Privacy Policy

Visiting the Website

You can read the website without an account. When you do, we collect only the following:

• The pages you view, and the site that sent you to us (its name only, such as google.com)
• Your approximate location (city, region and country), worked out from your connection by our website host. We do not store your IP address
• Your type of device (phone, tablet or computer)
• Taps on our App Store and Google Play buttons

To count repeat visits as one visitor, your browser keeps a random visitor number. It contains nothing about you. If you sign in, your page views are linked to your account. We use these visit records only to understand how the website is used, and delete them after 90 days.

The website uses one cookie, to keep you signed in. We do not use advertising or third-party tracking cookies. Clearing your browser's data removes the cookie and the visitor number.

Emails from ShaveSplash

Members receive occasional emails from ShaveSplash, such as announcements and new reviews, at their sign-in email address, and anyone can subscribe on the website. We use your email address only to send them. Every email has an unsubscribe link, members can turn it off in Preferences, and you can also ask us to remove you at any time.

How You Use ShaveSplash

ShaveSplash offers two modes. Your privacy rights and our data practices differ depending on which you choose.

Information We Collect

When you use Cloud Connected mode, we collect and store the following:

Account

• Email address (used to sign in via one-time code)
• Display name (optional, set by you)

Your Shave Data

• Shave logs, scores, results, notes, and photos
• Den inventory (razors, blades, soaps, brushes, aftershaves, etc.)
• Custom score parameters and result options
• App preferences

Community Activity

• Forum posts and replies you publish
• Shave of the Day (SOTD) posts, reactions, and comments
• Buy/Sell/Trade listings and messages between users
• Reactions and emoji responses to community content
• Comments on Gear Database entries, and suggested edits and new entries you submit

Usage Data

We collect anonymous usage activity (such as which features you use and when) to understand how the app is being used. This data is associated with your account for up to 90 days, after which individual activity records are deleted and only aggregated, anonymized statistics are retained.

Community Statistics

Deep Research, the Shave Predictor and the Big Picture in the Expert Zone combine the gear, scores and results from members' logged shaves and gear into anonymous community statistics. No one can see your individual shaves, notes or photos, and your name is never attached. What members have in their Dens for a piece of gear, such as its metal, finish and plates, is shown only once at least 2 members own it.

How We Use Your Information

• To provide and operate the ShaveSplash service
• To sync your data across the app and the web
• To display your community contributions (forum, BST, SOTD)
• To send BST message notifications via email
• To create community features such as the daily Magazine and the SOTD Mentions and Reports in Deep Research
• To understand usage patterns and improve the app and the website
• To send occasional announcements and reviews by email (you can unsubscribe at any time)
• To manage your subscription if you upgrade to Expert tier

Third-Party Services

We use the following third-party services to operate ShaveSplash:

Infrastructure

Your data is stored on servers provided by Railway (hosting) and Turso (database). The website is hosted by Vercel. All are located in the United States.

Payments

If you subscribe to the Expert tier, payments are processed by Stripe (web) and RevenueCat (iOS and Android). We do not store your payment card details. Stripe and RevenueCat's privacy policies apply to payment data.

Email and notifications

Emails (such as sign-in codes and BST message notifications) are sent through Resend. Push notifications are delivered through Expo's notification service.

AI processing

Some community features are written with Claude, an AI model provided by Anthropic: the daily Magazine, the SOTD Mentions and Reports in Deep Research, and the scent research behind the Gear Database's scent details. For these, we send Anthropic only community content that is already public within ShaveSplash — public SOTD posts, forum posts, Gear Database comments and display names — and anonymous statistics. For SOTD Mentions and Reports, comments are sent without names. We never send your email address, account details, private shave logs, Den contents or payment information.

Anthropic processes this data on our behalf. It does not use it to train its models, and deletes it automatically within 30 days.

You can choose whether your public posts are included in these AI features: Settings → Privacy in the app, or Preferences on the website. You can use everything in ShaveSplash either way.

We do not sell, rent, or share your personal data with any other third parties for marketing or advertising purposes.

Links, Affiliate Links and Sponsors

Reviews, the Soap & Splash Catalog and other pages link to shops and makers. Some of these are affiliate links: if you buy through one, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. The shop may know you came from ShaveSplash, but we do not share your information with it. Sponsored spaces are labelled "Sponsored". Other websites have their own privacy policies, which we do not control.

Tracking and Advertising

We do not track you across apps or websites owned by other companies.

ShaveSplash does not use advertising SDKs or advertising cookies, does not sell your data to advertisers, and does not share your data with data brokers.

Data Retention

• Account and shave data: retained until you delete your account
• Community content (forum posts, BST listings): retained until you delete them or your account. If you delete your account, forum threads that other members have replied to stay, so their replies aren't lost, but your name is removed and they're shown as posted by "Deleted member"
• Individual usage activity records and website visit records: deleted after 90 days
• ShaveSplash emails: your email address is kept until you unsubscribe
• Aggregated, anonymized usage statistics: retained indefinitely
• Deleted account data: permanently removed from our servers within 30 days

Your Rights and Controls

You have the following rights over your data:

• Access: View all your data in the app or on the website
• Export: Download your Den and shave logs as a CSV file from Settings in the app, or Preferences on the website
• Delete content: Remove individual logs, Den items, forum posts, or BST listings at any time
• Delete account: Permanently delete your account and all associated data from Settings in the app, or Preferences on the website
• Switch to Local: You can switch to Local Only mode at any time from Settings, which stops all future data sync

To exercise any other privacy rights or to make a data request, contact us at teutonblade@shavesplash.com.

Data Security

Cloud data is transmitted over encrypted HTTPS connections and stored in secure, access-controlled databases. We follow industry-standard security practices. No method of transmission or storage is 100% secure, and we cannot guarantee absolute security.

Local Only mode data is stored on your device using your device's built-in security. We recommend securing your device with a passcode or biometric authentication.

Children's Privacy

ShaveSplash is not intended for children under 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 promptly.

Changes to This Policy

We may update this Privacy Policy from time to time. Material changes will be communicated in the app and on the website. The "Last Updated" date at the top of this page reflects the most recent revision.