Privacy Policy

We collect account details you provide, such as your name, email address, profile photo, phone number, golf handicap, home course, and payment username.

When you use the service, we process group memberships, invitations, RSVPs, chats, reactions, polls, photos, GIF selections, round scores, handicaps, carpool details, expenses, and informal game or wager records.

With your permission, we may use device location to improve nearby course and pickup-place suggestions, contacts to help you invite golfers, the photo library or camera to attach images, and notifications to alert you about group activity. You can change these permissions in your device settings.

We also collect limited technical information such as device type, app version, crash diagnostics, performance data, and feature events.

• Provide authentication, groups, scheduling, chat, scoring, games, carpools, and settlement tools.
• Personalize course and location suggestions and calculate handicap-based results.
• Deliver notifications you enable and respond to support requests.
• Protect the service, prevent abuse, diagnose failures, and improve product reliability.

Your profile and activity are shared with the golf groups and games you choose to join. Content you post is visible to the relevant group or round participants.

We use service providers to operate The Lynks, including Supabase for authentication, database, and file storage; Expo for app services and notifications; Sentry for diagnostics; Apple and Google for optional sign-in; GIPHY for GIF search; and mapping, place, or golf-course data providers. These providers process information only as needed to deliver their services.

We do not sell personal information. We may disclose information when required by law, to protect users or the service, or as part of a business transfer subject to appropriate safeguards.

We retain information while your account is active and as reasonably needed to provide the service, meet legal obligations, resolve disputes, and prevent abuse.

You can delete your account inside the app from Profile > Account > Delete Account. Personal profile, membership, RSVP, chat, rating, and carpool data is removed. Shared round and financial history may be retained in anonymized form as “Deleted golfer” so other group members' records remain accurate.

You can edit profile information, control device permissions and notifications, leave groups, and delete your account. Depending on where you live, you may also request access, correction, export, restriction, or deletion by emailing support@thelynks.app.

We use reasonable technical and organizational safeguards, but no online service can guarantee absolute security.

The Lynks is not directed to children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect their personal information. Contact us if you believe a child has provided information.

We may update this policy and will post the revised date here. Questions or privacy requests can be sent to support@thelynks.app.