This Privacy Policy describes how Arabski ("The Vancouver Arab Ski Club", "we", "us", or "our") collects, uses, and protects your personal information when you use our mobile application and related services.
1. Data We Collect
We collect the following information when you use Arabski:
- Name — to identify you within the app and at events.
- Phone number — for account authentication and contact purposes.
- Email address — for account identification and communication.
- Device token — to send you push notifications about events and payment confirmations.
- Chat messages — messages you send in carpool and event group chats.
- Event registration data — information you provide when registering for ski club events, including any custom form fields configured by event organizers.
2. How We Use Your Data
Your data is used for the following purposes:
- Event registration — to process and manage your registrations for ski club events.
- Payment tracking — to track whether your event payment has been confirmed by an admin.
- Push notifications — to send you updates about events, payment confirmations, and club announcements.
- Carpool coordination — to help you organize and find rides to ski events with other members.
- In-app chat — to enable communication between club members for event and carpool coordination.
3. Third-Party Services
We use the following third-party services:
- Firebase (Google) — for user authentication, cloud messaging (push notifications), and backend infrastructure.
- Google Sign-In — as an optional authentication method for creating and signing into your account.
- Apple Sign-In — as an optional authentication method for creating and signing into your account.
These services have their own privacy policies that govern how they handle your data. We encourage you to review their policies.
4. Data Retention
Your data is retained for as long as your account is active. We keep your information to provide you with ongoing access to event history, chat messages, and carpool records. If you no longer wish to use our services, you may delete your account at any time.
5. Your Rights & Data Deletion
You have the right to delete your account and all associated data at any time. To do so, navigate to your Profile settings within the app and select the option to delete your account. Upon deletion, all of your personal data, event registrations, chat messages, and other associated information will be permanently removed from our systems.
6. Data Security
We take reasonable measures to protect your personal information from unauthorized access, alteration, disclosure, or destruction. However, no method of transmission over the internet or electronic storage is 100% secure.
7. Changes to This Policy
We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Any changes will be reflected on this page with an updated effective date. We encourage you to review this policy periodically.
8. Contact Us
If you have any questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or our data practices, please contact us at: