Privacy Policy
Turn Loose helps hound hunting clubs plan dog collar IDs, see who's hunting today, keep a kill log and talk on a club message board. Turn Loose is made by H Kat LLC ("we", "us"). This policy explains what the app stores, who can see it, and how to delete it. In short: there are no ads, no tracking and no selling of data. What you enter is used only to run the app for you and your club.
Using the app on your own
If you don't join or start a club, everything you enter (hunters, collars, IDs, codes, kills and photos) stays on your phone. Nothing is sent to us.
What we store when you're in a club
- A random app ID. The app signs in without an email, phone number or password. Each phone gets a random ID that isn't linked to who you are.
- The name you enter for yourself in each club.
- Your club's shared list: hunters, dog names, collar IDs and track codes, who's hunting today, priority groups and settings.
- Kill log entries: date, block, the shooter's name, which dogs were on it, notes, and any photos you add.
- Missed shots (if your club uses them): the shooter's name, date, number of shots, optional block, dogs and notes, who logged it, and any fine payments the club's Scorekeepers record.
- Message board (if your club uses it): your posts, photos, comments and reactions; which posts you've seen (everyone in the club can see who has seen a post); reports you make; and people you block.
- Your location, only if you share it: if your club has Hunter locations on and you tap Share my spot, your current location (latitude, longitude and how accurate it is), until midnight or until you stop. In the iPhone and Android apps it keeps updating as you move, even with your phone locked (iPhone shows the blue location indicator and Android shows a notification while it's on); on the website it updates only while the page is open. Only your latest spot is kept, never a trail. The app doesn't read your location at any other time, and doesn't send it anywhere unless you share it (Distances from me works it out on your phone only).
- Alert settings: if you turn alerts on, the address your phone or browser gives us for delivering notifications, and which alerts you want.
- Club plans: if you pay for a club on our website, your email address, the club's plan and paid-until date, and Stripe's customer and subscription IDs. Your card details go straight to Stripe; we never see or store them.
- Visiting packs: the names of visiting hunters' packs, their dogs' names, collar IDs and track codes, and which dogs are hunting today, entered by club members.
- Guests: if you check in as a guest, the name you type, the days you checked in, and the dogs you add. The club sees your name and days; you see only that day's hunt and your own dogs.
- Dog sheet photos: when someone takes a picture of a dog list to fill in a visiting pack or a guest's dogs, the photo is sent to Anthropic (the maker of Claude) to read the dogs' names, IDs and codes, then thrown away. We don't keep the photo; we keep only the dogs you save and a count of photos read (for the daily limit).
- Error reports: if the app hits an error while you're signed in to a club, it sends us a short report: the error, where in the app's code it happened, the app version and the type of phone or browser. It doesn't include your lists, messages, photos or location.
- Feedback you send: your message, which club it came from, and the type of phone or browser, so problems can be fixed.
Apart from a spot you choose to share, Turn Loose does not collect your location, contacts or browsing activity. It uses your camera or photo library only when you choose to add a photo to a kill or a post.
Only enter track codes in the app, never control codes. Everyone in your club can see the club's list.
Who can see it
- Your club: everyone in a club, including view-only members, can see that club's list, kill log, missed shots, message board, photos and member names, and the spots of people sharing their location today. Nobody outside the club can. Everyone in the club can see who has seen each post. Reports go to the club's admins. Nobody is told when you block them.
- The developer (H Kat LLC) can see feedback messages, app-wide totals, and each club's name with its number of members, hunters and collars and its plan, and can access the database to keep the app running and fix problems.
- Service providers that run the app for us: Supabase (database, sign-in and photo storage), Cloudflare (hosts the web version), Esri (the satellite map: your phone downloads map pictures of the area being shown, which tells Esri roughly where you're looking, but not who you are or anyone's spot), Stripe (club payments), Anthropic (reads dog sheet photos; under its commercial terms it doesn't use them to train its models), Resend (sends the developer's notification emails), and Apple, Google or your browser's maker (deliver alerts). They handle data only to provide those services.
We don't sell your data, share it for advertising, or use it to track you across other apps or websites.
Message board rules
Keep the board respectful: no threats, harassment, hate, nudity or illegal activity. Anyone can report a post or comment to their club's admins, who can remove it, and anyone can block another person. Admins can remove people who break the rules from the club. You can also report a problem to us at the address below; we'll act on reports of objectionable content within 24 hours.
How long it's kept
Club data is kept while the club exists. When you leave a club, your name is removed from its members. Records you added to the club's shared list stay with the club. When an admin deletes a club (or the last person leaves it), its list, kill log and photos are deleted. Old alert records are cleared automatically after a few days. A shared location is removed when you stop sharing or leave the club, is hidden from the next day, and is deleted within 2 days.
Deleting your data
In the app, open the Club tab, go to Privacy → Delete my data. This removes your sign-in, your name from every club, your alert settings, your message board posts, comments and reactions, and any feedback you sent. The club's shared records stay with the club. If you're the only admin of a club with other members, you'll be asked to make someone else an admin first, or delete the club.
If you no longer have the app, email us at the address below and tell us your club name and the name you used. We'll delete your data.
Children
Turn Loose is meant for hunters and isn't directed at children under 13. We don't knowingly collect information from children under 13.
Changes
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted here with a new date.
Contact
Questions or deletion requests: [email protected]
See also our Terms of Service.