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Last updated 16 October 2026
Rugby Central (“the app”) is operated by WebNest Creations LLC (“we”, “us”). This page explains what the app collects, why, who else handles it, and how to get it deleted. Questions: info@webnestcreations.com.
The short version. You can browse fixtures and results without an account. If you make an account, we store what you give us so the app can work. The app reads your device location only when you tap Check in on a match, only while the app is open, compares it with the ground on your phone, and never sends or stores it. We show no ads and we never sell your data. You can delete your account inside the app at any time.
What we collect, and why
| What | Why |
|---|---|
| Account: your email address and a password (we store a protected hash, never the password itself). Your sign-in session is kept in your phone’s secure storage. | To sign you in, confirm your email, reset your password and let you delete your account. |
| Guest session: if you choose “Continue as guest”, the app creates an anonymous account with a random ID and no email, name or password. | So the app can work without a full account. You can sign up later. |
| Profile and settings: display name, username (handle), bio, the countries you choose (where you’re from, whom you support, where you live), your time zone, a home city (a place name you pick — we store the city-centre point, not where you are), your notification choices, quiet hours, and your privacy settings (who sees where you’re going, who can send friend requests) | To show your profile and tailor the app. |
| Profile photo (optional). The app asks for photo access only when you choose a picture. Photos are stored in a public folder, so anyone with the link can view them. | To show on your profile and posts. |
| Community content: threads, posts, replies, reactions and notes you write. This content is visible to other people using the app. | To run the Community. |
| Your activity: teams, leagues and people you follow; matches you mark as watched or attended; Rugby 101 and podcast progress; the video channels and news sources you choose | To personalise Home, build your Passport and keep what you’ve set up. |
| Safety: the people you block or mute, and reports you file about people or content | To keep the Community safe. |
| Friends: friend requests you send and receive, your friend list, and the searches you run in Find people (a search is answered by our server and is not kept) | To connect you with other fans. Other users can see that you are friends. |
| Going and watching: which matches you say you are going to or watching remotely, and Check-in (the match you checked in to). Friends see this according to your setting (friends, everyone or nobody); other users see only a count. | To show who is going, and to add checked-in matches to your Passport. |
| Watch parties: parties you host (title, place name, time, capacity, who can see it) and parties you join. Public parties are visible to other signed-in users; friends-only parties to your friends. | To organise watching a match together. |
| Device location, only for Check-in. When you tap Check in, the app asks your phone for its location (while the app is open — never in the background). It compares that with the ground’s location on your phone; only the match you checked in to is sent to us. Your coordinates are not sent to us, stored, or shared. If you deny permission, the rest of the app works. | To confirm you are within about 1 km of the ground. |
| Calendar: the app can add a match to your calendar only when you ask it to. The event stays on your device; we do not read or collect your calendar. | To add matches to your calendar. |
| Push notifications: your device’s notification token, the matches you ask to be reminded about, and your notification choices (the app asks permission before sending any) | To send the alerts you switch on: kickoff, scores, results, friend and watch-party activity, and Community replies and mentions. |
| Events and vendor listings you submit | To review and publish them. |
| Feedback you send us | To fix problems and improve the app. |
| Ask (AI): signed-in users can ask open questions. The first time you open Ask, the app asks you to agree (Agree and continue or Not now); nothing is sent to the AI until you agree, and you can switch Ask AI off at any time on the Profile tab (it then asks again next time). When you ask, we send our server, and through it Anthropic: your question, your recent chat in that conversation, the teams you follow and your home and supporting countries, so answers fit you. We never send your name, email or password. We keep only usage counts and a record that you agreed (the date), not the text of your questions. If you tap Report this answer, we store your report: the reason, your optional note, and the question and answer text. | To answer questions, cap cost, and review answers you flag. |
| Crash and error reports: technical details about an error, the app version and a random account ID — not your name or email | To find and fix bugs. |
| App updates: the app asks Expo’s update service whether newer app content is available, which sends the technical request (including your IP address, app and update version, and platform) | To deliver fixes without a new download from the store. |
| Public services your phone contacts directly: weather (Open-Meteo), place search and Find a Pub (OpenStreetMap), event listings (Ticketmaster), flags, and the fixtures, news, podcast and video feeds of their publishers (including YouTube). They can see your IP address and what you asked for — but not who you are. | To show weather, maps, events, videos, podcasts and news. |
Website email sign-up: if you type your email address into the “Notify me” box on the rugbycentral.app home page, the website stores that address and the time you entered it in our Cloudflare KV list RC_SUBSCRIBERS. | To tell you about Rugby Central: the page promises one launch email and no other mail, and we do not share or sell the list. The website itself sends no email and has no unsubscribe link, so to be removed, email info@webnestcreations.com and we will delete your address. |
What we do not do
- No background location and no location tracking of any kind.
