data transmitted to them is transferred under their contractual data-protection commitments.
5. How long we keep it
- Your account and its content, for as long as your account exists.
- If you delete your account, everything is deleted immediately and permanently: profile, sessions, spots, photos, boards, messages, friendships.
- The text of messages blocked or reported by moderation, kept for a maximum of 12 months, then deleted automatically.
6. Your rights
At any time, you can:
- Access and retrieve your data, Settings → Export my data gives you everything we hold, in a machine-readable format.
- Correct your information, from your profile. (The email address cannot be changed in the app: write to us.)
- Delete your account, Settings → Delete my account. Immediate and permanent.
- Withdraw your consent to notifications or location, in the app's or your phone's settings.
- Object to processing, or request its restriction, by writing to us.
Write to us at foamiesclub@gmail.com. We reply within one month.
If our reply does not satisfy you, you can contact the CNIL (www.cnil.fr), the French data-protection authority.
7. Minors
Foamies is reserved for adults (18 and over). Your date of birth is requested at sign-up and verified. If we learn that an account belongs to a minor, we delete it. If you are a parent and believe your child has created an account, write to us at foamiesclub@gmail.com.
8. Security
Your data is hosted in Europe. Access is restricted at the database level: your precise coordinates, your email and your date of birth are not readable by any other user. Other surfers only see a distance and your city. Your private messages are only readable by their recipients.
9. Changes
We will inform you of any significant change in the app. The version of this policy is recorded with your acceptance, so we always know which text you consented to.