Our privacy approach
Hobity is built around helping people discover hobbies, organise activities, join communities, and create real-world connections. We only collect the information needed to provide these features, keep the platform safe, and improve your experience.
Information you provide
This may include your name, username, email address, profile photos, biography, hobbies, ability levels, activity posts, community content, Moments, direct messages, reports, and account settings.
Activity and community information
When you create or join activities, Hobity stores information such as activity titles, descriptions, hobby tags, scheduled times, approximate locations, visibility settings, participant lists, activity chat messages, and any related Moments.
Location and map privacy
Hobity uses location information to help you discover nearby activities and power map-based features. Activities are only visible according to the visibility settings selected by the host.
Photos, Moments, and shared experiences
Photos, videos, and Moments you upload may be visible to other users depending on where they are shared and the visibility settings you choose.
Messages and notifications
Hobity stores direct messages, activity chats, community chats, and notification information so users can communicate, receive updates, and stay informed about activities, follows, communities, and Moments.
Safety, reports, and moderation
Reports, blocks, moderation actions, and related safety information may be stored to investigate abuse, protect users, prevent fraud, and maintain a trusted community.
How information is used
We use your information to provide Hobity’s core features, personalise discovery, manage activities and communities, deliver notifications, improve safety, investigate abuse, and maintain the reliability of the platform.
Third-party services
Hobity relies on trusted third-party providers to operate certain features, including authentication, cloud storage, notifications, mapping, analytics, and supporting app infrastructure. These providers only process information required to deliver their services on Hobity’s behalf.
Protecting your information
Hobity uses reasonable technical and organisational measures to help protect your account and personal information. While no online service can guarantee absolute security, we continually work to safeguard user data.
Device information
Hobity may collect limited technical information such as device type, operating-system version, crash reports, diagnostics, and app-performance data to improve reliability and resolve technical issues.
Who can see your content
Visibility depends on the settings you choose. Public content may be visible to all users, while followers-only and friends-only content is limited to those who have permission to view it.
Data retention
We retain information only for as long as necessary to provide Hobity, meet legal obligations, resolve disputes, prevent fraud, and maintain community safety.
Account deletion
You can request account deletion directly within Hobity. When an account is deleted, associated personal information is removed or anonymised where appropriate, although some information may be retained where required for legal, security, fraud-prevention, or moderation purposes.
View account-deletion instructionsMinimum age
Hobity is intended for users aged 17 years or older. If we become aware that an account has been created by someone below the minimum required age, we may remove the account.
Contact
For privacy enquiries, support, safety concerns, or account assistance, contact:
support@hobity.appHobity may update this Privacy Policy from time to time as features, security systems, and community tools continue to evolve.