YOU PICKPrivacy Policy
Effective October 15, 2026
YOU PICK helps you and the people you eat with choose a nearby restaurant. This policy explains what information the app uses, why, who it is shared with, and how you can delete it. We wrote it to be read in a few minutes.
The short version
- We use your location only to find restaurants near you, and only when you ask. We don't keep a history of where you've been.
- We don't sell your information, show ads, or use tracking or advertising cookies.
- People in your group can see your name, color, and food preferences, and how you vote.
- You can use YOU PICK as a guest without an account. If you sign in, you can delete your account and data anytime from Settings.
Information we collect
Information you enter
- Profile: the name you choose and an avatar color.
- Food preferences: favorite cuisines and dietary needs (for example vegetarian, gluten-free, or diabetic-friendly). Dietary needs can reveal health information. They're optional, and we use them only to rank restaurants.
- People you add: names and food preferences of friends or family you add to your group yourself.
- Search settings: budget, driving distance, meal time, and dining style.
Information from using the app
- Learning signals: restaurants you accept ("Let's Go"), pass on ("Pick Again"), save, favorite, or rate ("Loved the meal" / "Didn't like it"). YOU PICK uses these to learn your taste.
- Saved places: basic details (name, address, map location) of restaurants you save or rate, so they stay in your list.
- Group activity: groups you create or join, invite codes, and your votes in group votes.
Location
When you tap "Use My Location," your phone asks permission to share your GPS location. YOU PICK sends those coordinates to our server, and from there to our restaurant data provider, to find restaurants near you. We don't save your location to your profile or our database. Like most websites, our hosting provider may keep standard request logs, which can include the search coordinates, for a short time for security and troubleshooting. You can also skip GPS and use the app with its built-in restaurant list.
If you sign in with Apple or Google
Signing in is optional. It lets you use the same profile on more than one device and join groups with friends. When you sign in, Apple or Google shares your name, email address, and profile picture with our sign-in provider. If you use Apple's "Hide My Email," we get a private relay address instead of your real one. We never see or store your Apple or Google password.
How we use information
- To find nearby restaurants and calculate each restaurant's Group Match %.
- To learn your preferences over time so suggestions get better.
- To run groups, invite links, and group votes.
- To keep your profile in sync across your devices when you're signed in.
- To keep the service secure and fix problems.
We don't use your information for advertising, and we don't sell it or rent it to anyone.
Where your information is stored
| Where | What |
|---|---|
| Your device | Your profile, preferences, people you add, search settings, learning signals, and saved places are kept in your browser's storage. Guests' data stays here only. |
| Your sign-in account (Clerk) | If you sign in: your name, email, profile picture, and a copy of your YOU PICK profile, preferences, learning signals, and saved places, so they sync between devices. |
| Our group database (Neon, through our server on Vercel) | For groups only: group names, invite codes, each member's display name, avatar color, cuisine and dietary preferences, and group votes. |
Who we share information with
People in your groups
When you join or create a group, its other members can see your display name, avatar color, cuisine and dietary preferences, and which restaurant you voted for. Anyone with your group's invite link can join, so only share it with people you trust. As the group creator, you can make a new invite code at any time, which stops the old link from working.
Service providers
We use these companies to run YOU PICK. Each one gets only what it needs to do its job.
| Provider | Purpose | What it receives |
|---|---|---|
| Clerk | Sign-in and account storage | Name, email, profile picture, and your synced YOU PICK profile |
| Apple and Google | "Continue with Apple / Google" sign-in | Your sign-in request |
| Foursquare | Restaurant search, ratings, prices, hours, and photos | The location coordinates and search distance for each search. Restaurant photos load from Foursquare's servers. |
| Vercel | Runs our server | Requests from the app, including search coordinates and group actions |
| Neon | Group database | The group information described above |
| OpenStreetMap | Map images, and backup restaurant search | The map area you're viewing, and your coordinates if the backup search is used |
| Apple Maps or Google Maps | Directions when you tap "Let's Go" or "Directions" | The restaurant's location. These apps follow their own privacy policies. |
We may also share information if the law requires it, or to protect the safety of our users or the public.
Your choices and how to delete your data
- Delete your account: open Settings (gear icon) and tap Delete My Account. This permanently removes your sign-in account and synced profile, any groups you created (including their invites and votes), your membership in other groups, and your votes.
- Leave a group: on the Group screen, leave any group you joined. Group creators can also remove members.
- Clear data on this device: Settings → Clear All Data removes everything saved in your browser.
- Location: you can turn off location access for your browser anytime in your phone's settings.
- Edit: you can change your name and preferences, or remove saved restaurants and favorites, at any time.
How long we keep information
We keep your account and group information until you delete it or leave the group. Group votes stay with their group, and the app only shows votes from the last 12 hours. If you delete your account, we delete your server data right away. Our providers may keep backups or logs for a short time afterward.
Security
All connections to YOU PICK use encrypted HTTPS. Only signed-in members of a group can see or change that group. YOU PICK doesn't use passwords; sign-in is handled by Apple or Google. No system is perfectly secure, but we work to protect your information and collect only what the app needs.
Children
YOU PICK is not directed to children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect personal information from them. A parent can add a child to their group by first name only, which stays in the parent's own account. If you believe a child under 13 has created an account, contact us and we'll delete it.
Changes to this policy
If we change how YOU PICK uses your information, we'll update this page and the effective date above. For important changes, we'll also let you know in the app.
Contact us
Questions or requests about your privacy: i.picked.yesterday@outlook.com. We aim to reply within 30 days. You can also delete your account and data yourself anytime from Settings in the app.
YOU PICK is operated from Kentucky, United States.