Around Town mobile app

Privacy policy

A community calendar with no account, advertising or visitor-tracking tools built into the app.

Effective October 15, 2026

Around Town: Central Valley is provided by Game Changers AI, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. This policy covers our iPhone and Android app, which currently helps people find public events in Merced, Atwater and McSwain.

What stays on your device

Saved events, your theme choice and downloaded public listings are stored locally. We do not receive your saved-events list or build a personal profile from your browsing. The app does not read your contacts, device location or personal calendars. It does not include advertising, analytics or tracking SDKs.

Downloading current events

The app connects over HTTPS to community.gamechangersai.org to download public listings. GitHub Pages hosts that website and receives ordinary connection information, such as your IP address and request details, when it serves a download. GitHub handles that information under its privacy statement. We do not add visitor-tracking scripts to the app or these pages.

Links and optional sharing

Facebook, organizer websites, maps, calendar subscriptions and apps you choose for sharing are external services. They have their own privacy practices. Facebook opens only when you choose its link; no Facebook tracking tool is embedded in the app. Directions use the public event venue; Around Town does not request your location. Sharing sends the selected public event details to the app you choose, not your complete saved list.

When you contact us

If you email a suggestion or support request, we receive your email address and the information you choose to send through our Google Workspace email service. We use it to respond, investigate an issue or verify a public event. Please send public organizer links and avoid sensitive information. Verified public event facts may appear on the calendar; private correspondence and commenter identities are not copied into public listings.

If you suggest an event on our Facebook page, we can see your Facebook identity and the information you post. Posts and comments may be public and are also handled under Facebook's privacy practices. We use suggestions to verify public event facts and respond to the contributor. You can manage or delete your Facebook posts through Facebook, or contact us about information retained by Game Changers AI.

Storage, security and deletion

Local app data remains until you remove it or your device clears it. Unsave an event to remove it from your saved list. To clear cached listings and preferences, delete the app and its data in your device settings. Your operating system may manage backups separately.

We retain support correspondence as needed to handle the request, maintain the relevant listing or meet legal obligations. You can request deletion by emailing us. If information must be retained for a legal obligation, we will explain that when responding. Hosting and email providers manage their own service records and retention.

Event downloads use encrypted HTTPS connections. Local storage relies on your device's protections, and support correspondence is handled in our organization email account. Please do not send passwords, identity documents or other sensitive information in an event suggestion.

Questions or requests

We will update this page and its effective date if the app's data practices change.