The Hunt — Privacy Policy

Last updated: October 16, 2026

Digital Summit LLC ("we," "us") operates The Hunt app (the "App"), a real-world AI scavenger-hunt game with prizes. This policy explains what we collect and your choices. Because The Hunt uses location, may involve minors, runs prize sweepstakes, and offers in-app purchases, please read sections 4–7 carefully.

1. Information we collect

Account & profile: name/username, email, password (via Firebase Authentication), and profile details.
Date of birth / age: to age-gate content (e.g., 21+ social hunts) and apply minor protections.
Precise location (GPS): while you actively play, to verify you've reached a checkpoint. See §4.
Photos: images you submit to verify a checkpoint.
Gameplay & social: points, completed hunts, verifications, leaderboards, friends, crews, and invites.
Purchases: records of memberships and any in-app purchases (handled by Apple/Google or Stripe — we don't store full card numbers).
Prize tax info (winners only, once drawings open — see §6): for prizes that trigger tax reporting (generally $600+), the winner (or an adult guardian) provides a W-9 with their SSN/TIN. See §6.
Device & usage: diagnostics and identifiers to operate and improve the App.

2. How we use it

Run gameplay and checkpoint verification; maintain leaderboards and social features; operate prize sweepstakes and award/report prizes; age-gate restricted content; process purchases; provide support, security, and fraud prevention.

Processors for us: Google Firebase (auth/database/storage/hosting), our AI provider (Google — Gemini on Vertex AI generates clues and cover art, and checks checkpoint photos and receipts, server-side), and payment processors (Apple, Google, Stripe).
Map and historical-marker lookups: to find places near a hunt, our server asks OpenStreetMap (map data, © OpenStreetMap contributors) and the Historical Marker Database (HMdb.org, used under license) what is near a map location. For HMdb.org that location is rounded to the center of an area about 1 km across. No personal information is shared with either — not your name, email, account, device or anything identifying who is playing; the request comes from our server, not your phone.
Advertising (free members only): Google AdMob shows ads in the App to members on the free plan. AdMob receives your device's advertising identifier and basic device and app information to serve and measure ads. Ads are personalized only with your permission — the iPhone tracking prompt, and in the UK and European Economic Area a consent form shown before any ad — and are never personalized for players aged 13–17. Paid members see no ads. You can change your ad choices in your device settings, and in the UK/EEA from the consent form.
Sponsors: sponsors receive aggregate, de-identified metrics only (e.g., visit counts) — never your personal information.
Legal/safety and prize administration as needed.
We do NOT sell your personal information.

4. Location

We request precise location only while you're using the App to play, to confirm you're at a checkpoint. We don't track your location in the background for advertising. You control location access in your device settings; denying it limits GPS-based verification (other verification methods may be available).

5. Children & minors

The App is not for children under 13. Players 13–17 may participate only with verified parent/guardian involvement, and prizes are awarded to the adult guardian (see the Official Sweepstakes Rules). We apply additional protections for minors and restrict age-gated content (e.g., 21+ hunts).

6. Prize tax information (SSN/W-9)

Prize drawings are not open yet, so none of this is collected today. When they open: if you win a prize that requires tax reporting, we collect a W-9 (legal name + SSN/TIN) solely to comply with tax law and issue a Form 1099. This information is encrypted, access-restricted, used only for prize tax reporting, and retained only as long as the law requires, then deleted.

7. Purchases

Memberships and in-app purchases are billed by Apple/Google (in-app) or Stripe (web). Paid items do not affect your odds of winning any prize and are never required to enter or win.

8. Retention, your rights & security

We keep data while your account is active and as needed legally, then delete/de-identify it. You may access, correct, export, or delete your data — email privacy@digitalsummitlabs.com or use in-app deletion. We use encryption and access controls to protect your data.

9. If you live outside the United States

The App is available in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Ireland, Australia and New Zealand. This section adds to the rest of this policy for players outside the US.

Who is responsible: Digital Summit LLC is the controller of your personal information. Contact: privacy@digitalsummitlabs.com.
Why we use your information (UK and EEA legal bases): to provide the App you signed up for — your account, hunts, checkpoint verification, leaderboards and purchases (performance of a contract); with your consent — precise location, the photos and receipts you submit, and personalized ads, each of which you can withdraw at any time in the App or your device settings; for our legitimate interests — security, fraud prevention, and fixing and improving the App; and to meet legal obligations.
Where your information is stored: on Google Cloud servers in the United States. Transfers from the UK, EEA and other countries are covered by the Standard Contractual Clauses (and the UK International Data Transfer Addendum) in our providers' data processing terms.
Your rights: depending on where you live, you can ask to access, correct, delete, restrict or export your information, object to how we use it, and withdraw consent at any time. Email privacy@digitalsummitlabs.com or use in-app deletion; we reply within one month. You can also complain to your local data protection authority — the Information Commissioner's Office (UK), the Data Protection Commission (Ireland), the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner, or the Office of the Privacy Commissioner (New Zealand).
Young players: the age rules in §5 apply everywhere. Where local law sets a higher age for giving consent online, players under that age need a parent or guardian's permission, and players aged 13–17 never receive personalized ads.
Prize drawings (§6) will open in the United States only.

10. Changes & contact

Updates are posted here with a new date. Questions: privacy@digitalsummitlabs.com, Digital Summit LLC.