BookiesK Privacy Policy
Effective from: 15 October 2026
Who is responsible for your data: Josh Tandi, a sole trader trading as BookiesK, 124 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX ("BookiesK", "we"). Contact: hello@bookiesk.com.
BookiesK is for adults aged 18 and over in the United Kingdom.
1. What we collect
| Information | Examples | Why we use it |
|---|---|---|
| Account details | Email, display name, @handle, optional photo | To create and run your account |
| Age check | Date of birth | To confirm you are 18 or over |
| Sign-in | One-time codes; Apple or Google sign-in identifier | To sign you in securely |
| What you post | Picks, odds, posts, comments, reactions, who you follow | To run the service and show your public record |
| Private pick details | Stake, bookmaker name, slip screenshots | To keep your own record and, for tipster checks, to confirm odds |
| Preferences | Odds format, competitions, notification and safer-gambling settings | To set the app up the way you chose |
| Reports and moderation | Reports you make or that are made about you, decisions, appeals | To keep the community safe |
| Membership | Whether you have BookiesK+, renewal dates | To give you what you paid for |
| Tipster checks | Photo ID, bank account details, payout history | To confirm identity and pay tipsters |
| Device and usage | Device type, app version, push token, pages used, crash reports | To make the app work, fix problems and improve it |
| Waitlist and invites | The email you joined the waitlist with, the handle you reserved, who invited you and how many people joined with your invite link | To run the waitlist, count invites, award Founding badges and choose the first beta testers |
Founding badges. If you invited people to the waitlist, we check whether your BookiesK account uses the same email you joined the waitlist with. The check uses a scrambled (hashed) copy of the email, not the email itself, and only the badge and invite count are stored with your account.
We do not receive your card details; Apple handles payment. We do not buy data about you from other companies. We do not show advertising.
2. What other people can see
- Public: your display name, @handle, photo, any Founding badge, picks (fixture, selection, odds, result, and how each was settled), posts, comments and follower counts.
- Never public unless you choose: your stake.
- Never public: your email, date of birth, slip screenshots, ID, bank details and reports.
- Share cards and links you create show the pick and result, not your stake.
- Premium picks are shown to members before kick-off and to everyone afterwards.
3. Our legal reasons for using your data
- To provide the service you asked for (contract): account, picks, record, membership, tipster payouts.
- Legitimate interests: keeping the service safe, preventing fraud and duplicate accounts, fixing errors, and understanding how the app is used. We keep this proportionate and you can object.
- Legal obligations: age checks, tax and accounting records, responding to lawful requests.
- Consent: push notifications, and any optional analytics. You can withdraw consent in Settings at any time.
4. Who we share it with
We use service providers who process data on our instructions:
| Provider | What for |
|---|---|
| Apple | Sign-in, payments, push delivery |
| Sign-in, if you choose it | |
| Supabase | Database, file storage and sign-in |
| RevenueCat | Membership status |
| PostHog (EU) | Usage analytics |
| Sentry (EU) | Crash and error reports |
| Expo | Sending push notifications |
| Kit | The waitlist: emails, reserved handles and invites |
| Our bank | Paying tipsters |
We also share data if the law requires it, or to protect someone from harm. We do not sell your data.
Some providers store data outside the United Kingdom. Where they do, we rely on safeguards approved under UK law, such as the UK's international data transfer terms.
5. How long we keep it
| Data | Kept for |
|---|---|
| Account and profile | Until you delete your account |
| Picks and settlements | Kept. If you delete your account they are anonymised so other people's history stays accurate |
| Slip screenshots | Until you delete the pick's evidence or your account |
| Reports and moderation records | 2 years after the case closes |
| Photo ID | Deleted 30 days after the check is decided |
| Bank details | Deleted 30 days after your final payout |
| Payment and payout records | 6 years, for tax and accounting |
| Usage and crash data | Up to 12 months |
| Waitlist email and invites | Until you unsubscribe from the waitlist. A badge you earned stays with your account |
6. Your rights
You can ask us to: give you a copy of your data; correct it; delete it; limit or stop how we use it; and move it to another service. You can object to uses based on our legitimate interests. To use any of these, email hello@bookiesk.com. We reply within one month. It is free.
You can delete your account in Settings at any time.
If you are unhappy with how we handle your data, you can complain to the Information Commissioner's Office at ico.org.uk.
7. Security
Private details are stored separately from public content, with access limited to you and authorised moderators. Screenshots and ID are served through short-lived links. No system is perfectly secure; if a breach puts you at risk we will tell you.
8. Children
BookiesK is not for anyone under 18. If we learn that someone under 18 has an account, we close it and delete the data.
9. Changes
We will tell you in the app before a significant change to this policy applies.