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Privacy Policy

Last updated: May 2026

1. What we collect

We collect the following information when you use Terse:

  • Account information: your email address (via Apple or Google sign-in), username, display name, bio, and profile picture.
  • Content: the reviews (single words) you post, lists you create, and the items you add to them.
  • Social data: who you follow and who follows you, reviews you have liked, and your notification preferences.
  • Profile customisations: reviewer title and profile colour (Supporter accounts).
  • Technical data: push notification tokens (to deliver notifications you have opted into) and anonymised error reports to help us diagnose crashes. Error reports do not contain your email address or any identifier that can be traced back to you.

2. How we use it

We use your information to operate Terse — to show your reviews and profile to other users, to power social features like following and likes, to send notifications you have opted into, and to diagnose errors. We do not use your data for advertising.

3. Legal basis (EU / GDPR)

If you are in the European Economic Area, we process your personal data on the following bases:

  • Performance of a contract — to provide you with the Terse service you signed up for.
  • Legitimate interests — to maintain the security and reliability of the app, and to diagnose errors using anonymised data.
  • Consent — to send you push notifications (you can withdraw consent at any time in your device settings or in Settings → Notifications).

4. Third-party services

We use the following third-party services to operate the app:

  • Supabase — database, authentication, and file storage (profile pictures). Data is stored on servers in the United States.
  • RevenueCat — purchase management for the Supporter upgrade. Payment details are handled entirely by Apple or Google; RevenueCat only sees purchase status.
  • Apple / Google — sign-in and payment processing.
  • Sentry — crash and error monitoring. User identifiers sent to Sentry are one-way hashed and cannot be reversed to identify you.
  • Expo — push notification delivery infrastructure.

We do not sell your personal data to any third party.

5. International data transfers

Terse is operated from Australia. Our primary data processor (Supabase) stores data on servers in the United States. By using the app, you acknowledge that your information may be transferred to and processed in countries outside your own, including countries that may have different data protection laws. Where required by law, we rely on standard contractual clauses or equivalent safeguards for such transfers.

6. Public profile and privacy settings

Your username, display name, bio, profile picture, and reviews are public by default. You can switch your account to private in Settings → Privacy. A private account hides your reviews, follower list, and following list from users who do not follow you.

7. Data retention

We retain your data for as long as your account is active. You can delete your account at any time from Settings, which permanently and irreversibly removes your profile, reviews, lists, and all associated data from our systems.

8. Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to access, correct, or delete your personal data; to receive a copy of it in a portable format; or to object to or restrict certain processing.

  • EU / EEA residents have these rights under the GDPR and may also lodge a complaint with their local data protection authority.
  • Australian residents have rights under the Australian Privacy Act 1988.

To exercise any of these rights, contact us at [email protected]. We will respond within 30 days.

9. Children

Terse is not directed at children under 13. If we become aware that a child under 13 has created an account, we will delete it promptly.

10. Changes

We may update this policy from time to time. We will notify you of material changes through the app. Continued use of the app after changes constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.

11. Contact

Questions about your data? Reach us at [email protected].