- No advertising and no advertising or behavioural-analytics trackers.
- No selling of your data — to anyone, ever.
- We don’t read your contacts or messages, and the app has no direct messages.
Who else handles your data
We use a small number of services to run the app. They process data on our behalf.
| Service | What it does |
|---|---|
| Supabase | Our database, sign-in system and file storage: your account, profile, posts, friends, going/watching, watch parties, follows, marks, reports and profile photo. |
| Cloudflare | Hosts this website and the servers that fetch fixtures, send alerts and relay Ask questions. Like any host, it keeps technical request logs. |
| Expo and Google (Firebase Cloud Messaging) | Deliver push notifications (they see your notification token and the alert text) and, for Expo, app updates (see above). |
| Sentry | Receives crash and error reports, with a random account ID and no name or email. |
| Anthropic | Powers Ask, only after you agree. Anthropic receives your question, your recent chat in that conversation, the teams you follow and your home and supporting countries (never your name, email or password), and handles them under Anthropic’s own terms and privacy policy. Please don’t put personal or sensitive information in your questions. Answers can be wrong. |
Your data may be processed in countries other than your own, because these providers run internationally. We may also disclose information if the law requires it.
How long we keep it
We keep your account data for as long as you have an account. When you delete your account, almost everything is removed straight away — see below.
Deleting your data
In the app: Profile → Settings (gear icon) → Account & Privacy → Delete Account. Without the app: email us (full instructions).
Removed when you delete your account: your sign-in, profile, profile photo, posts, threads, replies and reactions, notes, follows, friends and friend requests, going/watching and check-ins, watch parties you host and your RSVPs, mutes and blocks, match marks and progress, listings you submitted, your reports on Ask answers, your Ask AI agreement, notification token and settings, and moderation records about you.
Not removed, and why:
- Feedback you sent us. The message stays so we can act on it, but it is detached from your account. Please don’t put personal details in feedback.
- Reports you filed about other people. They stay as part of the moderation record so the other person’s case can be handled fairly; your name is removed from them.
- Crash reports held by Sentry. They carry only a random ID that stops meaning anything once your account is gone, and Sentry removes them on its own schedule.
- Anything the law requires us to keep.
Your choices and rights
- See and download your data: Account & Privacy → Export My Data gives you a file of your profile, follows, marks and saved lists.
- Control who sees where you are going: Social privacy lets you choose friends, everyone or nobody, and who can send you friend requests.
- Ask AI: agree when Ask first asks, and switch it off any time on the Profile tab (Ask AI). Off means nothing is sent to the AI and Ask asks you again next time.
- Location: allow or deny it when asked, and change it any time in your phone’s settings.
- Turn off notifications in the app’s notification settings or your phone’s settings.
- Hide a person by muting or blocking them.
- Depending on where you live (for example under POPIA, the GDPR or the CCPA) you may have further rights, such as to access, correct, delete, object or to complain to your data regulator. Email us and we will help.
Children
Rugby Central is not for children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect data from them. If you think a child has made an account, email us and we will delete it.
Security
Connections to the app and this site are encrypted, passwords are stored hashed, and access to your data is limited by account. No system is perfectly secure; if something goes wrong that affects you, we will tell you as the law requires.
Changes
If we change how the app handles data, we will update this page and its date, and tell you in the app for significant changes.
Contact
WebNest Creations LLC, 8735 Dunwoody Pl, Atlanta, GA 30350, USA — info@webnestcreations.com
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