The Clay Club Privacy Policy

Last updated 9 October 2026

The Clay Club is a shooting-sports scorekeeping app. This policy explains what the app collects, why, and who else sees it. It covers the Clay Club iOS and Android apps and the Clay Club backend service.

What we collect

• Account details. Your email address, and a password unless you sign in with Apple or Google, plus the username, display name, bio and profile photo you choose.
• Your shooting records. Scores, station-by-station hits and misses, where you say a miss went, discipline, date, course or club name, gauge, ammunition, the guns you add to Gun Safe, weather at the time, and any notes you add.
• Scorecard photos and imports. When you scan a card, or bring your rounds over from another app, the photo, screenshots or export you choose are sent to our reader service to be turned into rounds.
• What you ask Clay. Ask Clay, Clay's take on a round and station reads send your question and a summary of your shooting statistics (and, for a station read, the photo or video frames you choose) to be answered.
• Location. Only when you ask for something that needs it, and only while the app is open:
  • Clubs near you: your rough position, rounded to about 7 miles, is kept on your phone to sort clubs by distance.
  • Shoots near you: if you turn these alerts on, your rough area (to about 7 miles) and the distance you chose are stored on our servers so we can tell you when a club nearby posts a shoot. Turning the alerts off deletes them.
  • Weather: your position is sent to Open-Meteo to look up the current conditions. We don't store it.
• Notification tokens. A device token from Apple or Google so we can send you notifications you have asked for, such as a squad invite.
• Social activity. Friend connections, squads and squad rounds you take part in, posts, likes and comments, clubs you follow, shoots you sign up for, and, if you claim a club, the role and contact details you give us so we can confirm it.
• Subscription status. The proof of purchase Apple or Google gives the app, which we check with them to turn Pro on, and a count of how many of Clay's answers and card scans you have used against the free allowance.
• Error reports and support requests. When something goes wrong in the app, a short technical report (the screen, the error, the app version) is sent to us so we can fix it, linked to your account if you are signed in; and whatever you write in Report a problem.

What we do not collect

• We do not collect payment card details. Subscriptions are handled entirely by Apple or Google.
• We do not track you across other apps or websites, show ads, or sell or rent your information to anyone.
• We do not use your data to train AI models.

Scorecard photos and Clay's answers

Scorecard photos, imports and the questions you ask Clay are sent to Anthropic's Claude API, which reads them or writes the answer. A scanned photo is used for that single request and is not stored on our servers afterwards; it stays on your own device unless you delete the round. Anthropic does not use data submitted through its API to train its models.

Who processes data for us

• Supabase — accounts, database, file storage and notification delivery.
• Anthropic — reading scorecard photos and imports, and writing Clay's answers.
• Vercel — hosting the reader, Clay and error-report services.
• Apple and Google — app distribution, sign-in, subscriptions and push notifications (Google's Firebase Cloud Messaging on Android).
• Apple Maps and OpenStreetMap — map tiles and club search results.
• Open-Meteo — current weather for where you are shooting.

Who sees what

• Your rounds are visible to you and to the friends you accept.
• Your best score in each discipline can appear on the leaderboards, with your name and photo, to other signed-in shooters.
• Your posts are visible to you and your friends. A club's announcements, posted by the people who run it, are public.
• Anyone you block can't see your posts, comments or rounds, or send you notifications.

Deleting your account

You can delete your Clay Club account from inside the app, under your profile. Deleting removes your account, your rounds, your profile, your posts and comments, and your notification tokens. This is immediate and cannot be undone. If you would rather we did it for you, email the address below.

Children

The Clay Club is not directed at children under 13, and we do not knowingly collect their information. If you believe a child has created an account, contact us and we will remove it.

Your rights

You can access, correct, export or delete your information. Most of this is available in the app directly; for anything else, email us and we will respond within 30 days. Depending on where you live, you may have additional rights under the GDPR or the CCPA, including the right to object to processing and to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

Changes

If this policy changes in a way that affects you, we will say so in the app before the change takes effect.

Contact

support@clayclub.app