Privacy Policy
Last updated November 5, 2026
Who we are
Clinqd is an iPhone app that helps friends plan get-togethers. It is operated by Clinqd, LLC, a Texas limited liability company (“Clinqd”, “we”, “us”). This policy explains what information the app and the website at clinqd.app collect, how we use it, and the choices you have.
Questions about privacy can go to support@clinqd.app.
Information we collect
We collect only what the app needs to plan meetups with the people you choose.
| What | Examples | When |
|---|---|---|
| Account details | Your name and the email Apple shares with us (this can be Apple’s private relay address), plus your initials or profile photo | When you sign in with Apple |
| Your circles | Circle names, members, circle level (inner or wider), nudge and sharing settings | When you create or join a circle |
| Plans | Plan titles, proposed times and places, votes, an estimated cost, messages and reactions in a hangout thread | When you or your circle make a plan |
| Calendar availability | The start and end of your busy times for the next six weeks, rounded to the quarter hour. Never event titles, places, notes or attendees | Only if you connect your calendars |
| Invites | The name of each person you invite, and the invite code | When you invite someone |
| Cost splitting | Expenses and receipt photos you add, who has paid, and, if you add them, your Venmo username and the phone number or email you use for Apple Cash | Only if you use Split pay |
| Notifications | A push token for your iPhone | If you allow notifications |
| Safety | People you block or mute, and reports you file | Only if you use these features |
Calendars. Clinqd reads the calendars on your iPhone (including Google, Outlook and iCloud accounts you’ve added in Settings) on your iPhone only. The only thing that leaves your phone is when you’re busy: a start and end time for each busy period, with no titles, places, notes or attendees. You choose which calendars count as busy. Events marked Free, all-day events and invites you declined don’t count. In two-way mode, Clinqd also adds plans you’re going to to the calendar you pick, and updates or removes them if the plan changes.
Contacts. To invite friends, you can let Clinqd search your contacts, either just the ones you choose or all of them (iOS asks you which). Clinqd reads names and phone numbers on your iPhone only, to show them while you pick; your address book is never uploaded or stored by us. Or you can skip that and pick one person at a time with Apple’s contact picker, which gives Clinqd no access at all. Either way, the phone number of someone you invite stays on your iPhone, the invite is a text you send from your own Messages app, and we store only the name, so the invite can show as pending. You can change contact access anytime in Settings → Privacy & Security → Contacts.
Payments. Clinqd does not process payments. Split pay keeps track of who owes what. When you pay, Clinqd opens Venmo or Messages (for Apple Cash) and you send the money there. We never see or store card or bank details.
Location. If you search for places “Near me”, your iPhone uses your location to search Apple Maps while you’re searching. We don’t store your location or share it with your circles.
No tracking. The Clinqd app has no ads, no advertising or analytics tools, and doesn’t track you across other apps or websites. The clinqd.app website uses Cloudflare Web Analytics to count visits. It doesn’t use cookies or follow you to other sites.
How we use it
We use your information to run Clinqd and nothing else:
- Find times that work for everyone in a plan and suggest the best fit
- Send invites, votes, plan updates, payment requests, reminders and friendship nudges
- Add plans to your calendar if you turn on two-way sync
- Track shared costs and who has paid
- Keep the app safe and secure, including acting on reports
What friends see (Privacy Shield). Friends only ever see whether you are free or busy. They never see your event titles, locations or who you are with. When someone plans in a circle, Clinqd checks only which members are busy at the times being considered. Nobody can read your calendar or your list of busy times. Inner-circle members can see your free windows at any time; wider-circle members see them only for plans that include you. You can change a circle’s level or turn off “Share my free windows” in its settings.
Sharing
We do not sell your personal information or share it for advertising. We share it only in these cases:
- With your circles: your name and photo, the plans, votes, messages and reactions you add, whether you’re free or busy for a plan, and, if you add them, your Venmo and Apple Cash details on the pay screen when you cover a bill
- With service providers who run parts of the app for us, under terms that limit their use of your data: Supabase (database, file storage and servers) and Apple (Sign in with Apple, push notifications and Maps). Notifications pass through Apple’s push service and can include a plan title or a message preview.
- When the law requires it, or to protect the safety of our users
- If the business changes hands, in which case this policy continues to apply
People you block can’t see your availability, comments or reactions, or invite you. Muting someone only hides their posts from you. Neither person is told.
Keeping and protecting your data
We keep your information while your account is open. Your shared busy times are replaced each time your calendar changes, cover only the next six weeks, and are erased when you stop using your calendars in Clinqd.
When you delete your account, you leave your circles straight away, your profile photo is deleted, your calendars are disconnected and we revoke Clinqd’s Sign in with Apple access. Anything you organized is handed to another member. Everything else (your profile, votes, comments and reactions) is permanently deleted 30 days later, unless you sign back in before then to cancel. Some records may be kept longer where the law requires it.
We protect data with encryption in transit and at rest, and rules that let only the right people in your circles see it. No system is perfectly secure, so please keep your iPhone and Apple ID secure.
Your choices
- Calendar access: choose which calendars count as busy, or stop using your calendars, in the Calendar tab; or turn off access in iPhone Settings
- Sharing: turn “Share my free windows” off in any circle’s settings
- Notifications: turn off in iPhone Settings
- Download a copy of your data: Home → the gear icon → Account & privacy → Download my data
- Correct your details: tap your initial or photo on Home to edit your profile
- Delete your account: Home → the gear icon → Account & privacy → Delete account, or email support@clinqd.app
Depending on where you live, including California and the EU, you may have extra rights over your data. Contact us and we will respond within the time the law requires.
Children
Clinqd is only for adults 18 and over. We do not knowingly collect information from anyone younger, and we delete it if we learn we have.
Changes to this policy
If we make important changes, we will tell you in the app before they take effect. The date at the top shows when this policy last changed.
Contact
Clinqd, LLC · Texas · support@clinqd.app · (430) 269-0242