Privacy policy

This policy covers the PerkAround mobile app and this website. It explains what we collect from diners and from restaurants, because the two are not the same.

What we collect

If you use PerkAround to find offers

• Account details — your name, email address and phone number. The phone number is verified by a one-time code so that an account cannot be created with someone else’s number.
• Where you are looking — either your device location, if you grant permission, or the ZIP code or city you type in. You can use the app without ever granting location access. Any addresses you save are stored against your account so you can switch between them.
• What you do in the app — offers you save, restaurants you follow, and a record of the offers you have redeemed, including which restaurant and when.
• Your profile photo, if you upload one.
• A push notification token, if you allow notifications, so we can send alerts about restaurants you follow.

If you run a restaurant on PerkAround

• Business details — the trading name, address, contact details and the verification information we need to confirm the business is real and that you are entitled to act for it.
• Images you upload — your logo, banner and any photos attached to offers.
• Billing records — your prepaid balance, top-ups and the fee charged for each redemption. Card details are handled by Stripe and are never stored on our servers.
• Staff accounts you create for people who scan codes, and a record of which account confirmed each redemption.

Why we collect it

• To show you offers near the place you are actually looking.
• To let a restaurant confirm that a code is valid, unused and within the rules of the offer — and to charge the correct fee once.
• To send the notifications you asked for, and no others.
• To verify businesses, so diners are not sent to venues that do not exist.
• To investigate fraud or abuse of an offer, and to meet our tax and accounting obligations.

What we do not do

We do not sell your personal information. We do not share it with advertisers or data brokers, and we do not track you across other apps and websites for advertising.

Who your information is shared with

• The restaurant you redeem at sees your name and the offer you redeemed, so their staff can confirm it at the table. They do not see your other activity, your saved addresses or your location.
• Service providers who run parts of the product — payment processing (Stripe), SMS delivery for verification codes, email delivery, push notification delivery, cloud hosting and image storage. They act on our instructions.
• Map and place lookup — when you search a ZIP or city, that search text is sent to a mapping provider to turn it into a location.
• Authorities, where we are legally required to disclose something.

How long we keep it

Account information is kept while your account is open. Redemption and billing records are kept for as long as tax and accounting rules require, even after an account closes, because they are financial records. Everything else is deleted or anonymised when you delete your account.

Deleting your account

You can delete your account from within the app, or email support@perkaround.com from the address on the account and we will action it. Deletion removes your profile, saved addresses, favourites and follows. Redemption records that a restaurant needs for its own accounting are retained in a form that no longer identifies you.

Your rights

Depending on where you live, you may have the right to ask for a copy of your data, to correct it, to have it deleted, or to object to how we use it. Email support@perkaround.com and we will respond within 1 business day. We will not charge you for asking and we will not treat you differently for having asked.

Children

PerkAround is not intended for children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect information from them. If you believe a child has created an account, contact us and we will remove it.

Security

Traffic between the app and our servers is encrypted. Passwords are stored hashed, never in plain text. Redemption codes are short-lived and signed, so an old screenshot cannot be reused. Staff accounts are limited to scanning and cannot reach billing.

Changes to this policy

If we change this policy in a way that materially affects you, we will say so in the app rather than quietly updating the date at the top of this page.

Contact

Questions about this policy: support@perkaround.com.

Note for the PerkAround team: this policy describes what the app actually does today, but it has not been reviewed by a lawyer. Have counsel check it against your jurisdiction’s requirements (GDPR, CCPA, and the app stores’ own data-disclosure rules) before you publish, and delete this box.