Privacy
Sidebop Privacy Policy
Effective July 15, 2026
Sidebop helps people discover events and build plans around them. This policy explains how the Sidebop website and iOS app handle information.
Using Sidebop without an account
You can browse events without creating an account. Guest saves, taste choices, and draft Boops may be kept on your device. The iOS app creates a random installation identifier so it can operate reliably and prevent duplicate interaction records; it is not an advertising identifier.
Information you choose to provide
- Account information: email address, password credential stored as a one-way hash, or the identifier and relay email Apple provides when you use Sign in with Apple.
- Your activity: saved events, taste preferences, private Boop prompts and workflow settings, generated plans, and inbox state.
- Support messages: information you include when you contact us.
Product and technical information
The iOS app may send event interactions such as impressions, detail opens, saves, shares, and source-link opens, together with the event, time, broad category, selected intent, daypart, and coarse Sidebop area. Those records may be associated with the random installation identifier and, after sign-in, your account. We use them to operate saves and Boops, personalize recommendations, understand aggregate product use, prevent abuse, and improve Sidebop.
Our hosting and security systems may process ordinary request information such as IP address, device or browser type, timestamps, requested URLs, and error details. We use it to deliver and protect the service, diagnose failures, and enforce rate limits.
Location
Location is optional. In the iOS app, choosing “Use where I am” lets the app use an approximate device location to select the closest Sidebop area. The coordinates stay on the device and are not uploaded; the app may later send only a coarse area or the fact that location was used as part of a product interaction.
On the website, your browser may provide an approximate device location after you grant permission so the page can estimate nearby events. The website may also use a coarse network-derived hint for local ranking. Sidebop does not send precise coordinates or a manually chosen neighborhood to Plausible Analytics.
Website analytics
The website uses Plausible Analytics for aggregate page and product-use measurement. We configure it without form-submission capture. Analytics can include pageviews and actions such as choosing an intent, changing a filter, viewing results, or opening an event source. The iOS interaction service described above is separate from Plausible.
How information is shared
We do not sell personal information and do not use it for cross-app advertising or tracking. We disclose information only as needed to service providers that help host, secure, analyze, and communicate for Sidebop; to comply with law or protect people and the service; or as part of a business transfer subject to appropriate safeguards.
Current service categories include cloud and website hosting, transactional email, website analytics, and Apple authentication. Event and ticket links open third-party sites governed by their own privacy practices.
Retention and deletion
We keep account and product information while needed to provide Sidebop, maintain security, meet legal obligations, and resolve disputes. Raw interaction records are automatically deleted after 90 days, and privacy-protected hourly activity summaries are automatically deleted after 180 days. Other record types follow their operational or legal purpose, and backups expire on their normal cycle.
You can delete a signed-in account inside the iOS app from Profile → Delete account. Deletion removes the account and linked saves, taste, Boops, sessions, devices, and interaction records from the active service. Device-only guest state remains on that device unless you remove it or uninstall the app. You can also contact hello@sidebop.com for access, correction, or deletion help.
Security
We use administrative, technical, and organizational safeguards intended to protect information. No online service can guarantee absolute security, so please use a unique password and tell us if you believe your account has been compromised.
Children
Sidebop is not directed to children under 13. Some linked events or venues may have their own age restrictions; always check the source listing.
Changes
We may update this policy as Sidebop changes. We will post the new effective date here and provide additional notice when a material change requires it.
Contact
Questions or privacy requests can be sent to hello@sidebop.com. See Sidebop Support for account and event help.