Privacy Policy

Who we are

Blackbird is made by Space Pirate Labs ("we", "us"). Questions about this policy or your data go to hello@throwblackbird.com.

What we collect

Account. A sign-in identifier: your email address if you save your account with an email code, or, if you use Sign in with Apple, an Apple identifier and the email Apple shares (which can be a private relay address). Before you save your account, Blackbird uses an anonymous account that lives on your phone.

Profile. The name, username, face and home course you choose, and a PDGA number and rating if you add them.

Rounds. Your scorecards: course, holes, throws, and who was on the card with you. That includes rounds you bring in from another app's CSV export: only your own scores from that file are kept.

Cards for people without the app. You can put someone on your card by name. Their name and scores stay on your phone unless you send them their card: then we keep the name you typed, their scores and yours on that round, and a short code, for 90 days, so the link can show it. If they save it in Blackbird, it becomes their round.

Friends. Who you've asked to be friends, who's accepted, and who you've blocked.

Live and open to play. Only when you turn live sharing on: the course you're on, the hole you're playing and your score so far, while a round is going. If you say you're open to play: which course, the format and a short note, until it runs out. Live presence disappears 45 minutes after your last update.

Course checks. If you answer "Is the basket here?" with NO, we save where your phone says you're standing and how accurate it thinks that is, so a mapper can fix the hole. A YES saves only the answer.

Notifications. If you allow notifications, your phone's push token, so we can tell you when a friend asks you to play, adds you to a card or says nice.

Reports. If you report a player, the reason and any note you add.

Usage counts. A short list of events like "opened the app", "started a round" or "sent a friend request", tied to your account, so we can see which parts of Blackbird work. These never include your location, your scores or anything you write.

Your location and photos

Blackbird uses your phone's location while you're using it: for the rangefinder (distance to the basket), to show where you are on the hole, and to measure your throws when you mark them or throw in a field session. That location, and your measured throws, stay on your phone. It is not sent to us or to anyone else, except in the one case above: when you tell us a basket isn't where the map says.

If you add your own photo for your face or a disc (Blackbird+), it stays on your phone. Blackbird only opens your photo library when you choose a photo, and never uses the camera.

Who can see what

Your name, username and face are visible to other signed-in players, so friends can find you.

Live sharing has three settings: off, friends, or everyone. Live is mutual: you only see others while you share too. Open to play is shown to friends.

Friends who can see your live status can see your finished rounds for three weeks (your own scores only, never your card-mates'). With live sharing off, your rounds stay private.

A card link (throwblackbird.com/r/…) shows anyone who has it the name on the card, that player's scores, the course and date, and the first name and score of whoever kept it. A league link shows the league, its divisions and how full they are, and the director's first name, never who's going.

Nobody sees who reported them, and blocked players can't find you, see you on the map or ask to be friends.

Services we use

Supabase stores Blackbird's data (in the United States). Apple and Expo deliver notifications. Mapbox, Esri and Johnson County, Iowa provide map and aerial imagery, and Open-Meteo and the U.S. Geological Survey provide weather and elevation for course locations; these services see a request from your phone (and so its IP address) but not who you are. We've turned Mapbox's usage telemetry off. If you sign in with Apple, Apple handles that sign-in.

We don't sell your data, share it with advertisers, or use it to show you ads. There are no third-party analytics or advertising SDKs in Blackbird.

How long we keep it

Your account data stays until you delete your account. Live presence expires after 45 minutes and open to play when you set it to. Reports are kept so we can act on them; if either account is deleted, the report stays without that account attached. Cards you send to people without the app expire after 90 days; a saved one stays as that player's round.

Deleting your account

In the app: You → Account → DELETE ACCOUNT. That deletes your account right away, with your profile, rounds, friends, cards, checks and notification tokens. It can't be undone. Hole positions you saved as a course mapper stay with the course. You can also email hello@throwblackbird.com and we'll delete it for you.

Children

Blackbird isn't meant for children under 13, and we don't knowingly collect data from them. If you think a child under 13 has an account, email us and we'll delete it.

Your rights

You can see and change your profile in the app, delete your account from the app, and email us for a copy of your data or with any other request. Depending on where you live (for example in California or the EU), you may have further rights under local law; we'll honor them.

Changes

If this policy changes in a way that matters, we'll say so in the app before it takes effect. The date at the top is the latest version.