Privacy Policy
Last updated September 28, 2026
The short version. Huddle is a small app built by one family for families. We collect what the app needs to work: your account, your household's members, and the chores, events, meals and lists you put in it. We don't sell your data, we don't show ads, and we don't use analytics trackers. Kids don't get accounts or email addresses; a grown-up adds them as a name on the household. If you want your data gone, email mike.morgan44@gmail.com and we'll delete it.
Who we are
Huddle ("we", "us") is made by Mike Morgan in Georgetown, Texas. This policy covers the Huddle app at app.huddlehome.app (on the web, iPhone and Android) and this website, huddlehome.app. Questions go to mike.morgan44@gmail.com, and a real person answers.
What we collect
Your account
- Email and password, if you sign up with email. Passwords are stored hashed by our authentication provider; we never see them.
- Your Google account's email and basic profile, if you choose Sign in with Google.
Your household
- The household: its name, invite code, time zone, and the city you pick for weather (we save that city's latitude and longitude, not your device's location).
- Members: each person's display name, color, optional emoji, whether they're a grown-up or a kid, and an optional birthday (month and day only, no year).
- What you put in the app: chores and their completions, stars earned and spent, rewards, streaks, chore wheels and extra jobs, calendar events, countdowns, meals, recipes, shopping and packing lists, and announcements you've read.
- Kid View PIN: stored only as a one-way hash.
Children
Kids in Huddle are profiles that a grown-up creates and manages. A kid profile has no email address and no password, and kids can't sign up on their own. The information about a child is only what the parent enters: a first name, color or emoji, optional birthday (month and day), and their chores, stars, rewards and events. We don't knowingly collect personal information directly from children under 13. If you think a child has given us information without a parent, email us and we'll delete it.
Connected calendars (only if you connect them)
- Google Calendar: read-only access. We import each event's title, location, and start and end times, plus the email address of the Google account you connected. We never write to your Google Calendar and don't read event descriptions or guest lists.
- Apple Calendar (iCloud): two-way sync. You give us your Apple ID email and an app-specific password (not your Apple ID password). We read and write event titles, locations and times on the calendars you choose.
- Calendar feeds (.ics): the feed address you give us, and the title, location and times of events in it.
The Google access token, the Apple app-specific password and feed addresses are encrypted (AES-256) before they're stored. You can disconnect any of them at any time in the app, which deletes the stored credential.
Notifications
If you turn on notifications, we store your device's push token or your browser's push subscription, and which kinds of notifications you want. Notifications can include household details like a kid's name, a chore or reward title, and star counts. We keep a log of notifications sent for 60 days so failed ones can be retried, then delete it.
Error reports and feedback
When the app crashes or hits an error, it sends a technical report so we can fix it. These reports are set up to leave out personal details: no names, emails, IP-based identity, cookies or request contents. If you use the in-app feedback form, we receive what you type, any name or email you choose to add, and a screenshot of the screen if you include one.
The invite list on this website
If you ask for an invite, we keep your email address so we can send it to you. We'll use it for that and nothing else, and we'll delete it on request.
What we don't collect
No GPS or device location, no contacts, no photos, no advertising IDs, no analytics or tracking scripts, and no payment information.
How we use it
- To run Huddle: show your household its chores, calendar, meals and lists, and keep everyone's devices in sync.
- To send the notifications you've turned on.
- To fix bugs and keep the service secure. We get a notice when a new account is created (the email address and whether it used email or Google), so we can watch for problems and abuse during the early invite period.
- To reply when you contact us.
We don't sell your information, share it for advertising, or use it to train AI models.
Who we share it with
We use a few service providers to run Huddle. Each one gets only what it needs to do its job:
- Supabase: hosts our database and handles sign-in, including account confirmation emails.
- Vercel: hosts the web app and this website.
- Sentry: receives the error reports and feedback described above.
- Open-Meteo: receives the city name you search for and your household's saved coordinates, to show the weather.
- Spoonacular: when you import a recipe from a link and we can't read the page ourselves, we send them the recipe link.
- Google and Apple: only if you connect their calendars, as described above.
- Expo, Apple and Google push services, and your browser's push service: deliver notifications to your devices.
- Google Fonts: this website loads its fonts from Google, which receives your IP address when you visit.
Everyone in your household can see the household's shared information, like the calendar, chores and lists. We may also disclose information if the law requires it.
Google user data
Huddle's use and transfer of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements. We use Google Calendar data only to show your events in Huddle. We don't transfer it to others except as needed to provide that feature, don't use it for advertising, and don't let humans read it unless you ask us to for support, it's needed for security, or the law requires it.
Storage on your device
The app keeps a few things in your browser's or device's local storage: your sign-in session, whether Kid View is on and for which kid, a cached weather forecast, and a pending invite code while you finish joining. We don't use cookies for tracking.
Keeping and deleting your data
We keep your information while your account is active. You can delete individual events, chores, meals, lists and countdowns yourself, disconnect calendars, and leave a household at any time in the app.
To delete your whole account or household, email mike.morgan44@gmail.com from the address on the account. We'll delete it within 30 days and confirm when it's done. You can also ask us for a copy of your data or to correct it.
Security
Data is encrypted in transit, and each household's data is walled off from every other household at the database level. Calendar credentials are encrypted separately. No system is perfectly secure, but if something goes wrong we'll tell you promptly.
Where your data lives
Huddle's servers are in North America. If you use Huddle from somewhere else, your information will be processed there.
Changes to this policy
If we change this policy in a way that matters, we'll update the date at the top and let you know in the app before the change takes effect.
Contact
Mike Morgan, Georgetown, Texas
mike.morgan44@gmail.com