Privacy policy
Effective November 3, 2026
This policy explains what the PinTrade Android app ("PinTrade", "we") collects, why, and what you can do about it.
What we collect
- Account: when you sign in, your email address, name and a user ID from Firebase Authentication (Google).
- What you create: pin photos, pin details, hashtags, your lanyard, trades, likes, follows and Pin Coin balance.
- Crash reports: if the app crashes, Firebase Crashlytics sends a crash report with your device model, Android version, app version and an installation ID.
- Ads: the app can show rewarded ads (you choose to watch one to earn Pin Coins) through Google AdMob. AdMob collects your device's advertising ID, IP address and device and app usage data to serve and measure ads. We give AdMob your user ID so it can tell our servers that you watched an ad. We record when you watched ads, to credit your coins and limit ads per day.
We don't collect your precise location or contacts, and we don't sell your data. AdMob may estimate your general location from your IP address.
How we use it
To run the app: your account, your pins and lanyard, trades, and fixing crashes.
Ads and your choices
Where the law requires it (such as the EU, the UK and some US states), the app asks for your consent or lets you opt out before it shows ads. You can reset your advertising ID or opt out of ad personalization in your Android settings (Settings, then Privacy, then Ads). Learn how Google uses data from apps that use its services at policies.google.com/technologies/partner-sites.
What others can see
Your profile, the pins on your lanyard and your public activity (such as likes and follows) are visible to other PinTrade users.
Where it's stored
Our service providers store and process data for us in the United States: Google Cloud and Firebase (servers, sign-in, crash reports), Google AdMob (ads), Neon (database) and Cloudflare (photo storage and delivery).
Deleting your data
Email [email protected] from your account's email address to delete your account. We delete your account, pins and photos within 30 days. Crash reports are kept for up to 90 days.
Children
PinTrade is not meant for children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect their data.
Changes
We'll update this page when the app changes what it collects, and change the date above.