Privacy Policy

When you create an account and use The Pedal Collaborative, we collect information you provide directly:

• Account information — email address, display name, and optional username when you register.
• Collection data — the pedals you add to your vault, wishlist, boards, and notes you attach to them.
• Photos — images you upload or capture to represent your gear.
• Tone and gear preferences — onboarding answers and expert-mode settings you choose.
• Usage information — how you interact with features such as scanning, your vault, and boards.
• Community activity — pedals you add to your vault or wishlist are counted anonymously to power community trend features (e.g., "5 members added this"). You can opt out of contributing to these counts at any time in your Profile settings. Counts are always anonymous — your name is never shown.

We also collect certain information automatically:

• Device identifiers and operating system version for crash reporting and compatibility.
• Anonymous analytics to understand which features are used most.

We use the information we collect to:

• Provide, maintain, and improve the app and its features.
• Recognize pedals from photos you scan, and keep your collection and market values up to date.
• Send important service communications (e.g., subscription confirmations, security notices).
• Detect and prevent fraud, abuse, or unauthorized access.
• Comply with legal obligations.

The Pedal Collaborative relies on the following third-party services to operate. Each has its own privacy policy:

• Supabase — database hosting and authentication (supabase.com/privacy)
• Apple — Sign in with Apple authentication (apple.com/privacy)
• Google — Sign in with Google authentication, and YouTube videos shown in the app (policies.google.com/privacy)
• Anthropic — powers pedal recognition when you scan a pedal (anthropic.com/privacy)
• RevenueCat — manages in-app subscriptions (revenuecat.com/privacy)
• Patreon — optional membership connection (patreon.com/privacy)
• Resend — delivers account emails such as sign-in links and password resets (resend.com/legal/privacy-policy)
• Expo — delivers push notifications and app updates (expo.dev/privacy)
• Vercel — hosts our website and collects anonymous, cookie-free usage analytics (vercel.com/legal/privacy-notice)
• Awin — when you tap through to a listing on Reverb, the link passes through Awin, an affiliate network, which may record the visit so a resulting purchase can be credited to us. We may earn a commission, at no extra cost to you (awin.com/us/privacy)

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

We do not sell, trade, or rent your personal information. We may share information only in these limited circumstances:

• With service providers listed in Section 3 who process data on our behalf.
• If required by law, court order, or governmental authority.
• To protect the rights, property, or safety of The Pedal Collaborative, our users, or the public.
• In connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of all or a portion of our assets (you will be notified).

We retain your data for as long as your account is active. You can delete your account at any time from Profile → Delete Account. Upon deletion, your profile and collection data are permanently removed from our servers within 30 days.

Photos you uploaded are removed from cloud storage within 30 days of account deletion.

The Pedal Collaborative is not directed to children under 13 years of age. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If we learn we have inadvertently collected such information, we will delete it promptly. If you believe a child has provided us personal information, please contact us at hello@thepedalcollaborative.com.

We use industry-standard measures to protect your information, including encrypted data transmission (TLS), row-level security policies on our database, and access controls on all cloud infrastructure. No method of transmission over the Internet is 100% secure, however, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. When we do, we will update the effective date at the top of this screen. For material changes we will provide additional notice within the app. Continued use of The Pedal Collaborative after changes take effect constitutes your acceptance of the revised policy.

If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy or your personal data, please contact us at:

hello@thepedalcollaborative.com