Privacy Policy

Introduction

OneTopic LLC ("OneTopic", "we", "our", or "us") is committed to protecting your privacy. This Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and safeguard your information when you use the OneTopic app and website.

Information We Collect

We collect information that you provide directly to us:

• Account Information: Username, email address, and password. If you sign in with Apple or Google, we receive your email address and a sign-in ID from them.
• Profile Information: Member since date, voter number, streak, and user statistics
• Content: The questions you ask, your votes, your comments, the comments you vote on, and your reports
• Usage Data: How you use the app’s features, your device type and app version, crash reports, and a notification token so we can send you notifications
• Optional Profile Information: Year of birth, gender, and country (all optional)

When you sign up or verify your email, we use your IP address to prevent abuse.

Optional Profile Information

You can optionally tell us your year of birth, gender, and country. These fields are entirely optional, are never required to use the app, and can be changed or left blank at any time from About you (Profile › My profile).

This information is not shown to other users. It never appears on your profile, next to your votes, or next to your comments. We do not sell it, and we do not share it with advertisers or data brokers.

Insights: if you tap "Count me in", your age range and gender are added to group totals for the questions you vote on. We only show totals for groups with enough people, never anyone's own answers. You can turn this off anytime in About you. While it's off, you won't see group results either.

How We Use Your Information

We use your information to:

• Provide and maintain our service
• Create and manage your account
• Run The OneTopic, your votes, your streak, and results
• Calculate participation statistics and Insights
• Send you the notifications you’ve allowed
• Keep OneTopic safe: review reports and stop fake accounts
• Improve our service and fix bugs
• Measure whether our ads work

Data Storage

Your data is stored securely using Firebase services:

• Authentication data is encrypted and managed by Firebase Auth
• User data and content are stored in Cloud Firestore
• We implement industry-standard security measures

Data Sharing

We do not sell your personal information. Your data is only shared:

• With other users: Your username, the questions you ask, and your comments are visible to other users, along with the side you’re on next to your comments. Your individual votes are private: other users only see totals.
• With service providers:
  • Google Firebase: hosting, database, sign-in, notifications, analytics, and crash reports
  • Apple and Google: if you sign in with them
  • Resend: to send verification and password emails
  • Meta: app events such as installs and sign-ups, to measure our ads. On iPhone, this is linked to your activity in other apps only if you allow tracking when asked.
• When the law requires it, or to protect the safety of our users

Your optional profile information (year of birth, gender, country) is never shared with other users, advertisers, or data brokers. It only appears inside group totals, and only if you choose to be counted.

Your Rights

You have the right to:

• Access your personal information
• Update or correct your information
• Delete your account and associated data
• Opt-out of notifications
• Request a copy of your data

Account Deletion

You can delete your account at any time in Profile › Settings › My profile › Delete account. When you delete your account:

• Your account and personal information will be permanently deleted
• The questions and comments you posted may remain in the conversations they belong to
• Your votes remain only inside totals
• This action cannot be undone

Children's Privacy

OneTopic is not intended for users under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect information from children under 13. If we learn that a child under 13 has an account, we will delete it.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. We will notify you of any changes by updating the "Last updated" date, and we will tell you in the app if a change is important.

Contact Us

If you have questions about this Privacy Policy, please contact us through Support & contact in the app’s Settings, or at admin@onetopic.com