Privacy Policy for Huddle
Last updated: October 24, 2026
Huddle is a personal app for splitting shared expenses. This policy explains what information is collected, how it is used, and your rights regarding your data.
1. Information We Collect
Account information
When you create an account, we collect:
- Your email address (used to identify your account, send a one-time verification email, and let friends who already know your address add you to a group)
- Your display name
App preferences
We store:
- Your avatar colour preference
- Your default currency preference
Expense and group data
When you use Huddle, we store:
- Groups you create or belong to, and an activity log of changes made in them
- Expenses you add, including amounts, descriptions, categories, notes, dates, and which members are involved
- Payments recorded between members, and the resulting balances
- Names of guests you add to a group (people without a Huddle account), as you type them
Notifications
If you allow notifications, we store a push notification token for your device so the app can tell you when friends add expenses, record payments, or send you a reminder. Notifications are delivered through Expo's push notification service, which receives the token and the message text. You can turn notifications off at any time in the Account screen or your phone's settings.
We do not collect your location, contacts, payment information, or any data outside of what you directly enter into the app.
2. How We Use Your Information
Your information is used solely to provide the app's core functionality:
- Authenticating you when you sign in
- Displaying your name and avatar to group members
- Calculating and showing shared expense balances and spending statistics
- Sending notifications you have allowed
We do not use your data for advertising, analytics, or any purpose beyond operating the app.
3. How Your Information Is Stored
Huddle uses Firebase (a Google service) to store your data and manage authentication. Your data is stored on Google's servers. Google's privacy policy is available at https://policies.google.com/privacy.
Push notifications are delivered by Expo (expo.dev); see Expo's privacy policy at https://expo.dev/privacy. No other third parties have access to your data.
4. Sharing of Information
We do not sell, trade, or share your personal information with anyone, except:
- Other members of your groups can see your display name, avatar colour, and the expenses and payments in groups you share
- Expo delivers push notifications, as described above
- Firebase/Google, as the infrastructure provider, processes data as described above
5. Data Retention
Your data is retained for as long as your account exists. You can permanently delete your account at any time from the Account screen inside the app. Deleting your account removes your profile, your email address, and your push token, and deletes any group in which you are the only account. In groups shared with others, your past expenses remain under the anonymous label "Deleted user" so that other members' balances continue to add up correctly; entries already in a group's activity history may still show the name you used at the time.
6. Your Rights
You can at any time:
- Update your display name, avatar colour, default currency, and notification preference from the Account screen
- Export a group's expenses as a spreadsheet (CSV) from the group's settings
- Delete your account and profile from the Account screen
7. Children's Privacy
Huddle is not directed at children under the age of 13. We do not knowingly collect personal information from children under 13. If you believe a child has provided us with personal information, please contact us and we will delete it.
8. Changes to This Policy
If this policy changes, the updated version will be posted here with a new "Last updated" date. Continued use of the app after changes are posted constitutes acceptance of the updated policy.
9. Contact
If you have any questions about this privacy policy, you can contact us at: