Privacy policy

Last updated 18 October 2026

Bibs is a football-organising app run by Euan Grant, based in Scotland ("we", "us"). This policy explains what we collect when you use the Bibs app and website, why, and what you can do about it. If anything here is unclear, email support@bibs.football.

What we collect

Account details

• Your display name and username, so teammates can find you.
• Your email address or mobile number, whichever you sign up with, used to sign you in and to send verification codes.
• An optional phone number, visible only to the admins of games you're in, so an organiser can reach you.
• An optional profile picture, emoji and colour.

What you do in the app

• Games you join or run, your roster status, attendance, teams, scores and goals.
• Ratings and player-of-the-match votes you give and receive. Ratings are shown only as anonymous averages.
• Messages you send in game chats and private messages, including photos, videos, voice notes and GIFs you attach.
• If you're in a team: your role, squad number and positions; whether you're in for training and fixtures; the team sheets you're on; your goals, assists, cards and player-of-the-match votes; whether you came to training; the ratings out of 10 your team's managers and coaches give you, which only you and they see; and messages in your team's chat.
• Friend requests and your friends list.
• Your notification preferences and, if you allow notifications, a device push token so we can deliver them.
• When you last had the app open, so we can see how many people are using Bibs at once. Other players never see this.

Guests

A game's admin can add a guest who doesn't use Bibs, by first name only, so the teams add up. Everyone who can see that game sees the name. We store nothing else about a guest, and we delete the name automatically 12 hours after kick-off.

Purchases

Captain plan and Team plan subscriptions are bought through Apple or Google Play. We never see your card details. We receive a record of the subscription (which plan, when it renews or lapses) so we can switch features on and off.

The free-trial waitlist

If you join the waitlist on bibs.football, we keep the email address you give, your first name if you add it, and what you'd use Bibs for. We also note where you came from: the name of the website that sent you (for example google.com or instagram.com, never the page you were on) and any campaign tags in the link you followed, so we know which posts bring people in. We use your email address only to write to you about your free trial and Bibs launching, because you asked us to, and you can come off the list at any time by emailing hello@bibs.football. We delete waitlist details 12 months after you sign up.

What we don't collect

We don't run adverts, we don't use tracking or advertising identifiers, and we don't sell or share your data with data brokers. We don't collect your precise location.

Why we use it

• To run the service you asked for: organising games, showing you who's in, delivering messages and notifications.
• To keep the service secure and prevent abuse.
• To take payment for the Captain plan, the Team plan and venue listings.

Under UK data-protection law, our lawful bases are performing our contract with you and our legitimate interest in running a safe, working service. Where you give optional information, such as a photo, that is with your consent and you can remove it at any time.

Who we share it with

Only the services that make Bibs work, each under its own contract and privacy terms:

• Supabase hosts our database and stored files, in Frankfurt, Germany (EU).
• Apple processes in-app purchases, delivers push notifications to iPhones and, if you choose it, handles Sign in with Apple (we receive your name the first time and an email address, which can be an Apple relay address).
• Google processes in-app purchases made on Android (Google Play) and delivers push notifications to Android phones (Firebase Cloud Messaging). Expo relays notifications to both Apple and Google.
• RevenueCat keeps the record of your subscription status.
• DiceBear draws the default avatar picture from the look you pick in the app; those choices are sent to DiceBear as part of the picture's web address.
• Twilio sends the text-message codes if you sign up with a phone number.
• Tenor (Google) provides GIF search, if you use it. Your search terms go to Tenor.
• Resend sends our sign-up and account emails from bibs.football (EU region).
• Cloudflare serves this website and forwards email sent to bibs.football addresses to us.

Other players see what you'd expect them to: your name, username, picture, stats, and the messages you send in shared chats. Game admins can also see your attendance and, if you gave one, your phone number. Everyone in a team sees its squad, replies, team sheets, results, stats and chat; only its managers and coaches see everyone's ratings. Anyone who follows a team sees its fixtures, results and scorers, but never its squad, replies, chat or training.

How long we keep it

For as long as you have an account. Delete your account and we delete your profile, messages and files within 30 days; anonymous statistics that don't identify you may remain. Payment records are kept as long as the law requires. Waitlist details are deleted 12 months after you sign up, or sooner if you ask.

Your rights

You can ask for a copy of your data, ask us to correct or delete it, or object to how we use it. Email support@bibs.football from the address on your account and we'll respond within a month. You can also complain to the Information Commissioner's Office (ico.org.uk).

Children

Bibs is for adults and young people aged 16 and over. If you believe a younger child has an account, tell us and we'll remove it.

Changes

If we change this policy in a way that matters, we'll say so in the app. The date at the top tells you when it last changed.

Company details

BIBS FOOTBALL LTD, registered in Scotland, company number SC906272. Registered office: 7 Glen Shiel Crescent, Kilmarnock KA2 0LS.