Privacy Policy
This Privacy Policy explains how [Legal business name] ("Flybudz," "we," "us") collects, uses, and shares information when you visit flybudz.net or sign up to create a Flybudz character (the "Service").
Information we collect
Information you give us:
- Your mobile phone number (required to sign up and verify your account).
- Your email address, if you choose to give it.
- Your ZIP code.
- Your bud's name and the outfit you pick (hat and sneakers).
- Whether you opted in to receive Flybudz update texts, along with the date and the wording you agreed to.
Information collected automatically: like most websites, our hosting provider records technical information such as your IP address, browser type, device type, and the pages you visit. We use IP addresses to prevent abuse, such as limiting how many verification codes can be requested. Your age confirmation is stored only in your browser for the current visit.
How we use your information
- To create your account and verify your phone number with a one-time code.
- To save your Flybudz character and let you use it in the Service.
- To send you update texts, such as when the Flybudz world opens, but only if you opted in.
- To understand where our community is located (using ZIP codes) and improve the Service.
- To keep the Service secure, prevent fraud and abuse, and comply with the law.
Text messages
When you sign up, we send a one-time verification code to the number you provide. If you separately check the box to receive Flybudz updates, we may send you occasional texts about Flybudz. Message frequency varies, and message and data rates may apply. Reply STOP to stop update texts at any time, or HELP for help. Agreeing to update texts is never required to use the Service.
We do not sell or share your phone number or text-messaging consent with third parties for their own marketing purposes.
How we share information
We do not sell your personal information. We share it only with:
- Service providers who help us run the Service, including Cloudflare (website hosting and data storage) and Twilio (sending verification codes and texts). They may use your information only to provide services to us.
- Legal and safety reasons, when we believe in good faith that disclosure is required by law or needed to protect the rights, safety, or property of Flybudz, our users, or others.
- Business transfers, if Flybudz is involved in a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, in which case your information may be transferred as part of that transaction.
How long we keep information
We keep your account information for as long as your account is active or as needed to provide the Service. Verification records and abuse-prevention logs are kept for a shorter period. You can ask us to delete your information at any time (see below), and we will do so unless we are required to keep it by law.
Your choices and rights
- Stop texts: reply STOP to any Flybudz update text.
- Access, correct, or delete: email us at [contact email] from the email on file, or tell us the phone number on your account, and we'll help. We may need to verify that the request is from you.
- Depending on where you live, you may have additional rights under local privacy laws, such as the right to know what personal information we hold about you. We will honor those rights as required by law.
Security
We use reasonable measures to protect your information, including encrypted connections and limited access to stored data. No method of transmission or storage is completely secure, so we cannot guarantee absolute security.
Age requirement
The Service is intended only for people who are 18 or older. We do not knowingly collect information from anyone under 18. If you believe someone under 18 has given us information, contact us and we will delete it.
Changes to this policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. If we make significant changes, we will update the effective date above and, where appropriate, let you know through the Service.
Contact us
[Legal business name]
[Mailing address]
[contact email]