Last updated: November 4, 2026
PickleFamilia Companion (the "App") is operated by 1041Soft. This policy explains what data the App collects, why, and the choices you have.
Local-only data. The players, games, rounds, scores and notes you create for pickup games stay on your device. None of it is sent anywhere unless you share a club (below). The court scheduler is on-device math; no AI, no cloud.
Sharing a free club. A free club is a list of players on your phone. If you tap Share, the App sends the club's name, its game, and each player's name and rating (if you keep one) to the PickleFamilia service, which keeps them under a private link. No phone numbers or emails are sent, and no account is made. Anyone you give the link to can see and edit the list. A new link stops the old one working; Stop sharing deletes the list from the service, and a list nobody opens for a year is deleted.
Club sign-in. If you are a member of a club that runs on PickleFamilia and you sign in, the App sends your mobile number to that club's PickleFamilia service, which texts you a one-time code. Your number is already on the club's roster; the service stores it encrypted, and it is what the club texts you on. The session token is kept in your device's keychain and cleared when you sign out or delete the App.
Club data. Once signed in, the App reads and writes your club data on the PickleFamilia service: the days you can play, the games you are seated on, courts recorded by bookers, the club's roster and published schedule, and the messages you exchange with the club. A message you send the club is read by an AI model (Claude, from Anthropic) so the service can act on it, such as recording the days you asked for; it is sent to Anthropic for that reading only. Admins and bookers also read and write the club's settings, venue and closed days. This data belongs to the club and is kept for the club's operation.
Push notifications. If you allow notifications after signing in, your device's APNs token is registered with the PickleFamilia service so your club can reach you (a game tomorrow, a court needed, a reply). The token is removed when you sign out.
Calendar. "Add to Calendar" writes that one game to your calendar, only when you tap it.
Local network. "Listen" and running a game with others nearby use Bonjour on the Wi‑Fi in the room to show court assignments and scores between phones. Player names are shared between those phones only; nothing leaves the local network.
PickleFamilia Companion is not directed at children under 13. We do not knowingly collect data from children under 13.
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