1. Introduction

Welcome to Hot Pool Tables Near You ("we," "our," "us"). We are committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, disclose, and safeguard your information when you use our website and services.

2. Information We Collect

We may collect the following types of information:

• Personal Identification Information: Your username, email address, and profile information (such as your city) that you provide when you create an account. If you sign in with Google, we may collect your name and email address from your Google account.
• User-Generated Content: Reviews, ratings, notes, and photos you submit for pool table locations. This also includes messages you send to other users and feedback you submit to us.
• Location Information: When you submit a new venue, we collect its address and convert it to geographic coordinates (latitude and longitude). We may also use your device's location to suggest nearby venues if you grant permission.
• Social and Gameplay Data: Information related to your interactions with other users, such as follows, follow requests, game challenges, and match results. This data is used to calculate your skill rating (Glicko).
• Usage Data: We use Firebase services which may automatically collect information about your device and how you interact with our service, such as your IP address, browser type, and pages visited.

3. How We Use Your Information

We use the information we collect to:

• Create and manage your account.
• Display your reviews, username, and other profile information to the community.
• Operate the social features of the service, such as messaging, following, and matchmaking.
• Calculate and display player skill ratings.
• Improve our website and services.
• Respond to your feedback and support requests.
• Provide and maintain the map and location-finding services.

4. Sharing Your Information

Your username, reviews, photos, skill rating, and other profile details are public and visible to other users of the service. Direct messages between users are private to the participants of the conversation.

We do not sell your personal information. We may share information with third-party service providers that perform services for us or on our behalf, including:

• Google (Firebase): For database hosting, user authentication, and application hosting.
• Google Maps Platform: For maps, geocoding addresses, and finding place details. Your use of the mapping features is subject to the Google Maps/Google Earth Additional Terms of Service and Google Privacy Policy.

5. Data Security

We use administrative, technical, and physical security measures to help protect your personal information. While we have taken reasonable steps to secure the personal information you provide to us, please be aware that despite our efforts, no security measures are perfect or impenetrable.

6. Your Rights

You have the right to access, update, or delete your personal information. You can manage your profile information from your profile page. You can delete your reviews from your profile page. If you wish to delete your account entirely, please contact us.

7. Changes to This Privacy Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by posting the new Privacy Policy on this page.

8. Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about this Privacy Policy, please contact us by submitting feedback through the link in the footer.